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Tmobile G2 Charging Dock

I was wondering if anyone knew whether the G2 was going to be getting a charging dock/stand?
I am a really big fan of the "bedside mode" that the charging dock provides.

I took a look on ebay and a few other places but haven't seen one yet. I'd also like to get a bedside dock.

ya, one that will charge an extra battery sure would be great

It would be great if they made one. I wish I could be designer I would made it metal and grey like the g2 and then cup the bottom of the screen.
Hum maybe ill try to make one , but if some1 finds a link post it up
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dkaz46 said:
I was wondering if anyone knew whether the G2 was going to be getting a charging dock/stand?
I am a really big fan of the "bedside mode" that the charging dock provides.
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Tried my own homebrew "bedside" mode. The friggin orange charging light kept me up all night.

I've been looking at the docks for the droid2. I'll have to relocate the microusb on it, but the size looks right. I'll have to find a store that'll let me open one to be sure. Or find one on craigslist for cheap.

I wish HTC and others start making Android phones with charging pins on bottom corners like Blackberry. That would be very nice and help preventing wear and tear to the MicroUSB port. Plus it is more convenient to just “drop” the phone in the dock stand and charge away.

InGeNeTiCs said:
I've been looking at the docks for the droid2. I'll have to relocate the microusb on it, but the size looks right. I'll have to find a store that'll let me open one to be sure. Or find one on craigslist for cheap.
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If you find this out before I do please update. I'm interested in doing the same. I found a tear down of the original droid dock and it looks like it would be easy enough.
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My buddy has a Droid2 and it would take some work to make it fit properly. First is the location of the plug, and second issue is the plug is reversed (front to back) so it would need to be turned around also. And given the way the plug is mounted in the dock, it would require epoxying it in place, as the screw and bracket would not work.
Also, the side profile of the two fines is not the same, so the G2 will fit very loosely in the cradle. Again, some ingenuity and it could be made to work, but it wont be a quick fix.

Try a Droid X dock.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cgZy6GkTjE

anyone know if the dock fits our G2? im not looking to get car dock but i am going to be getting this:
http://www.amazon.com/Motorola-Multimedia-Station-Droid/dp/B0042I3J1I/ref=pd_cp_cps_1

fryrice8850 said:
anyone know if the dock fits our G2? im not looking to get car dock but i am going to be getting this:
url redacted cuz I am a newb
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I went to a verizon stopre to look at that dock today and it definitely won't fit unmodified. The Droid X has a (mini HDMI?) port next to the micro usb which this dock has a connector for. It was $50 at the store I wasn't willing to take the chance of making it non-returnable.
That being said, it does look close, and if someone out there successfully converts one I wouldn't mind picking one up.

so the charging port on the droid x is not a micro usb??? u can charge using mini hdmi?

fryrice8850 said:
so the charging port on the droid x is not a micro usb??? u can charge using mini hdmi?
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There are 2 connections on the droid x dock, one is micro usb and the other is hdmi. To modify the dock you would have to remove the hdmi plug and reverse the usb 180 degrees. I bought the car dock for droid x which doesn't have the hdmi plug and I was able remove 4 screws disassemble and turn the usb plug around and the G2 fit. I would think as long as you remove the hdmi and turn the usb around on this dock you could do the same?

riochile said:
There are 2 connections on the droid x dock, one is micro usb and the other is hdmi. To modify the dock you would have to remove the hdmi plug and reverse the usb 180 degrees. I bought the car dock for droid x which doesn't have the hdmi plug and I was able remove 4 screws disassemble and turn the usb plug around and the G2 fit. I would think as long as you remove the hdmi and turn the usb around on this dock you could do the same?
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You know... I was just thinking about that... when I realized... Why don't I just get the car mount and use it as a bed size dock? It means I can place it in more places than just sitting on the night stand, for example, mount it to my head board. Since we don't have hdmi out anyway, I think the car mount is just more flexible in terms of usage and someone already confirmed that it fits.

seems HTC is observing the sales of G2 to decide whether they can make money by making a dock for G2. EVO 4G was on sale in May, it got a dock now. and they are not selling G2 many enough?
i want a dock too. it's like i need to charge this thing every nite.
at least they should make a standard. like phone should have 3 contact pin like mytouch 4G so they can make a universal dock like apple.

G2 need something like this which is for the samsung vibrant
http://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/cell-phones-accessories/ECR-D979BEGSTA

Man I hope HTC comes out with a dock for the G2 similar to the Droid X .

check out the htc accessory store. HTC Desire Z will have a mount in December.
xxxx://www.htcaccessorystore.com/sk/p_htc_item.aspx?i=205814
xxxx = http

Hosermage said:
You know... I was just thinking about that... when I realized... Why don't I just get the car mount and use it as a bed size dock? It means I can place it in more places than just sitting on the night stand, for example, mount it to my head board. Since we don't have hdmi out anyway, I think the car mount is just more flexible in terms of usage and someone already confirmed that it fits.
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i use the droid x car mount works fine just turn the usb port around

MyTouch 4G Dock...

so I bought the dock for the mytouch 4g, and have to say it is pretty good, for the price though they should have included power cables... The design of the dock is good, and if they took out the mini usb plug and just did the 3-pins, the dock would still stay in place.. dunno why they didnt do it ??
well, two days after I bought the dock, I modded it so that every time I would dock it, the dock app would activate will post up vid and pics
edit: sorry for the bad quality vid...
http://s21.photobucket.com/albums/b277/faded808/?action=view&current=hd2024.mp4

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808HD2 said:
so I bought the dock for the mytouch 4g, and have to say it is pretty good, for the price though they should have included power cables... The design of the dock is good, and if they took out the mini usb plug and just did the 3-pins, the dock would still stay in place.. dunno why they didnt do it ??
well, two days after I bought the dock, I modded it so that every time I would dock it, the dock app would activate will post up vid and pics
edit: sorry for the bad quality vid...
http://s21.photobucket.com/albums/b277/faded808/?action=view&current=hd2024.mp4
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What do you mean you modded it?

nguyendqh said:
What do you mean you modded it?
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I opened the dock up and checked the wires, I read on a different post about the nexus dock and how it activates the dock mode on the nexus 1.. well the green wire is what activates the dock mode , and I checked the wires on the mytouch dock and it has a green wire, so I hooked up the usb plug, and ran a wire to the green wire to see if it would do the same as the nexus dock and to my surprise it works...
nothing to special, but I might do away with the usb plug and put 3-pins, did this just to see if it would work...
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Very nice. Interesting.

update..
I just got parts in that I ordered that will finish my little project..
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Man, that's pretty hardcore. Let us know how it turns out.

Yeah it is, but I was tired of fighting the phone with the usb to get it to sit right.... Even with the usb plug out the phone stays in place when its vertical!! Its pretty snug fitting!!
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One of the problems with the Nexus dock that has those three buttons is that you cannot sync with it. It only powers the phone. I have two of them and the only issue I have is its difficult to seat the phone in the dock. Let us know if the dock will sync with those three buttons.

Wow, your mod makes me all the more frustrated that this official dock uses USB. If you pull this off, I think you could have a nice little mod business on the side. Consider me an interested party.
I thought about modifying the dock so that it's easier to seat the phone, but you're going the distance! So cool.
I still can't believe they released this phone with charging pins, and haven't released a single accessory to use them.

thats correct, the three pins are only for power, ground and home/car dock app activation.. I know that the green wire and the yellow wire are data +/-.. with the design of the dock, the dock hugs the phone perfectly and the pins sync perfectly, I just lost one of the smaller pins so I didnt get to solder it to the green wire but it charges...
QMAN101 said:
One of the problems with the Nexus dock that has those three buttons is that you cannot sync with it. It only powers the phone. I have two of them and the only issue I have is its difficult to seat the phone in the dock. Let us know if the dock will sync with those three buttons.
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Thanks Jon C, the thing is hard to open because it is superglued on. I mean its not that hard, but trying to open it without damaging the glossiness of it is pretty hard lol!!
I would do it, but not alot of people would buy the dock for that price!! it kinda hard to get the pins perfect but I got it to work....
exactly what I was thinking, why have the three pins when you don't use it or have anything that uses it...
I was thinking of modding the powerskin that they released for this phone, but dunno if I wanna spend 70-80 on it..
Jon C said:
Wow, your mod makes me all the more frustrated that this official dock uses USB. If you pull this off, I think you could have a nice little mod business on the side. Consider me an interested party.
I thought about modifying the dock so that it's easier to seat the phone, but you're going the distance! So cool.
I still can't believe they released this phone with charging pins, and haven't released a single accessory to use them.
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here is an updated video...

Ok.. where did you get the charging pins from? I'd like to try this mod myself because, as far as I'm concerned, the dock as it sits now is useless. It's only a matter of time before its use breaks the USB connector from the pcb in the phone.
Thanks!

Got the pins from allied electronics... Look for battery pins..
But its at your own risk if anything goes wrong..
I say the hardest thing is to get the holes to line up correctly when you drill...
Also, the green or yellow wire works to acrivate the dock app..
Psyclism said:
Ok.. where did you get the charging pins from? I'd like to try this mod myself because, as far as I'm concerned, the dock as it sits now is useless. It's only a matter of time before its use breaks the USB connector from the pcb in the phone.
Thanks!
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Jon C said:
I still can't believe they released this phone with charging pins, and haven't released a single accessory to use them.
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I completely agree! I'm ****ing pissed about the dock. It doesn't even do audio through a hard connection. Very disappointed and planning to return it.

Hmm what do you mean it doesn't do audio?! It has a 3.5mm audio jack with bluetooth audio....
Phateless said:
I completely agree! I'm ****ing pissed about the dock. It doesn't even do audio. Very disappointed and planning to return it.
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808HD2 said:
Hmm what do you mean it doesn't do audio?! It has a 3.5mm audio jack with bluetooth audio....
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Edited my earlier post, sorry.
It's a DOCK, it should have a hard connection for audio and automatically trigger dock mode through pins not usb. Very big letdown...

ahh ok, I thought you had a audio problem...
The dock holds the phone in its place even without the usb plug..
well I finished my dock modd!! will post a vid...
FYI: the pins are: looking at the pins while the phone is layed down;
left - (+)
middle - (-) triggers desk mode/car mode (negative, triggers desk mode)
right - (-)
Phateless said:
Edited my earlier post, sorry.
It's a DOCK, it should have a hard connection for audio and automatically trigger dock mode through pins not usb. Very big letdown...
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mehhh here it is..

Car Dock Trigger?

I know the Atrix 2 car dock hasn't been released yet, but I'm assuming it triggers the car dock mode the same way for the Atrix. I'm also going off the assumption that it triggers with a specific resistor across pin 4 and 5 in the usb.
Does anyone know what resistor value is needed to do this? I know I can manually trigger the mode, or just buy the dock when it's available, but I want to be able to make my own dock that works with a case (I have the red speck currently). I also want to use the ability to output the audio from the usb.
I'm coming from a Captivate, so I was hoping there were similar capabilities with the car dock. I really love this phone so far (got it last friday) and I've already made a custom car dock, but I wanted more automation once it's docked. I'll post pictures when I get it done.

the dock was released, I have it and it's actually really cool.

voodoomurphy said:
the dock was released, I have it and it's actually really cool.
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That's cool (I still saw a "coming soon" on the Moto site, so I assumed no one had it yet). Did you get it from an at&t store?
Is there any chance you could check the resistance across the pins for me? If not, I might be able to pursuade an at&t guy at the store to let me check it with my multi-meter .

CapnPez said:
That's cool (I still saw a "coming soon" on the Moto site, so I assumed no one had it yet). Did you get it from an at&t store?
Is there any chance you could check the resistance across the pins for me? If not, I might be able to pursuade an at&t guy at the store to let me check it with my multi-meter .
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sure thing. I'll post back as soon as I get it.

subscribed.
I'm waiting for them to come in-stock again, but I may build/mod something I can hard-mount instead of using the suction cup.
Any idea if the suction cup arm can be removed from the dock portion, like the ball/socket setup garmin uses ?

I used this http://www.amazon.com/RAM-Mounting-...ETAM/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1320502550&sr=8-2
along with this http://www.slipgripcarmounts.com/SlipGrip-RAM-Mount-Motorola-Atrix-4g-OtterBox-Commuter_p_99694.html for my OG Atrix with the commuter case and without a case my A2 fits in it perfectly.

I'd like to use the Motorola mount just so I don't have do deal with a cable lying around when it's not in use (can more permanently route the one that's tied into the dock). I'd like to combine it with a hard-mount for my Mini from Cravenspeed. (not allowed to post links yet)

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sure thing. I'll post back as soon as I get it.
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Have you had a chance to check yet?

I figured I'd bump this now that more people have it. Anyone willing to check the resistance across the pins for me?
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i'm willing to guess that the speck case will fit with the car dock. see my pics in my other thread

sorry man, I've been without the dock for a little while now. I should have it and my car back on Monday.

I more or less have my home-made car dock finished. I'm still hoping to figure out how to trigger the car dock mode so I can rig it to have audio out through the usb.
It's made almost completely out of PVC pipe that has been formed by heating with a blow torch and then dyed with fabric dye dissolved in methyl ethyl ketone. The flash from the camera makes it look a little purple, but it really looks pretty black (I could dye it a little more to deepen the black). I think it looks better in natural lighting than the pictures show.
If anyone is interested in more details on how I made it, I could write something up.
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Does anyone know if we can get the audio out through the usb without needing to trigger the car dock mode? I haven't found out the the resistor trigger yet, but I was wondering if I could get it to work without it until I do.

Alright, I'm just going to try some values. I'm wondering if the resistor values that worked with the galaxy s line (like my old captivate) would also work with this. It would trigger with a 619kohm resistor.
Anyone know if there's any harm in just trying various resistors? I would think not since it's passive, but just want to make sure.

Any way to have the GPS automatically turn on when it's put in the car dock (and preferably turn off the GPS when taken off the dock)?
And what the heck is the little cube shaped thing that hangs off the bottom right of the dock?

fungo45 said:
Any way to have the GPS automatically turn on when it's put in the car dock (and preferably turn off the GPS when taken off the dock)?
And what the heck is the little cube shaped thing that hangs off the bottom right of the dock?
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I'm not sure if an app like Tasker or Profile Scheduler could change setting like that when in Cardock or not. I haven't tried yet.
The little cube is where the micro usb connectors and their wires are nested. I also assume that the OEM dock has the resistor trigger in there to let the phone know it's docked.
Speaking of resistor...I still haven't gotten the correct value from anyone. Once I have that value, my homemade dock will have the same functionality as the official dock.

do you still need the resistor values for the car dock trigger and if you do what pins should i check?

cryhavok13 said:
do you still need the resistor values for the car dock trigger and if you do what pins should i check?
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Yes, I still need it! It should be the value between pins 4 & 5. I greatly appreciate it!
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Here is an app from market that triggers car dock mode: https://market.android.com/details?...1bGwsMSwxLDEsIm5ldC5jd2ZrLmlnODguY2FybW9kZSJd

farshad525hou said:
Here is an app from market that triggers car dock mode: https://market.android.com/details?...1bGwsMSwxLDEsIm5ldC5jd2ZrLmlnODguY2FybW9kZSJd
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Thanks for the suggestion, but I'd like the ability to just dock it and go into car dock mode. Also, I want the phone to output the audio with pins 2 & 3 (data) instead of plugging in the headphone jack.
Right now, I have Llama (like Tasker) set to start Mort Audio player for my audio books when I have both the charger and headphone jack plugged in (as well as increasing the media volume, turning on screen auto rotation, and whatnot). It works well, but it would be nice to have more integration.
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Droid 3 desk dock is compatible

Just as the title says, the Droid 3 desk dock is a perfect fit for the Q if anyone was looking around for one.
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really ??? cool post imgs

Here's a 5 picture album I just quickly shot.
http://imgur.com/a/DCfZ7
Sorry for the picture quality. I shot it all on my Note 10.1, the CM10 camera performance is still quite bad.

I use the original Motorola Standard HDMI Dock. It is universal and works with any Motorola Devices, as example Droid4, Droid3, Photon Q and Xoom2 Tablet.
http://www.amazon.com/Motorola-Stat...es-Tablets/dp/B006CDAAC2/ref=pd_sim_sbs_cps_4
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... droid 3 multimedia dock sounds be better
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...because it has USB ports
BUT i have one question. Have you tried USB OTG cable on phq? - i have powered cable, but only usb mouse and keyboard works...flashdisk cannot be mount

Anyone know of a desk dock that can fit the Photon Q with a case on it (particularly the Otterbox Commuter)? The Otterbox case is thick, so probably not but I'm hoping anyway...

AW: Droid 3 desk dock is compatible
Is the one from atrix compatible with the Q?

Answering my question:
The one from atrix do NOT work!

CornholioGSM said:
... droid 3 multimedia dock sounds be better
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...because it has USB ports
BUT i have one question. Have you tried USB OTG cable on phq? - i have powered cable, but only usb mouse and keyboard works...flashdisk cannot be mount
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my phq works fine with usb-otg adapter, i can read some usb flash disk that i have.
but as far as i know, when usb-otg adapter connected, the phone will give voltage/power to the USB device.
at this point i have doubt about phq + the multimedia dock.
reason being is the dock provide USB connection and at the same time (I assume) it provide charging power to the phone.
this is conflicting as if the USB port means to connect to other devices (keyboard/mouse) as USB-OTG, then at the same time phone try to give power + get power from the charger. this may damage the phone.
but i may be wrong as i don't have the dock.
the dock mentioned by the OP is quite cheap on [email protected], i think i'll grab one. thx for sharing

CornholioGSM said:
... droid 3 multimedia dock sounds be better
...because it has USB ports
BUT i have one question. Have you tried USB OTG cable on phq? - i have powered cable, but only usb mouse and keyboard works...flashdisk cannot be mount
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You need either root or nexus media importer from google play
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I'm using StickMount from Chainfire to mount flash disks.
Only my high speed USB3.0 stick doesn't work.

kecksk0enig said:
Answering my question:
The one from atrix do NOT work!
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could u plz be specific why it's not working,size problem? cuz the img CornholioGSM posted seems just like atrix dock........just thinking about to grab one on ebay

Hi!
I thought so myself. After buying one from ebay I can say it dose NOT fit. First: the hdmi pin on the dock is turned by 180 degrees.
After fixing that by removeing the complete hdmi pin from dock I could test the fit. The Q is to large for the dock. It will fit uneaven if tried with serious force. I did not want to damage the usb port on my q for a worse 'fitting' dock...
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kecksk0enig said:
Hi!
I thought so myself. After buying one from ebay I can say it dose NOT fit. First: the hdmi pin on the dock is turned by 180 degrees.
After fixing that by removeing the complete hdmi pin from dock I could test the fit. The Q is to large for the dock. It will fit uneaven if tried with serious force. I did not want to damage the usb port on my q for a worse 'fitting' dock...
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THX!:good:

Could anyone confirm if the Droid 3 vehicle dock (car mount) is also compatible with the Photon Q? Thanks!

The droid 3 car dock IS NOT compatible unless you modify it to fit
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Hi,
Could someone tell me what dock modes do the Photon Q offer aside from Bedside?
Thanks!

nagim said:
Hi,
Could someone tell me what dock modes do the Photon Q offer aside from Bedside?
Thanks!
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I know its been over a half a year since you asked and no one replied but I figured maybe you would still appreciate a response. There seem to be two dock modes: Desk (what you call bedside) and Car. Motorola made an official dock for this phone which put it into car mode however it seemed to have been pretty limitedly available when it was out and is now discontinued; thanks for abandoning us Moto. I cant even seem to find it listed on amazon used which is annoying as I have one I want to sell off (hint hint).
It has a special USB cable that goes with it that has an audio out cable down at the end where it plugs into the car charger so you dont have to plug a headphone cable into your phone to get audio out to your stereo, worked quite well when my phone was still alive.
I also have one of these droid 3 desk docks mentioned here that I need to find a good home for now.

iamchocho said:
I know its been over a half a year since you asked and no one replied but I figured maybe you would still appreciate a response. There seem to be two dock modes: Desk (what you call bedside) and Car. Motorola made an official dock for this phone which put it into car mode however it seemed to have been pretty limitedly available when it was out and is now discontinued; thanks for abandoning us Moto. I cant even seem to find it listed on amazon used which is annoying as I have one I want to sell off (hint hint).
It has a special USB cable that goes with it that has an audio out cable down at the end where it plugs into the car charger so you dont have to plug a headphone cable into your phone to get audio out to your stereo, worked quite well when my phone was still alive.
I also have one of these droid 3 desk docks mentioned here that I need to find a good home for now.
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Hey iamchocho - I sent you a pm in response to your dock post
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iamchocho said:
I also have one of these droid 3 desk docks mentioned here that I need to find a good home for now.
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Do you still have the dock for sale?

PSA - Right Angled USB OTG cables wont fit

just thought i would throw it out there that you can forget about using a right angled otg usb cable. i just unboxed my nexus player and was excited to hook up my ethernet adapter. grabbed my right angled otg cable (only 1 i have) and failed miserbly, stupid hdmi cable. thank god for prime.
just thought i'd throw that tidbit out there to maybe save others some time/frustration

thecrunked said:
just thought i would throw it out there that you can forget about using a right angled otg usb cable. i just unboxed my nexus player and was excited to hook up my ethernet adapter. grabbed my right angled otg cable (only 1 i have) and failed miserbly, stupid hdmi cable. thank god for prime.
just thought i'd throw that tidbit out there to maybe save others some time/frustration
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Which OTG cable did you go for? I was planning on getting one soon.

i ordered this one. looks like it should fit. ill repost when it arrives with the verdict
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00D8YZ2SA/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

thecrunked said:
i ordered this one. looks like it should fit. ill repost when it arrives with the verdict
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00D8YZ2SA/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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Thank you for the recommendation, I was meaning to buy one for some time, just slipped my mind a time or two !

was thinking OTG and hub , but what about a together ?
getting my nexus player tomorrow , and realized i only own right angle OTG , considering the below OTG/hub , i know it requires a power adaptor , but i am a junky for ports and power .
any owners see a issue with this ?
http://www.amazon.com/aLLreli®-Adap...ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1416286919&sr=1-1
manufaturer site
http://www.allreli.com/allreli-7-in...laxy-note-3-s4-s3-s2-xoom-archos-android.html

bkdg100 said:
getting my nexus player tomorrow , and realized i only own right angle OTG , considering the below OTG/hub , i know it requires a power adaptor , but i am a junky for ports and power .
any owners see a issue with this ?
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A good powered hub is near a must for a device like the NP as there are so many uses for peripherals: hard drives, keyboards, mice, USB keys, Flirc IR controller, usb ethernet, etc. I highly suggest getting a decent powered hub with a lot of ports and a good track record. Monoprice sells a pretty good powered 7 port unit that has great reviews (I have four all over my home) and is relatively cheap:
http://www.monoprice.com/Product?c_id=103&cp_id=10307&cs_id=1030702&p_id=5328&seq=1&format=2
The hub you were looking at above is limited to 3 ports and doesn't come with an a/c adapter. I'd look elsewhere, imho.

So far I have had good results with a bus powered hub. Granted, it's not going to work for a bus powered power hungry accessory, such as an external hard drive. But it powers my wireless dongle for my F710 and a USB flash drive just fine.

I've noticed my Logitech K400 had some pretty bad range issues when the receiver was connected directly to an OTG cable, but when I use a powered hub it's working great. So, it may be worth considering, if you notice any problems with an unpowered setup.

Just want to update. This cord works fine

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00B4GGW5Q/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I have this one and it works great. I broke my rightangled one trying to force it to fit with the hdmi plugged in...glad they are not expensive.

I bought my right angled USB OTG before I got the unit and also had some trouble getting it in there. The problem was that the power cord was in the way. I resolve it by simply plugging the USB OTG in first and then inserting the power cord.
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30 seconds with a razor blade, and I simply cut away the right angled part all together, and hot glued it into a straight otg

CrustyMcLovin said:
I bought my right angled USB OTG before I got the unit and also had some trouble getting it in there. The problem was that the power cord was in the way. I resolve it by simply plugging the USB OTG in first and then inserting the power cord.
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You are lucky because yours bends towards the power cord and not the HDMI cable like mine did...there was no way of having both installed at the same time.

djwyman said:
You are lucky because yours bends towards the power cord and not the HDMI cable like mine did...there was no way of having both installed at the same time.
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Ahh yeah... makes sense.
This is the one I purchased.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00GM0OZ4O/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1