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Now that 2.1 is has been unleashed (UNofficially) it has brought the desk clock app with it. So I am pretty sure by the title you know what I am asking for, A DOCK!!! I am too inpatient for HTC to release an official one (plus they probably won't) so please post a picture of YOUR OWN dock with YOUR OWN Droid Eris in it, not stock photos from bay, or amazon or any other website.

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Anyone try checking these out?
HTC Droid Eris USB Sync & Charge Cradle (with AC Charger) (w/ 2nd battery support)
HTC Droid Eris USB Sync & Charge Cradle (with AC Charger) W/O 2nd Charger
USB Sync Dual Cradle DeskTop Charger Htc Eris Droid - with 2nd Battery Charger
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Incase anyone wants to order a Dock to take pictures of.

I actually just bought one like the first one in your list there, but from Ebay...$21 shipped. The wife's birthday is next month and I think she'd like it for her desk at work for Pandora, which her network guys have blocked. So her phone is the only way she can still get it at work. So I haven't actually got it yet, but it should be here soon enough. I'll post up once I get it.

Cheap seagate dock
Well here's my solution. I have several seagate freeagent drives and didnt want to clutter up the desk with multiple docks so I just modded the seagate dock to work with my eris. Just a simple cut in the front of the base and it works just fine. You can find them for as low as $12. I would like the extra battery charger on the other dock referenced above but like I said this works for both my eris and my seagate drives still.
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Is that a sync cable, or just a charging cable? The one I got off Ebay does both, that is you can plug two separate cables into the back and it comes with an AC adapter.

n2imagination said:
Well here's my solution. I have several seagate freeagent drives and didnt want to clutter up the desk with multiple docks so I just modded the seagate dock to work with my eris. Just a simple cut in the front of the base and it works just fine. You can find them for as low as $12. I would like the extra battery charger on the other dock referenced above but like I said this works for both my eris and my seagate drives still.
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Can I PLEASE have a link, thanks

http://alrightdeals.com/Item.htm?Id=S5_Storage.Devices_Storage.Accessory_3___2231082
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/585370-REG/Seagate_100521233_FreeAgent_Go_Dock.html
http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-FreeAgent-100521233-Silver-White/dp/B001GDLYAU

BTW I have an otterbox case on mine so i went in the bottom panel and cut the plastic for the usb mount a bit to raise it in the dock so it would connect correctly with my case but it connects just fine to an uncased eris with no adjustment.

Ok, the cradle I ordered off Ebay showed up yesterday, but I had to wait until the wife went to bed to take pics of it, since I'm giving it to her for her birthday. Here's a pic of it with the phone in the cradle and a spare battery charging in the dock as well.
Not a bad piece for the measly 20 bucks shipped. I think she'll like it for her desk at work. It has a mini USB input and also an ac wall charger adapter. I like it.

Ooooh nice! I may have to end up getting one of those.

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http://alrightdeals.com/Item.htm?Id=S5_Storage.Devices_Storage.Accessory_3___2231082
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/585370-REG/Seagate_100521233_FreeAgent_Go_Dock.html
http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-FreeAgent-100521233-Silver-White/dp/B001GDLYAU
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I bought this one at bestbuy... it does not fit

DarthMowzy said:
I bought this one at bestbuy... it does not fit
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I use it every day. Why doesn't it fit?

@Darth
Actually I should amend that. I use my "modified one" everyday. As I showed in my photos I trimmed out a U section in the front so the eris will slide down onto the dock properly. This way it works with my eris as well as my seagate drives.

I like all these dock ideas, but since I use my phone as my iPod now it would be nice if there was one out there that used HTC's special USB port to send audio out through this dock. Anyone seen one of those?

The one I posted pics of early in the thread does. $20 bucks shipped from Fleabay.

Dangerous Dave said:
The one I posted pics of early in the thread does. $20 bucks shipped from Fleabay.
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I have the exact same dock you posted pics of earlier. How did you get it to pump audio out through the mini-usb? There is no audio output on the dock itself ,besides the top of the Eris anyway.

gersto said:
I have the exact same dock you posted pics of earlier. How did you get it to pump audio out through the mini-usb? There is no audio output on the dock itself ,besides the top of the Eris anyway.
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Well, there are two outputs on the back of the cradle, one is for A/C charging only, and one is for USB connection to your PC. Use the USB and connect it to your PC. Tell the phone to "mount as disk drive". You can then use Windows Media Player or whatever media player you're using to read your music off the drive.

Sorry, need 2 more

these all look like good options but i just got bored on day and just made one in my shop out of wood and some black paint it looks very nice and it cost me nothing

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)

voodoomurphy said:
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?

car charger cable with usb audio out

I just upgraded from a galaxy s3 to the new s4. The one thing that's really bothering me is that a cable I've used in my car with the s3 isn't working with the s4.
The cable plugs into the usb jack on the phone, and the other end splits into a usb jack that I plug into my charger, and into an audio jack that goes into the aux. in of my car stereo. With my s3, all I had to do was plug in my phone, and it would go into car dock mode, routing audio out through the cable.
The cable doesn't seem to work with my s4. I already checked the box in settings to play audio over usb when in dock mode, but the phone doesn't go into dock mode when plugged into the cable like the s3 did.
Is my phone defective, or did they change something in the s4? How can I get this to work again? Is there an updated cable I need to buy?
in advance for any help!

breasume fogy
the s3 and s4 have different specs in regards to that issue...sorry I dont know the technical terms to help elaborate but no it will not work the same way. I had the same issue with my ibolt dock for the s3 not working with my s4.

glsec507 said:
the s3 and s4 have different specs in regards to that issue...sorry I dont know the technical terms to help elaborate but no it will not work the same way. I had the same issue with my ibolt dock for the s3 not working with my s4.
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I was really disappointed by that! I have searched and been unable to locate a cable that does what the $7 cable I used with my S3 did. I found another *possible* solution. I ordered this from Amazon:
AUDI 99-10 GROM Android USB interface adapter VAGM
This is specific to my car, but they make them for lots of vehicles. If it doesn't work, I'll return it and keep trying. I'll update this thread next week to let you guys know if it works.
In the meantime, if anyone else has a simple, one-cable solution to both charge and play audio from the phone in a car, let me know!

Ibolt now has the ibolt xprodock which works the same way but also gives you the option to mount it to your windshield or dash and use as a gps which I like
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glsec507 said:
Ibolt now has the ibolt xprodock which works the same way but also gives you the option to mount it to your windshield or dash and use as a gps which I like
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I may end up buying that mount and using just the cable from it. I already have the world's best car mount (if anyone wants to know about it, ask me and I'll let you know why I like it so much!)
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I just got my S4 and I've been considering the iMagnet mount. I thought that with the simplicity of just "snapping" it onto the mount, and with the problems people seem to be having with combined audio/usb cables, it would be great if I could find a bluetooth audio solution (there's a thread about it out there). It would be so cool to just pop the phone onto the magnet, start the car, and have bluetooth audio flowing through my car without having to attach anything to anything.

flu13 said:
I just got my S4 and I've been considering the iMagnet mount. I thought that with the simplicity of just "snapping" it onto the mount, and with the problems people seem to be having with combined audio/usb cables, it would be great if I could find a bluetooth audio solution (there's a thread about it out there). It would be so cool to just pop the phone onto the magnet, start the car, and have bluetooth audio flowing through my car without having to attach anything to anything.
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You'd still have to plug it in to charge though, if you're using the phone while driving (navigation, pandora, etc.) That's why the solution I had with my S3 was so great. Just pop the phone onto the magnet mount, and plug in the USB. I got audio and charging with just that one cable. I'm looking to do that again with the S4.

Yeah, I know I'd still have to plug it in to charge. Thing is, mostly I just drive to and from work, so my phone is charging while I'm at home and while I'm at work, and even though I have a charger in the car, there's not a HUGE need to always be charging.

My iBolt pro dock works great! I haven't tried my iBolt dock(original), nor have I tried custom roms with either for the s4 ( i'm comming from a S3 running LiquidSmooth. I've had audio out issues with other roms)

cogcaviz24 said:
My iBolt pro dock works great! I haven't tried my iBolt dock(original), nor have I tried custom roms with either for the s4 ( i'm comming from a S3 running LiquidSmooth. I've had audio out issues with other roms)
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Thanks for the feedback! Can I ask you a question about the dock? If I were to order it, would I be able to separate the cable from the dock, and use just the cable? Again, I'm really happy with my iMagnet dock, but I want the cable to function like it used to with my S3.
Thanks!

I'm not sure you meant to quote me? I don't actually have the dock. Maybe you meant to quote cogcaviz24?

flu13 said:
I'm not sure you meant to quote me? I don't actually have the dock. Maybe you meant to quote cogcaviz24?
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Oops, you're right. Thanks! I edited my post.

Yesterday I pulled the cable I was using in my car out, and put back the separate charger and headphone jack so that I can listen to music from my phone in my car. It looks so messy and is a hassle with two cables! Hopefull the Grom Audio adapter I ordered works!
I'll let everyone know.

Bit of a thread revival, but I have this problem in my car as well. I have a possible solution that I'm going to try in the morning, but I think it might have something to do with the fact that the GS4 automatically mounts as a "Media Device", whereas my previous phone would mount as a "USB Mass Storage Device".
I just installed an app that allows the GS4 to mount as a USB storage device, so I'm going to try running that tomorrow and see if that helps. I'll report back soon.

rtmeikle said:
I was really disappointed by that! I have searched and been unable to locate a cable that does what the $7 cable I used with my S3 did. I found another *possible* solution. I ordered this from Amazon:
AUDI 99-10 GROM Android USB interface adapter VAGM
This is specific to my car, but they make them for lots of vehicles. If it doesn't work, I'll return it and keep trying. I'll update this thread next week to let you guys know if it works.
In the meantime, if anyone else has a simple, one-cable solution to both charge and play audio from the phone in a car, let me know!
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As promised, I wanted to give a review of this device. It works!
It was a bit of a hassle to set up, so if anyone has questions, let me know. It's all hard-wired now though, so I plug my phone into the USB cable, and it charges and passes audio through to the car stereo. The one really nice thing is that with the old USB to USB/ audio splitter that I had, there was some hiss/background noise. This new setup has none of that. It sounds great!
Again, if anyone orders one, let me know and I'll give you some pointers. The instructions weren't great, and it was a hassle to get it working.
Rob

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2455347