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Cheap $13.570 3000mah batt and also other interesting stuff from Deal Xtreme

Hi All,
Just giving you guys a heads up on interesting items for our SGS.
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.46869 <--- 2800mah batt (Getting It)
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.46157 <--- shady looking dock charger
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.30047 <--- Solar Charger with built in 2600mah battery, Shame I already have a 2000mah model
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.8422 <---- Turns ANY wired headphones into Bluetooth! (Getting it)
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.4346 <--- For Zombies and when I've had enough of my buggy SGS
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.45604 <-- (Got) Mini Bluetooth Keyboard that works with Froyo. You'll also want to look at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8590340&postcount=33 to get the extra special buttons to work
*NEW*
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.47285 <---- Cheaper $13.70 US$ battery at 3000mah (damn IT! I already ordered the 2800!)

Damn you for making me look at deal extreme! My poor bank account!
Saw some decent looking bluetooth headphones there just now too.
There's another i9000 charger that has a slot for the spare battery too.

damn!... all the good sized batteries needs a battery door change

I hate Deal Xtreme . Every time I'm on there I spend money that I don't have. BUT with the american dollar doing so bad I can afford to buy more!!! heheheh

sargorn said:
Damn you for making me look at deal extreme! My poor bank account!
Saw some decent looking bluetooth headphones there just now too.
There's another i9000 charger that has a slot for the spare battery too.
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Read the reviews on the headphones. I saw some I wanted to get but it seems they are mono only.
I ordered this http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.8422 Turns any headphone into bluetooth headset

I'm having doubts about the solar-battery. There's people saying it won't recharge the 3GS, for example, issues that I've read about on similar products too.
How's the Bluetooth keyboard? Is it good for typing? I assume you could use it with emulators.

It seems to charge my sisters 3gs fine last week when she was overseas in 3rd world country without reliable power. It also charges my system fine. But as I said I have the 2000mha version which might have higher amps. It charges on par with USB cable so I'm guessing 300mah while normal charger does 500mah. It takes about 10 hour's in sun to charge its 2000mah batt and 6 hours to charge phone. The keyboard works fine . Haven't tested it with emuls as I don't have any. For its price its not gonna be the best but it works. I modded a case to make my sgs a mini lappy. I mainly use my system in a iPhone wrist case as a watch
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If you search for other portable battery packs like the one OP listed...
You will see that there are a lot of users you have cracked open those just to find out that a lot of them use batteries that are only like half the mah and such. It varies too much.
Rather than that, I totally recommend the following type of gadget...
http://ladyada.net/make/mintyboost/

You just pwnt my bank account, thx.

xxgg said:
If you search for other portable battery packs like the one OP listed...
You will see that there are a lot of users you have cracked open those just to find out that a lot of them use batteries that are only like half the mah and such. It varies too much.
Rather than that, I totally recommend the following type of gadget...
http://ladyada.net/make/mintyboost/
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i Love this!
Buy the kit for $20
http://www.adafruit.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=10

Rather than that, I totally recommend the following type of gadget...
http://ladyada.net/make/mintyboost/
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He he looks kind of quirky...love it.
Don't no how difficult it would be to build it though..never done any soldering before.

TB Design Flaw - debating returning

Am I the only one who noticed the charging port is located below the kickstand on the opposite of the hinge side?
That means no charging when placed on a table in landscape mode, wow really HTC, how did that pass design? should have been placed on the bottom or on the hinge side of the kickstand. Now we can't charge our phone while watching a movie, etc. while using the kickstand.

They want you to buy the dock apparently. At least mine works with the stand going upside down. Not ideal, but it does stay up

Didn't think about using it upside down, I guess that will work, still bad design. But you are probably right, done to make us buy the dock. Thanks

You could also do what a guy in the store when i went to play with one, who noticed this with the floor models said... just have it on the edge of a table? Also not ideal, but would keep you from dropping $$ on the dock option. But if your seriously using your phone to watch movies in a place where you can charge it/use the stand you might want to consider getting the dock. I see the main benefit of the stand/phone for movies is when your on the go and likely can't plug it in anyway.

Then again if I use as you described wouldn't the video be upside down? I don't think it rotates to landscape that way, unless I am missing something

No offense, but you seriously didnt know what was an issue before buying the phone? Not trying to be a jerk, but it was pointed out in each and every review I read of the device starting back at CES. It is to accomodate charging while in the multimedia dock.

Same complaint here! Anyone know if L-shaped power pigtail connectors are available?
It seems to be designed for left-handed people, well except for the kickstand.

boingboingbilly said:
No offense, but you seriously didnt know what was an issue before buying the phone? Not trying to be a jerk, but it was pointed out in each and every review I read of the device starting back at CES. It is to accomodate charging while in the multimedia dock.
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I guess I overlooked it, wasn't concerned with the kickstand when looking at all the specs, bottom line is we should be able to view landscape with kickstand while charging. bad design.

Hurray for smart thinking
a right angle microusb cord...can be found on amazon for under $10
edit: wow i cant even post the link or pictures cause i need a minimum of eight posts....
whatever im sure you can search amazon also

Debating on disregarding everything awesome about this phone because you can't charge and use the kickstand at the same time? Wow.

Design flaw probably not, just a compromise. If you look at the hinge side of the kickstand it goes in deeper into the phone probably causing the design not to have enough space for the usb... maybe they could have put it on the bottom but i'm sure there was a reason. I work with designers and they are quite thoroughl. And from the HTC team video for the thunderbolt those guys look like they know what they are doing. You could return it and not have LTE or wait for a phone with LTE and no kickstand. Pick your flavor

rich12313 said:
Hurray for smart thinking
a right angle microusb cord...can be found on amazon for under $10
edit: wow i cant even post the link or pictures cause i need a minimum of eight posts....
whatever im sure you can search amazon also
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Yes, a right angle will reduce the offset, but it will still cause the phone to not set horizontally properly. Still gonna need something to prop up the other side of the phone.
You can always post a link without the http:// part, people can paste that into their browser.

been searching everywhere. Need a usb with a bend like this.
http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...=10419&cs_id=1041913&p_id=3733&seq=1&format=2
then it will be flatter than the other 90 degree cables

If I was a betting man I would say it is verizons fault. It seems like all of there recent phones have been like this. But maybe im wrong.
Sent from my ADR6400L using XDA App

1454 said:
If I was a betting man I would say it is verizons fault. It seems like all of there recent phones have been like this. But maybe im wrong.
Sent from my ADR6400L using XDA App
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Verizon has no say in that.
I didn't realize it would block the kickstand until I tried it, so it's annoying but whatever. Just another silly decision like putting the kickstand in front of the speak. Stuuuuupid.

If the port wasn't there the dock would be harder to make (you wouldn't be able to just set it in the dock without plugging anything in), and if it was on the volume rocker side you wouldn't have access to those buttons while docked. So it was a design compromise and a design that gives people an incentive to buy the dock, which is a win for the manufacturer. HTC makes phones and accessories to make money, not to give us a free standup movie player or alarm clock. I guess they could have put the port on the back of the phone somewhere but that would look silly and you wouldn't be able to lay it down and charge. I bought the dock for my OG droid and it was well worth the money, I'll surely be buying the dock for my bolt when it's available.

Chadwickity said:
If the port wasn't there the dock would be harder to make (you wouldn't be able to just set it in the dock without plugging anything in), and if it was on the volume rocker side you wouldn't have access to those buttons while docked. So it was a design compromise and a design that gives people an incentive to buy the dock, which is a win for the manufacturer. HTC makes phones and accessories to make money, not to give us a free standup movie player or alarm clock. I guess they could have put the port on the back of the phone somewhere but that would look silly and you wouldn't be able to lay it down and charge. I bought the dock for my OG droid and it was well worth the money, I'll surely be buying the dock for my bolt when it's available.
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All that makes sense, but HTC knows how to do docks right...look at the Nexus 1 and its dock (I have 2 of the docks). Separate charger pins that don't use the usb port (which is also a charger). Similar would have been a nice compromise.

If a kickstand was my main reason for purchasing this device, then I might consider a return. Sure, maybe it's a design flaw, but so far, if that's the only evil we have to deal with..
I'ma let you finish, but HTC makes the best 4G phones of all time.
..of all time.

All these little nit picky things confuse me, is someone actually buying this device to use as something other than a phone? Sure, it browses the internet, has 4g, checks facebook, takes nice pictures, is really fast, but I am sure the **** not sending a video out to my tv, or streaming to videos or you tube to my tv , or trying to play "real" video games, that is why I have a laptop or home pc, it's a phone. I must be confused.

fillyo said:
All these little nit picky things confuse me, is someone actually buying this device to use as something other than a phone? Sure, it browses the internet, has 4g, checks facebook, takes nice pictures, is really fast, but I am sure the **** not sending a video out to my tv, or streaming to videos or you tube to my tv , or trying to play "real" video games, that is why I have a laptop or home pc, it's a phone. I must be confused.
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I agree. Phone first everything else second. The kickstand isnt designed so you can watch full fledged movies. It is made for occassional use. If it really bothers you...buy the dock or return the TB and get Samsung Stealth which dont even have a kickstand.

About to buy a used one. What to check ?

Hi,
After some research I decided to buy gtablet. It will be my first android so I don't know much about it. (I'm aware that I need to learn about rooting etc after purchasing)
In about an hour, I will be buying one and I'm several thousands away from home so I have to check it well before buying.
What should I check other than the obvious tests ?
Is there any software that checks internal components ?
Or any program suggestions to run ? (For example if skype is installed I can test wi-fi, speakers and microphone at the same time).
thanks alot.
best.

honestly...i was about to buy a used one too last week...and then the price of a new one just keeps dropping and making it not worth it to buy it used...unless you are getting some kind of amazing deal. (like less than 200 dollars)
woot just had it for 255.. tigerdirect had them for 260 recently... i think the peace of mind is worth it for the extra 50 bucks...but i dont know your income ..

I second that. If its under 200 or comes with sweet accessories buy used. If not, save and buy new.
Make sure it has had a screen protector on the the whole time and that the power plug and audio plug work. Biggest issues so far have been broken power ports and headphone jacks.
As far as rooting goes, you don't really need to. All the roms here are stock rooted and if you follow the update.zip method of installing a rom or clockwork mod from stock you will be fine. Oh, and make sure you check what bootloader you are on before flashing a rom. Just read and read some more, tons of us are here to help when you got questions

Thanks for the replies, I agree your comments.
In my case the machine was not used and with a warranty so I purchased it.

PowerSkin Protective Case

hey guys has anyone tried this ?
http://www.htcaccessorystore.com/uk/p_htc_item.aspx?i=220001&phone=203871

this looks goood. Official from HTC, not a high prize. But do we know something about mAh, and if i will be able to put my phone wit it in my jeans?

Picture from Amazon
at amazon
it's says 1500mah

lol im not sure i was hoping someone would actually have had experience with this as i am considering of buying one and would like reviews. when i checked on amazon they did not have any in stock and no reviews

I'd like to try one.
There is a Desire HD review (at the bottom) for the same case for the `HTC Desire / Inspire 4G'.
(It's better to get more than one review however.)
It's cheaper in the US (Newegg) but they don't ship internationally.

Hmm. Dhd is heavy enough without external add. Besides I had mobile charger for my old hd2 broke micro USB in less then week :/

i'm looking for this type of case for my DHD, i'm from the philippines but i cant find this in stores here.. can anyone help me find a store that ships here?

Looks interesting. Do I have it right that it uses your existing battery in tandem?
Sent from my HTC Desire HD using XDA App

GREAT!
looks good, I have been looking for something like this for ages, but with not much success, just the price is a little high...

I bought one on ebay and the truth that has nothing to envidiala, and much cheaper
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I bought one on ebay and the truth that has nothing to envidiala, and much cheaper

I have them... but version for HTC HD7. The only difference is... volume and power button is in other side, but works well coz soft rubber! )
Its only 800 mAh, so... after connect them to devise - it will give you 70-80% charge of the main battery... so if your battery is still have 20...30% of charge - you will get full charge.
Im using this case as "fail-safe" function... Case is full charged and going with me in bag, and if... I need to re-chrage battery - Im connecting them

I sourced on in my nook of the globe, and have since tried to get as much info on it as possible before dishing out the moolah.
It seems when connected it is basically a charging source. Its like using a charger instead of an extra battery.
I.e. it charges up the phone while connected until it runs flat, then phone starts using internal battery. It also doesnt allow normal usb function at all while connected to pc, as pc doesn't recognise it, it merely uses the connection to charge from.
It seems like a usefull pack if you use the phone for navigation in the car etc, or long stints in transit listening to music or watching movies.
The skin can be kept on without engaging the batterypack so you only connect when internal is running low.
Dunno, depends on your tastes and needs, I will probably get one when budget allows. going for R417 ~ 53$ or something like that round here Usefull since SA stores SUCK at keeping anything htc related on the shelves, its only nokia, samsung, iphone etc that get recognition...
Neways. HTH

Lapdocks (100, 500, 500p, OG Atrix)

Figured given Motorola's recent announcement that they'd be eliminating and/or no longer support these docks, that it would be useful as a community to track and track down the best prices of these items and pass them onward. Don't know about the rest of you but the capability of docking the phone was a huge sell to me - I simply couldn't justify the additional cost of the dock at the time I bought the phone.
In reading around, I've heard that Radio Shack is or was selling the Bionic Lapdock for $20 - I don't know if that is still the case.
I know that I at least am willing to prop the case open and flip connectors around if need be to make the dock work correctly with my phone.
Anyone else seen any of these lapdocks around at reasonable prices of late?
Regards.

whats the 500p and whats the difference between the 500 ?

Hrm. I might have been misreading things - when I search on the Moto site, I'm only seeing a 500 Professional. So perhaps different sites were referring to that particular model different ways.
Either way, I've got alerts set on SlickDeals and am keeping my eyes peeled on eBay. Anyone checked out a local Radio Shack to see if they still have the Bionic dock?

the bionic docks go around $50 on ebay, though i got mine $70 becuz i needed int ship

$50-60 right now at http://bensoutlet.com/
This is part of the 1saleaday family of websites. It's where I got mine.
Turning around the plugs was super easy but I don't actually use it that often. I have an Otterbox Defender on mine I have to take it out of the case to use it. Working on putting together to adapters to make a Raspberry Lapdock.

ri4naire said:
$50-60 right now at http://bensoutlet.com/
This is part of the 1saleaday family of websites. It's where I got mine.
Turning around the plugs was super easy but I don't actually use it that often. I have an Otterbox Defender on mine I have to take it out of the case to use it. Working on putting together to adapters to make a Raspberry Lapdock.
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Will that one for the 4G work with the A2 on ICS?

Ive been running my A2 w/OTA ICS... rooted for a few weeks now and just got the Droid Bionic lapdock for it. The A2 fits like a glove and it seems as long as im on wifi it doesnt run into an entitlement error. i found the lapdock on ebay new for 75 which compared to 300 when it first came out is still a pretty good deal. There was no need to change ports or anything since the ports for both the A2 and bionic are the same just sit in different spots on the side of the phones. The lapdock is lighter then my laptop and i pretty much use my phone for everything else so buying a lapdock to me was a good investment. i always have the HD dock station for music/movies for my tv. ICS webtop is much friendlier then GB and has more of the tablet interface feel to it...so ics is the way to go for the A2.
Hope this was helpful. :fingers-crossed:
Atrix 2 rooted w/ ICS
Samsung Captivate w/JB
Nook Color w/GB

http://1saleaday.com/flash/lapdock/
Have to sign up on their site if you're not a member, but it's free to join. Price for 24 hours only, and it appears to be an OG Atrix Lapdock

Ajfink said:
Will that one for the 4G work with the A2 on ICS?
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Yup, did it with mine. You have to take it apart and make the holes in the plastic (for the connectors) a little bigger so that you can flip the connectors around and stick them in the right orientation for the atrix 2. If you don't make the holes big enough, the ports will be misaligned just enough so that it wont dock very easily, and it will go in crooked. If they are big enough the problem is eliminated. Reassemble everything and enjoy webtop 3.0!
If you don't already have an atrix 4G lapdock though, go for the Bionic one. It doesn't have to be modified, and it fits better (the bionic is closer in size to the atrix 2 than the atrix 4G is)

I picked up a Bionic one from the Ben's Outlet sale - as another member described, it fits perfectly, and functions perfectly as well. Didn't even need to swap any ports around though I was prepared to do so if necessary. AT&T hasn't tried to ding me for tethering yet either, but we'll see how long that takes.
I'd been looking towards a tablet/phablet for the future, but having the lapdock makes that a none issue now, I think, especially at the prices we all seem to be finding.
I've still got alerts set up on SlickDeals for the various Lapdocks, will definitely continue to share them in this thread in hope that others can get good deals.

Hm, looks like my extended battery would get in the way on the Bionic dock? It's really NBD, I'm thinking of getting the LG Nexus 4 when it comes out, but if decide to stick with the A2 for a while more, a lapdock would be nice.

My lapdock experience and also a question
I just recently bought the lapdock 100 off of amazon, and so far I thought it was okay, but the connector wouldn't fit if I had my otterbox commuter case on. I started to read any posts related to using the bionic dock instead, but was a bit confused on whether of not it would fit properly. Taking a gamble I went and purchased the bionic dock on thursday morning, and being in Connecticut It arrived today this afternoon, $50 refurbished with free shipping from New Jersey. So far I cannot leave the otterbox on but it works better than the 100 dock I got for $120, which I kinda consider a waste of my time, but not really because I wasn't sure how I would be using the dock everyday, and whether or not I would want to use it at all for web browsing, video, small document editing, and music using an external speaker ( I tried both of the docks' speakers, they both are really meh for me and my music listening. I prefer my logitech ue earbuds and jbl micro II speaker)
Long story short, go with the bionic lapdock,bigger screen, slimmer form facter, just careful with the hinge, it's a bit easier to close the screen, not much resistance compared to the 100 lapdock. At least the refurbished ones
Q: I can't seem to change the tap to click settings when using the bionic dock. also I don't get battery charge stats or settings either, I did have bootstrap to go to cm10, but restored to ics from a cm backup. Is there a way to re download the OTA 4.0.4 update and apply again? I just want to make sure that it's not the dock.

Lapdock 500 is one of eBay's daily steals today, not many in stock, but seems a very good price if you need that much lapdock.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Motorola-La...fepn=5335869999&campid=5335869999&PID=1225267
Also, same seller has the Lapdock 100
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Motorola-La...fepn=5335869999&campid=5335869999&PID=1225267

Other Uses for the Motorola Atrix Lapdock
http://www.robpol86.com/index.php/Atrix_Lapdock_Other_Uses

chicknlil said:
Lapdock 500 is one of eBay's daily steals today, not many in stock, but seems a very good price if you need that much lapdock.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Motorola-La...fepn=5335869999&campid=5335869999&PID=1225267
Also, same seller has the Lapdock 100
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Motorola-La...fepn=5335869999&campid=5335869999&PID=1225267
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Just purchased the lap dock 100 can't wait to use it .. as long as Jim gets me a copy of his CM10...hint hint....
"Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war"

Question to those who use the lapdock 100. I just received mine in the mail and I discovered a pretty bad defect. I'm a pretty fast typist, so I tend to press multiple keys at once. But I discovered when I attempt to type the word "know", I get this weird chain of letters that come out that looks like "knuowzo".
For those of you that use the lapdock 100, can you please try and see if you can replicate this problem? Try typing "know" really fast, or press multiple keys together.
Edit: I also discovered that typing "press" really fast ends up as "prewsps" or "prewss". It's quite irritating. I'm hoping it's just a defective unit, as I like this lapdock better than my other original bionic lapdock.

RoyVegasPinoy said:
Edit: I also discovered that typing "press" really fast ends up as "prewsps" or "prewss". It's quite irritating. I'm hoping it's just a defective unit, as I like this lapdock better than my other original bionic lapdock.
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Does the original lapdock produce the same ?

souljaboy said:
Does the original lapdock produce the same ?
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No it doesn't. The original one works fine. I just prefer the 100 keyboard over the original... if the keys didn't have a mind of its own. Do you have the 100 dock?

RoyVegasPinoy said:
No it doesn't. The original one works fine. I just prefer the 100 keyboard over the original... if the keys didn't have a mind of its own. Do you have the 100 dock?
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i have the bionic dock, and the only time that happens is when i accidentally rest my hand on the touchpad, and the cursor moves into the middle of a word and garbles the text

RoyVegasPinoy said:
Question to those who use the lapdock 100. I just received mine in the mail and I discovered a pretty bad defect. I'm a pretty fast typist, so I tend to press multiple keys at once. But I discovered when I attempt to type the word "know", I get this weird chain of letters that come out that looks like "knuowzo".
For those of you that use the lapdock 100, can you please try and see if you can replicate this problem? Try typing "know" really fast, or press multiple keys together.
Edit: I also discovered that typing "press" really fast ends up as "prewsps" or "prewss". It's quite irritating. I'm hoping it's just a defective unit, as I like this lapdock better than my other original bionic lapdock.
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Bump. Can anyone with a lapdock 100 please try to replicate the problem above, thanks.