I just got the OEM car dock and I am having issues mounting it to my windshield so that I can see the screen properly. I had a Nexus One with the the OEM car dock and it was much easier to position the arm so that the screen is viewable. This new one almost seems like the arm is on backwards because the angle is reversed of what it looks like it should be. If I could take it apart, I think I could align it properly, but I do not want ot destroy it. I can sort of make it work when I have the USB port on the top, but from the diagram in the box, it should be on the bottom.
Anybody else have one? If so how does it work? Pics?
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The car dock has very limited range of motion in the arm. I ended up fashioning a custom mount attached to my dash which I glued the plastic disc to that came with the car dock. It was a huge amount of work and I'm still not very happy with the solution.
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I normally love brodit products, having used them exclusively for the last 2 years+ (about 6 different ones for my various phones), but I won't be using this mount for 2 reasons:-
1) it's a REALLY tight fit, and I value having a scratch free phone.
2) the usb port is not lined up correctly meaning you have to try to bend either the phone or the mount to get the port in.
I've attached a picture, sorry it's bad, but you can see where the teflon (or whatever the soft covers are made of) has been taken off and put across the metal, you can see a line all up the side of the soft surface, but it doesn't show on the photo.
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I already ordered one earlier this week. It hadnt arrived yet, but Im hoping that maybe you just had a faulty one and they generally fit better.... thanks for the warning though.
I got mine today. It hasn't scratched my phone yet, but I would agree that the connector is slightly off.
Same, no scratches, but I have to 'jiggle' slightly to get the connector to fit.
You know what, I have to take that back. I used this a few times last night and it was dropping in just fine, no need for jiggling!
any way to auto-activate the car-dock mode? maybe a DIY mod?
edit: btw: i had a bad experience with the holder for my hero. to be more exact with the tilt swivel. the screw was too short, and the adhesive was in the wrong place, so it would always unscrew itself and fall of. had to replace it with my own screw. haptics of the swivel are nothing to write home about too.
you can make it always run it when it's charging. for me charging = in car so that's ok.
So while I was looking at various case solutions for a number of tablets, I came across the repeated notion that any tablet without magnets cannot have a smart-case style clip on cover. While this is generally true, I had a thought....
The TF101 has the added bonus of having 2 great big clips on the bottom for the keyboard dock.
This lead me to wonder, how realistic would it be to make a smart cover/origami cover style case that clips to the side using these docking clips.
Once the cover can clip to the bottom, it's easy to attach that system to a chopped up existing case and boom, we have a simple clip on screen cover/stand.
I don't have the keyboard dock so I dont know how the clips work, so does anyone think there's any real potential in this?
My honest guess is that this is too ambitious and will never work, but it's always worth putting the idea out there
Edit: Crap, wrong section. Accident, my bad. Can a mod move this to accessories if that's more appropriate? Thanks
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I think the way the dock locks it up is with a switch in the hinge, which makes some kind of connection in the connector. That's just my guess though.
If I'm right, obviously the "smart TF cover" would have to include a dock connector and some kind of simple switch to do that connection...
Maybe 2 metal plates that when they touch the aluminum Bezel (and therefore contact between them is made), shut off the screen.
Someone that has dissassembled the dock can check and confirm how it works. I just bought it so I'm not willing just yet.
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I think the way the dock locks it up is with a switch in the hinge, which makes some kind of connection in the connector. That's just my guess though.
If I'm right, obviously the "smart TF cover" would have to include a dock connector and some kind of simple switch to do that connection...
Maybe 2 metal plates that when they touch the aluminum Bezel (and therefore contact between them is made), shut off the screen.
Someone that has dissassembled the dock can check and confirm how it works. I just bought it so I'm not willing just yet.
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To be honest, making it do the "smart" stuff like that would be awesome but is also more complicated than I was thinking.
I was just looking at it doesn't look like theres even a dumb version of the smart cover, which is essentially what I was thinking.
I mean this as in, it doesnt need to control the display, it just seems like a more stylish, slimline way to protect the screen and use as a stand if it clips onto the side and only covers one face of the tablet.
I have the HTC car kit for my Sensation and love it except for one thing: When driving over rougher roads or when taking hard right turns the mount moves, so instead of the phone staying nice and level it droops. My car's on an pretty firm aftermarket suspension so I wouldn't be surprised if not many other people have this issue... Is there any way to tighten or flat-out lock the mount's arm? There doesn't appear to be any visible tension screw I can tighten, and because the arm is chromed no adhesive I can think of really sticks to it. (at least super glue and silicone adhesives haven't ) Any ideas?
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I have the HTC car kit for my Sensation and love it except for one thing: When driving over rougher roads or when taking hard right turns the mount moves, so instead of the phone staying nice and level it droops. My car's on an pretty firm aftermarket suspension so I wouldn't be surprised if not many other people have this issue... Is there any way to tighten or flat-out lock the mount's arm? There doesn't appear to be any visible tension screw I can tighten, and because the arm is chromed no adhesive I can think of really sticks to it. (at least super glue and silicone adhesives haven't ) Any ideas?
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Of the mount itself? It's this one: http://www.google.com/products/cata...a=X&ei=qDK1T7SzFMqeiQKdr7H1AQ&ved=0CHsQ8wIwAQ
The part I want to be able to tighten or lock down the the ball and socket you can see at the base... If this gets much more annoying I might end up grinding away the chrome from the ball portion and using something like JB Weld to secure it to the base.
It looks like the base should be able to come apart to tighten the tension on the socket for the lower ball.
Is there an external adjustment for this?
I checked and couldn't find any adjustment anywhere. If I pull away the suction cup it looks like the metal base is pressed in so I can't even get to the ball joint. Since the ball joint is limited to roughly 180* of rotation, I just rotated the entire mount so it's already at it's limit for the counter-clockwise rotation and therefore can't sag in that direction anymore. That leaves the power cable sticking out of the bottom instead of neatly out of the way at the top, but I ordered a micro-USB cable with a 90* end that should minimize that too...
So i have signed up for Googles new music service "All Access". I love it, however, I have noticed one thing about it. It puts one hell of a strain on my Nexus 4s modem when streaming in high quality.
I found out that if I run a GPS app such as ingress or Waze while streaming hi quality audio from All Access that eventually my phone will get so hot that my internet connection pretty much stops working all together. I like to run Waze every morning for my commute because the police alerts are sweet and i also like to stream music.
I have tried every software tweak i can think of to help with this issue including underclocking, unvolting, underclock GPU, screen brightness ECT....but it doesn't prevent it. My only idea left if to have the phone held by a vent mounted clip and expose the area around the camera (where it is very very hot) to the flow of cool air while i drive. Hopefully the phones back doesn't get that hot if the phone is exposed to the air from the start.
Does anyone have experience with a vent clip that works well with vertical vents?
I have horizontal vents but I was able to use this mount I got on ebay.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=380541142201&ssPageName=ADME:X:AAQ:US:1123
The vent clip is rotatable so it can be use on either horizontal or vertical vents. It technically didn't fit my N4 but after some bic lighter manipulations my phone fits pretty snug with it's Ringke Fusion case. I heated up the 2 corner clips and used a pair of pliers to bend out the hooks at the ends. I also stretched out the center holding clip so it would fit my phone better. The whole thing is not super locked into place since it can still wiggle but I am sure that is isn't going to fall off since the hooking mechanism is pretty well done.
You can use a binder clip car dock.
http://lifehacker.com/5747897/how-to-build-a-car-mount-for-your-cellphone-from-office-supplies
Just had this happen to me today. I'm streaming all access while charging and my phone got so hot that it stopped charging. My fix is the mount that goes in the CD tray. I just aim one of my vents toward the phone and it can't possibly overheat.
I just shove it into one of the vents and crank up the ac Lol two mins its cool Lol. Short term solution
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You can also block the vent in behind the holder. That's what I did. By totally fluke the dark grey plastic that DVD movie cases are made of match the color of my dash.
So I cut up an old DVD cass the right size and stuck it in between the vent grills and the vent housing. Then made holes for the arms of the phone holder.
Here's a pic.
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I have one of the Nokia Wireless Charging car mounts. Had been using it without issues on the S4- Using the S5, became interesting . The position of the charging puck was way off internally. So I decided to mod it ever so slightly. Grabbed a heat gun and melted the the NFC nub down so it was flat allowing the device to move freely in the charging adapter. All worked fine. No issues. Now the NOTE 4, works fine still but it is ugly. The melted nub looks 'off' and I want it to have a cleaner look.
SO- Whats available out there? What Wireless Charging Car Docks are out there? The Nokia one is bomber, I like it. Mine is just hurting in appearance due to the heat gun modification.
I also use the Nokia Vertical desktop Wireless charging stand. It too had to be modified It was simpler though. No heat gun, simply open it up from the bottom, 4 screws, then pull the base off slowly. another 2 screws for the charging port. Unsnap the vertical part. and you can see the wireless charging coil is centered in there. Held into place with double sided tape, there is a .5" or so piece of plastic on the top part of the coil. Remove it by cutting and pull the coil farther up in the vertical area. Secure it,
( i used hot glue) , and put it all back together. I moved mine up about half an inch or little more. Now, the s4, s5, and Note 4 all charge on it also without issue.
If anyone is interested in any of the MODS on those I have already, I can post up a step by step in picture form.
In the mean time, lets get some info up on other WIRELESS CAR CHARGERS/ CRADLES!!!
i use the choetech t510 from amazon & the itian from ebay.
the choetech needs its bottom prongs cut and then it fits perfectly.
The itian needs the bottom extended and the side needs to be wedged out a little before it fits.
Both work fine with modifications as noted.
i used scotch outdoor double sided tape from home depot (the red one with double sided peel off) and it sticks fine vertically to the dashboard.
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i use the choetech t510 from amazon & the itian from ebay.
the choetech needs its bottom prongs cut and then it fits perfectly.
The itian needs the bottom extended and the side needs to be wedged out a little before it fits.
Both work fine with modifications as noted.
i used scotch outdoor double sided tape from home depot (the red one with double sided peel off) and it sticks fine vertically to the dashboard.
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I have a custom rear view mirror relocation bracket with a RAM Ball on it. Type B/ 1" Ball. - With the Nokia mount, you can disassemble the mount all the way down to the BALL - Using a Ram Mount Extension arm, I connect the mount to the rearview ball mount. Solves the suction cup, adhesive, mount issues. Plus I stay in compliance with state laws. Nothing hanging on the windshield or rearview mirror statute.
Most of the mounts can be broken down far enough to access the BALL or be modified to accept a ball.
I like mine in a position where it is in my line of site, or slightly off to one side. Set the screen brightness dimmer or lighter depending on the condition.
Occasionally I will set the phone on my steering wheel column, jack the brightness up all the way, and use it as a heads up display. The light bounces off the windshield and works awesome. Occasional movies on long trips to keep me up, maps, hangouts with voice over.
I have the iotti wireless car dock. It works great with the OEM back. The only thing I don't like about it is prying the arms apart to remove the phone.
The Nokia version opens wide enough to accommodate the note, s5,and s4.