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?
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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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So I was checking out a Nexus One video on Youtube... and what do you know, but thanks to Google AdSense, I see this...
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Edit: www.google.com/phone/
Just click on "Get your phone". The price is $45. Overnight shipping with Fedex is $10, but Ground is free. Tax came out to a little over $3 for me.
Well that was a good catch. Nice :}
Awesome, can't wait!
Are you kidding me? The dock won't have rca built into it?
Instead an adapter is included? what the balls....
Why would they put a headphone jack on a dock for something that already has a headphone jack?
This is gonna be like the home dock for the droid. A glorified usb cable.
so two people can listen to music after all it is a social friendly phone!
The point to a dock is once you put it in you are done. Think of a laptop dock. Sure your laptop has an ethernet port, power port, and usb but it's alot easier to just put it in the dock and go.
But, unless the dock does video I probably won't be getting it. The car dock I'll probably get though.
an audio jack would be awesome and something i was looking for for the G1 originally, but no..., i want to charge the phone and at the same time listen to the music on it.
yes, Nexus One has a separate audio jack on top, but who wants to have a Nexus One sitting in the cradle and a cable goes out of its top all over the table to the speakers? cable out of cradle to speakers
perfect
shmigao said:
an audio jack would be awesome and something i was looking for for the G1 originally, but no..., i want to charge the phone and at the same time listen to the music on it.
yes, Nexus One has a separate audio jack on top, but who wants to have a Nexus One sitting in the cradle and a cable goes out of its top all over the table to the speakers? cable out of cradle to speakers
perfect
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+1 man... I want to be able to plug it into my stereo to stream Pandora, etc., or to put it on my nightstand and use my phone as my alarm clock/weather center/news station.
I thought about waiting for the dock but decided to buy a generic mount(kensington). Partly because I already have a bluetooth speaker to put in my car that can also go over fm. Also judging by the picture I won't get horizontal video recording, only vertical. Seeing that I like to record my car trips, this doesn't help me any.
Being that google would have to make this dock for everyones car I think the device will hook up to the phone and transmit itself to the car via bluetooth or FM, (not everyone's car has bluetooth or a usb connection) and just power off the cars lighter, everything will go over the cars speaker system unless the dock has a speaker in it(doubt it). And I wouldn't put my trust into the phones speaker while its facing the windshield. Also I don't like talking to someone if the dock will be transmitting over FM, that means anyone else listening on the station you are using will be listening in on you. That of course is assuming the dock doesn't have a speaker itself.
edit. Just realized this is for the Desktop Dock, not the car dock. D'oh
Ive just noticed the dock on sale at www.google.com/phone.
$45! Im in the UK and was going to buy it, but they want another $30 for delivery, might just wait for the car dock so I can order both and save on postage!
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It now seems to of disappered :s
mabey i should of ordered it!
Here's proof!
I just looked and it was up for me also. I more interested in the car dock myself...
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Here's proof!
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yeah just saw the same thing hopefully these can be copied pretty easy, seems like it should be the sort of thing you can get on ebay.
I thought it had Bluetooth streaming music though. still more interested in the car dock myself
joners said:
yeah just saw the same thing hopefully these can be copied pretty easy, seems like it should be the sort of thing you can get on ebay.
I thought it had Bluetooth streaming music though. still more interested in the car dock myself
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It does stream music via bluetooth. When you first use the dock, it automatically pairs with your phone. If you have the phone hooked up to your stereo, it streams music via bluetooth to the dock, and into the stereo.
I just checked the User Guide pdf that you can download by clicking "Learn More" under the Dock on the purchase page. See link below:
http://www.google.com/googlephone/nexusone-desktopdock.pdf
Edit: Anyone think the price will come down on this at all? I was kind of hoping for a landscape dock, but I'm digging this.
I don't think the price (which is not bad) will come down anytime soon from google. Also, would like a landscape dock but this does look very cool
I, for one, am very pissed the way the bluetooth is setup in the dock. When people first caught wind of the fcc filings for the dock and realized the dock had bluetooth, people were confused. It was thought that the dock would connect to a bluetooth stereo of sort, that way you can just slip it in and it would all work.
I have a little bluetooth stereo and this situation would be ideal, but that's not the case...
I'm just having a tough time understanding how this is supposed to work? I have to manually connect to my bluetooth stereo every time I want to use it now, I don't really want my phone connected to my dock when it's not in it. The user guide doesn't really specify exactly how this is going to work. Can someone who gets this confirm it?
omg do want! Gotta wait to get it imported to Aus though :/ c'mon eBay!
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I have a little bluetooth stereo and this situation would be ideal, but that's not the case...
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Why do you need to connect your dock to a stereo via bluetooth if you can do that right from your phone? And not everybody have wireless audio at home. So I think it's a good idea when the dock is connected to your home stereo (even via wires) and you streaming your music wirelessly to the speakers through the dock.
I am also interested can I pair this dock and my laptop, so that I can stream wireless music not only from the phone, but from laptop too?
Dock doesnt do data either.
Weird little dock. Was hoping for a landscape model. Dont like this.
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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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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.
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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
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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?
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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?
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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?
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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
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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
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¤t=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¤t=hd2024.mp4
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What do you mean you modded it?
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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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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 - (-)
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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...
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mehhh here it is..
Hey, check this out... I've had this for a while, but today I found this datasheet on the net today. http://www.mediafire.com/?d4e21efhuktctcb
This is the datasheet for our USB switch. Well, very similiar. You see, Samsung asked Fairchild semiconductors to build them a chip. The result was the FSA9480. This is the datasheet for the FSA9280.. They're functionally the same chip.
This datasheet contains plans to build a music dock!
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Also, Audio over USB is in here too.
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Hey, check this out... I've had this for a while, but today I found this datasheet on the net so I can now release it!! http://www.mediafire.com/?d4e21efhuktctcb
This is the datasheet for our USB switch. Well, very similiar. You see, Samsung asked Fairchild semiconductors to build them a chip. The result was the FSA9480. This is the datasheet for the FSA9280.. They're functionally the same chip.
This datasheet contains plans to build a music dock!
Also, Audio over USB is in here too.
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Wow, awesome find!
How much are the chips? Do they offer demos?
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Wow, awesome find!
How much are the chips? Do they offer demos?
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This chip is located inside your phone. Those wires referenced above are your USB port. You can build this with resistors and switches
Nice! That would definitely beat using an aux in, especially in the car!
The microphone isn't hooked up to the USB port in the Galaxy S phones, also I don't think the switch resistors will do anything, because the device driver doesn't recognize them as far as I know.
The alternatives are to use a 365K resistor between ID and ground for Home Dock mode, or a 619K resistor for Car Dock mode. The speaker connections are the same and you can connect +5V to pin 1 for charging.
See this thread for info about enabling the audio output, and issues with Car Dock audio output in Gingerbread.
Anyone try the switch resistors? I'd like to build one but don't want to waste the time if it won't work.
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Really thought more people would jump on this.
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I don't think the switch resistors will do anything, because the device driver doesn't recognize them as far as I know.
The alternatives are to use a 365K resistor between ID and ground for Home Dock mode, or a 619K resistor for Car Dock mode. The speaker connections are the same and you can connect +5V to pin 1 for charging.
See this thread for info about enabling the audio output, and issues with Car Dock audio output in Gingerbread.
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I ordered some usb cables to hack up to enable Home/Car Dock and also use audio over usb. I was dreaming on my way home the other day how I would love hard buttons to changes songs etc on the cappy.
But I have the exact same concerns as Beano, if the driver/app doesn't know what to do with the resistance its receiving then this is pretty useless.
So do any of the Dev's know if this type of thing is possible or if they car add the necessary code to make it work? I have no trouble building the controller but need more info on the chances of working.
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I ordered some usb cables to hack up to enable Home/Car Dock and also use audio over usb. I was dreaming on my way home the other day how I would love hard buttons to changes songs etc on the cappy.
But I have the exact same concerns as Beano, if the driver/app doesn't know what to do with the resistance its receiving then this is pretty useless.
So do any of the Dev's know if this type of thing is possible or if they car add the necessary code to make it work? I have no trouble building the controller but need more info on the chances of working.
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There is a stock car dock for the captivate with media buttons. Its apparently not supported with gt-i9010 because an Andromeda3 user complained about it. We base Andromeda off giorgio Armani captivate firmware.
Are the resistor switches (s1 through s12) recognized by anything (music app or otherwise)? It would be cool to make a car/desk dock that you could advance tracks, play/pause, etc. by switching different resistors.
Has anyone tried these switches with a music app to see if they do anything? I would like to make a car dock with momentary switches for the resistors, but didn't want to spend time on something if the software isn't there (I'm a tinkerer, so I don't have the expertise to solve anything too complex).
Thanks for the info posted here!
Ten char.
+1.
No one has tried this? This would be amazing.
CNLiberal said:
No one has tried this? This would be amazing.
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Why don't you?
My Cold Metamorphosis
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Why don't you?
My Cold Metamorphosis
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I just flashed CM7 to my phone. I heard that MHL isn't working yet, but I might order the parts for this tonight. It'd be pretty balls to just have one plug to deal with.
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My Cold Metamorphosis
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I did.
CNLiberal said:
I did.
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Well that was the easy part. I was also going to do that. I have a few micro usb cables ready to be hacked up. But the real question is if the "buttons" would work and what app, if any supports them.
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Well that was the easy part. I was also going to do that. I have a few micro usb cables ready to be hacked up. But the real question is if the "buttons" would work and what app, if any supports them.
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Bigger question is the charging issue. On CM9 Nightly 11, I have working Dock Audio, however, the phone will not enter in to "high charge" mode. That is to say, I'm still losing battery power when I have music playing, Google Nav running and bluetooth off. I thought that simply adding the 619K Ohm to pins 4 and 5 would cause the phone to charge at it's full rate of 750mA. Or is it something that TouchWiz enables?
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I thought that simply adding the 619K Ohm to pins 4 and 5 would cause the phone to charge at it's full rate of 750mA. Or is it something that TouchWiz enables?
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I do know there is a post around here somewhere outlining what to do to generic charger/wire to enable full rate. And here it is..... No resister needed....
Planning on trying to get the buttons to work??
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I do know there is a post around here somewhere outlining what to do to generic charger/wire to enable full rate. And here it is..... No resister needed....
Planning on trying to get the buttons to work??
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I have already tried shorting out D+ and D- on the microUSB side while on my 1A USB car adapter. That did not work either. I got the same rate of battery loss as on this car dock cable. I guess, that's another reason to look at the actual lighter plug in the Tahoe to see if it's putting out the necessary amperage.
And as far as getting the buttons to work, I think that's a no-go. An app would need to know to monitor for those particular signals. I'm not a programmer at all.
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I have already tried shorting out D+ and D- on the microUSB side while on my 1A USB car adapter. That did not work either. I got the same rate of battery loss as on this car dock cable. I guess, that's another reason to look at the actual lighter plug in the Tahoe to see if it's putting out the necessary amperage.
And as far as getting the buttons to work, I think that's a no-go. An app would need to know to monitor for those particular signals. I'm not a programmer at all.
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Tasker can capture input from media buttons and perform just about any action you could desire, so that covers the programming aspect.
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