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Update, My G2 Popsicle stick dock 2.0

Hey everyone,
I got a little ancy waiting for a official G2 dock so I decided to rig my own.
Total cost was about 10$ The most expensive part being a old hd2 dock I bought from Hong Kong for the wiring and adapter.
Now this is still unfinished but it is functional for syncing and charging simultaneously.
So I figured I would share my cheesy work.
(Version 1 Pics deleted due to age)
Ok, So I decided to use a saw and take a little more time.
Here is version 2.0
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I am now done with this prototype. Just did a quick finish with some hammertone paint and sticky foam.
Time to move on to a better lower profile design.

its a droid dock! made out of popsicle sticks. wonder if G2 can fit inside a blackberry torch dock. seem about the same size.

pretty sick dude

Now that's awesome and ingenius
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woot
How much?
I want 2 of them XD

Haha that is awesome! Nice dude.
fRom Snugs G2 ^.^

Thanks Guys,
I will probably remake it soon.. next time I will plan it out and actually measure.
and use a saw instead of breaking and eyeballing everything.

kkevin94 said:
pretty sick dude
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You could even say, pretty stick dude!

now fiber glass it hehe that would be sweet tho.

New version is about 1/2 way done...

Whoa nice!
a wooden Dock
are you going to varnish it?
LOL
nice job

I still need to sand fill in and finish. Then I will be done with it.
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Nice job, I like it! I have a HD2 dock I no longer use ...Hmmmm time to get to work!

One question, is the charging cord well mounted in there? I sometimes struggle plugging my phone in and it seems like the tip will just break if I try to push it in any more.

Anartic said:
One question, is the charging cord well mounted in there? I sometimes struggle plugging my phone in and it seems like the tip will just break if I try to push it in any more.
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Yes, its solid. What I did was loosely placed the connector in the dock and plugged in the phone. Once I had the proper angle, I hot glued the cable while still having the phone connected. Then after it hardened it stayed in perfect placement.

Plexiglass with green lighting inside.... oooooo.. reminds me of modding my old computer towers
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Just did a little wood filling, sanded and put the 1st coat of hammer tone paint on it. I acutally have no wood skills at all
But this has been a fun project.
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hahah awesome work! Bring it over to my work and we'll carbon fiber that sucker haha

very slick work. I wonder how long it will take HTC or T-Mobile to come up with their own model??? Too bad the G2 doesn't have the brass pins like the Nexus One has for very easy docking. Nexus One figured this out over 9 months ago, why not put this in the G2? I have both phones and the dock is a must. Come on T-Mobile, the G2 needs accessories and the dock is at the top of the list.

Seems like a modified battery door cover could be added to add the contacts for the battery. Not so easy for the microusb.

Infuse case with built-in kickstand

Has anyone seen or found a case for the Samsung Infuse that has a kick-stand in it?
This would allow you to place the phone on a table and not have to lean it against things to watch movies or whatever.
Thanks

I've seen them on e-bay.
Cranky...

there does not appear to be anyone currently offering them ...I too have seen them..but can not seem to find one now

Yeah the only ones I found with anything resembling a kick stand was the one or two that had that plunger looking thing you attach. Thanks
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This is mind boggling. I thought for sure a kickstand case would be out by now.
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They can easily make a battery back that houses a kickstand just make it a little thicker.

Bronk93 said:
This is mind boggling. I thought for sure a kickstand case would be out by now.
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We need to make one.

Popsicle Stick and Glue - Have at it.

the2rrell said:
Popsicle Stick and Glue - Have at it.
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bahahahahaha

Trying it now.

I haven't seen one.... Got a link? That's more the kinda case in looking for.
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Found this, not really a case with kickstand, looks like you set your phone in it and use it like that. Battery charger, with kickstand made for Infuse. Sorry, I'm new to this Xda, so they wont let me post a link. Go to CellularAccessory.com and search Samsung Infuse Kickstand.

Bronk93 said:
This is mind boggling. I thought for sure a kickstand case would be out by now.
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I just use a $2 black metal business card holder from Office Max, works great!
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http://www.cellularaccessory.com/et-cgpk002gsta.html
This is the link. Its a battery charger that you set your phone in, designed for the infuse

Infuse case with kickstand
Bronk93 said:
This is mind boggling. I thought for sure a kickstand case would be out by now.
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If you had looked two messages up you would have seen that I had posted that they are on E-Bay.
Since nobody seemed to want to do a search for themselves, here's the link:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/CASE-SCREEN-PROTECTOR-BELT-CLIP-HOLSTER-INFUSE-4G-/300598915882?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item45fd17732a

thanks, been looking for one.

Sprint has a very nice carbon fiber case with a built in kick stand for their sgs2. I know the screen size is the same as the infuse but I believe its thinner and the form factor is more curved, not sure if it will fit.
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Jep56 said:
I just use a $2 black metal business card holder from Office Max, works great!
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i have the exact same thing at home for my nightstand!

While it is not a case I found something that works well for me. I use 2 binder clips as it makes a great stand for me and I can keep it in my pocket for when I need it.
Take a Large Clip and 1 Medium binder clip.
The large one keep like normal while the medium one you turn both of the silver rings to one side so you have a backwards L with the back part sticking straight up.
Then take the large clips and clip it on the silver rings as clost to the black as you can.
This holds the phone very very well and I am able to watch movies during my lunch with a normal head set pluged into it. So this does mean my head truns some but not to much and it does not move at all. This works with or without the silicon ruber thing around the phone. With out the rubber you can also do it with the small and medium binders to make it even smaller. I think lifehacker has pic on doing this.
I hope this will help someone.

i keep this in my wallet..
http://www.gogostand.com/

4000mah Extended battery good price with pics

http://www.accessoryswamp.com/3500mah-extended-life-motorola-atrix-2-battery.html
I just got mine. Even tho link says 3500 it says 4000 on bat. Back cover is a nice soft touch rubber like the stock back. It fits amazing. Idk about the life it doesn't seem all the long tho.
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The cracks are forming in all four corners. April 13th-July 2nd.

this on top of rooting a phone and putting something like supercharged or Blazed will give god like battery life lol. nice link!

So far it seems that way. I managed to run it down to 50% that was using it all day.
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Question
So with this bigger battery does anyone carry a car charger and or usb cord with them? I would like to have just a battery that would last mostly all day.

Mine easily lasts all day.
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Hey guys.
Could you take a pic of the phone with the default battery and the 4000mah,including the cover.
Thanks.

Yes I can but i'm currently in school so it will have to wait until i'm out of school or when i'm off work.
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Thanks so much....no rush at all.

Pictures are up now.

If you have the extended battery,how do you use a case?Is there a case for it?

Yes of course
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I think he meant a case like otterbox and not just a backdoor case
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Anyone who has this - how shock-resistant is the new backing? Would it in any way be roughly analogous to actually having a silicon/rubber Body Glove-esque case on it?

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Anyone who has this - how shock-resistant is the new backing? Would it in any way be roughly analogous to actually having a silicon/rubber Body Glove-esque case on it?
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The corners of my cracked out. It didn't effect it staying on tho. I switched back to my oem bat and otterbox tho because I dropped my phone and smashed screen out so I fixed and didn't want to happen again lol.

Zackhery said:
The corners of my cracked out. It didn't effect it staying on tho. I switched back to my oem bat and otterbox tho because I dropped my phone and smashed screen out so I fixed and didn't want to happen again lol.
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Yikes. So what you're saying is, no, it's not as good.

Yea its not the greatest quality
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Zackhery said:
Pictures are up now.
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I don't see any pictures of the Atrix 2 with the extended battery and backing...Am I missing something?

mikea29 said:
I don't see any pictures of the Atrix 2 with the extended battery and backing...Am I missing something?
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I think the last image is...that square thing on the left.

One second ill re add pics on the back and battery. There wont be a pic of it in the phone tho.

Just ordered one. I'll post my thoughts when I've used it.

Galaxy S4 with Palm Touchstone (Wireless charging)

I'm modding the S4 to work with the Palm touchstone wireless charging dock and found out that even without modding the phone the touchstone has pretty strong magnets that hold the phone all by itself. When I get some copper tape I'll finish the mod and show my results.
If you have the touchstone you can use it as a magnetic dock like I am currently. It's pretty cool, also it holds the phone pretty strongly, In fact I can use the phone while it's on the dock. Even when charging (usb cable connected) it still holds the phone nicely...
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I'd like to see your mods to the coil. I was playing with a spare coil and trying to figure out how to position near the bottom and make the electrical connections.
Thanks.

<<-----runs to amazon and orders the touchstone

Do all the Palm touchstones use qi technology or is that what you're modding. I have already ordered the module from wiqiqi for the S 4 for $25 bucks but didn't like the big flat plate they sold. This would be a great alternative for work.

hamzer11 said:
Do all the Palm touchstones use qi technology or is that what you're modding. I have already ordered the module from wiqiqi for the S 4 for $25 bucks but didn't like the big flat plate they sold. This would be a great alternative for work.
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No, the palm is not QI. You will not be able to mix and match coils and chargers.. The Palm coil and Touchstone only with work together.

i´ve done it last year with the S3 and Note 2. Now i did it with the S4 and it works like a charm
Here are my Pictures.

great work! Which of the terminals is positive and negative, and also, which ports do you connect

i used .the left connector´s. It was more luck that it works because i don´t know why there are on the right side another connectors .
I couldn´t say which one is the positive and which is nagative because i didn´t test it. I´ve connect it like on my pictures and it work´s.
I´ve used the left connector´s because they are the same then on S3 and Note 2. I think the right connector´s are for NFC because the original Samsung Cover is "extreme" fat
With my solution there is a little camber in the Battery Case and nothing else. That means that you can use any nice thin Protection Cover for the S4 and it charges through the Cover.

That looks really nice.

Did you do any soldering?

Very cool. How effective is charging with this? How long does it take? Thanks.

-beluga- said:
Very cool. How effective is charging with this? How long does it take? Thanks.
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Sorry to PING again but it's been over a week...
Could one of you guys who did this DIY hack please just tell the rest of us the polarity of the contacts?
Really appreciated! Thanks!

The left one is positive and the one closest to the camera lens is negative.
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dmaul9 said:
The left one is positive and the one closest to the camera lens is negative.
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And... it works! Thanks a lot!

-beluga- said:
And... it works! Thanks a lot!
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No problem!!!
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dmaul9 said:
The left one is positive and the one closest to the camera lens is negative.
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I'm just getting into the boards, and was wondering how you determined that.
I bought a volt meter, and just looking for some tips! Thanks!

I just went and looked at several post. I did not use a volt meter
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hamzer11 said:
Do all the Palm touchstones use qi technology or is that what you're modding. I have already ordered the module from wiqiqi for the S 4 for $25 bucks but didn't like the big flat plate they sold. This would be a great alternative for work.
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I did the same thing... Just waiting for my qi receiver to be shipped so I can use it with my Nexus 4 wireless charger
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Woah! This is awesome. Be sure to post a guide when you are done ^.^
Thanks.

Hmmm.. This is interesting. Definitely something here.. If you posted a guide, that would be much appreciated (;

Aluminium Case Help!

Hi XDA,
I have got a TF101 which fell by a mistake on the asphalt. At least, it's still working like a charm.. but I'm having problems with the aluminium case. After that accident the aluminium case and the plastic bar between the aluminium and the screen are starting to get separated and now they're so separated that it starts to be seen what's inside of the tablet. I am worried about it, please help me or teach me how to disassembly it correctly and how to fix it.. Thanks! Here are some images (Sorry for bad quality..):
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Try to take the photos from a bigger distance, then your camera can focus it.
I can't see the actual problem on your photos.
No urls at this moment (first post here on xda ), but you can search for "TF101 Disassembly" on youtube

I'm on university wifi and it's blocked, but fredurico over at transformerforums and here has posted some nice guides and information on repairing the bezel/taking it apart etc. Might wanna search around here and there and around to get more disassembly and repair info, as well as follow above ^^

Can you PM me mplease a link? I can't find it.
So my bezel, the brown part of the tablet which has the buttons and bangs is scratched so after I dropped it, the asphalt left a white 0,5cm long and 0,2cm wide scratch and it is seen from a long distance. I don't really like it and I always get mad when I look at it lol. I want to take out the bezel and maybe stick the bezel&the plastic together as after I scratched it they left a 0,1cm distance between them. Because of this, the screen has left a 0,1cm distance between it and the plastic part so now I have dust particles under my screen and they're bothering me. The bezel has bent where the white scratch is so now the case looks crappy. All I need to do is to take off the bezel and stick it and the plastic case, and then make the bezel straight somehow so it looks like before. I want to know if there are any risks of opening the TF and taking off the bezel, which are they and how can I take it off? I don't have that plastic item that is shown in videos with which I must take the bezel off after I take the screwers off. Also, how can I fix the bezel's bent part and the distance between it an the screen? Thanks and sorry for my english.
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Sorry for double post, I forgot to upload 2 more
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So in the first 3 you can see the distance between the bezel, plastic and screen and in the last 2 you can see the scratch I was talking about. Sorry but I don't have a better camera lol.
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Disassemble using this guide
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-6dKsGJ4VY

Thank you very much. Is there any risk of disassemblying just the bezel?
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mrkevio said:
Thank you very much. Is there any risk of disassemblying just the bezel?
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If you're careful popping it off then no risk, but there are some small plastic clips that hold the bezel in place, they are easy to snap if you are too rough
Use a flat lever like in the video to pop it off, I used a screwdriver and broke a couple of mine

Nevermind then lol.
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