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HTC Official Desktop Cradle

In case you didn't know, they are in stock at the moment on the HTC site (supplied by Expansys), received mine this morning and it looks awesome, compliments the TD perfectly

Novelty wears off fast though.
Tell you the truth, when I recieved mine I couldnt help feeling a little... ripped off.
Anyhow, ive noticed a bug with the Diamond when docked in a cradle or otherwise.
If someone calls you and the phones in the cradle, if you pull it out and hit the answer soft key it always rejects the call.

Will check tonight to see if that happens and true, it is an expensive piece of kit but still looks nice

got mine the other day, felt robbed, they didnt even have the decency to another mini usb to usb lead, i know one comes in the box but i use that for the charger.

whats the sound quality like?

Do we get this in India ???

Did anyone connect it to an audio system through the audio output ?

asksaravana said:
Do we get this in India ???
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I don't know, do you?
What I don't like about it is you have to use both hands to release the phone. You can't just lift it out of the cradle with one hand. Otherwise it looks good and sits nicely next to all my other phone docks/cradles
I've got a Nokia 5310 in a JBL speaker dock which also has a line in. I've connected the HTC cradle audio output in to the JBL dock and play stream internet radio using Resco Radio. It's good enough for a bit of quiet background music.

bad quality sound music and voice on cradle
hello
plz help me
i have touch diamond and buy CR G3OO GENERIC DESKTOP CRADLE for lissening of music by high qulity by using 3.5 streeo jack to my ampilefire but
when i connect my headphon or other thing such as speaker to 3.5 streeo jack on rear of the stand voice and music are very bad quality like that when using defaulte streeo headset on diamond pack but when using bluetooth streoo headphone music is very good quality how can use high quality whit 3.5 jack on my stand or my default headset on diamond?
plz help me tanx

@mmf
I have exactly the same problem (although I haven't tried bluetooth headsets). I think that the simple answer is that whatever hardware in the diamond converts the sound for headphones/lineout via the USB is just of poor quality. It doesn't have anything to do with the stand itself. I have tried running the lineout through my computer's soundcard, which sounded bad.
I have also tried listening through my Shure e3 headphones via a converter attached to the usb connector.
Both were unimpressive, but I doubt that there is anything that can be done.

i got this one for free when i bought my phone ! Unfortunatelly they were out of stock and I am still waiting to receive it

Ithink i'll wait till they'll go down to a decent/ reasonable price

konsta819 said:
@mmf
I have also tried listening through my Shure e3 headphones via a converter attached to the usb connector.
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hello and tanx
are you good quality when using USB CONVERTER ?
i mailed to htc company and say this problem but they dont answer me yet

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konsta819 said:
I think that the simple answer is that whatever hardware in the diamond converts the sound for headphones/lineout via the USB is just of poor quality.
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Just to let you know that while I'm coding at work I listen to music all day on my Diamond using the official HTC adaptor (YC A200) with my 3.5mm Sony Headphones plugged in.
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ActiveSync, Charging and listening to music all at the same time work fine - no noticable interferance or sound quality probs. The thing about the YC A200 is that the short cable that goes from the phone to the expansion box is really wide and not very flexible. I figure there must be a good amount of shielding in there to prevent the power feed from interfering with the audio.
I sometimes also plug it into the line-in in my car and seems fine.
I notice that the YC A300 is coming out shortly - but I don't know what is better about it? The specs look the same?

expanium said:
i got this one for free when i bought my phone ! Unfortunatelly they were out of stock and I am still waiting to receive it
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Was that from devicewire by any chance? Mine was the same - and my free dock arrived today... almost 3 months after I purchased the Diamond!!
Nice looking piece of kit... but excessively large if you ask me. My previous iPhone dock was about 1/5th of this size and did the same job! Just takes up extra space on my desk!

Jamzb said:
Just to let you know that while I'm coding at work I listen to music all day on my Diamond using the official HTC adaptor (YC A200) with my 3.5mm Sony Headphones plugged in.
ActiveSync, Charging and listening to music all at the same time work fine - no noticable interferance or sound quality probs. The thing about the YC A200 is that the short cable that goes from the phone to the expansion box is really wide and not very flexible. I figure there must be a good amount of shielding in there to prevent the power feed from interfering with the audio.
I sometimes also plug it into the line-in in my car and seems fine.
I notice that the YC A300 is coming out shortly - but I don't know what is better about it? The specs look the same?
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"N.B. This new product replaces the existing YC A100 Y-cable and YC A200 Multifunctional cable. The cable allows for simultaneous charging and talking via a wired headset."

is the dock really worth getting? it has a huge price tag on it

@ Addicteddddd
The dock is purely for aesthetics and charging ease: it has no technical features.
@mmf
Yesterday I flashed my ROM for the first time from stock 1.37WWE to a recent cooked one. The audio problems were fixed. The diamond now sounds as it should, and I thoroughly recommend you to do the same.

Nexus One Desktop Dock is NOW FOR SALE!

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...

philaldred said:
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!

InGeNeTiCs said:
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.

Bluetooth car option?

I was wondering if anyone knew of a bluetooth adapter of sorts that would connect to your head units aux jack, that way you could hide the ... (unit?)
And listen to music wirelessly in your car and also be able to glove box your phone so not to use it while driving...
Ideas?
Sent from my HTC Vision

I highly recommend the Kensington LiquidAux. Works great.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0011UIX2K/ref=mp_s_a_2?qid=1286431054&sr=8-2
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I second that recommendation. It plugs into your car outlet, and then has a cord that plugs directly into your aux so it gets great music quality. Essentially it adds bluetooth support to those of us whose stereos dont have bluetooth.
It also supports answering calls. However, If I remember correctly it forces you to use their built in mic (its built in to the main unit that plugs into the outlet thing.) Sooo the call quality on the callers end wont usually be great.
If even one minor cord is a pet peeve for you, I can direct you to
Here
or
Here
But I cant guarantee their quality as im not familiar with them. A little unrelated, but this is cool too Here

From the website pics, it looks as though you can connect the usb cable underneath cig lighter adapter to charge device?
EDIT: another post was posted in the time it took for me to post.
I really like the third link you provided due to being cheap. I am very annoyed with wires. My first fm transmitter got destroyed cause someone rolled the seat over the wire.
Has anybody here used that ipod shuffle looking unit or recommend something else?
I mean, is there soemthing that's just hands down, better than the rest? Also cheap?
Sent from my HTC Vision

i have an Alpine EX-10 bluetooth kit i got on amazon for about 25 bucks. awesome deal.
http://www.amazon.com/Alpine-eX-10-...TIDK/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1286431832&sr=8-2
it lets you connect via bluetooth or direct connect to ipods, and then can connect to your headunit by stereo aux jack or by FM transmitter. the remote will work with android music player controls too, at least it did on my nexus. havent tried on the G2 yet.
also it has a mic for phone calls, and will play phone calls through car speakers, and it syncs with your phone address book instantly.
it comes with a color display. the only downside is that it comes with a TON of wiring. I have a cigarette port in my center console so i was able to put much of the wiring in there, and bury most of the cables under the console where the parking brake and gearbox is.

Will that alpine ex-10 connect to the 2006/2007 alpine units with their in house connector? (The blue or green one)
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i believe theres only three methods of connection: stereo line-in, fm transmitter, and there's this KWE155B switch box which connects directly into the FM antenna on your headunit.
here's the alpine official info page: http://www.alpine-usa.com/product/view/ex-10/

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I mean, is there soemthing that's just hands down, better than the rest? Also cheap?
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Unfortunately, those two things rarely go together.
The Kensington device I can surely recommend, and I think it's only $19 on buy.com. You really can't beat that price. I might buy another one for my girl's car, while I'm thinking about it.
I only have the one wire tucked behind the dash and plugged into the aux adaptor for the factory Ford stereo. The mic works surprising well for hands-free phone use, even with it way over to the right and kinda low where I have it.

That's a drag. I was hoping to utilize said connection.
Thank you for the idea but I can just see now how well it's gonna go lookin for that remote.
Still lookin at that iPod shuffle lookin unit...
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philosophics said:
That's a drag. I was hoping to utilize said connection.
Thank you for the idea but I can just see now how well it's gonna go lookin for that remote.
Still lookin at that iPod shuffle lookin unit...
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Yeah, plus I can see it being useful for two different situations.
1) Clip it onto your shirt and you can keep your phone in your pocket while listening to your music and controlling your music without ever taking your phone out of your pocket. Good for jogging etc.
2) Car usage. It has a 3.5mm jack. So im thinkin' we can plug the aux into it and then connect our phones via blue tooth. Its not as much of a hassle as you think if you just clip the device somewhere in your car and leave it there.
But then, I still am iffy on how easily id be able to skip tracks. I mean, I guess I could clip it somewhere easy access in my car so I can skip tracks via the device, but I dunno. I kinda liked the Liquid Auxs steering wheel controls *shrugs*

http://www.buy.com/prod/bluetooth-3...er/q/sellerid/18700237/loc/111/211421284.html
I purchased this and should be receiving it this week or next. I'll let you know how it goes. Essentially you will be able to stream music from your phone to your aux input on your head unit via bluetooth. Not sure if this is what you are looking for though.

rUsTyRuSs said:
http://www.buy.com/prod/bluetooth-3...er/q/sellerid/18700237/loc/111/211421284.html
I purchased this and should be receiving it this week or next. I'll let you know how it goes. Essentially you will be able to stream music from your phone to your aux input on your head unit via bluetooth. Not sure if this is what you are looking for though.
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I could be wrong, but this looks like a device to stream bluetooth FROM a device that lacks bluetooth output (like an older ipod or discman, etc.).
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I like the one that attaches to the steering wheel to cause it makes the most logical sense for the car but wires! I can hide them so really not a problem and I can charge the device as well.
I cant't really think of an easy access place to CLIP the iPod shuffle looking unit to even though that's the one that's more convienent.
Now if we can use one or the other with a car dock, this will be a perfect addition and make things very simple!
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I just bought another of the Kensington LiquidAux for $19.99 with free shipping. Its just too good of a deal to pass up.
I'll either put it in my girl's car (she has my old N1), or sell it for profit! Everyone that gets in my car always asks about it. The steering wheel control is what really makes it work for me. The skip track and play/pause buttons not only work with the stock music app, but other apps like Pandora.
I think buy.com is showing one left in stock...I'm tempted to get it myself.
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seancneal said:
I just bought another of the Kensington LiquidAux for $19.99 with free shipping. Its just too good of a deal to pass up.
I'll either put it in my girl's car (she has my old N1), or sell it for profit! Everyone that gets in my car always asks about it. The steering wheel control is what really makes it work for me. The skip track and play/pause buttons not only work with the stock music app, but other apps like Pandora.
I think buy.com is showing one left in stock...I'm tempted to get it myself.
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Does the phone button on the remote work for you with the G2? Doesn't seem to do anything when pressed for me.

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Does the phone button on the remote work for you with the G2? Doesn't seem to do anything when pressed for me.
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Works great for me! It actually activates the Voice Dialer app by default.
Make sure the bluetooth is paired for Phone AND Media both. You should have two amber lights on the adapter (the part plugged into the lighter) when both are paired properly. They will turn blue when in use. Also, if the remote isn't working at all, I think you can push in the center of the remote for a few seconds to re-pair it with the adapter. I can't remember exactly, but it's in the paperwork that came with the unit.
I hope that works for you. Let me know...

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Works great for me! It actually activates the Voice Dialer app by default.
Make sure the bluetooth is paired for Phone AND Media both. You should have two amber lights on the adapter (the part plugged into the lighter) when both are paired properly. They will turn blue when in use. Also, if the remote isn't working at all, I think you can push in the center of the remote for a few seconds to re-pair it with the adapter. I can't remember exactly, but it's in the paperwork that came with the unit.
I hope that works for you. Let me know...
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Already checked the pairing (on both mine and wife's setup) and it was correctly paired.
Also, manually initiating the call and switching to bluetooth via the dialer also worked already.
After reading your post though, manually opened the voice dialer (for the first time) and since then it has worked. Maybe voice dialer has to be run once in order for it to associate itself with the bluetooth call button function?

Auxiliary problems with 100% stock

My wife and I both have this phone. I have the gb rooted stock rom with voodoo lagfix. My wife has complete froyo stock straight out of the box.
The problem is when she connects her phone via auxiliary cable in her car the other person can't hear her but she can hear the other person during a call. So what I'm thinking is that it somehow disables the mic.
I don't have that problem on my phone but I'm not running complete stock. So anyone out there with 100 percent froyo stock have that same issue?? I know the fascinate initially had this but it was later fixed with an update.
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If by auxiliary cable you mean car charger. Then no i don't have that issue. I recently flashed back to stock and im unrooted (phone is going back for another replacement). neither does my wife and she is stock as well. Also we are using the verizon brand car charger but idk it that makes a differance.

Not the car charger. Talking about aux cable that goes from car stereo to headphone jack in order to hear call and music from phone hrough car speakers
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If by auxiliary cable you mean car charger. Then no i don't have that issue. I recently flashed back to stock and im unrooted (phone is going back for another replacement). neither does my wife and she is stock as well. Also we are using the verizon brand car charger but idk it that makes a differance.
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o, sry. Ive never hooked it up that way before. Ive connected via Bluetooth but not aux cable like you described. Sry i cant help.

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Not the car charger. Talking about aux cable that goes from car stereo to headphone jack in order to hear call and music from phone hrough car speakers
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Well does it work with other phones? The "aux cable" you're taking about is actually called a 3.5mm jack. For a car mic to work, this jack must have 4 poles (4 sections). Having 3 (or even 2) is just a stereo output, and will not have any mic. As to why the mic isn't working for hers as it is on yours, it's probably something that was left out in the Froyo build that is now being implemented on the GB version.
Sent from my Droid Charge running Infinity Beta

OK then can someone with stock froyo test out the 3.5 jack cable and see if the mic is disabled.
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Well does it work with other phones? The "aux cable" you're taking about is actually called a 3.5mm jack. For a car mic to work, this jack must have 4 poles (4 sections). Having 3 (or even 2) is just a stereo output, and will not have any mic. As to why the mic isn't working for hers as it is on yours, it's probably something that was left out in the Froyo build that is now being implemented on the GB version.
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killerapl,
So glad someone else else is reporting this! I actually posted this issue in a bluetooth thread. I assuming you mean your wife is talking via bluetooth rather than speaker phone, right?
I've had this problem since the beginning, and the only HUGE negative about this phone! Anyway, I am now running Gummycharged 2.0 FE, and it has a mic gain that helps...however, I up the gain to listen to my podcasts, but have to remember to take it all the way down in order to call out. I still have problems when people call me though... juggling between taking down the gain, and physically unplugging the auxiliary cable!
Was wondering if Gingerbread would fix this... been waiting for Samsung to do the official release so the gurus can mod to a custom ROM...and hopefully this will get addressed.
Oh, since I'm on bluetooth and listening to music (not streaming via bluetooth since my car won't allow), I have my car charger plugged-in which I would think would be a common scenario, and wondered why no one else is talking about this? Was wondering it my Charge thought I was docked or something.
Anyway, are you on a particular Gingerbread ROM? details... I might jump to this if yours works!
- Sara!

No, so the way we use it is we get the stereo cable that is hooked up to the stereo. We change the stereo option to "aux " in order to listen to our music from the phone through the car speakers. We plug the cable to the headphone jack. With my current gb setup I can be listening to music, accept a phone call and hear the person through my car speakers as well as they can hear me as I talk. With her stock phone she can listen to music and accept calls and hear the person on the call but the other person can't hear her. The phone somehow deactivates the mic.
I know the fascinate had this problem as well. I just want to make sure its a software problem and not her phone.
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killerapl,
So glad someone else else is reporting this! I actually posted this issue in a bluetooth thread. I assuming you mean your wife is talking via bluetooth rather than speaker phone, right?
I've had this problem since the beginning, and the only HUGE negative about this phone! Anyway, I am now running Gummycharged 2.0 FE, and it has a mic gain that helps...however, I up the gain to listen to my podcasts, but have to remember to take it all the way down in order to call out. I still have problems when people call me though... juggling between taking down the gain, and physically unplugging the auxiliary cable!
Was wondering if Gingerbread would fix this... been waiting for Samsung to do the official release so the gurus can mod to a custom ROM...and hopefully this will get addressed.
Oh, since I'm on bluetooth and listening to music (not streaming via bluetooth since my car won't allow), I have my car charger plugged-in which I would think would be a common scenario, and wondered why no one else is talking about this? Was wondering it my Charge thought I was docked or something.
Anyway, are you on a particular Gingerbread ROM? details... I might jump to this if yours works!
- Sara!
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I am having this same problem when i have my phone plugged to a usb charger and using Bluetooth. Just about threw it out the window on the way home today. Thought it was just me. Also stock out of the box.

Resolved: No bluetooth when headphone plugged in
I had the same issue as OP no matter what ROM I used. I resolved it by making a cable.
It's basically a dock cable. When the micro usb is plugged in the phone goes into Car Dock mode (619K resistor across ID and GRD or pin 4 and 5). In the phone settings you set it to play sound through the dock when the phone is docked. When call comes in the phone is able to play the call through Bluetooth since no headphone jack is plugged in. You will find how to build the cable with some searching on Google.
Here is my proof of concept. :good: Total cost: About 10 bucks for the cables I modified and the micro usb breakout.
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car charger cable with usb audio out

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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