Hands free Car Dock app topic

I would like to have my Galaxy Note 4 hands free. That is, be able to answer calls and be able to skip songs that are playing on my Pandora player.

The stock car mode doesn't permit users to change the icons, as far as I know, and Pandora isn't an option.

What are other good options? Currently, I use CarHome Ultra, but that requires touching, therefore isn't hands-free.

[Q] dock charger topic

Is it okay to use xperia z1 dock with myXperia z3? Will there be any problems?

[Q] Dock for Neo Hybrid topic

Hi Everyone.

I am looking for a docking station (mostly for charging) for Note 4.
The catch is that I would love to have it working with Spigen Neo Hybrid case, specially because they have released aluminium version of it (http://www.spigen.com/brands/samsung...rid-metal.html).

So far I know that Neo Hybrid case is too thick on the bottom to let the USB port form official Samsung Multimedia Dock reach phone USB socket.

Does anyone have any experience with any docking station which would charge Note 4 in Neo Hybrid ?

[Q] Do you have the official padfone X keyboard clampshell dock? topic

AT&T no longer sells it. The supposed links to the dock on ebay actually lead to other docks.

Would anyone be willing to sell their clampshell adjustable angle official asus padfone x dock?

Broken Cradle Mod/Fix (*Gear S Dock*) topic

Ever since I bought this watch I wished there was a stand/display/dock for it, something that I could just lay it on at night to charge and would look good on my night stand, well last week my cradle broke, the ol' standard - top clip broke off problem (Still not sure why they changed the cradle from the Gear 1, but that's a whole other rant thread ...) needless to say I was pretty pissed, especially since I've read Samsung refuses to warranty the problem, plus are out of stock when forced to cough up another bucks for an obvious manufacturer flaw, and the icing ... dealing with extortion from Amazon asking for the cradle because the seller knows it can ask whatever they want ... supply and demand, I luckily got the hook on a new charger from a buddy I made here on XDA and I'm just waiting for it to arrive in the mail, in the meantime the frustration of clamping my watch against the cradle and hoping it'll be at 100% in the morning was pissing me off so I decided to try something, something I thought about long before a broken cradle.

Again I wanted a display or docking station for this that also charged it, like the retail display except I wouldn't need the security device in order for it to work lol, so I searched online for simple retail watch displays and found some, got em ordered, decided to skip over the cheap flimsy looking felt ones and get some nice acrylic ones, waiting for them to arrive ... but today I was out shopping with the wife and came across one of those cheap felt ones and decided to pick it up and fiddle until my acrylic ones showed up, basically a proof of concept or prototype before I make the final, came home and got to work.

Stuff needed:
Samsung Gear S Cradle (Broken or not)
Wrist watch display (Buy online or at a place like Michaels)
Hot Glue Gun
Velcro (The kind with double sided tape on the back)
Tiny ClamShell looking hair clips (Thanks Babe! Lol)

* This can be done with or without a broken cradle, if done like I have the cradle is simply velcroed to the watch display, allowing you to take it in or off anytime, the male side velcro attached to the cradle had double sided tape on the back, the female side of the velcro did not, so I hot glued it to the display, which i would recommend to keep it attached to the display.)


I First: Applied the sticky back side of the Male velcro to the back of the charging cradle.

Then Second: formed the arm of the display to cradle the curve of the Gear S cradle back.

Third: In that curve I hot glued the female side of the velcro to the watch display.

Fourth: attached the Gear S cradle centered up and put my Gear S watch onto the Cradle.

Fifth: Adjust and formed the watch displays metal according to my watch band size but keep it tight and firm with the clasp of my watch band was tucked under the watch display. This is actually how the display fixes the problem caused by the broken clip, the watch display holds the watch snug onto it while pushing the charging cradle against the back of the watch thus pushing the pins into the watch, making the clips useless.

Sixth: Hot glued 2 of my Wife's tiny ClamShell looking spring loaded pinch clasp hair clip things (sorry don't know what they are called lol) on the inside of the displays watch band holder and one on the base, allowing me to run the charging cable under and behind the docking station, especially since the side I HAVE to slide my watch onto the display is the side where the charger plugs into the cradle (watch stand has a place where the watches clasps or band slides under to sit between the base and band holder)

Overall this was a concept in my head and that tonight I aimed to prove could work, came out actually amazingly better then I would have thought, even with the crude McGuyver type stuff that I did to it to make it work, which I'll perfect on the final model, but I Def underestimated the felt watch displays, I honestly might even just keep using this one, the pic attached makes it look more crude than it is, not to mention there were still hot glue hairs on it lol, but I normal lighting this thing is beautiful looking with or without the watch attached and functional, the pics I took I added flash and brightened them so you could see what I did.

Overall im happy, this Worked like a charm!

CHECK OUT THE ATTACHED PICTURE FOR ALL THE ANGLES OF THIS DOCKING STATION AND ALSO HERE'S A VIDEO OF ME ATTACHING THE WATCH TO SHOW IT WORKS.

Samsung Gear S Broken Cradle Fix/Mod:

http://youtu.be/Iu89HW3ezPk

HOPE THIS HELPS SOMEONE! IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ONE, LET ME KNOW IF YOU NEED ANY HELP!

Sorry for any typing errors or mispelling, I wrote this thread all from my Note 4, talk about hand cramps!

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[Q] Keep Phone on when in dock automatically topic

I am debating car docks and looking at how to keep the phone screen on when in the dock automatically and to return to normal timeout after removed. It seems NFC is a one time thing, that it won't keep it on when near then go back to normal when removed. I looked at the idea of having it restore when disconnected from bluetooth but I normally put it in the dock, then start the car. So it won't be connected when it hits the tag, and should immediately return to normal mode, not kicking back in once bluetooth is on and connected.

Wondering what solutions people came up with to this dilemma.

Free HD Dock with Droid Razr MAXX in San Diego topic

As I recall, this HD dock works with both the MAXX (my old phone) and the non-MAXX version, although I don't have the spacer anymore (if there was one) for the non-MAXX version. Should still fit either, though, even without the spacer.

Free to anyone willing to pick it up. I live in South Park, San Diego.

I also have the phone to give away . It still works fine, except that the battery is bulging, so you'll have to replace the battery if you want to use it. Or, you could disassemble it for parts Otherwise, it's going in the battery recycle bin.

D802 dock resistor topic

Hi,
Anyone know, what resistor(how much Ohm) is used to enable dock mode in D802?
Thanks for answer,
Greetings ;)

Charging Dock Battery Life topic

The battery of my GS charging dock can only charge 50% - 60% of the watch, is that normal? I saw a post saying according to the manual it can only charge up to 50%, but I can't find this information on the manual. Any help?

Thanks.

Car Dock for the desk.. topic

got a nice little setup going to day with a car dock for tablets but in this case set it up on my desk as a 2nd screen.
Using the OTG with usb mouse and had it running nicely all day playing Spotify in the background streaming and logging in to forums when I needed a break.
Just feels a little nicer then having the keyboard dock setup..
Should have done it years ago..

Universal dock recommendations (fits with case)? topic

Hi all,
I was wondering if anyone out there has a recommendation on a universal dock (micro usb). I have a G3 but everything I seem to find warns on compatibility with cases (I'm not using an Otterbox or anything but it is a case...). I also go through phones fairly frequently so it would be nice to have something I wouldn't need to replace all the time. I'm guessing something with a micro usb connector a little more elevated than usual.
Cheers!

[Q] dock station edd-s20ewe compatible? topic

Hi people... can someone tell me if this dock is compatible with the note 4?
very tnks
ciao

custom turbo magnetic wireless charging car dock topic

so, Ive wanted a magnetic car dock for a while. Airdock makes a nice one. but the airdock 2 is not available. at least last time i checked. So i decided to make one. this has been an on going project for about a month. the first one i made was quite simple. very much like the one on youtube. just 4 magnets placed in a LG charging pad. problem was, the charging would start and stop randomly. I assumed it had to do with the magnet locations. some how it was effecting the charging (considering Qi charging is magnetic)

back to the drawing board! and then project after project lol. I think i must have made 8 docks. all had issues and I was not satisfied. I even made one out of carbon fiber, or an attempt to! didnt turn out well.. then I went a bit out side of the box. so heres what i did

First, i had an extra Turbo battery cover. i plastic dipped that. my theory was plastic dip would work as a release agent for my next step. then I took an old iphone bumper case my wife had and used that as my frame.. alined 4 magnets next to the moto symbol (i put 2 small peaces of metal in that area in side the phone) then i used tap to cover all the gaps the case would have on the phone, and poured in a full tube of plastic weld epoxy. I had no clue what would happen but i was willing to try!


after everything cured it worked really well.. I was able to take the epoxy off the phone cover fairly easly (you can see it pulled off some of the vz and droid writing.. as well as the moto symbol)

now, i have a form that matches the turbo exactly.

the next step was just a mater of sanding and cutting off any of the over pour and any imperfections in the epoxy.


then i put in the wireless charging pad


next, i plastic dipped the front (being rubber it works really well as a non slip surface)

then i warped the outside in some auto chrome trim




and that was that! new charging dock for my car that fits like a glove! because it matches the turbos curves, it auto centers it self. and holds super tight! phone wont move at all... very happy with the out come.. let me know what you guys think! thanks