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Doocking station...

Is there a docking station for Wildfire?

take a look...
http://cgi.ebay.com/USB-Base-Dock-C...200510?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item33601328fe
you can find easyly on ebay
i just order one
i will live feedback later

the only thing is i think is a huge fail is that you have to plug in the USB cable by yourself...

wouternet said:
the only thing is i think is a huge fail is that you have to plug in the USB cable by yourself...
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The designer was soo dumb.
Imagine how cool could a landscape dock look like, it could work as a nght clock too.

I have one of the docks. It is stupid that you have to plug in the phone manually, but for now I guess its the best we can get. The blue LED is a bit of a problem when you're using the phone and dock as a bedside clock.
Also, if you get the dog, turn the phone into a fancy clock with LightningBug app. It's like one of those mood things that plays sounds and visuals to calm you down or make you sleep. Looks awesome in the dock, like some super high tech alarm clock.

I suppose the big problem with gettin a dock is that the usb is in the side of the phone so it have to have a rotating holder too.
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hollyfire
how did you get on with the cradle?

Has anyone seen a landscape dock for the phone? I cant see the point of a dock that you still have to plug a cable into!

djdevine2 said:
Has anyone seen a landscape dock for the phone? I cant see the point of a dock that you still have to plug a cable into!
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I agree, you want it to be simple and not have to struggle with a cable if you want to dock your phone, so, does anyone know a docking station that does not require a cable?

Ok i found a landscape dock for Blackberry Storm 2, which is ALMOST same size, but the position of the usb can be incorrect. I dont have 20$ to try, if somebody would like, here : http://shop.crackberry.com/blackberry-charging-pod/5A100A5980.htm

They failed bigtime on this! How hard would it be to make one... I thought that someone in hong kong would be banging out loads of these.

How about this? cgi. ebay .com/NEW-HORIZONTAL-CHARGER-DOCK-BLACKBERRY-STORM-2-9550-/350443766033?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item5198138111#ht_4520wt_943
(cut the spaces after cgi. and ebay - new user can't post links! )
anybody tried this?
Gurdjieff said:
Ok i found a landscape dock for Blackberry Storm 2, which is ALMOST same size, but the position of the usb can be incorrect. I dont have 20$ to try, if somebody would like, here : shop.crackberry.com/blackberry-charging-pod/5A100A5980.htm"]shop. crackberry.com/blackberry-charging-pod/5A100A5980.htm
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PS. Sorry my bad english, I'm from Finland

dealextreme
Here for less than 17$ shipping free :
http://www.dealextreme.com/p/usb-ac-adapters-for-htc-wildfire-g8-100-240v-40962~r.81444170

houdini1er said:
Here for less than 17$ shipping free :
http://www.dealextreme.com/p/usb-ac-adapters-for-htc-wildfire-g8-100-240v-40962~r.81444170
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I`ve ordered from DX before, they are great, albeit slow delivery on the free shipping (faster on the paid options)

http://www.dealextreme.com/photogallery.dx/sku.54443~seQ.2
This Desire Z dock would almost be perfect if it weren't for the fact that the mini port is located futher back on the Desire Z rather than dead-center like it is on the Wildfire. It may fit with a bit of sanding but I wouldn't give it any hope if you have a bulky case on the phone.
There must be something out there that fits or is bigger.
Bigger isn't really a problem as any space between the connector and the backwall can be padded out (I would actually prefer it to be too big as that gives more flexibility with fitting 3rd-party cases) and who really cares if the dock is too long or if the front of the phone overhangs the front of the dock a little?
As long as the phone sits securely and is easy to drop on and lift off, I'd be happy.

I think i saw one nice dock for WF at play.com, check there if ur from european country.

GigiAUT said:
I have one of the docks. It is stupid that you have to plug in the phone manually, but for now I guess its the best we can get. The blue LED is a bit of a problem when you're using the phone and dock as a bedside clock.
Also, if you get the dog, turn the phone into a fancy clock with LightningBug app. It's like one of those mood things that plays sounds and visuals to calm you down or make you sleep. Looks awesome in the dock, like some super high tech alarm clock.
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i think if you go into the clock app then the alarm and press menu, settings are available to change the colour of the led for bedside mode.

hollyfire said:
http://cgi.ebay.com/USB-Base-Dock-C...200510?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item33601328fe
you can find easyly on ebay
i just order one
i will live feedback later
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i bought the same charger.... it works but sucks that its usb and not a plug... also i had to get a separate cable to charge the spare battery and the lights are far to bright for use on a night the light the room like its christmas

Looking for a desktop dock/charger & a car dock

Has anybody had any luck finding either of these? Samsung's website has the dock, but only for back order. I am dying for a good dock, makes me miss my blackberry's.

I haven't been able to find it. I'd really like the car dock so I can use it as a decent GPS.
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Haha GPS? I'm talking about the captivate x)

SeenNotScene said:
Haha GPS? I'm talking about the captivate x)
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Funny. My GPS has always worked fine. But I too would like a car dock. Cup holders are for cups, not phones.

SeenNotScene said:
Has anybody had any luck finding either of these? Samsung's website has the dock, but only for back order. I am dying for a good dock, makes me miss my blackberry's.
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trekie86 said:
I haven't been able to find it. I'd really like the car dock so I can use it as a decent GPS.
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I know this doesn't help for a Desktop Dock but another post here had a great idea for a car dock (mount). It is very functional for the car and I am glad I did it. I used Tasker to set some variables so the phone "Docks" when it is in this mount. I am attaching some pictures of how it looks. The original thread is HERE.

Decent Desktop Dock
http://amzn.to/bgXg57
Good "dock" with an extra battery and charger.. granted with the usb on top, there will be no true desktop dock.

Check out Samsung's website. They have a perfect one that sits on it's side. Its forever on back order however...
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douglastheduke said:
http://amzn.to/bgXg57
Good "dock" with an extra battery and charger.. granted with the usb on top, there will be no true desktop dock.
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The desktop home app is in landscape. The intended docking position is on its side as demoed by the Galaxy S advert. I even made a dock with internal amp and speakers that holds the phone on it's left side.
Note: Just making an informative statement. Read with a positively reinforcing internal voice for better results.

I just received a "Backorder Update" from Samsung regarding that charger/dock/cradle. It's available when I go to the page now.
http://originus.samsung.com/us/mobile/cell-phones-accessories/ECR-D981BEGSTA

Shovelhead84 said:
The desktop home app is in landscape. The intended docking position is on its side as demoed by the Galaxy S advert. I even made a dock with internal amp and speakers that holds the phone on it's left side.
Note: Just making an informative statement. Read with a positively reinforcing internal voice for better results.
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Picture pretty please
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lasimo0 said:
I just received a "Backorder Update" from Samsung regarding that charger/dock/cradle. It's available when I go to the page now.
http://originus.samsung.com/us/mobile/cell-phones-accessories/ECR-D981BEGSTA
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I am awaiting that same email.
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Its actually quite easy to use any dock - just fit it by melting with a lighter.
I know that sounds weird but it really works. I used my old Garmin.
Don't recommend the universal docks. They fit weird.
Interested if you guys find anything that uses the USB port
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SeenNotScene said:
Picture pretty please
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Here is a link to the original post with pics of the original build. I have since made some improvements but will have to update the pics later.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7470243&postcount=14

miztaken1312 said:
Funny. My GPS has always worked fine. But I too would like a car dock. Cup holders are for cups, not phones.
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Exactly. My GPS has worked fine since I've had the phone and I really like the Google maps navigator. Funny thing is that my phone sits in the cup holder right now when I need to use it as a GPS or for Trapster.

Do the car home and desk home apps not work in froyo? I'm not seeing them in the market.

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Do the car home and desk home apps not work in froyo? I'm not seeing them in the market.
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That's cause they aren't for Froyo. 2.1 only. You'll have to find an alternative that you like.
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exparrot said:
Do the car home and desk home apps not work in froyo? I'm not seeing them in the market.
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The Google Car Home is infinity better than the Samsung one. It is also specifically a 2.2 app.

I'm just using 2 thick rubber bands to hold my phone on the sun visor. Vlingo works much better at that distance and I can clearly see the map.

exparrot said:
Do the car home and desk home apps not work in froyo? I'm not seeing them in the market.
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I have them on froyo, I installed through app brain not market.. but they work great
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This desk dock SUCKS!
After many months of waiting on the back order, the desk top cradle arrived today, and...
It's simply awful.
While docked, you're stuck with five icons (Alarm, Daily Briefing, Gallery, Music and Voice Search). They are not customizable and I rarely use any of them. Samsung thought it sufficient to only allow customization with the clock (you can turn it off or get an analog or digital version--- WOW!) You can also change the city and the Celsius/Fahrenheit in Accuweather. My experience has been that Accuweather is wildly inaccurate. Totally useless...
As if that wasn't bad enough, Samsung, in their infinite wisdom, designed the dock so the volume controls and the headphone jack port are blocked. Finally, you can't access contacts or make calls while docked. That's right, you can't use your phone to make a call. To place a call, you have to first exit the landscape mode by pressing the home button and you're then in your home screen. But of course, at this point, everything is sideways if the phone is still docked. Pretty ridiculous if you ask me. I contemplated returning the dock for a refund, but the return policy included in the packaging states that full refunds will only be given for unopened items. Samsung states they will make partial refunds (at their sole discretion) based on the condition of the dock, accompanying literature and the packaging.
Learn from my mistake-- This dock is a huge waste of money. I've had it with Samsung. The delays and poor quality of the dock, the delays with FROYO and overall poor customer service means I'll be looking to purchase my next phone from another manufacturer.

landscape dock

http://amzn.to/dr5qE4
Im wanting something like this. Has anybody seen one for our EVO, it doesnt have to charge i just want the dock, has anybody come from a Droid does anybody have this dock or similar that can tell me if it fits our evo..... I want to put it in my car and i dont want a windshield mount, or dash mount i want something as close to this as possible has to be landscape type

doesnt really make sense man. evo ports are on the bottom so you would need a wire to connect to it....which Im sure you know.

protoadies said:
http://amzn.to/dr5qE4
Im wanting something like this. Has anybody seen one for our EVO, it doesnt have to charge i just want the dock, has anybody come from a Droid does anybody have this dock or similar that can tell me if it fits our evo..... I want to put it in my car and i dont want a windshield mount, or dash mount i want something as close to this as possible has to be landscape type
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If you don't want to mount it in your car, how is it gonna keep from falling on the floor everytime you hit a bump?
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I have a deep pocket in the dash that pops out I normally put my evo there with the kickstand but like you said it tips over. So I was thinking I get a dock put it in bin and I can leave phone on dock so it stays in landscape im not worried about charging I carry spare batteties. But the way I have it set up I can still charge it, in the bin
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protoadies said:
I have a deep pocket in the dash that pops out I normally put my evo there with the kickstand but like you said it tips over. So I was thinking I get a dock put it in bin and I can leave phone on dock so it stays in landscape im not worried about charging I carry spare batteties. But the way I have it set up I can still charge it, in the bin
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I know it may sound weird but go get one of these, throw a couple small felt pads on it or some of that rubber non slip stuff and run a car charger cord up to it, i use this at the office and it works great.
Edit: Also i forgot to mention since it is metal i was able to bend it to a good viewing angle.

[Q] Anyone get the car mount?

Did any of you guys who already received your phone pick up the car dock? It looks pretty nice and I love using a dock for nav and using w/bt kit on longer drives. AT&T carries the official Moto Atrix car dock and I was hoping for a review if anyone has used it.

waltah! said:
Did any of you guys who already received your phone pick up the car dock? It looks pretty nice and I love using a dock for nav and using w/bt kit on longer drives. AT&T carries the official Moto Atrix car dock and I was hoping for a review if anyone has used it.
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ill be picking one up this week ill put up a video review for you by friday if thats soon enough ^_^

Cool thanks! I may end up picking it up with the phone as I'm taking a trip on Thursday. If I do ill let you know how its workin.
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Well from all of the videos that I have seen of it. It truly looks like a worth while side purchase. It charges your phone and auto launches the map. Thats enough for me to be sold.

I picked the car dock up when I got my phone this morning. It's really nice. As soon as it docks it comes up with a custom driver's view. You can add apps and contacts which is sweet. Nav works great and the voice control worked really well. I tapped it and told it to send a text with the content and it was flawless. I only had to press a large send button. I'm gonna like it.
Oh, I'm sure everyone probably knows but it does have power and will charge your phone while docked.

well those geniuses at AT&T said this doesn't exist when i picked up my phone this morning. I guess i'll be trying another store until i can get ahold of one. They only had the laptop and webtop docks there.

Didn't pay attn to it when asked if I wanted it at check out. Should have checked it out. But if no bootloAder in 30 days. This is going back anyway
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I really like this car mount. It has integrated audio out that works perfectly with my Aux connection. I just wish I could adjust the volume before the sound hits my car audio system. I've already turned up the media volume on the phone itself, but I still need to crank up the volume on the car audio and it causes hissing sounds when I accelerate.

I wanted to get it but it doesn't get held in very well with the feather case so I passes
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domin8 said:
I wanted to get it but it doesn't get held in very well with the feather case so I passes
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Did you try it with the insert that comes with it? The phone without a case is held in very firmly so a feather case should make it a tighter fit. Without the insert you can use a regular case.

i ordered one with the laptop dock and phone, but AT&T still hasnt shipped the car dock.

waltah! said:
Did you try it with the insert that comes with it? The phone without a case is held in very firmly so a feather case should make it a tighter fit. Without the insert you can use a regular case.
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yeah i tried without the insert. on the feather case, the usb plugs in on the bottom, but the top clip part doesnt extend far enough out to grip the edge anymore.
with the speck case which i also tried, it was too thick to even allow the USB to fit.

I bought the dock in-store today, and I must say it is very nice. There is an insert to use or not use depending on if you have a case on your phone, which is a great idea. The phone fits easily, and the car app loads extremely quick. It is wonderful you can move around the quick load apps, and the extra cables that plugin to your stereo if needed was a nice bonus. I already added shortcuts for Google nav, and will add other useful car apps as well. It is a worthy purchase if you like having a GPS with you or a dock while you play music in your car.

Can someone help me verify that the cam corder can be activated while in car dock and that the dock does not block the view?
Would love to be able to use the phone as a car camcorder on tracks or canyons Hack, we might be able to do something like the contour gps
contour.com/camera/contour_gps

I don't have to do anything special to get the car app to pop up right? Because when I plug mine in, it does nothing. The audio doesn't even go through the cable.

I have the car dock as well, works flawlessly with the body glove case.
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Bought the car dock so I would force myself to stop from texting and driving. But my scion XB dash is to far to even use it safely.

How about with an OtterBox
I like to use an OtterBox on my devices.
Is there any chance the Car Dock will work with an OtterBox?
If not, are these any cases that will work with the car dock?
Same question for the MultiMedia dock, but I will ask in another thread too.

milk242 said:
I don't have to do anything special to get the car app to pop up right? Because when I plug mine in, it does nothing. The audio doesn't even go through the cable.
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You have to apply power to the USB port for it to start. Once you apply power, you can remove it and the phone will stay in dock mode till you pull it out.
EDIT: Which is awesome cause motorola didn't give you a DC/USB converter. I had one already that I used.

lol no. otterbox is way to big to use with any dock. the only case i know that works with the car dock is the body glove. the feather might work too but its too thin to be considered a case(might as well get an invisashield.

Official Samsung Epic 4G Touch D710 car mount review

I just received and installed the official Samsung car mount. Physically, it has incredible build quality. Both the suction piece and the actual arm look and feel as if they were designed to withstand people trying to break it. The aesthetics are also top notch. Performance is what I was looking for. I no longer have to plug in my headphone jack into my phone every time I get in the car. I can now pop my phone in and leave Pandora running with the screen on without worrying about being distracted when changing songs or draining battery life. The adjustments available are perfect for me since I mounted mines on the windshield. If you want to mount it somewhere else using the plastic dash piece they give you, the fixed arm and adjustable joint may not provide you with as much mobility as you'd need--depending on where you mount it.
This dock is easily worth the $36 I paid for it, that much I know for certain. I have a similar dock from when I had my iPhone 3GS and it looks flimsy and cheap compared to the Samsung mount even though both cost approximately the same. For the price, the dock and charger combo are hard to beat. It's also a lot more convenient to use than a dock that doesn't have the phone connections built in.
All in all, I'm incredibly satisfied with the purchase.
In case you're wondering how it hooks up, here's a youtube link for the T-mobile Galaxy S2 that another user posted. The Sprint version is exactly the same, except for adjustments made to the flexible plastic to fit our phone.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8XNr7A91j0

thanks for this, megatron! I dont want to okie dokie my phone if I dont need to and this looks really nice and durable...appreciate the post.

rayandreas said:
thanks for this, megatron! I dont want to okie dokie my phone if I dont need to and this looks really nice and durable...appreciate the post.
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No problem. Be sure to note that it may not fit your phone if you use a case. I haven't pushed the charger yet to see how much of a load it can handle before the energy use by the phone outpaces the power supplied by the charger. Thus far, I've only run Pandora with the screen on a 100% of the time and it still charged the phone a good amount. I'm hoping I eventually get the chance to test out google maps or navigation with pandora running to see how the charger holds up against that type of drain.

i have this, very happy with it so far.

Question: How does the phone know it's docked to activate Car Mode? Is there a magnet in the dock that the phone picks up on like the old DROIDs?

Based on this review, I've ordered one of the mounts for myself. I'll report back when it comes in!

xak944 said:
Question: How does the phone know it's docked to activate Car Mode? Is there a magnet in the dock that the phone picks up on like the old DROIDs?
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I believe it detects a certain resistance or short across a couple of the USB pins.