I have a Prius and one thing that has always annoyed me is I cant find a solid Dock that fits the little glass triangle window on the right in front of the drivers side.
Has anyone seen one that has a long arm that can attach to that little chunk of glass.
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I have noticed that there are two plastic pins/ridges at the base of the multimedia dock that press so hard against the lower edge of the tab that they will physically warp the screen protector. On an unprotected tab, these might cause physical damage over time. These plastic pins or ridges form two pressure points on either side of the Samsung Logo. - and before anyone points this out: yes I know its supposed to have gorilla glass, but I am not that confident in it, and the pins are close enough to potentially damage the plastic edge-frame of the tab.
These same pins/ridges are NOT present in the keyboard dock and no warping of screen protectors or severe pressure points occur.
For this reason I have discontinued using the multimedia dock and am currently using the keyboard dock instead.
I have included pictures of the pressure points and pins below.
Thanks for noticing this ... I will check it out.
If the pins are plastic i dont think they can damage the hard glass.
Yes they are plastic, and the pins/ridges don't look like much, and may or may not cause any harm to the tab, but the amount of warping of the screen protector really bothers me. The warping that you see in the photos progresses as the tab stays in the dock. After a while the corners star to peel upward as well, and I wind up with a two inch diamber bubble that I have to keep smoothing out. So, despite appearances I suspect there is a lot of stress along the lower edge of the dock.
When I put the tab in the keyboard dock instead, the screen protector stays absolutely smooth - big difference.
As a side note: even if the dock doesn't harm the tab, it is a royal pain to have to keep smoothing giant bubles in the screen protector over and over.
I posted this primarily so that we can make an informed decision, if you think its safe, use the dock - if you're paranoid like me, the keyboard dock is a safe alternative.
My guess: the dock was designed solely with the Tab in mind. Not with the Tab plus a screen protector. The screen protector may not seem like it adds much at all to the thickness, but when it comes to a precise measurement, it does. So I don't think it will do any damage to a naked Tab, but as you have seen firsthand the screen protector takes the brunt of it.
Kevin Gossett said:
My guess: the dock was designed solely with the Tab in mind. Not with the Tab plus a screen protector. The screen protector may not seem like it adds much at all to the thickness, but when it comes to a precise measurement, it does. So I don't think it will do any damage to a naked Tab, but as you have seen firsthand the screen protector takes the brunt of it.
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Good point, you're probably right. But I wonder why the ridges are necessary at all, as they aren't pressent in the keyboard dock.
And my trust level for Samsung accessories isn't all that high. There was a windows tablet a while back called the Q1 Ultra designed by Samsung. Samsung designed a case for it that had a plastic bracket in it made to hold a keyboard. After a month of use, I was amazed to find long sharp groves dug deep into my screen protector, from the keyboar bracket. There was no gorilla glass back then, and if it had not been for the screen protector my Q1 ultra would have been a real mess.
Wouldn't sanding down those "pins" fix the issue if you use screen protectors? Take like 1/16th of an inch off and it won't push as hard on it? Or maybe sand them off completely and put maybe felt in there?
I didnt think it had gorilla glass? And yes those plastic edges that hold in the tab damaged my screen without a protector on. cry. first day i had it
Get the dock hot and bend the plastic out. E.g. run it under hot water. oh yeah. like that's gonna work. i used my dock a couple times and didnt notice any issues w/ the tab. but it is a "tight" fit.
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I didnt think it had gorilla glass? And yes those plastic edges that hold in the tab damaged my screen without a protector on. cry. first day i had it
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I highly doubt its gorilla glass. my tab screen has a minor scratch already and I rarely move it around
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I also do not think that it has gorilla glass, i have a scratch as well. I tried not to use it a lot until i receiver my screen armour.
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I see the pins you are talking about. They don't seem to touch the glass, no screen protector on. However, thats not what left marks on my glass\shell. In the far left and right corners there are like plastic half circles (Hard to see) that press against the glass real hard. I will take pictures soon.
According to Corning's website the only Samsung product that has GG is the SGS2. Also the screen on my GT is nothing like what is on my G2X which certainly does have GG.
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I'm curious to know what type of screen proector Digital Man was using with the dock. Can you please post. Thank you. I am unable to take pictures of the half circle plastic tabs in the left and right corners of the dock. I either need a new camera or 4 hands with a light and macro shot.
I have this Acer case:
http://us-store.acer.com/product.aspx?prodid=95
and the leather on the left side (landscape mode) completely covers the microphone. I had to cut a small hole in the leather to be able to use the mike.
Are there any other cases with this problem?
Dunno if the RooCase has that issue, but the carbon-fiber version doesn't seem to have it. That one covers less of the screen than the other red/blue/black 'leather' ones, although it costs $10 more. Then again, it also exposes a lot of the top, bottom, and right side where it's not covered by the velcro strap that holds it in...
Picked up this case at a Sprint Corporate store for 35 bucks and could not be happier.
http://www.freshfiber.com/products/galaxy-s3/
It is the Grey Macedonia case which is some sort of birds nest inspired look.
The outer part of the case kind of has a flex to it, just the right amount of give when you sit your phone down.
One thing I noticed at first which threw me off was the fact that the bottom of the case didn't have a hole for the bottom mic, but after further inspection it actually sits away from the body of the phone and kind of channels the mic next to the charging port, if that makes sense.
Nobody has ever complained about not being able to hear me since getting the case.
Solid corner protection, doesn't add weight to the phone at all (case itself weighs 16.8 grams) and has good lip protection on it for times when the phone is face down. I have a screen protector but just a cheap one I got that only covers the screen so I don't know how it may fit with some of the full screen protectors, but it does appear to have a bit of room to not affect them.
The best part?
That this case is 3D Printed and beautiful, and according to the packaging, the Grey and White cases can be put in the dishwasher for cleaning!
The one bad thing.
The back of the phone gets a little cruddy from being exposed.
Hello,
yesterday i bough Grip Sheer Mate Black from Belkin.
Belkin has good reputation in world of accessories. It produces cases and accessories for IPhones, so i thought "why not to try it".
I have always been using cheap tpu cases from ebay for my Htc Desire S. Buttons were either unaccessible or really hard to press.
But the One is so beatiful, that i don't want to cover it up in bulky case. Actually i'm not afraid of destroying my phone, rather damaging camera lens when placing phone on the table and hard surfaces.
I gave it a chance.
The price for grip sheer matte is 15 €.
The color - is actually not solid black, rather transparent black. Or "smoked" black. Putting it on your phone produces interesting brownish color. I like it.
The case is very minimalistic. Although you have case on your phone, you still can see and feel, that it's The One.
Cutouts are very precise. Even part over volume rocker. If you ever had any problem trying to "find" volume rocker during phone call, it's past with this case.
There is cutout for powerbutton on the top, so you don't loose ability to use your device like remote control or whatever.
The case creates about 0,5 mm lip, which is probably enough to lift your screen enough from the table (if the lip were on the whole device, continue reading). Actually i think there's no reason putting One display downwards, as it has speakers on top, and is hella' loud.
But there are some BUTs {read cons):
Although the case creates nice lip on the side and covers fragile sides of display, this isn't true about top and bottom of the phone. It seems, that the case is very slightly smaller, than it should be. After aplying very slight pressure on top or bottom, the lip comes off and the phone gets naked.
Another con: although the case fitted pretty snug after first application, it became loose. As i was trying to put it off and on couple of times to fit better (about 10 times), it became loose and started to move slightly.
According to dimension imperfections is microusb cutout a bit deformed. The same applies for top. Thin part comes "in way" of pushing power button. It takes some practice and then is no problem anymore.
Anyway, it server the purpose, why i bought it - to protect lens and basic shock absorbtion when i "throw" my phone in shelf under the fm radion in car.
What makes me sad is pricetag 15 € for this level of quality. I was expecting something more for this price.
Check out the link for more photos.
https://plus.google.com/photos/1166...ms/5947269768967413857?authkey=CPGbi-rgjf_6IA
I am probably returning this back.
So i bought a Dot View case for my M8 am and pretty underwhelmed by the lack of useful notifcations I get.. virtually none.
What I do like is the fact that it automagically turns on and off when I open and shut the case.
I assumed this is done with a magnet underneath the HTC logo on the flip cover, so I applied a small piece of magentic tape to an ordinary flip case that I prefer to use, however cannot get it to turn the phone oon and off.
looking closely at the dot case there appears to be something in the case on the rear of the phone opposite where the HTC logo is on the flip cover. Is this having an effect of the operation.
Does anybody know how this works, and how I can emulate in another cover?
I've done some tests with a dot view case, and with a few others.
Basically, it's just a small magnet placed above the screen, positioned about 3 cm from the left edge and 6.5 cm from the bottom edge of the phone, which turns it on or off.
If you can find a magnet thin & strong enough, and put it in the right place, you can virtually emulate the effect on any flip case.
nuts77 said:
I've done some tests with a dot view case, and with a few others.
Basically, it's just a small magnet placed above the screen, positioned about 3 cm from the left edge and 6.5 cm from the bottom edge of the phone, which turns it on or off.
If you can find a magnet thin & strong enough, and put it in the right place, you can virtually emulate the effect on any flip case.
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Thanks for your reply, perhaps the magnetic strip i used wasn't strong enough.
Are you sure about the "3 cm " from the left hand edge?.. looking at my dotview cover it seems to span from about 0.5cm to 2cm from the LH edge?
Every flip case I own do this and have no magnets. Open cover and screen turns on. I thought it was maybe a light sense but Idk? I have the Watson flip case I think made by Incipio? Also a generic eBay one made of leather.
If your screen turns on/off, it's that your covers have the small magnet inside. Try it with a piece of cardboard or anything else and you will see the behaviour is different