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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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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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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.

Official car mount spotted on amazon

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-Veh...?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1323123444&sr=1-16
Looks slightly different to the one seen before on Samsung US site (oops was looking at S2 mount then)
Unfortunately it is not out till 1st Jan

still trying to figure out if youre able to access the power button on this. no one has been able to show it and its not visible in any images
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looking at the images, it looks like there is a soft part of the dock where the power buttons are, so you might be able to push them through the dock. also, im very glad to see an aux out on the dock. Coming from the N1 dock that didn't have this, it will be a great addition.

Galaxy Note?!
Product Features
> Designed specially to fit your Samsung Galaxy Note
anyways - £49.99 seems kinda harsh!

Anyone have some experience with the Exomount Universal Car Mount? I've heard good things about it and it seems like a good deal.

The exomount looks quite nice, but I have just opted for a cheap ebay one which folds nice and compact for the glovebox. I don't mount my phone very often any more, only when I need a bit of sat-nav and I know my common routes pretty well.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Universal...ers_Mounts&hash=item4aaec65b08#ht_1646wt_1396
I will let you know how well it performs when I get it.

serafin.eightyfive said:
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> Designed specially to fit your Samsung Galaxy Note
anyways - £49.99 seems kinda harsh!
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Those were the exact two things that stuck out for me..

fdm1 said:
looking at the images, it looks like there is a soft part of the dock where the power buttons are, so you might be able to push them through the dock. also, im very glad to see an aux out on the dock. Coming from the N1 dock that didn't have this, it will be a great addition.
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The aux out is AMAZING. I use a desktop dock and a Moshimoshi desktop phone that plugs into my N1. I have to plug it IN to the phone every time I put the phone into the dock, kind of obviating the purpose of a dock.
Totally thrilled about the pogo pins, surprised they figured out a way to carry audio through them AND power while still keeping them simple.

chriscardinal said:
Totally thrilled about the pogo pins, surprised they figured out a way to carry audio through them AND power while still keeping them simple.
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If it's anything like the Nexus one dock, audio is routed via Bluetooth. The 3 pogo-pins are (2) for power and the third transmits a simple code to tell the phone which dock it is in. When docked, Bluetooth is switched on, a new options page shows up in settings for audio routing. The night-stand clock is also automatically started (or car home if inserted in the car dock).
On another note, the desk and car docks for the nexus one were not available until several months after the phone came out. Surely the logistics of making these available at the same time are not that difficult.
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for £50 it should be made of carbon fibre or contain an independent battery.
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Obidose said:
The exomount looks quite nice, but I have just opted for a cheap ebay one which folds nice and compact for the glovebox. I don't mount my phone very often any more, only when I need a bit of sat-nav and I know my common routes pretty well.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Universal...ers_Mounts&hash=item4aaec65b08#ht_1646wt_1396
I will let you know how well it performs when I get it.
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Flexible width for side grip (Width :6 cm ~ 7 cm)
You better hope its 7.... Nexus width is 67.9mm
One "Universal" dock they tried to sell me in the shop didnt fit the GN... I made the sales man try it and he almost broke the dock trying to squeeze the GN in.

Galaxy Note Desktop Cradle with HDMI output

Fellow Movie Lovers and Galaxy Note fans
Mugen announced a desktop cradle with HDMI output for "LET'S WATCH A MOVIE! ON TELLY" situation. I think it is a smart accessory for this phone, since Galaxy Note is a movie friendly device in general.
http://www.mugen-power-batteries.co...9220-usb-desktop-cradle-with-hdmi-output.html
Comments? Expectations?
Release date is April 20, 2012

Will only be impressed if the screen turns off while it displays movie. Otherwise will stick to my cheap mhl adapter.

I would like to see an audio out on the device for older TV's/monitors that have DVI only. I don't want an audio cable sticking out the top.

fosselman said:
Will only be impressed if the screen turns off while it displays movie. Otherwise will stick to my cheap mhl adapter.
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are you serious? how can you control the movie when display is off? like swiping on the navigation or the movie itself to go back and forth. the cradle also charges the phone so having the screen stay on will not hurt.
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Yeah it's a Galaxy Note, are you jealous?

Now why did they make it portrait? While the Note is sitting in the dock playing a movie, the movie on the Note will be sideways.

undrwater said:
Now why did they make it portrait? While the Note is sitting in the dock playing a movie, the movie on the Note will be sideways.
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It is designed to be used either way, portrait or landscape - it sits very neatly on its side- perfect for landscape viewing as I do all the time.
It is a good dock given the limitations of the micro-usb connector. Given that, you have to put it in in portrait mode anyway, then turn it sideways.
I just have to wonder why they did not add pins so it can dock properly in landscape orientation. I am hoping somebody will come up with a back, or back plus battery combo that includes pins and a decent desk and car dock.

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are you serious? how can you control the movie when display is off? like swiping on the navigation or the movie itself to go back and forth. the cradle also charges the phone so having the screen stay on will not hurt.
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Yeah it's a Galaxy Note, are you jealous?
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Yes I am serious. On my elocity tablet I use a widget called tegra display selector and guess what, it allows you to still use the screen. People also have things called Bluetooth keyboards and mice to control the screen while it is plugged in. I also hate having the glow from the screen of the note if I am trying to watch a movie in a dark room.

So did anyone get one of these? Does TV out work?

I have this good cable.

If you are interested in this product, you should visit:
Here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28840665&postcount=27
And here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1841416
For a much cheaper alternative!

Dock Help

Does any one have a dock for the note?
Did you get it off ebay? (Here for example)
I want to get one - but really only if it put the note into dock mode. I like to use it as a night stand clock.
If these dont work to put the phone into dock mode - does any one have a suggestion of what dock will? except the 80$ one from samsung.

You might wanna check "Samsung Galaxy Note N7000 I9220 SGH-I717 Multimedia Desktop Dock EDD-D1E1BEGSTA". You can find it on the eBay.
(Im a new user so cant give you a direct link)
You can also find "Genuine Samsung Galaxy NOTE Desk Charge Dock N7000 EDD-D1E1BEG Desktop Cradle !" for 60' ish $

I checked and you can get the cheap on from amazon for like 25$. I think I am going to do that unless someone has any suggestions.

Does anyone know what puts the phone into dock mode? I'd like to build my own landscape dock and am curious about this.

I bought the Phillips AS351/37 fidelio docking speaker for android. It's on Amazon for $112 but I bought mine at Best Buy for $99. It's a dock/speaker system specifically for android phones....it holds my Tmobile Galaxy s2, Htc Sensation and my GNote....it has little wheels on the usb dock where you can adjust it to fit your phone or if you have the usb port on the side of the phone instead of the bottom. It works by bluetooth and the speaker quality, imo, is awesome! It says to download the fidelio app from the play store, you dont have to, I did and its not bad, it has clock mode, alarm mode, brightness settings along with weather forecast. It has radio stations and has the app "songbird"....you can find that in the play store as well. It's just a music app, its ok but I rather use the google play music app. All in all its one of my favorite docks, and I have a few. It doesnt automatically set off the dock mode but like I said, the fidelio app puts it in to dock mode. Phillips has a few different ones, one that has a built in alarm clock with digital display, one that is a round speaker with a nightlight...which is the one that i wanted but when I went to best buy to look at it the GNote overpowered it as the speaker isnt all that big. You can find all the Phillip android docks on amazon. Read the reviews....they have great reviews....I should have posted the link to the one I got, sorry, I'll repost with it.
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Here is the one I got......
http://www.amazon.com/Philips-AS351...4UPK/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1334421246&sr=8-2

ubermetroid said:
Does any one have a dock for the note?
Did you get it off ebay? (Here for example)
I want to get one - but really only if it put the note into dock mode. I like to use it as a night stand clock.
If these dont work to put the phone into dock mode - does any one have a suggestion of what dock will? except the 80$ one from samsung.
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What i did is a simple use of tasker to activate the clock dock screen when usb is charged. You can also improve it by detecting your home wifi SSID so that it only converts when you are at home. This saves you a ton of money with the cheaper docks. Hope it helps!

Forgot to mention that the fidelio dock I got has a USB port in the back to charge a second device.....which I find super helpful since I have 3 phones.

Desktop Dock Existence Question

Perhaps this is a thread better for Q&A, but I figure it is specifically about an accessory. As I've done searching through various gadget sites and Google I've yet to find an accessory for the SGSIII as below:
Coming from the Droid X, there existed a dock which when the DX was placed in it the phone would go into desktop dock mode. I forgot where I got mine. I think it was an ad on droid-life that I clicked through. I've seen that Samsung has a dock that charges the phone and is a multimedia dock, but it appears as if it holds the phone in portrait mode. Is there a dock that allows the phone to sit in a landscape position and have the screen show a clock, calender, etc.?
On another note, does anyone know if the SGSIII's dock is triggered via magnets as the DX was?

mikejr83 said:
Perhaps this is a thread better for Q&A, but I figure it is specifically about an accessory. As I've done searching through various gadget sites and Google I've yet to find an accessory for the SGSIII as below:
Coming from the Droid X, there existed a dock which when the DX was placed in it the phone would go into desktop dock mode. I forgot where I got mine. I think it was an ad on droid-life that I clicked through. I've seen that Samsung has a dock that charges the phone and is a multimedia dock, but it appears as if it holds the phone in portrait mode. Is there a dock that allows the phone to sit in a landscape position and have the screen show a clock, calender, etc.?
On another note, does anyone know if the SGSIII's dock is triggered via magnets as the DX was?
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S3 does not trigger by magnets.
you have 2 options:
USB trigger, or NFC tag.
BUT samsung has a nice dock with multimedia out, and there are a couple aftermarket ones too... that i can't yet link to.

Hopefully they'll release a desktop dock with HDMI and USB OTG on it, in addition to a charger port. Would make a nice portable computer...

I wish I could put my DX into the "desktop dock" mode to snap a picture of it. It doesn't seem to want to cooperate with CM7 on it. Perhaps it was a Blur thing. I mainly wanted to have this big ass clock/calender/news ticker to sit on my desk. I sit on the corner of cube row so people probably would break their neck as they rounded the corner checking it out!