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[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.

Seidio Desktop Dock for Thunderbolt Now Shipping

The new Seidio Dock for the Thunderbolt is now shipping. It can be used without the need to remove your cover. Ordered mine this morning. I had one for my Evo before and it worked great with the cover on.

link?
ten charr

http://www.seidioonline.com/product-p/bd3-crdhtmec.htm
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It says it will work without removing phone from case if you use the included cable.... Let us know if it charges in the cradle while case is on.... Picture shows it will....
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you can also save $10 by buying it without the case.

Ordered...I need a dock for home and work.

Curious to see some reviews on this ... really been wanting a desk top dock!
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Anyone know what the difference between the regular one and the "kit" one is besides the $10??

Thunderbolt Desktop Dock Kit
I believe the only difference is the kit comes with an A/C cord for the dock.

Doesn't put the phone in dock mode though does it?

MoeDaddy said:
Doesn't put the phone in dock mode though does it?
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There's an app which will place it in dock mode whenever its being charged. Down side is like I said "whenever" its being charged. Just gotta look for the app.

I'm waiting to see if it will put it into dock mode.
i will be watching this thread

Just ordered it about 2 minutes ago ... will report back once I get it

No. I don't think it puts it into dock mode automatically. I had the one for the Evo and that did not put it into dock mode. But I liked it because I did not have to remove my cover every time I put it in the dock. This one looks like it will also accommodate it for those that have an extended battery case..

The Nightclock app puts the phone in its own landscape alarm clock mode when it detects the phone is charging.

Just got mine. It works great with the Active X cases for standard and extended batteries. There is an attachment that snaps into the dock for when you're not in a case. It works perfectly!

Does it automatically turn the dock mode on?
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it works great with the high gloss silicone case from Verizon.

tuanster1119 said:
Does it automatically turn the dock mode on?
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I can't tell you for sure because I'm running a Sense 3 preview ROM with no working dock mode as of right now (they are working on a fix.) I may grab a dock mode app from the market in the meantime. It does rotate all my apps though.

Does the dock have an audio jack on it?
If not, can you still plug headphones into it, while on the dock?

Car Mode enabled

So, I just purchased a Car Dock for my GN from expansys, arrived a few mins ago. Upon putting my phone on it, a notification saying "Car mode enabled" appears. There is no other changes though...
My question is, so what is car mode supposed to enable? So the Pogo Pins are just novelty?
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When Car mode is enabled, the default Car Home app is activated, and audio is routed through the dock. Sounds like you don't have a "Car Home" app installed though at the moment.

Well, you're not supposed to be able to put a car home app in the Galaxy Nexus...
I was hoping that something would happen with the car dock... I guess this is a Google fail?
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Car Home
Can't you simply download any car home app that you choose from the play store? I haven't seen one that is built into the nexus.

I just got mine also and when I put the phone in it does absolutely nothing. It does show that it's charging But I can't get anything else to work.
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xtsuname said:
Well, you're not supposed to be able to put a car home app in the Galaxy Nexus...
I was hoping that something would happen with the car dock... I guess this is a Google fail?
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lblack99 said:
Can't you simply download any car home app that you choose from the play store? I haven't seen one that is built into the nexus.
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Yes, just install any Car Home app of your choice from the Play Store. I use CarHome Ultra myself.

xtsuname said:
Well, you're not supposed to be able to put a car home app in the Galaxy Nexus...
I was hoping that something would happen with the car dock... I guess this is a Google fail?
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How is a Google fail. If you don't have a car home app installed, it's rather silly to expect it to do anything.
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xtsuname said:
Well, you're not supposed to be able to put a car home app in the Galaxy Nexus...
I was hoping that something would happen with the car dock... I guess this is a Google fail?
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What do you mean you are not supposed to?
Here are the apks you need to install: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=26700624&postcount=932
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Galaxy Nexus is supposed to be Google's flagship phone and the pogo pin was supposed to enable something in the phone, even on stock without the user needing to download anything extra like what the nexus one is able to do.
The Galaxy Nexus however apparently is not able to do anything different regardless of when you purchase a car dock with pogo pins or not. The user still have to get a "Car Home" app from the marketplace.
So, why did I buy an official car dock instead of just getting a better dock that cost cheaper and works with multiple devices?
Do you get what I mean?
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xtsuname said:
Galaxy Nexus is supposed to be Google's flagship phone and the pogo pin was supposed to enable something in the phone, even on stock without the user needing to download anything extra like what the nexus one is able to do.
The Galaxy Nexus however apparently is not able to do anything different regardless of when you purchase a car dock with pogo pins or not. The user still have to get a "Car Home" app from the marketplace.
So, why did I buy an official car dock instead of just getting a better dock that cost cheaper and works with multiple devices?
Do you get what I mean?
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Well sort of. But I don't understand why it is an issue to install Google's Car Home. The files I posted are ones I ripped from the Nexus One ROM, so you have the same functionality as the N1.
When you insert the GNex into the dock, it launched Car Home, exactly like the N1...

xtsuname said:
Galaxy Nexus is supposed to be Google's flagship phone and the pogo pin was supposed to enable something in the phone, even on stock without the user needing to download anything extra like what the nexus one is able to do. The Galaxy Nexus however apparently is not able to do anything different regardless of when you purchase a car dock with pogo pins or not. The user still have to get a "Car Home" app from the marketplace.
So, why did I buy an official car dock instead of just getting a better dock that cost cheaper and works with multiple devices?
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That's not exactly what's going on. As another poster noted, "Car Mode" on the phone does a couple of things when you insert the phone into the POGO dock.
- The phone does into landscape (no big deal I know)
- The phone activates a digital audio stream (spdif) through the pogo pins which the car dock changes into analog via a digital/analog board in the dock. This enables you to use the line out with a 3.5mm jack while only needing the 3 pogo pins connected
- The phone triggers whatever default "car dock app" you have installed. There isn't an OEM one at this time preinstalled, but from my experience those usually suck anyway compared to the market offerings. There are free car dock market apps out there, but CarHome Ultra is by far the best, in my opinion.
- The phone charges at AC speed via the included adapter. This is enough to not lose power even when the screen is on, running navigation, and using an audio player all at the same time.
The dock is far from a google fail, in my opinion.

cheshirecat79 said:
- The phone does into landscape (no big deal I know)
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This depends on the orientation that you have. If you have it portrait, it stays portrait. So basically this is not what the dock does.
cheshirecat79 said:
- The phone activates a digital audio stream (spdif) through the pogo pins which the car dock changes into analog via a digital/analog board in the dock. This enables you to use the line out with a 3.5mm jack while only needing the 3 pogo pins connected
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Yup.
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- The phone triggers whatever default "car dock app" you have installed. There isn't an OEM one at this time preinstalled, but from my experience those usually suck anyway compared to the market offerings. There are free car dock market apps out there, but CarHome Ultra is by far the best, in my opinion.
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Yeah, I realize... I was just kinda hoping a little that the information that I've heard so far was wrong, as in google hid something inside the phone's system that would activate something that would make the phone awesome...
cheshirecat79 said:
- The phone charges at AC speed via the included adapter. This is enough to not lose power even when the screen is on, running navigation, and using an audio player all at the same time.
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You can do this using "Fast Charge" from AOKP ^^
One other thing the dock does is it forces the phone to "Keep Awake"
I guess I'm just pretty disappointed after all the hype that there might be a secret feature to it. The dock is pretty nice regardless.
Oh well~

xtsuname said:
I guess I'm just pretty disappointed after all the hype that there might be a secret feature to it. The dock is pretty nice regardless.
Oh well~
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I was disappointed too. I thought the dock would unlock a secret feature so it would make me breakfast while I drive to work and dinner on the way home.
At least it charges my phone at an AC rate without needing to connect a wire everytime I get in the car.

Well, that helps although I think Google should direct the user to get a car home app. It was preinstalled with Gingerbread, I think..
I was thinking that when you get the car dock a secret would show up or something. I installed the one from Nexus One.
Thanks for the clarification.

[Q]S3 Specific Car Dock

Is there a car dock made specifically for the S3 that has a USB connection that will automatically enable car mode.
I had one for my Atrix but I can't seem to find one for the S3.
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Bump.
Anyone.
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I haven't seen one as of yet. there are some nice Samsung brand car docks though, and although its not exactly what you are looking for couldn't you use one of those NFC tec tiles to put it in car mode, maybe attach it right to a dock?
If you find one, please toss up a link...

The Samsung Infuse car dock that AT&T has works for it. Won't fit with a case on but it does enable the car dock and it fits perfectly. It was on sale for 17 bucks not long ago.

The US Galaxy S2 had a dock like this. The things that Samsung does just doesn't make sense.

Sistum Id said:
The US Galaxy S2 had a dock like this. The things that Samsung does just doesn't make sense.
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This is where Bluetooth and Tasker come in handy

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This is where Bluetooth and Tasker come in handy
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Tasker is awesome, but Llama is a great alternative as well for those looking for a free solution.

syrne said:
The Samsung Infuse car dock that AT&T has works for it. Won't fit with a case on but it does enable the car dock and it fits perfectly. It was on sale for 17 bucks not long ago.
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The Infuse dock automatically starts my car app (Car Home Ultra) and the USB charging and 3.5mm audio out work flawlessly. Only downside is the fact that it won't work with a case, as the previous poster mentioned, but I use a Diztronic TPU style case that takes seconds to remove and put back on so I don't mind it at all.

I use an NFC sticker, with NFC Task Launcher, to initiate (and terminate) car dock mode.

The dock that works is the Infuse 4G car dock. I bought mine from AT&T for $17.99, but it's sold out now. Amazon has it in stock for $29.99. I'm not aware of a better price at the moment, but I'd search and look for the best price.

I'm using a Brodit active charge cradle with an NFC tag (NFC Launcher kicking off a Tasker profile). By far the best & most secure cradle I've seen or used, but not cheap (about £50 all up).

Car Dock Not Working

I have an ibolt car mount for my previous Galaxy s3 that i want to use with my LG but it does not seem to work.
I use tasker to recognize when the phone is docked, and that would work with the s3 but when placing in the LG, its not triggering my tasker profile.
Any ideas?
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sandshrimp said:
I have an ibolt car mount for my previous Galaxy s3 that i want to use with my LG but it does not seem to work.
I use tasker to recognize when the phone is docked, and that would work with the s3 but when placing in the LG, its not triggering my tasker profile.
Any ideas?
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It sounds like the magnetic sensor was in a different location for the S3. I checked my LG and it looks like the sensor is located next to the volume rocker, about a 1/2 inch from the edge of the phone.
I was thinking of getting the same dock. How is the fit?

Fit is great. I thought the device goes into car mode based on the usb plug. What sensor are you referring to?
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sandshrimp said:
Fit is great. I thought the device goes into car mode based on the usb plug. What sensor are you referring to?
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So far, every phone I've had has a magnetic sensor (or two) built into them that controls car mode or desk dock mode.. When you put the phone in the car dock, there is a small magnet embedded in the dock that trips the phone's sensor and causes car mode to start.
You can demonstrate this for yourself by placing a magnet against the back of your phone near the volume rocker. If the magnet is strong enough the car will start up the car dock app.
Thanks for the info on the fit. I may purchase one and setup Tasker to start car mode when the phone is connected my car bluetooth and plugged into the dock.
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I just read a review on this dock and it mentioned a special cable and power adapter that is required for the S3 to recognize car mode. That's probably why it doesn't work with the LG. I don't think there is any support for that built into the LG.

This may be kind of late but I suppose you could get a NFC sticker and stick it to the dock using that to trigger the settings.

goofydude101 said:
This may be kind of late but I suppose you could get a NFC sticker and stick it to the dock using that to trigger the settings.
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I was using the magnet to enable the Car Dock mode, but after JB, that is gone. Now I use Car Home and use the active car dock on Bluetooth. Other Item I didn't like with JB and Car Dock is that when in Car Dock mode the lock screen would go landscape, after JB it will not rotate.