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Exogear car mount

Have been using this mount for a little over a week and can say that it is awesome. The thing I like the most is the mount. It is sticky and mounts to almost any surface, even the rounded portion of my dash. It does get dirty and needs to have some water run over it every once in a while to clean it off. The part that holds the phone is hard to use one handed, but holds the phone really well. It opens up to hold any phone and mostgps units. I picked this up on amazon for just under 20 bucks.
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Looks good, but larger pics would help!

I guess this is the mount?
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004Z8ZLOS/ref=ox_ya_os_product
For the price it wouldn't hurt to try it out. I should be getting it tomorrow.

Mooem7 said:
I guess this is the mount?
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004Z8ZLOS/ref=ox_ya_os_product
For the price it wouldn't hurt to try it out. I should be getting it tomorrow.
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That's the mount.
Sorry about the small pictures, I haven't quite mastered posting pics from my tab.
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Does the mount show in any part of the camera\video view?

Just tried it. The mount does not show up on the screen when taking video or pics.
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I got the mount on Saturday. I think it works pretty well for what it was worth. It definitely requires two hands to take in and out. It seems to hold pretty solid on the dash.
Sorry the pictures aren't that great. They were taken with my Thunderbolt.

just wanted to add I have this mount and have been using it with no problems. I also have a nook tablet that I put the suction cup on the back of and clip to the headrest to let my daughter watch movies for long trips. Its very versitile.

Just tossed one of these in favor of the Samsung mount. Much easier to work with.

Bad experience!
Bad experience!
I bought this car mount 32 days ago & It's already broken!!
I used it in my car for a Galaxy S2 device with a sunlight protector (as was recommended on exogear's site).
For the record, I'v been known for my gentle treatment for all of my things, in particular, the technological one's.
The damage was a broken grip (the one that holds the cell-phone), just near the red rubber.
Be careful guys\ladies - waste of 30$.

Nexus S dock mod for GNex

I'm a long time lurker on XDA and appreciate all the work the developers have done on all the great ROMs. I recently dropped my SGS II and decided to replace it with a GSM Galaxy Nexus and must say I love it.
My son decided to use the damaged SGS II and no longer needed his Nexus S. I noticed the desktop dock he had looked close to the curvature of the GNex. The micro USB connector was about an 1/8" low and needed to move back about the same. I went to work on dis-assembling the dock to make the modifications. Below I have a few pics but I didn't document the actual mod process, if there are any questions let me know.
The back cover of the dock will pull off with work and there are a few screws holding everything together. Once these are removed the dock will pop apart at the seam on the front of the dock. Modding the micro USB is actually pretty easy. A larger opening will be needed to move the connection towards the back and top of the dock.
The GNex will fit in the dock without any other modifications but there will be a small gap between the dock and the phone on the connector side. I wanted a more factory look and decided to thin the plastic a little so the GNex would fit snuggly next to the dock with no gaps. I did this with a fin grit sand paper and a buffing wheel on a dremel tool.
These docks can be found as cheap as $5.00 on Amazon. I purchased this dock at Best Buy for $20.
Hope these help explain what I did.
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Shot of how nicely the GNex fits in the dock.
You can see that the phone is charging in the dock.
Modded the opening for the micro USB connector.
A little more sanding and the dock would look factory.
These were taken with the phone while working on the dock.
The bracket at the top holds the micro USB connector in place. A few mods were needed to make it fit the GNex.

Nice!

i just ordered one of these docks from amazon for 7 bucks used. hopefully i can mod it successfully so i can dock my galaxy nexus like u did. very good job though modding it.
Edit: I screwed up my dock bad so it no longer works lol. Oh well. Now I know why I don't do stuff myself lol. Plus I didn't have the drill thing u had.

[DIY] TV Stand Pogo Dock w/ glowing Nexus sign!

This is one started with an idea I had when I went back into my original box and saw the screen protector we all ripped off when we first greedily tore into our GNex's. I hadn't seen it since I was overcome by gadget fever and bought it at the Amsterdam airport and clumsily unwrapped and swapped sims in the passport line. But this little screen cover has the nexus logo and was just begging to be backlit! A glowing galaxy nexus sign, and what's best, most of you probably still have yours (hopefully!)
The backlight is from a flatbed scanner, the charger is a 12V car adapter, and the stand is a TV wall mount. Pogo contacts are a dissected female end of a USB extension cord. A few other little piece parts from the junk drawer, some solder, e-tape and hot glue, and we have a truly unique pogo charging dock. That doesn't mean don't copy...I want to see more homemade monstrosities. I hope this inspires more awesomeness!
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Notes:
This was was a bit of work, some soldering skills req'd.
No, I don't know the brand of the TV stand, I re-appropriated it from a work building being torn down.
The pictures don't do justice to the glow, it's cool. Hard to shoot something so bright.
Thanks to zuberio for the adjustibility concept inspiration.
I'm test driving Jelly Bean right now, so haven't tested Force AC charge, but it should work had used it before with the charger in this project.

Looks nice, but I would put some diodes on the charger so in case you get a short you don't kill your phone lol.

You are so cool! I wish you lived in chicago!!!
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You are so cool! I wish you lived in chicago!!!
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Thanks. I went to boot camp in Great Lakes, does that count?
Im actually leaving for a worktrip to Louisiana right now.

Wireless charging car mod

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So I recently got myself a 2004 Nissan Maxima.
This is what the centre console looks like stock
Anyways, when I bought the Nexus 7 I placed in front of the screen and it was a perfect fit. I decided to open it all up and move the screen to a lower position. (I lost one of those map pockets but whatever). Sidenote: on the left side of the picture under the steering column I tucked away an Avantree bluetooth module. Helped me retrofit the car with bluetooth audio so no wires
After all that I was left with this:
So i decided to install my N4 qi wireless charger in there. It's pretty ghetto really, I bought some cardboard, some felt and a pvc pipe for support taped it all together and:
Gave it power by soldering a micro usb cable down the back. Placed it in the huge space while resting the end of the pvc pipe onto an inner lip:
Best part is, my N4 fits nicely as well and because of the rubber lip I created to help the N7 slide in, it isn't free to move around.
When I took these pictures the soldering wasn't done which is why they aren't charging in the photos.
Anyways, thought I'd share, hope you guys liked it! Also sorry if this was more of a mod than an accessory but still
Let me know what you guys think!

I think its awesome!
Question though, how are you running Navigation with the Nexus 7? Are you tethering your phone to it? Or is it LTE?

There are lots of offline gps apps (navigon, sygic,...). And you can update the maps over wifi since the n7 is removable from his build carboard. No traffic informations I guess, but that's fine with me.
Very nice though. I wanted to do a thing like that but there are too many modifications to do on my '96 Peugeot 106^^
Maybe with a new car in a few years.
On my 2.3 device I had a "car interface", it's helpful for quick interactions. You might wanna look it up
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My Nexus 5 Car Dock

The parts....
Nexus Wireless Charger
NEW RELEASE] RINGKE SLIM® Google Nexus 5 Case [BETTER GRIP] [SF BLACK] SUPER SLIM + SF COATED + PERFECT FIT Premium Hard Case Cover for Google Nexus 5 [AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, Unlocked, ECO Package
iOttie Easy View Universal Car Mount Holder for iPhone 5/4S and Smartphone - Retail Packaging - Black
The magenets were just not strong enough in my opinion to handle the bumps I would encounter on the road. I drive an older Jeep Wrangler, it has a very "active" ride and the bumps can be a bit interesting.
So I did some cutting to take off the top of the case so that it is only being used as a ledge to support the Nexus while mounted. Combined with the magnets this provides enough "bump resistance" for me.
I took the front plate off the iOttie and trimmed the back plate down to fit the back of the Wireless Charger. I made it kind of stealthy as you really cannot see the back plate as it hidden behind the locking ring.
It is all held together by SuperGlue and happy thoughts.
Now I just need to find a car lighter plug / cord to power the charger and combined with Bluetooh I will never need to mess with cords while in my car again!
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Very cool.
Are those screw holes on the bottom of the charging pad assuming you removed the sticky silicon foot? Did you get a chance to peek inside the charging pad?

Thanks. The screws are hidden under the sticky foot indeed. I didn't take it apart. Thought about it, but decided that I would pass. Hasn't anyone done a breakdown of one of them yet?

Looks good.
How hard was it to take the plate off the front?? Are the magnets really not good enough to hold??
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It was a struggle to take apart the iOttie. It is a really well put together car mount.
The magnets might be good enough to hold in a regular passenger car, but not my Jeep Wrangler no. The suspension is too rough and some road bumps can be a bit... fun. Like that dime I ran over the other day. I think it was minted in 1956. The ones from that year are brutal. Surprised I did not break something!