So I just got an Xway and I'm trying to mount it to my vents...
I slid it on there and rotate the magnet part to pinch it on there... But no matter how tight I rotate it the thing slides off the vent way too easily!
Even sliding my phone sideways will sometimes pull the mount off the vents!
Anyone have experience with it?
Is there a trick to make the rubber all sticky so it holds strong so I can just pull the phone off?
Maybe I need to sand paper my vents? (I'd rather not do that...)
maybe the plastic on your vents are too slippery?
you could put some grippy vinyl or tape on your vents so it has better grip?
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Man does the stylus retention method on BA suck! How many stylii have you lost?.... I just came up with a decent fix for this. It is not so pretty but works very great. I was going to follow the advice I read about to just place a small drop of silicone under the plastic retaining clip to reinforce and make it stiffer. Unfortunately, my plastic retaining clip broke off entirely. I just cut a rectangular block of rubber from a thick rubber washer I had laying around. Then I bonded it to the metal case with heavy duty double sided clear tape. It does not get bonded to the black plastic shell where the stylus actually fits into but on the other half of the separated unit. I also cut a small wedge shape in the top that kinds of "snaps" into the groove in the stylus. The only thing you have to be careful about it the height of your rubber block - it has to be fairly precise and will probably require a bit of trial and error.
Looks like a good fix to a common problem.
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http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=BA_Sty_stopper
Excellent.
does Blue Angel doesn't have a magnet in the slot to keep the stylus? because XDA IIi really has it...hhmmmmhhh...
Just got a tpu/gel cover on the back of mine - really nice actually (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-Gal...BTK2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1350819435&sr=8-1) and a screen protector on the front.
Can't say I've ever seen one but does anyone do a sort of clip on front cover? What I'm thinking is something like a front hard shell face with silicon like flexible sides that the phone sits in face first as protection but just slips off when you pull it off the phone.
Alternatively, any soft lined pouches, sheep skin would be nice, but with a hard shell around the outside, bit like those hard cases for storing sunglasses on your car visor. Seems like the only puches available are soft and also seen to have no side walls - the front and back behind stiched together so becomce too tight on the sides of the phone - also prefer a horizontal slide in rather than vertical, less movement and potential risk of scratching if anything has managed to get in there and less risk of losing grip of it.
The Nexus 5 (and most phones and tablets, I assume) that have official Active/Quick covers use a magnetic sensor. All you really need is any flip cover (I got mine for $5 at a flea market), a flat craft magnet and a little double sided tape.
The magnetic sensor is in the circle marked 'A' in the pic above, I put the magnet underneath the credit card flap in circle marked 'B'. The simplest way to know the correct placement is to turn on the screen, move the magnet around until the screen turns off, put a little sticky tac on the magnet, close the screen so the magnet sticks to the cover. Done. Just tape it in place. If you don't have a credit card flap just cover the magnet in a little fabric.
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Finding accessories for this phone is really a PITA. However I 've found a trick for the car holder.
Before this phone I had a samsung galaxy note 2 with a car holder designed for it.
I've discovered that the axon 7 with the original case fits in in this car holder. It's somewhat smaller, but the phone is firmly held, and has never fallen since 3 months.
bonus: the side buttons are free, and accessible.
Put your phone in a sandwich bag and surround the edges with tape. Cut a piece of soft copper sheet metal so that it exactly covers the face of the phone and slightly wraps over the top. Tape it down tightly. Draw big arrows on the copper pointing to the buttons or mark their location on a template. Put that in another sandwich bag. Mix up some epoxy and get fiberglass tape ready. Fold 2-4 layers of fiberglass over the bottom of the phone so it goes half way up the back and about 1 inch up the front (this is the mount reinforcement). Wrap 4-5 fiberglass layers horizontally around the phone and stay below the buttons. Wrap 2-3 layers of fiberglass vertically. Let it cure somewhere warm. Vacuum seal it if it's getting loose. Get a bright light and a small motorized grinding wheel. Roughly cut the fiberglass off the front of the phone, leaving some wrapping around. The copper should be easy to spot when the grinder has passed through the fiberglass. Pull that patch off and discard it. Trim the top band until you can bend it down enough to clear the phone. Pull the outer sandwich bag off. Pull the copper plate off. Pull the phone out. Finish trimming the fiberglass until it looks good. Cut a hole for the USB port. Glue your creation to a base with epoxy putty. Cover it with epoxy paint. Add felt pads or slippery tape to tighten the fit and protect your screen. Tada! Custom holder that will never drop your phone.
Earlier model that I made for an X Pure (another phone with no mounts):
http://pixelmemory.us/Photos/Nerd/2015-01-31 Phone mount/
After seeing no choices for a regular bumper style case with a pen holder, I decided to get creative and made one for myself. I used this Poetic Turtle Skin case (I have it on all the tables in my house). Then I got these pen holder tabs.
Using an exacto knife I made a tiny cut in the top edge of the case, just barely long enough to equal the width of the pen holder loop. I had to do it slowly and repeatedly cut away until I made it through the thick rubbery material. I think this case will work the best for this because of the durable rubber material should continue to split. Then I pushed the loop through on the inside. I didn't try to adhere the inside tape to the case because the tablet will hold the tab in place, plus the snug fit of the loop through the rubber is pretty tight.
It's been working well and holding up great for me for the past 2 months. I've included some pictures so you can see what it looks like.
Hope this helps someone else out.
How does the tablet sit in the case with the mod? I tried the same thing with a more slim fit case and it prevented the edges of the case from covering the tablet at that spot due to the thickness of the sticky pad.
irieblue said:
How does the tablet sit in the case with the mod? I tried the same thing with a more slim fit case and it prevented the edges of the case from covering the tablet at that spot due to the thickness of the sticky pad.
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It has worked out very well and there's no chance it will come out. There is a slight bump along the top edge but it's really negligible and doesn't bother me or my use of the tablet. It still covers the entire device and protects the edges.
Ok see
thats a nifty pen holder