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Official USB dock is ugly as hell, get the Zenis S2 dock instead.

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eBay search, now around £10 if I remember right. I have a black one for my S2 which will be used on my blue S3. My dad's S3 above is on his white S2 dock.
Dock works just fine with the rubber seat that comes with it, the phone is solid when docked. Case users will need to remove the seat from the dock. People should confirm what cases fit in this dock when attached to the S3 but I imagine all official mesh style cases will be fine as the S2 is just fine with them minus the seat.

Thanks for the heads up. Just ordered 2 of them ;-)

Saw your post in another thread, thanks for the heads up, ordered two off of Ebay just now, one for home and one for the office. $11 each.

It really is one of the nicest looking docks I have seen, probably because it is in similar style to the iPhone one

Cheers mrk. Just bought one for £6.50.

thanks just ordered one

It's difficult to tell from the photo but do you think the S3 with the flip cover will fit in the dock?
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I have 2 that I use with my S2, I'm glad to hear it will fit.

Bought one, £6.50 thanks

The sony ericsson experia dock works well in landscape mode, especially as it's white - and it has usb host !!

paulus3476 said:
The sony ericsson experia dock works well in landscape mode, especially as it's white - and it has usb host !!
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Got any pictures?

Looks like this one will not be compatible with some cases. While the OEM version will absolutely be compatible with most cases. See pic below.
I'll go for the charger that lets me use a case. I learned that lesson already. You think it won't be a big deal taking the case off and putting it back on. But for me at least, it gets pretty annoying after awhile even if it does become second nature.
OEM dock pic--->

Almost bought a new dock for my sgs3 that will arrive on Tuesday,
until I read that my zenis sgs2 dock also fits.
Thanks for the heads up!

I think, I found
I think, I found the lowest price it on ebay.
ebay item# 130680016123

shadowcalibur said:
I think, I found the lowest price it on ebay.
ebay item# 130680016123
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ya I just ordered ad GS3 from expansy and this item from ebay.

Zenis dock works with official mesh case so any case similar will also be fine
Flip case not included in that though!

I was expecting to see a dock with an ugly design, but it was actually nice, and that was the product you recommend. Looks nice. I will save it for later when I have my device.

Add me to the list! just ordered 2. Thanks for the heads up!

I really would have liked to get a dock this time around, but unfortunately my kid steals my phone all the time and having it in a dock means too much wear & tear and the possibility for it to be bent out sideways from the dock instead of pulled out, damaging the ports.
So, I bought a regular "Though Out ped3-u universal stand" instead, because my kid at least knows to yank the cable out the right way by the wire. My last stand was a portable desk stand, but was meant for a tablet, and my kid managed to destroy that, so, this ped3-u should hold up much better, being solid steel.
(And I suppose wireless charging would be even more ideal where fat fingered kids are concerned...)

Dock bought!

Metal battery door?

Is there anyone out there making a metal battery door or case? They have them for the s3/4 among other phones
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sgtmedeiros said:
Is there anyone out there making a metal battery door or case? They have them for the s3/4 among other phones
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Thats as close as it gets for now lol ..I was looking to for one but i saw this skin with Brushed Aluminum wrap lol ..doesnt look to bad but yea not really what im looking for either lol
>>>> http://www.amazon.com/Skinomi-TechS...238&sr=1-24&keywords=optimus+g+pro+case+metal <<<<

MrNa5ty said:
Thats as close as it gets for now lol ..I was looking to for one but i saw this skin with Brushed Aluminum wrap lol ..doesnt look to bad but yea
>>>> http://www.amazon.com/Skinomi-TechS...238&sr=1-24&keywords=optimus+g+pro+case+metal <<<<
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Damn! My brothers s4 has it right now and its making me jealous.
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lol looks badass..... give it some time im sure will have one soon......... mayb

Keep in mind any metal battery 3rd party battery door will loose all NFC and QI wireless charging. Since u cant even find a good case from the BIG case vendors dont be sad if you never see a metal door. Im so Pissed a LG for not giving this phone more attention so companies like Seidio and otterbox start making cases. There is no commercials on tv about this device at all. Samsung is all over the TV. Im keeping my G Pro until the note 3 comes out. I dont want to go back to a note 2 when the note 3 will be out in under 4 months. Another bad thing is no ROM support. I wish the HTC ONE was at least 5" and I would of gotten it. The S4 looks nice but im too use to 5.5".

idle0095 said:
Keep in mind any metal battery 3rd party battery door will loose all NFC and QI wireless charging. Since u cant even find a good case from the BIG case vendors dont be sad if you never see a metal door. Im so Pissed a LG for not giving this phone more attention so companies like Seidio and otterbox start making cases. There is no commercials on tv about this device at all. Samsung is all over the TV. Im keeping my G Pro until the note 3 comes out. I dont want to go back to a note 2 when the note 3 will be out in under 4 months. Another bad thing is no ROM support. I wish the HTC ONE was at least 5" and I would of gotten it. The S4 looks nice but im too use to 5.5".
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Yeah man screen size is keeping me chained
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This is going to sound weird. I'm kind of glad that there aren't many cases for this phone because I'm a case whore!!! I have 7 cases for my nexus 4 for crying out loud. Not to mention the ones for my previous lgog, GS3, Xperia ion, Gs2 and infuse. Don't know why I still have them. I have almost 40+ cases sitting upstairs. I think I'm a horder?!
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Jammol said:
This is going to sound weird. I'm kind of glad that there aren't many cases for this phone because I'm a case whore!!! I have 7 cases for my nexus 4 for crying out loud. Not to mention the ones for my previous lgog, GS3, Xperia ion, Gs2 and infuse. Don't know why I still have them. I have almost 40+ cases sitting upstairs. I think I'm a horder?!
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I would agree. Your a case whore. LOL. Sell some cases. Your like me. I have 3 at the moment for the G Pro. I had a dozen for my Nexus 4. Like 4 different colors for my Note 2.

Skinomi makes quality products! I had their carbon fiber wrap for my old Asus Transformer Infinity tablet & keyboard. Not only was it gorgeous but, I never had issues with it. Just takes patience to fit on the curved sections of a product. That being said, since I use a case it doesn't bother me not having a metal battery door of some sort although that HTC One looks gorgeous from the factory!

Flip Cover with Backup Battery for Galaxy Note GT-N7000

Sounds interesting right? yes, its very much true. I bought this type of cover from local market. I must say the cover has a brilliant design. Also, the way in which it functions is simply superb. I am also sharing some snaps of the cover here. Such type of cover really comes handy in case you are travelling and it is not possible to get charging point.
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Since my galaxy note is white in colour, I have a white flip cover. The small dots (5 of them) on lower left hand side is for speakers. The 5 bright dots slighly bigger in size at the lower center show the backup battery power level. This case itself contains a backup battery worth 3800 mAh inside.
The circular button on the lower right hand side is for charging the mobile. Press this button for 3 seconds and then it will start charging your mobile's internal battery using the power of the backup battery. If you want to stop charging, again press the button for 3 seconds.
When you use the external charger with wire, it charges mobile's internal battery as well as the backup battery simultaneously. The backup battery is sufficient enough to fully charge your galaxy note's internal battery once. This type of design comes very handy when you are traveling and you don't have any charging point anywhere.
See how Galaxy Note fits in the flip cover. The design is very nice and made keeping in mind the size of the phone. This flip cover acts as a protective case too.
This snap is extremely important. The mobile needs to be carefully placed inside the flip cover. See the silver colour charging pin in black circle. That needs to fit properly in the mobile's charging slot. Don't damage it.
The flip cover also has a stand from back side. This makes video viewing a brilliant experience. Overall, I liked this flip cover a lot and I can definitely suggest you all to buy it. Its really worth !!!
IMPORTANT POINT TO REMEMBER (my observation after use of this cover)-->
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Whenever the cover battery and phone battery are getting charged simultaneously, the preference is given to cover battery. Cover battery is worth 3800 mAh and Note's internal battery is around 2300mAh so overall charging time goes beyond 5 to 6 hours. Thats why I use this cover in case I am out of house for long time or I am travelling as it is not possible to get charging point. A day before going out, take the phone out of cover and charge the cover. This will be faster.

Do you have a name/brand or info on where it can be purchased ?

Yeah I ordered one like this that almost messed up my phone. Where did you get this one
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Do you have a name/brand or info on where it can be purchased ?
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Nope. I don't have that. Just ask for flip cover with inbuilt battery. I have updated my post above with my observations. Do check.

marnold425 said:
Yeah I ordered one like this that almost messed up my phone. Where did you get this one
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How it messed up the phone? Its just a charging cover. Please let me know. I have not faced any issues yet. Also, I have updated my post above with my observations. Do check.

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Yeah I ordered one like this that almost messed up my phone. Where did you get this one
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Can you be a little more specific I'm thinking about getting a similar case.. and any real world user experience be it good or bad would be appreciated. .
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Probably worked like some cheap Chinese knock off charger and tried to fry his phone. That's the problem with these things - they often do have brilliant design but quality control and cutting corners in production simply sucks. Still, I want one *__*

Looks pretty good!

cool stuff, i found another version more then a year ago on brando with the stylus cut out hole so you can pull the stylus out even in the cover

This one does not have cut for removing spen. But still I find it helpful. Its very rare that i use spen.
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where can I get one of this please, europe

Found it on e-bay but a different one. From the pic it has s-pen hole
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http://www.ebay.in/itm/3000mAh-Backup-Battery-Flip-Cover-Case-Samsung-Galaxy-Note-GT-N7000-i9220-/271053076206#rpdId
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http://soonhua.en.alibaba.com/product/882092925-0/3000mAh_Backup_Battery_With_Flip_Cover_Case_For_Samsung_Galaxy_Note_GT_N7000_i9220.html

Review - Dock and Power Battery

So i bought these 2 bad boys during the discount Motorola had on their store and thought it would be nice to share with you guys my thought of them.
Have used them for almost 4 days now and here are my comments:
The Dock
It's the first dock i ever get for a device so it's been a nice experience overall and i do enjoy having my phone there standing up waiting for me to ask something away. The design is pretty cool and to be honest the color set on my Moto X Dev Edition rides just nicely with the color scheme of it so no complains there.
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It is a bit pricey for what you get, which basically is the dock, a wall plug and an usb cable (usb to microusb), have to add that the cable and wall plug was kinda crappy, it made this little noise which for what i know of electronics is a capacitor not working properly so i just replaced that with the OEM cable and plug.
The usb mount part gives you movemente freedom up untill 75 degrees aprox, so that's nice.
Now as for the features or the use of it, i move it from my PC to my night stand table and finally i see a use for the daydream function which kinda sucked for me since they released it. Of course i am pretty much lost on which application can benefit of this feature but as for now having the clock itself helps me out alot when i wake up at night to take a piss - you know.
To wrap it up, i like the dock but i still consider it pricey for a regular user so unless you have the money for it - find an alternate solution.
The Battery
You guys know how the Moto X gets a kick ass battery life, well i use my phone like alot, seriously i kill the battery in 6 hours cause i steam music on LTE, keep FB nonstop plus i have my wireless headset running 24/7. With Kit Kat i do have a bigger drain but meh i really don't care much about it since i can always charge it or use the battery.
It takes around 4 hours to charge completely and it has the ability to charge 2 devices at the same time or at least i believe it does since it has 2 output connections.
It also has an additional Micro USB port which is attached to the powerpack itself so if you don't carry cables with you, it is just the perfect companion. And for the 3000 mah capacity i seriously think this one is a no brainer. Again it is an expensive tool but i honestly believe it could save you when you are out of the city, on a trip or simply out of juice.
So far i have charged it twice and used it to charge my phone once, it still had around 50% capacity which is indicated with little LED dots in the front of it, just above the Motorola Logo. One minor detail, the plastic does tend to catch a lot of scratches, you can see them on the final pic.
In conclusion i would suggest you to grab the powerpack if you travel alot or if you just simply use the phone as much as i do.
Again, there are much more cheaper solutions but to be honest i don't trust chinese batteries, had a bad experience with one of them. Kinda blowed up on me so, noty.
Please feel free to ask anything about the dock or battery i will try to answer and provide feedback as needed.
sorry for the language, english ain't my first.
thanks

Ive been trying to pick up a dock, they have been out of stock all week. Sucks
Nice review

Envy. In my country Motorola doesn't sell accessories and it's impossible to find them.
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I'm liking the dock, but i don't find a need for a power battery
Off-Topic: Hey what case is that?

It's a cheap bumper case I got off Amazon, let me know if you want the link.
Agree with you on the battery but i had a $50 coupon i had to use on their store so that plus the discount made me buy those.
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RorixRebel said:
It's a cheap bumper case I got off Amazon, let me know if you want the link.
Agree with you on the battery but i had a $50 coupon i had to use on their store so that plus the discount made me buy those.
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Yeah if you don't mind that'd be awesome
And I gotcha. I probably would've done the same
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I have a Pebble watch added as a trusted device. Unfortunately, the phone relocks when docked. Major buzzkill of an amazing feature.
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jmill75 said:
Ive been trying to pick up a dock, they have been out of stock all week. Sucks
Nice review
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I'm looking to sell my dock.
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I'm looking to sell my dock.
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The Moto X one? Why/How much?

Are you saying the only reason you got the battery pack was because of the coupon you had? Just curious because I was thinking about getting one of those Anker ones. They seem to do more for the price.
But don't blame you if you basically got that battery pack for free.

On the dock, how much friction is required for insertion / removal of the phone on the USB connector?

Custom wireless dock and charger

first all credit goes to kidgenious and his original thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2545350
I posted at the end of his thread but I didnt want to potentially thread jack with any questions
Here is my stab at his version........
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Its plastic. CNC machined then engraved then light scotch brite rub for a matte finish.
Prototype created by calprecision.com
I went with 4 Neodymium Magnets 1/2 x 1/8 inch Disc N48. 4 discs hold fine since I keep my phone naked. Even a case like the Neo hybrid from spigen allows charging.
Let me hear your thoughts.

wanna build me one? ill make it worth your time

If the magnets hold strong enough with a case on while using it in a car you have a hit on your hands. Or if a small bracket could be added to the bottom to ensure it doesn't slide off would be good too.
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Where would you mount this in a car. I had 2 made originally. One for me one for a co worker. He did a little something on the bottom because he has a case. It wouldn't be hard to make it more professional.
I only needed 4 magnets, he needed six, but with eight it would hold very tight.
These could be done, and probably would have to, without the nexus logo. Thereby opening it up to other devices.

id take one just like that one right now lol

Looks Good
Can you please post a picture with N5 resting on the charger? Any plans to sell it? I will buy one if you can ship internationally.

I'll get you a pick later today or tomorrow psy_spy
How much would everyone be willing to pay for the dock? Market rate of $65 plus shipping? That's if these were to actually be produced. Would this dock be comparable, in your eyes, to the tylt vu dock?

Me too i take one.
How much for the dock with charger and can you post internationally? :good:

I'll take one!

As promised phone charging image.

clean setup man! let me know if you ever decide to make more to sell cause im definitely interested!

I'd be in for one.
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I'd also buy one
oh. maybe start a kickstarter for it?

Brilliant, how much?

I'm interested as well if its got a strong magnetic hold on the phone

Is there any chance you could build something like that but with a different shape? I mean, I would prefer a dock/charging station that could hold the phone horizontaly.
Would that be possible?

The dock as i have it now has a good hold on the phone, even landscape. I actually typically have my phone in that direction. I have been rolling ideas around in my head for different configuration of the magnets and charging coil.
I 'm going to start a kickstarter and see what ground it picks up. Maybe toy with some design options or possibilities. I also need a sweet name for it, anyone got any ideas? If this thing takes off I would offer the dude that gave up the name something in return obviously.
If these were in the $55-$65 would everyone still be interested in them?

kickstarter would be sweet. $55-$65 via kickstarter or retail? are you thinking about including the charging coil?
by any chance do you have a nexus 7 (2013)? just wondering if this would work with the nexus 7 as well.

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kickstarter would be sweet. $55-$65 via kickstarter or retail? are you thinking about including the charging coil?
by any chance do you have a nexus 7 (2013)? just wondering if this would work with the nexus 7 as well.
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55-65 would be retail, kickstarter would be in the 30-45 range i would think. Im looking at other projects to se how they have them set up. There is A LOT to making a project....
Does the N7 have magnets? would pronanly be to heavy and would require a set up similar to a phone that doesnt have magnets.

The nexus 7 2013 does have magnets. They don't seem to be as strong as the 1s in the nexus 5. They might just seem weaker because they're spaced out more tho.