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Cradle Review: Sinjimoru Sync and Charge Dock Stand

Noticed a package sitting at my front door last night and found they delivered my Sinjimoru Sync and Charge Dock Stand. After spending a couple minutes attaching the cable to the cradle I found that the phone goes on the cradle very easily. The cradle supports the phone just fine with and without a kickstand case attached. I actually found it a bit more stable / less wobbly with the case on verse mounting it without a case.
Pros:
- Phone goes on very easily using only one hand to mount.
- Supports phone both with and without a case.
- Includes USB cable.
- Charges and syncs just as advertised with a single cable.
- Sharp Looking
Cons:
- Small lightweight base allows it to slide around on desk when pushing/swiping screen.
- Cable takes a little work to mount into cradle when you first set it up.
- Difficult to remove phone from cradle with just 1 hand.
- Phone is a little wobbly/top heavy. (again because of the small lightweight base)
Over all I like it for charging and will use it in conjunction with my Alarm Clock App as a nightstand cradle. However for my office, I will be purchasing something that has a little more stability as I use my phone a lot while on the dock.
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Thank you for the review. I hadn't seen this product before.

Thanks for the review! I was looking for a cradle for my phone as well, but didn't see or know of any good ones. I had a Seidio one for my Evo 4g before, but the fitment wasn't all that great. I think it was more so of the micro usb connector not fitting as well as OEM. Do you notice this with the Sinjimoru?

Subiegsr said:
Thanks for the review! I was looking for a cradle for my phone as well, but didn't see or know of any good ones. I had a Seidio one for my Evo 4g before, but the fitment wasn't all that great. I think it was more so of the micro usb connector not fitting as well as OEM. Do you notice this with the Sinjimoru?
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When docked The phone rest on the USB plug and the back cover. So it does fit fine, but lacks the support at the bottom and sides of the phone you find on most cradles. I think it is a fair comprise for the ability to dock with those wanting to have a case on their phone.

Agreed, just placed my order last night. My main use for it will just be a night stand alarm clock. Looks pretty sick too!

Just got my charge dock the other day. As OP has stated it does feel a bit wobbly if you don't have a case as in my situation. My phone is actually only held up by the micro usb port itself, the back has about a 1-2mm gap from supporting the back of the phone. But besides that, the dock does a great job holding the phone. I also have a brushed aluminum case on preorder so once that arrives it should be a solid fit.

Nokia DT-910 Mod to work with thick cases (Ballistic Sg, tough cases etc)

After receiving my Nokia DT-910 charger and realising it would charge fine without a case, but wouldn't with a case, I was very annoyed. I always use a case, so want to charge it with one on. Well, this is XDA, and we make things work here, so this is a mod to get the charger to work with a case.
Heres how to get your phone to charge with a case on it.
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The problem is that the charging coil in the stand itself is too low, and when a case is on, the phone is not aligned to the coil inside.
You will need to open the base and front of the charger using a screwdriver/case opener etc. to pry the sides open. You will now need to undo two screws that hole the front cover on that the phone stands against.
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Once undone, pull the cover off, it will take a fair bit of force to do.
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Once inside, CAREFULLY pry the coil off the back of the charger (its stuck on with adhesive film) .. I accidentally cracked the ceramic backing of the coil, but it didn't break the charging circuit luckily and still works.
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Once the coil is off, chop some of the plastic that sits above the coil off.
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With the extra unnecessary plastic gone, you can move the coil up higher. There will be enough length on the cables, obviously don't stretch them too far or they will break.
I super glued the coil in place as the adhesive was a one use only type, let it dry, then put the whole thing back together.
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Now i can charge my nexus 5 with a case on this charger
The really interesting part is that I have an energizer charging mat as well, and the nokia charger is far stronger than this. The Nokia will charge with thicker cases now. I can charge my nexus with this tough case, which is pretty thick.
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I am also able to charge my nexus 4 with the thickest case i have, the Ballistic Sg, which i think is absolutely amazing, as none of my thicker cases charge on the energizer.
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In case you don't know just how thick this case really is, here it is against my spigen ultra hybrid for the nexus 5.
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So for anyone that wants a thick case and wireless charging, this mod and charger are very much your friend
Hope i helped someone with this mod
Enjoy!

LOL, did exactly the same myself yesterday, including cracking the ceramic, saved me posting it
Only amend I would make to your how to is undo all for screws in the base so the whole backrest detachs from the base and it is then quite easy to split the two halves to get to the coil.

b1g1an said:
LOL, did exactly the same myself yesterday, including cracking the ceramic, saved me posting it
Only amend I would make to your how to is undo all for screws in the base so the whole backrest detachs from the base and it is then quite easy to split the two halves to get to the coil.
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Thats a good idea great minds think alike i guess

I'm fairly sure mines not getting as hot now

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hi there
thanks for the detailed instructions, just what I needed to use my lumia 1520 with the same black/blue type cover you use.
used great caution not to tear the wires and even managed to get the ceramic charging plate off without breaking it. relocated the plate as far up as wires would allow, however now it wouldn't charge at all although a computer guy I'm not an electronics engineer so I'm at a loss
as to what to check before tossing the thing. any ideas welcome!
cheers,
bikernzrh

Simple magnetic/wireless charging car dock made for under $50. Works with cases!

Hello. I have put together a simple way of making a car dock that is both magnetic and wireless charging. I made these docks using parts from Amazon, and the design is strong enough to hold and charge my phone through a pretty thick case. I'm posting this thread to show off what I have made, and to gauge people's interest in these car docks.
Since these don't seem to really exist on the market yet, I'm also considering refining the design and possibly collaborating with someone to mass produce and sell these docks. I refined the design so they are simple as possible to make, and can post a tutorial if people are interested.
Here are the products I used. Total cost under $50:
DigiYes® USB POWERQI Qi Wireless Charger
10 Neodymium Magnets 1/2 x 1/8 inch Disc N48
Aduro U-GRIP PLUS Universal Car Mount
So far I have made three mounts while experimenting with the fabrication process. The first one actually used a peanut butter jar lid and 10 magnets to hold my phone without any support (no pictures of this one). It was functional, but ugly as sin. Subsequent mounts I used the original casing from the charging coil, and simplified the process and cost/strength of magnets by adding a base support. Here are the results:
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Not bad for a little bit of drilling and super glue (which I always make a mess of). Because of the way I came across parts, I only used a single "grip" as the base for resting the phone, however using both grips for a wider base might feel better when docking the phone. It's also possible to use even stronger N52 magnets and skip the base altogether, to give your phone the effect of "floating" on the dock.
The drilled holes are 1/2" and have to be close together as possible (without overlapping) in order to fit 4 magnets between the interior screws that hold the charging coil in place (inside the case, not visible). I used a rusty spade bit which was terrible and had a bad habit of tearing off more than it should. To make the mount look as clean as possible, I'd recommend using a more clean cutting bit, maybe something like this which will grind through the plastic without catching or tearing.
Well anyway I hope you guys like it and show some interest. If you have any further questions, please let me know. Thank you for reading!

I made something like this and it worked well. I should however be getting this in next week http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-air-dock
I'm excited for it. It's magnetic and also membrane grip and looks pretty nice.

mr3army said:
Interesting position of magnets and size of them. How many mA you get charging? Also what case you using?
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The charger is rated for 1A wireless charging, and that seems to be accurate. Is there a more accurate measurement I can pull from the phone? The case is Caseology Premium Shock Absorbent TPU Bumper Case and it's pretty thick in the back. It picks up the wireless coil okay, but I would need stronger N52 magnets to hold it up without a base (which I thought I ordered, but accidentally got n48 instead).

DIY Universal phone holder for gamepad

Hi everybody,
Since a moment I wanted to have an easy way to mount my smartphone (a huge Galaxy Note 2) on a gamepad for playing comfortably some games (mainly emulators), or even, transform it in a nvidia shield look a like, with the help of the awesome Limelight app.
I didn't want to buy a bluetooth controller with a built-in mount because I'm afraid that their size would be to small for my big hands, and I already have some controllers at home.
I didn't want to buy a unique holder (like GameKlip) that fits only one type of gamepad and one type of smartphone.
So final I did one myself, for quite cheap.
I like it so much that I wanted to share how I did it with you guys, so if one day somebody here wants to do something similar, it can serve as a base, or give him some ideas.
What you need :
a small universal smartphone holder (I've used this one)
at least one plastic buckle (I've gathered some from a broken backpack, or you can buy some)
some rubber band
a small right-angle plastic thing (see photos bellow)
a drill
a cutter knife
hot glue and it's pistol (or something with the same usage)
recommended : sand-paper
1) The support​Remove the remaining straps from the buckle if there are any.
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For the "right-angle plastic thing", I took a remaining accessory of one of my Swedish furniture :
Cut it with the cutter knife in order to the part to fit on the angle on the top of your controller (near where the wire is if it's a wired one).
Don't forget to cut a U shape for the controller's wire.
Drill four holes, two on the top of the piece, and two on the bottom, at each side of the hole for the wire.
Pass the rubber band through the holes and make a knot to have two loops, one a each side of the support.
Finally, glue the female part of the buckle on the back of the support, the opening pointing upward.
I've sanded a bit the plastic piece and the buckle where I planned to glue them, to be sure that the glue will work well.
2) The holder​This part is easy, simply glue the male part of the buckle on the holder, the "spiky" part pointing downward.
Again, I sanded the two pieces a bit.
When mounting the stuff on my XBox360 controller, it gives me this :
3) Perma-mount and size adaptation​Because my phone is a bit heavy, or the rubber band to elastic, the holder doesn't stay totally fixed when the phone is in place. I will probably need to double the rubber bands or something like this.
But anyway, since I didn't managed to get the XBox360 controller to work at 100% with the phone, I decided to use one of my Ouya controllers. It's bluetooth, and works already quite well. It has also a nice flat surface between the triggers on the back.
Instead of using the rubber-band based mount, I decided to directly glue a male plastic buckle on the back (I had four same buckles).
It gave me a perfectly stable removable holder !
The phone mount I've used was intended to hold phones in portrait orientation, and I couldn't fix my phone in landscape.
I've found a small rubber bouncing ball and worked it a bit with the cutter knife to fill the gab between the holder and the phone (Anything similar, like a school eraser, should do the job). Since it's rubber, it fits and grips the phone very nicely.
The best of all, I don't need to remove the protecting case to use it !
I hope that you enjoyed reading all this, and that my little tests gave you some ideas if you also want to make a cheap phone holder.
Leave a comment if you have any questions or remarks !
Best regards,
ReMix

nice idea.. :good:

One of those Universal Magnetic Car Mount with our ZF2

Hi all...
I've been using this phone for long time but never successfully found a good car mount. I don't want suction cup style, nor air vent clip. I am thinking of getting one of those magnetic ones. I heard comments about strong magnet interferes the screen on/off. But my main concern is the design of our phone. Our ZF2 has curved back. But this magnetic mount required to have best performance on regular phone with flat back.
I would like comment from those who used this kind of magnetic mount.
TIA

I have the aukey one. I bent the metal plate and can fit it behind the stock back cover.
It's the best set up.
No extra bulge. No case.
Jump in car.
Put on magnet. Holds tight.
Doesn't affect GPS or reception.
AUKEY 360 Degree Universal Car Holder Magnetic Air Vent Mount Smartphone Dock Mobile Phone Holder for iPhone 6S 5 Samsung S6 HTC
http://s.aliexpress.com/F3ArU3me
(from AliExpress Android)

I use this and work very good
http://pt.aliexpress.com/item/With-..._9&btsid=2e3ff2bf-60e4-47c5-a102-e512c8d66999
No problem with back curve of our zenfone 2. Strong and effective. But with no case. If i try to put magnet inside the case the strong isnt enough. I hold but fall down when you grab a hola in the street
I use with a case and the magnet in back of case. Very nice
P.S - Doesent affect anything in screen or coverage. Double tap work as it should

I had one of this:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/MEMTEQ-Univ...&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00
I was very sceptic in the beginning, but it worked nicely, no problem with the curved back. However when I wanted to use it with a cover as well, it didn't hold any more. At that point I replaced the piece of metal provided in the packet with a larger metal piece which I stick in between the case and the back, and that way I got it holding with, but not perfectly.
Conclusion, only buy magnet holder if you are using your ZF without any flipcover or anything else.

Thx! Is yours ball joint standard 17mm one? The thing is... before I could wait someone to feedback here, I decided to purchase the Arkon ones (non magnetic mount) that has a standard 17mm ball join on a AMPS plate (as shown below) that stick with on my existing mount.
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Emil Borconi said:
I had one of this:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/MEMTEQ-Univ...&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00
I was very sceptic in the beginning, but it worked nicely, no problem with the curved back. However when I wanted to use it with a cover as well, it didn't hold any more. At that point I replaced the piece of metal provided in the packet with a larger metal piece which I stick in between the case and the back, and that way I got it holding with, but not perfectly.
Conclusion, only buy magnet holder if you are using your ZF without any flipcover or anything else.
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JDM STi said:
Thx! Is yours ball joint standard 17mm one? The thing is... before I could wait someone to feedback here, I decided to purchase the Arkon ones (non magnetic mount) that has a standard 17mm ball join on a AMPS plate (as shown below) that stick with on my existing mount.
JDM STi
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Never measured it to be honest, but looks like.