I was looking through the system dump, and i found in the system/media/audio/ui folder there are two sound files for dock and undock.
My question is are these default 2.3 (gingerbread) files or dose it mean sony are going to release some kind of dock for the arc
There is a dock for the Play, it's either a shared part of the firmware or SE plans to release a dock for the Arc.
Oh ok thanks for the info, hopefully there will be a dock for this phone.
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Oh ok thanks for the info, hopefully there will be a dock for this phone.
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Could be from Android. There are dock and undock sounds on the Nexus One with my original "Google Desktop Dock". It's nice, it uses the friction-less contacts on the bottom. No "insert micro usb"-nonsense.
A dock for the Arc would be possible, a horizontal one that connects to the USB. Probably not from SE, but a third party producer will have one out in no time.
I'm not sure there will be a dock you can just drop the Arc into - the design really doesn't lend itself to being docked.
For example when I use the Arc in landscape mode, I do so with the buttons on the right - and I'd imagine most right-handed people do so as well.
A dock would have the buttons on the left, so 'the wrong way' as it were.
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I'm not sure there will be a dock you can just drop the Arc into - the design really doesn't lend itself to being docked.
For example when I use the Arc in landscape mode, I do so with the buttons on the right - and I'd imagine most right-handed people do so as well.
A dock would have the buttons on the left, so 'the wrong way' as it were.
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Yeah, but not a deal-breaker. On the N1, I set it up to automatically launch the clock when you connect the charger. It shows the clock with todays weather and goes into a very dim simple clock after a while. Perfect for having on the nightstand. It works in all directions so "the wrong way landscape" won't be that much of an issue.
im hoping theres a dock soon, even a third party one with no special features. Its something ive been missing since I dumped my desire
There are some third party docks on ebay but I bought one before for my x10 and they have no design and just a dock which I found it really crappy.
Yeah, the ones on Ebay now are more holders with a chargecable attached:
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Let's hope some better designs come out later.
im surprised manufacturers havent jumped on it. It would be a similar design as the play but without the 3.5mm stero jack
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Yeah, the ones on Ebay now are more holders with a chargecable attached:
Let's hope some better designs come out later.
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Uhhh... the micro USB port for charging is on the top right side of the phone and the dock holds the bottom. That means the dock only serves the purpose to hold the phone, but not charing it?
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Uhhh... the micro USB port for charging is on the top right side of the phone and the dock holds the bottom. That means the dock only serves the purpose to hold the phone, but not charing it?
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Yeah, as I said: It's a holder with a charge-cable attached. You put the phone in the dock, then take the curly-wire and connect to you phone for charging.
I got this one from www.amazon.co.uk - http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0046B7BTM/ref=oss_product
Works really well with the arc naked and also with a hard gel case. Not so well with the soft rubber cases on it though.
Speaking of which I have two gel cases spare, one clear and one black if anyone wants them then PM me.
Mark.
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After looking around for a decent stand for my Xperia X10 for my desk and coming up empty, I decided to make my own.
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http://www.siliconpopculture.com/blog/comments/diy_sony_ericsson_xperia_x10_stand/
That's awesome man !!!
I'll never buy stand, now that I know I can make my own
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nice stand but i'm more interested in the clock you have on the screen. is that an app?
I believe he is using Kaloer Clock (Search it in Market). Is that correct?
Yeah, it's kaloer clock....i have it set to turn on automatically whenever i charge the phone. It switches orientation too and allows you to set the brightness level. Makes for a great bedside clock.
Nice stand. Huh, I may follow the directions to construct one.
As for Kaloer clock, I found that it made the SE screen lock disappear, no matter which setting I used with the clock. I can only get the screen lock back only after I go to settings - applications - and force close Kaloer clock.
Did that happen to you and if so, have you found a solution.
I made one from Lego.. even managed to build in a little android!!.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=314594&d=1272026977
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=314595&d=1272026977
gr00vy0ne, can you tell me where you got the seethrough protection case for your x10? maybe give me a link on ebay? tnx
btw. cool stand, i'll definitely make one
For people curious about the case that I have in the photos it's this one:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Soft-Plastic-Ba...ewItem&pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item45f27d59a9
I bought it from this seller as well.
I wonder if anybody here could make a DIY car mount for x10?hehe
men,its cool,i like it
Here's a stand made from only ONE business card:
The best part of this is that you can unfold the business card, put it in your wallet and use it when you need to!
And yes, I do work for Fido (Canada Wireless Company owned by Rogers) but removed my name from the card
Thanks for sharing Tri3Dent! It looked pretty decent!
Even more stable than the stand that came along with my set. Gonna make one!
beautiful stand!
heres my wall mount stand i needed. i use mine as a clock/alarm, so i wanted it someplace where i wouldnt lose it. hope the pics work.
took me about 45mins with my mitre saw and dremel, threw some old left over car paint and clear coat onto it lol.
does the job though super sturdy too.
tell me what you think!
Ptesmoke
EDIT: lol just looked at the last pic (taken by htc diamond) its not off level!! theres some weird shadows cast there somehow, anyways yea its level just like the shelf above it i promise hahaa!! I should maybe grab a side pic of it to show how i have it angled back at about 15 degrees....
Tri3Dent said:
Here's a stand made from only ONE business card:
The best part of this is that you can unfold the business card, put it in your wallet and use it when you need to!
And yes, I do work for Fido (Canada Wireless Company owned by Rogers) but removed my name from the card
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Very nice. I would stongly recommend a plastic type of card as paper might not be strong enough (at least mine)
Dunno if this helps anyone but u cud always steal a stand off someone with one of those nokia comes with music phones (5800?). They fold out and fit our x10s perfectly.
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for my car I bought a $10 universal gps mount, it works great
dan-htc-touch said:
for my car I bought a $10 universal gps mount, it works great
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where did you get that bro?...can you post some pics of it or share us a link...
I got this off ebay...
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CAR-AIR-VENT-...Accessories&hash=item19bc79ed02#ht_2643wt_911
The photo show it as a vent mount but it's actually a windscreen mounted suction cup style one..
It's spot on...
I am trying to find a relatively simple and cheap method to build what could be considered a night stand for my phone, and I am fairly confident that I am not the only one. Is anybody out there looking for ways to build such a device (even in passing)?
A member of the t-mobile forum recently ordered a stand from www.ezestand.com, which they are going to test out. The website mentions that the stand is not compatible with the droid incredible in horizontal mode, though. That seems like an issue that could plague the mytouch as well.
Another option I have been looking at a bit would be to use a business card stand. Something along the lines of the following stand could work...
http://www.amazon.com/Rolodex-Disti...MH/ref=sr_1_13?ie=UTF8&qid=1294169822&sr=8-13
Because the ends are open, the width of the phone would not be an issue. There is also a small base under the stand, and depending on what it is made out of, one could conceivably run a wire under the stand and cut a hole for the micro usb plug. It would be best to use a right angle micro USB, though.
Simple, cheap, and compatible with any phone.
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Simple, cheap, and compatible with any phone.
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LOL brilliant
While that is very neat, I don't like the idea of having something permanently on my bedside table that looks like garbage.
For what it's worth, I stopped by office max and they had that exact business card holder that I linked to in stock. It was cheaper there (about 6 bucks), and the bottom is made of a solid piece of some kind of particle board (as opposed to hollow plastic). That makes it a bit trickier, but I can imagine how a right angle micro usb plug could be worked in through the back piece of metal and a little shelf could be put in the bottom to hold the bottom of the phone up.
so i have been thinking of doing a car dock for the mytouch 4g, since I successfully modded the oem desk dock to use the three pins on the side..
well, I have a alpine blackbird navigation I bought awhile back and it had the car dock for it and I was thinking may be I can do something with this since I hardly use or I lost/broke the blackbird...
but I here are pics I took:
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I was thinking of switching or joining the mytouch to the alpine dock:?
let me know what you all think?
Interesting idea. From the video I have seen of the official dock (primarily yours), it seems like it is quite a snug fit. I am not sure how you will be able to recreate that, but I bet that dock would work fantastically.
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I have been thinking of doing something like this myself as well... I even drew up some quick ideas and made a cardboard prototype...I tried to design it where the angle may be adjusted....idk..
hmmmm
i had a thought about this also. what if we found a case that fit the phone and cut it down to spec, mounted it, then wired it up. i was even thinking about using the case to mold some others so i could make multiple ones that i might like
This is just a placeholder
So far, there is the standard multimedia desk/tv dock that was shown in the keynote speech.
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So far, there is the standard multimedia desk/tv dock that was shown in the keynote speech.
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Here's the best snapshot I was able to find of the dock:
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But, how it can communicate with de dock if the contacts are on the opposite side (the one with power button) ??
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But, how it can communicate with de dock if the contacts are on the opposite side (the one with power button) ??
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that's what i've been wondering too. i'm not sure why the contacts are on the right side of the phone. don't most people turn the phone sideways so that the left side it faceing down?
Damn i hope this dock will make it dock to and external monitor, keyboard and mouse just function as the heart of the system. basicly a computer just driven by the phone.
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But, how it can communicate with de dock if the contacts are on the opposite side (the one with power button) ??
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It's part of the Enchantment. It now has a soul, remember?
maybe it's like the HP touchpad? it charges on it's dock (touchstone) on multiple sides. That thing doesn't have any contacts at all. Like an NFC interaction?
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But, how it can communicate with de dock if the contacts are on the opposite side (the one with power button) ??
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maybe the presentation was photoshoped wrong??
Yes, I see now that the keynote photo was wrong, but if you think:
1- contacts are on the right side
2. usually, people rotate the phone in landscape to the left side
So, there's something that doesn't work.
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maybe the presentation was photoshoped wrong??
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I think that's on the mark. It's just a presentation. It's not like they had a camera crew filming actual footage of a Galaxy Nexus in the dock lol Photoshop all the way.
I'd like to see a car dock similar to the nexus one aswell.
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That dock gave me an idea on how to solve some of Androids 3rd party gadget problems.
The largest producers of android devices should get together and agree on the external layout of a "externalt dock interface" so 3rd party gadget makers made their stuff fit the dock interface, and the phone maker (or 3rd party...) could make the dock for the dock. This way each phone maker and model can continue to experiement and differentiate in phone design and size, while the gadget makers could concentrate on making cool gadgets and know that the userbase would be much larger.
Philips already launched something similar, but a middle-dongle-thingy would make it much more userfriendly.
Do you think there will be an affordable car dock this time? The $85 they wanted for the Nexus One car dock was WAY to much for me.
Looks like the official accessories can be found here. They show a dock and a vehicle mount.
http://shop.htcpedia.com/samsung-galaxy-nexus-accessories.html
Excellent, the availability of a decent car dock has sealed the deal on this for me.
Was holding off buying the Galaxy Nexus until I knew there was a proper dock. I've got so used to my original Nexus One car dock (despite the cost!) that a new phone is a non-starter without one. Off to place my order now!
I wonder if this device will have mirroring? Can't wait to get this bad boy on verizon
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I wonder if this device will have mirroring? Can't wait to get this bad boy on verizon
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More than likely it will have a mhl adapter, so yes.
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nfc is magic
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http://www.mobilefun.com/40566-wireless-charging-dock-for-google-nexus-7-2.htm
Mobile fun looks to be releasing a new dock for the nexus 7
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"Engineered form fitting edge to edge". In other words, you really have to take it out of the case to use it. I'm pretty sure I like the hole I drilled in the back of my Moko case better .
I wish the tray was a little bigger to accommodate cases. But I might just buy it lol.
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Those with cases might not buy.
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Common cases where the bottom part snaps off worked with the dock for the 2012 model, with the rest of the case dangling behind the dock. A dock could in principle work that way, although a quick look at the photos makes me suspect the back is too high for that to be an option here.
There appears to be no functionality other than charging? Audio output, anything at all? Without that I'm not sure I'd call this a "dock" rather than a "stand."
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Common cases where the bottom part snaps off worked with the dock for the 2012 model, with the rest of the case dangling behind the dock. A dock could in principle work that way, although a quick look at the photos makes me suspect the back is too high for that to be an option here.
There appears to be no functionality other than charging? Audio output, anything at all? Without that I'm not sure I'd call this a "dock" rather than a "stand."
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Yeah it is more of a stand but you dont really need a dock anymore. I have a pair of Jaybird Bluebuds X Bluetooth headphones so no need for audio on the dock and i have a Seagate Wireless Plus 1tb wireless hard drive so when i get this dock / stand ill be able to use my nexus 7 to listen to music that is stored on the 1tb drive through headphones while the nexus charges without having a single cable connected to my nexus 7. Going to be awesome.
Nice. $50 bucks is a bit heavy for a dock. I know those Qi Chargers are expensive but I can't figure out why. I already bought the Samsung Qi when it was $25 and I don't even use it.
I can't think the innards of these Qi devices are all that complicated. I wonder if I could dismantle my Samsung and create my own dock. The Dock is the easy part. I actually really like my makeshift DVD case/tablet stand I made for the OG N7.
Stand looks nice and professional. Most Qi chargers are $50+. If I hadn't already bought one, I would be all over this. Might not fit with cases though because of the way it is designed. Not sure if the stand allows additional clearance to allow a case.
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. Not sure if the stand allows additional clearance to allow a case.
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Ill let you know when mine arrive
hi,
has anyone found a usable docking station for the opo?
all my docking stations that i have don't fit since the opo has the mini usb port in backwards %)
any suggestions?
thanks.
cheers,
buster
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They are out there. A quick eBay AU search (located near Melbourne):
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/OnePlus-...AU_MobilePhoneAccessories&hash=item3ce05c5e25
So there must be more out there!
free postage - I highly doubt that if I would ordered it (to Germany) but yeah - something like that. Now i just have to find a less geographically challenging solution.
But thanks for the suggestion.
cheers
Buster
EverDock
There is a company called EverDock that was on KickStarter, it features a DOCK where you can switch the plug from forward or reverse, plus you can either use it for Iphone, Ipad, Android Mini USB. There is also a dock they sell that allows two devices to be charged at one time. Here is a link
Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&ke...vptwo=&hvqmt=b&hvdev=c&ref=pd_sl_6o9q7qw29k_b
Main Company
http://fuzdesigns.com/
either way you can see you can use it for different products. I hope this helps. I have the single one.
-AkWingnut
Any docks made specifically for OPO?
That would be awesome. Been looking for that.
An ideal one would be made out of bamboo, and with bamboo back cover...
I really dunno if this works, but I found a suggestion in another forum: http://www.amazon.de/dp/B00JGRIKOQ/ there I was told this works with the OPO, too.
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I really dunno if this works, but I found a suggestion in another forum: http://www.amazon.de/dp/B00JGRIKOQ/ there I was told this works with the OPO, too.
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That one breaks really easily. I've gone through 2 already (removing the phone from the dock eventually breaks the pegs that holds the cable in place).
I ordered this one and like it so far: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009L6AHLQ/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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That one breaks really easily. I've gone through 2 already (removing the phone from the dock eventually breaks the pegs that holds the cable in place).
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Can you tell me what exactly breaks on this docking station? which pegs? why at the cable? the cable is on the backside, how does something break there when the phone is being removed?
BTW, stations for the HTC One M8 should be compatible I was told. Has anyone experiences with this?
could this be an alternative?
http://www.amazon.de/Emartbuy®-Funktion-kompatibel-Docking-Ladegerät/dp/B00KC0X98I
or such a universal usb docking station - as long as the usb plug has the right direction?
like http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00JFLV3KG/ref=nosim/andrhilfdeand-21 or http://www.ebay.de/itm/Universal-Do...e-Nexus-5-HTC-Desire-S-Desire-Z-/400802464581
Or is there more to watch out like angle of the plug or the distance to the backside?
Try this one.. It is compatible with OnePlus One.. i have been using this for the past 2 days without problem
http://www.aliexpress.com/snapshot/6357642981.html
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Try this one.. It is compatible with OnePlus One.. i have been using this for the past 2 days without problem
http://www.aliexpress.com/snapshot/6357642981.html
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it looks like the one from above: http://www.amazon.de/dp/B00JGRIKOQ/
but I am not sure: where does the phone have íts secure stand? Is the phone held by the usb connector only? My last shown examples above have a higher back, which can hold the phone very secure and protect the usb connector against the pressure when using the phone in the dock.
Check out the Lambda-Dock. The connector can be turned and its produced in germany...
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