Used magnetic base stand from a dial indicator to hold GNex while mirroring output through MHL adpater to my second computer monitor at work. I used some flexible preforated pipe strap to clamp together the micro usb plug part of the MHL adapter and the 3.5mm audio plug tightly parallel so the phone can be set straight onto them. The audio out goes to some cheap PC speakers. Using an Apple magic trackpad to control via bluetooth ala Living Digitaly even though I loathe apple, no good substitute. But it does work seamlessly and intuitively, so I gotta give it up. The rest of the bracketry is adjustable to any angle and has a support arm to keep some force off the connectors. I chose to use these material because we had them lying around my office, other material could easily be substituted. No solution yet for the rat's nest of wires. It seems solid and should be a simple project for the adventurous. Check out my other project, a pogo pin car dock
The video!
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Changed configuration a bit to lower center of gravity, ease docking, and unblock monitor.
Thats awesome!
interesting, does the trackpad work out of the box or did you do some scripting?
Plug and play! Its a shame its apple, and works very well, because I would much rather used something from an android or aftermarket manufacturer. It was also damn expensive, but worth it in the end once you are all lazy on the couch and the phone is ALL the way over by the TV.
That is amazing!
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I like the look of this, it looks kinda steampunkish with the metal rods showing like that. Also like someone else has said previously, to bad you are using the apple track pad thingie. As natural as that may be, I dont want to give my money to apple. It's unfortunate that no third party businesses make any of those or something somewhat similar.
That someone was me. still use this one at work even though I made the ultimate glow dock. I'm an admitted apple-hater, but they sure whipped up an unparalleled interface. Too bad for them, its best use is on Android!
Inspiring setup! :good:
Could you tell me what ROM/Launcher/Dock you are using? Looks very appealing.
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Inspiring setup! :good:
Could you tell me what ROM/Launcher/Dock you are using? Looks very appealing.
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Sorry for the delay.... FNV rom, Nova launcher without dock,digital hive LWP, blue PCB theme from scar45
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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
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I doubt they would have anything for the Galaxy Phones since the Jack and USB connection in that case is normally on the TOP of the phone (like the Captivate)
You'd have better luck modding and building your own. Considering the phone doesn't do upside down portrait at all oddly. I doubt it would be nearly anything like the iPod style docks since Apple did have the brilliance (the few times I do give them a compliment) of putting their major connector on the bottom of their mobile and portable products.
Although should such a product exist, I would be interested in seeing such thing maybe even purchasing one.
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I doubt they would have anything for the Galaxy Phones since the Jack and USB connection in that case is normally on the TOP of the phone (like the Captivate)
You'd have better luck modding and building your own. Considering the phone doesn't do upside down portrait at all oddly. I doubt it would be nearly anything like the iPod style docks since Apple did have the brilliance (the few times I do give them a compliment) of putting their major connector on the bottom of their mobile and portable products.
Although should such a product exist, I would be interested in seeing such thing maybe even purchasing one.
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Mine does upside-down portrait just fine. (Though I think I'm quoting the wrong post, since I don't see the upside-down statement in your post.) (Nevermind, I see it now. Good, I am quoting the right person.) You have to go in display settings and enable 180-degree rotation or something like that. Some roms don't have that option, though so YMMV.
Samsung has done some good horizontal desk docks for it (once you register your captivate with samsung, it shows you a crapload of nice accessories) so it probably wouldn't be too hard to make one.
Easiest design would be to buy one of the horizontal desk docks, a small 3.5mm speaker set from Radio Shack, and drill a small hole in the dock to plug them in, then attach the speakers to the dock.
Could be done for under $50 if you use the Samsung official dock, way less if you use one from ebay or amazon.
Get the kind that is just an empty drawer and a headphone cord. Phone's right side up and you've got speakers.
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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.
I know people have done LEGO stands for almost every phone possible but I thought I'd just share my very simple and minimalistic stand.
It works in both portrait and landscape and has the potential to be made into a dock with the right tools (such as THIS or a POGO pin setup)
Here are all the pieces you need to duplicate my stand:
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Here are the steps:
Finished product:
The extra length of the pieces extending to the back of the stand are required because in portrait mode, the phone's weight is a bit too much if shorter pieces are used instead, the extra length provides stability. The shorter white piece in the front provides a slightly higher lip to easily put the phone in portrait mode and provides the required stop in landscape.
Thanks for reading, hope you enjoy.
wow, never thought of using legos. Great stand!
This is a good idea to not pay 80€ for the dock XD
Well done!! I might have to run down to Toys R Us today
This is clever...thanks for sharing!
I guess there was an upside to keeping my giant boxes of Lego around.
you can make it taller and incorporate the usb cable to make it a true dock!
I can never find just regular legos to buy LOL. Walmart for example only has the pirate kits and junk. Where do you buy regular legos? I guess I'll check Amazon.
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I can never find just regular legos to buy LOL. Walmart for example only has the pirate kits and junk. Where do you buy regular legos? I guess I'll check Amazon.
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try http://stores.lego.com/en-US/default.aspx
Ahhh too clever! Too bad I don't have any Lego pieces lying around (anymore).
i added a few more to heighten the back of the support. Now it can hold my N7 also
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i added a few more to heighten the back of the support. Now it can hold my N7 also
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good thinking on your feet
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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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