how does this mount? not sure i can tell from the picture anyway to use a suction cup mount with this? It's a very good alternative + nfc sticker for bluetooth and volumes.
Go back to the website and start at the homepage. It's actually interesting. You enter your vehicle information, and they sell theae clips. You'll see. Anyway, it does seem like a good alternative, but it's certainly not cheap once you take into account the mount and the clip.
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Go back to the website and start at the homepage. It's actually interesting. You enter your vehicle information, and they sell theae clips. You'll see. Anyway, it does seem like a good alternative, but it's certainly not cheap once you take into account the mount and the clip.
I mean the pogo charger is $90 so I can't imagine the pogo car mount being very cheap..
I guess after all the returns and complaints about it not working they decided to pull it until 4.0.4 is official and the thing works again. Word is that it will be about a month so the car dock will probably be at least that long too.
Look at what this person stumbled on. $30 bucks doesn't sound bad.
I do believe the I9250 is the GSM version and ours is I5205. But I may be wrong. Can anyone confirm that this fits the CDMA version of the phone? also sold out until April 20.
It looks like a lot of these docks with built in usb block the headphone jack though. Part of the reason I have a car dock is to listen to music in the car. I finally just gave up and bought an open universal dock and an nfc tag which I programmed to launch car home, turn on bluetooth, increase volume, etc.
It looks like a lot of these docks with built in usb block the headphone jack though. Part of the reason I have a car dock is to listen to music in the car. I finally just gave up and bought an open universal dock and an nfc tag which I programmed to launch car home, turn on bluetooth, increase volume, etc.
Where do you get an NFC tag, how much does it cost and how difficult is it to program?
Sorry for the questions but that sounds pretty cool.
I use Tasker and have it set to open music and turn up volume when a headphone is inserted (closes it when the headphone is pulled). Works well but I would also want the bluetooth to turn on when I'm in the car.
Where do you get an NFC tag, how much does it cost and how difficult is it to program?
Sorry for the questions but that sounds pretty cool.
I use Tasker and have it set to open music and turn up volume when a headphone is inserted (closes it when the headphone is pulled). Works well but I would also want the bluetooth to turn on when I'm in the car.
I got my tags at Tagstand, but BuyNFCTags is also popular. Just make sure to buy pre-formatted tags!! (NDEF formatted). They're really cheap, like between $1-$1.50 or so if I recall. And they're incredibly easy to program, just buy NFC Task Launcher ($1.99). You basically just click on what you want it to do, then hold it up to the tag you want to program and you're done! And you're in luck since you use Tasker already, NFC Task Launcher allows you to program NFC tags with Tasker tasks.
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Yeah, I know. There's a way overpriced car "holder" made specifically for the phone. No ports or anything. But after I got my Tunelink, I don't really care about the 3 pin dock quite as much any more. I got my A2DP music taken care of with the Tunelink, and I finally found a fast charger. So I think I'm just going to get a $20 universal dock for when I'm using satnav and call it a day. I'm still trying to decide which one, but I'll probably just go into Verizon and get the one that they have some time.
Yeah, I know. There's a way overpriced car "holder" made specifically for the phone. No ports or anything. But after I got my Tunelink, I don't really care about the 3 pin dock quite as much any more. I got my A2DP music taken care of with the Tunelink, and I finally found a fast charger. So I think I'm just going to get a $20 universal dock for when I'm using satnav and call it a day. I'm still trying to decide which one, but I'll probably just go into Verizon and get the one that they have some time.
If you get a call over the Bluetooth, does the Tunelink disable the music so you can answer the call? And can you play Pandora over the Tunelink or does the music have to come from the Tunelink app?
If you get a call over the Bluetooth, does the Tunelink disable the music so you can answer the call? And can you play Pandora over the Tunelink or does the music have to come from the Tunelink app?
Yeah, it pauses the music when I get a phone call, which goes through my stereo unit. The stereo only had the bluetooth profiles for phone calls and not for A2DP. BUT there's an issue with the GNex. It's like it doesn't give enough bandwidth to the phone profile when you're doing both. The phone call will be crackled on both ends. If I unplug the Tunelink during a call, it takes about 10 seconds and then it fixes the phone call. I'm hoping the next software update fixes this. There's a whole thread on this here. Here it is:
Yeah, you can use any media source from the phone. I guess anything that brings up the media volume rocker should work. I use Ubermusic as my music player. I haven't used any streaming source since I got it, but it works.
I got the iPhone version of the Tunelink because I like the blue light over the green. Plus apparently the new iOS version has issues connecting to the Android version in case you wanted to try the multiple people in car playlist thing that it does. lol.
I have a Sony MEX-BT3000P head unit installed in my car. I bought this rite after I got my Gnex. It allows me to control Pandora (thumbs up, thumbs down, next) through bluetooth. I can also make calls, scroll through my contacts and everything else. I make calls, play music, navigate all at the same time very often with no crackling on phone calls. Pandora music over bluetooth is not the best quality all the time but music from play music is great. It lowers the volume for navigation commands, also pauses music for phone calls. Very affordable also.
The speaker for making calls is not that great because it's on the head unit and not external but if the windows are up they can hear you fine.
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Does anyone know if the 4.0.x>2 fixes the bugs with the mount?
Sounds like it does. At least one person mentioned a couple months ago that his mount would not work on stock 4.0.2 but after rooting and using 4.0.4 that the mount worked like it was supposed to. Expect the Samsung pogo docks to be available again after 4.0.4 or 4.0.5 is official.
1) Samsung and/or Verizon don't give a crap about the Galaxy Nexus and have moved their attention to another phone, if it was ever on the GN to begin with.
2) There were reported software issues with the GN and the car dock, which has made Samsung delay the release of their docks until 4.0.4 is out and has been proven to resolve these issues.
I couldn't tell you which of these things is true, but I could see either one (or both) being true.
I've certainly been very pissed off myself at the lack of support this phone has received. I had a POGO dock for my Nexus One right off the bat, so this situation is very irritating.
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I like to put the mount of my car docks in one of my front cupholders. It's not a full size cupholder like in my center console, but it's big enough for a winshield mount to go in usually. I've attached a picture of it. I put the water bottle there for reference-- that's the spot that I use for a mount.
Do you think the Arkon would work ok in it? Or anyone else have another suggestion?
I like to put the mount of my car docks in one of my front cupholders. It's not a full size cupholder like in my center console, but it's big enough for a winshield mount to go in usually. I've attached a picture of it. I put the water bottle there for reference-- that's the spot that I use for a mount.
Do you think the Arkon would work ok in it? Or anyone else have another suggestion?
The suction cup itself is 3 1/8" in diameter, so I'm thinking it should fit, however there's a knob close to the base; not sure it'll fit based on that pic.
You could always go with the adjustable cup holder version:
Well, not an official pogo dock. There is the standard non-pogo one that Verizon sells, and the pogo for the GSM dock that with a minor modification works for the Verizon GNex.
I too have the GSM dock with the VZW Galaxy Nexus. It was easy to get the volume rocker cavity carved out so that the volume works but I too cannot get the pins to line up. It's as if the phone is just a hair away from being in the right place. Most of the time it won't connect to charge or force the audio through the pins. Or sometimes if I get the phone in almost right it will charge but the audio will cut in and out in a timed pattern. If I push the phone just a little bit in the area of the pins it will connect and charge and the audio will work but as soon as I relieve the pressure it becomes unconnected. This happens with both the stock battery/cover as well as the extended battery/cover. It's a $70 bummer, for sure.
What a bummer. I really dont think I want to risk $50 for something to go wrong after modding it and making it un-returnable.
This is exactly the position I'm in right now. The vehicle dock has worked fine for the almost 2.5 months I've had it, and all of the sudden the vehicle charger that came with it has stopped working. Even it I plug it into the phone directly, nothing. I can however plug my home charger into the dock and it works just fine.
Anyway, sending in my modded vehicle dock to Samsung this afternoon, and I'll let everyone know what happens. To the naked eye, it's actually really hard to tell I've done anything to it, so who knows.
This is exactly the position I'm in right now. The vehicle dock has worked fine for the almost 2.5 months I've had it, and all of the sudden the vehicle charger that came with it has stopped working. Even it I plug it into the phone directly, nothing. I can however plug my home charger into the dock and it works just fine.
Anyway, sending in my modded vehicle dock to Samsung this afternoon, and I'll let everyone know what happens. To the naked eye, it's actually really hard to tell I've done anything to it, so who knows.
the modification you made did not cause the problem. It should be replaced under warranty. Same with the rooting of a phone can't make your charging port become dysfunctional so they replace it.
Just thought I'd post an update about where I am in my fun experience.
Sent the dock into Samsung for exchange on 8/21. They received 8/24. After no word, I called on 8/31 and they stated that they had not "checked it in" yet. After no call back, called again on 9/6. Worked my way all the way up to "executive customer relations", who said that the device still hadn't been checked in, and couldn't be found. He immediately shipped my replacement, which arrived today. A brand new Verizon Galaxy Vehicle MOUNT, not dock.
How pissed am I right now, and man I am going to light them up tomorrow.
I found a pretty cool dock. Something I'm finally happy with. It has a magnet on the dock end, and you put a thin metal disc on the phone end. It fits under the battery door for me. But if you use a case, you can stick the plate between it and the phone, which will probably work better. Check it out:
I found a pretty cool dock. Something I'm finally happy with. It has a magnet on the dock end, and you put a thin metal disc on the phone end. It fits under the battery door for me. But if you use a case, you can stick the plate between it and the phone, which will probably work better. Check it out:
The link didn't work, but I found it anyways. After reading the reviews, I just went ahead and ordered one for myself, but I do wonder this:
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Interesting. Does NFC still work?
And if TheyCallMeBT doesn't answer, I'll know in a few days and will answer as well. If nothing else, I'll put my NFC tag somewhere else in the car, since mine is setup like a switch, hence with my current dock, I have to remove the phone, then tap it back into the dock to switch it.
Well, dang it all to heck! I received the mount today and it seems to be much better than any other generic windshield mount for the Gnex.
Mind you, I have yet to actually mount it in my vehicle.
But my preliminary testing shows that at least for my use, the metal pieces that would one would attach to the phone to interact with magnet on this mount totally disable any possibility of using any NFC functions with this mount.
Oh damn!
I will try some more testing tomorrow, but it doesn't look good to have this awesome mount with NFC functionality.
Aw, that stinks!! Are you putting the metal plate inside the battery cover or using a phone cover? I don't know where the NFC chip is located on the battery, but it seems like the small round metal plate gives you a lot of play as to where you can move it behind the battery door. You could also try cutting one of the plates down. The round one is probably about as small as you'd want to go and still depend on it to stay on the mount, though.
I hope you can get it going. What do you have the NFC sticker set to do in the car?
Well, I carry my Gnex on a belt holster and nobody makes one without requiring a case, so I've been using the large plate inbetween the case and the phone. I'm not sure if the small round plate under the battery cover is going to work well for me, since it is smaller and has to go through the case as well. I did just test it and NFC works again, I'll test the strength of the mount on the way to work today. I see another drawback to this method as well. I have two batteries and switch between them instead of charging the battery while in the phone.
My NFC tag is set as a switch between car mode and default. Car mode: turn off wifi, turn on bluetooth, set brightness to max, and start car home. Default mode: wifi on, bluetooth off, brightness back to auto.
This is one thing I miss about the Droid 1. It had all this stuff built in. The windshield mount was perfect and easy, put it in car mode automatically. The belt holster was face in and didn't need a case.
If you have a case, why are you putting it under the battery cover? I would put it in between the phone and the case with the adhesive touching the case. If you're needing the smaller size for NFC to work, try cutting one of the adhesive rectangles down. Just be sure to file all around the edges afterward.
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Plus apparently the new iOS version has issues connecting to the Android version in case you wanted to try the multiple people in car playlist thing that it does. lol.
