Anyone seen a car dock?

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UPDATE: Google Android Engineer Dan Morrill took to reddit to explain that yes, ICS does have USB Mass Storage Support, but the Galaxy Nexus does not, since it does not have a removable storage card. While this explanation is helpful, it still doesn’t solve the issue where users may want to retrieve/store non-media files off of their device (ie: saved log files from apps, downloaded files, etc..). Via reddit.

 

[CrimsonPride]

I got the Samsung car dock in today, and the one for the infuse, and can confirm it fits perfectly. Haven't had a chance to put it in my car yet but it does fit and it is powered. Only cost me $15 too.

 

[Deleted User]

I got the Samsung car dock in today, and the one for the infuse, and can confirm it fits perfectly. Haven't had a chance to put it in my car yet but it does fit and it is powered. Only cost me $15 too.

Thanks. I'll have one ordered by this evening.

 

[sorka]

am I living in crazy town? First Google removes USB mass storage support from ICS, now the manufacturer of what could possibly be the most popular Android handset ever can't be bothered to support it with basic accessories.

Huh? Are you saying that if I have android with ICS and I plug it into my pc it won't see the sd card as a drive?

If true, that would be a deal killer for me to. I use my android to move music to and from my pc through the usb cable.

I'm pretty sure you can't be right about that or I've simply misunderstood your statement.

 

[Reginald VelJohnson]

Huh? Are you saying that if I have android with ICS and I plug it into my pc it won't see the sd card as a drive?

If true, that would be a deal killer for me to. I use my android to move music to and from my pc through the usb cable.

I'm pretty sure you can't be right about that or I've simply misunderstood your statement.

I have to admit I haven't really been paying much attention to the Android scene for the last year or so and didn't know about it until I started reading this forum again. It's not so much that it doesn't work that way, it's just that they've gimped it. Check out these few good posts from the Verizon preorder thread:

If I may stray a bit off the path here (shocker - no one has ever done that! )



One of my big beefs with ICS is its meddling with USB Mass Storage, and essentially blocking the USB transfer to your PC of any files "it deems" not to be media or photo related. I just wondered which direction that went in Jellybean, since you have one in hand? Any chance of a reversal on that (stupid) development idea?

The short story is that when Google started developing Android 4, they decided to abandon one of those 4 USB connection options you mention (I have only ever seen 3), namely USB Mass Storage (USM). From what I have read, they switched to only allowing two (Windows) protocols - PTP (Picture Transfer Protocol) and MTP (Media Transfer Protocol), either of which essentially look at the type of files on your Android 4 device and then refuse to allow transfer (by USB, understand) files not deemed belonging to the realms of pictures and media. Very Apple of them, IMO. Why? Well, one Galaxy Nexus forum thread supposedly coming from a Samsung tech claimed their ultimate goal is to eliminate all "outside hardware connections" and external memory devices (SD cards) from Android devices. Ostensibly to get away from the diversification of where programs and files are/can be/ stored, to make it easier on program developers to code for "a single uniform platform design". I'm not buying it.

Now, there ARE alternatives, as this issue is currently only affecting USB in Android 4 devices. What I have found is that I can use a free app called Cheetah Sync to wifi sync "any" files from my rooted Iconia A500 tablet's Internal Storage (SD Card) and External SD Card (this is the confusing mess I referred to as diversification ) over to my Win7 PC since I can't do it with a simple USB connection after flashing ICS. Bluetooth might also work but I haven't tried it.

If you research the issue, you'll encounter a supposedly renowned tech journalist who insists that any ICS device which has an external SD slot and USB socket are not affected by this and still support USM. He is dead wrong. It doesn't work on my tablet, and it also doesn't work on my son's stock Transformer TF201 which came with ICS. Both have the hardware mentioned, and neither can transfer files which are not pictures or media. For me, not being into either of those categories, my tablet displays blank Windows Explorer windows when connected, where when it ran Honeycomb my PC was able to see and access every file in those locations and copy any I wanted back and forth to the same PC. I do so weekly as precautionary backups, having endured total SD card failure a few times (lost everything).

Under the PTP/MTP USB connection, there is no popup in the Android Notifications, no popup in Windows to show a device has been connected, and no "Safely Remove" icon available in Windows task tray when you plug in the device. It just shows up as a drive in Windows Explorer (however blank, for me).

 

[Tommydaniel]

Not scaremongering but spotted this a few days ago
someone's SG3 go up in flames from the charging point possibly using an in car charger (possibly not Samsung) and could be the cause or what Samsung may say is the cause

Run For Your Lives...Its The Killer Phone! | Coolsmartphone

The guy stated it was in a car mount, not charging..

 

[kayst]

I had to mount my Incredible in the A/C vent and blow cold air at it to keep it from overheating while charging and using the GPS. None of these SG3 mounts see to be vent mounts - anyone know if this phone has the heat/charging while using GPS problem that the Incredible does?

 

[svensett]

I had good luck with "Exomount Universal Car Mount". Here's the link www.exogear.com got it off amazon for $20.

Just ordered one of these from amazon. I was a little skeptical that it would work on most surfaces, but watch the vid on their site. Looks like a similar suction system to the one on my ag gps that stayed put on a curved window holding a lot more weight than a phone.

 

[sorka]

Very apple of them? Not even apple has crippled USB mass storage mode. I can transfer files to and from my ipad and touch over usb and it works just fine.

I've done enough research after reading this thread to know that it still works fine but you have to enable it differently than before otherwise it will only recognize certain media files.

 

[Reginald VelJohnson]

Can anybody tell me how the swivel part on the Infuse mount is made? Is it a ball and nut like the Motorola mounts? Can you take it apart and use another ball mount? I already have a Panavise custom mount in my car with a 17 mm ball mounted to it.

 

[CrimsonPride]

Can anybody tell me how the swivel part on the Infuse mount is made? Is it a ball and nut like the Motorola mounts? Can you take it apart and use another ball mount? I already have a Panavise custom mount in my car with a 17 mm ball mounted to it.

thats what it looks like, dont know the size. paid for a 'bulk' packaged one so save as much money as i could

 

[Doit2it]

For those of you going the Infuse car dock route, someone at XDA said they found one half price at an AT&T store. They are half price ($17.99) on the website too: AT&T Infuse 4G car dock

 

[wburbage]

Awesome to hear the Infuse mount will work. I have the Epic 4G Touch for Sprint and picked up the Infuse car dock and deck dock for something like $17.50 from the AT&T store. So for kicks you might want to see what they price out as a bundle as opposed to individual. I did this a while ago but it's worth a shot if your picking one of them up anyway.

 

[Deleted User]

For those of you going the Infuse car dock route, someone at XDA said they found one half price at an AT&T store. They are half price ($17.99) on the website too: AT&T Infuse 4G car dock

Thanks, ordered for $19 and change shipped. If I don't like it, it can go back to an ATT store.

 

[question729]

Arkon has a couple Galaxy S 3 mounts. I Prefer the mobile grip, but if you have a big case you might want to check out the slim-grip. They're priced very reasonably:

Arkon Car Mounts for Samsung Galaxy III

I checked out some vids on YouTube. I'm leaning towards one of the Arkons. Can't decide between the low profile and the flexible one, though. Having it mounted on the dash would be great for putting a windshield sunshade up without having to take the mount off all the time.

 

[TobesEtc]

Anyone know what the Infuse was called in Europe? I'd like the dock but the US sites won't allow non-US customers to order it. :-(

 

[Doit2it]

According to Wikipedia it was only a US/Canada release. You might try Amazon and eBay if you have access to them.

 

[Dirtball]

Anyone know what the Infuse was called in Europe? I'd like the dock but the US sites won't allow non-US customers to order it. :-(

You can find it on ebay here.

The seller ships internationally and to the UK it works out at about

 

[NorthernNoel]

I've ordered one of these after seeing it on XDA http://www.amazon.com/Mountek-Universal-Smartphone-Blackberry-Motorola/dp/B004G1L52Q/

Looks great just waiting for the long ship to the UK

 

[TobesEtc]

You can find it on ebay here.

The seller ships internationally and to the UK it works out at about

 

[Reginald VelJohnson]

http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x17/fallenadvocate/20120630_232937.jpg

thats what it looks like, dont know the size. paid for a 'bulk' packaged one so save as much money as i could

awesome, thanks for the pics. Looks like I can make that work.

 

[s3user]

Huh? Are you saying that if I have android with ICS and I plug it into my pc it won't see the sd card as a drive?

If true, that would be a deal killer for me to. I use my android to move music to and from my pc through the usb cable.

I'm pretty sure you can't be right about that or I've simply misunderstood your statement.

you can use it as a mass storage, you just have to use the USB cable that came in the S3 box.

I found out that you can't use any other USB cable, it won't do the transfer.

 

[Eryl Flynn]

you can use it as a mass storage, you just have to use the USB cable that came in the S3 box.

I found out that you can't use any other USB cable, it won't do the transfer.

Any idea what the difference in the cable is? Be nice to get a few with our being overcharged by Samsung.

 

[akita]

I checked out some vids on YouTube. I'm leaning towards one of the Arkons. Can't decide between the low profile and the flexible one, though. Having it mounted on the dash would be great for putting a windshield sunshade up without having to take the mount off all the time.

I have an Arkon mount for my Droid X. Im pretty sure this phone will fit it(i put my co-workers Galaxy Nexus in it and it fit and the S3 is comparable in size to the Nexus)

 

[Dirtball]

That link isn't taking me to the Infuse dock... anyway, since I wrote I discovered that my hand hurts because I broke it playing football...so now in a cast and won't be driving for a few weeks! Doh.

Apologies for the link. Try here.

Sorry about your hand by the way!