I found that the bumper case doesn't let the phone totally plug into the car dock. Also, have you noticed that the car dock has no port for the camera to peek through? I fix that problem on mine really easy.
It works fine with my bumper case. I noticed a hole in the back, and assumed it was for a camera, but I couldn't imagine using the camera while I'm driving anyway. It's not something I need.
Con:
[*]The gooseneck is floppy unless you rest it or the phone on the dashboard.
Another pro:
- I couldn't find anything better on Amazon or elsewhere, so maybe we're stuck with it.
That's my plan, as well. After I took the pic above, I got a Proclip and a better dock. It's rock-solid. I love Proclips, they aren't cheap, but they are so much better than trying to use suction cups on the windshield or on those discs on the dash.In our Chrysler 300, I installed a proclip dash mount with a ball adapter. I will be attaching the Griffin vehicle dock to it.
That's my plan, as well. After I took the pic above, I got a Proclip and a better dock. It's rock-solid. I love Proclips, they aren't cheap, but they are so much better than trying to use suction cups on the windshield or on those discs on the dash.
Are you saying that the active notifications do not change position or do not display when in landscape mode?There are two holes in the back, but, obviously, they are not lined up with the camera. They are for the background noise canceling microphones - which makes sense.
I used it on a one hour drive today. It's fine for me. I just want something so that I can interact with the phone instead of having it in my pocket. The Assist driving option works fine - it offers to read text messages to me if I say the word "listen", and it works fine.
It works better if you hold the phone portrait so that when the active notifications are on, you can see the time, etc, at a glance.
By the way, I do not have the gooseneck one described by Kevin-B - it's the Griffin one, on the VZW web site.
Are you saying that the active notifications do not change position or do not display when in landscape mode?
It works fine with my bumper case. I noticed a hole in the back, and assumed it was for a camera, but I couldn't imagine using the camera while I'm driving anyway. It's not something I need.
They stay portrait.
Did you try it with Nova Launcher Prime? Standalone it supports the display of the dropdown in landscape mode. Is this also true in a dock?
... Thom
New problem. Proclip only has a 17mm ball available. the Griffin mount appears to be using a 15mm ball (I don't have my calipers available, so this is a rough estimate using a ruler). I'm not finding anything close in the more usual places. I did find some 15mm and 19/32" balls on mcmaster-carr, but both are hardened steel and would be difficult to drill in order to mount it. Why would anyone avoid the most common ball sizes given the flexibility a standard size would provide.
Dang, that's not good to hear. Thanks for the heads-up, though.
Nice! Its unfortunate the proclip for the volt mounts so low on the center console. Makes it too impractical to use for navigation. Now that google maps is so messed up with navigation, i regret not waiting for a volt with nav. Oh well. Good thing its a lease.
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