What's the process to charge the tablet both with and without the cradle? Do you have to uncover/cover a charging connector each time due to the waterproof nature of the tablet? Does the cradle make the process significantly easier (e.g., is it worth the money)?
Charging with the micro USB you have to pop a flap open to access the data/charging port. Not got a dock yet but there are two pogo pins on the side of the tab so looks like you can charge with no need to open anything just drop the tab in the dock and she will charge.
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gordo79 said:
Charging with the micro USB you have to pop a flap open to access the data/charging port. Not got a dock yet but there are two pogo pins on the side of the tab so looks like you can charge with no need to open anything just drop the tab in the dock and she will charge.
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Can anyone who has the cradle confirm that it's just a drop in operation? So no need to uncover a port to charge?
saeba said:
Can anyone who has the cradle confirm that it's just a drop in operation? So no need to uncover a port to charge?
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Got it. Consider yourself confirmed
Psykhe said:
Got it. Consider yourself confirmed
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Perfect! it's worth ordering one then. Thanks!
UPDATE: Estimated ship date 20-June. I guess they are popular!
I had the tablet and cradle for about a month (Japanese), the cradle is worth it!
saeba said:
Perfect! it's worth ordering one then. Thanks!
UPDATE: Estimated ship date 20-June. I guess they are popular!
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Q.Entity said:
I had the tablet and cradle for about a month (Japanese), the cradle is worth it!
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I bought two cradles with mine, one for the office and one for the bedroom. They really work great, very simple but as mentioned you just drop it in and it starts to charge.
What's also nice is Smart Connect, a pre installed app. When docked you can get it to do multiple tasks, like open the clock, mute the sound during a specific time, etc. Smart Connect also works with Bluetooth devices, MHL connectors, NFC, all sorts of external connections.
manicmarvin said:
I bought two cradles with mine, one for the office and one for the bedroom. They really work great, very simple but as mentioned you just drop it in and it starts to charge.
What's also nice is Smart Connect, a pre installed app. When docked you can get it to do multiple tasks, like open the clock, mute the sound during a specific time, etc. Smart Connect also works with Bluetooth devices, MHL connectors, NFC, all sorts of external connections.
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but dock works great only with those covers that are the same type as Sony original one.
I am also considering getting a cradle but I have a question. Is the USB port still accessible when the device is docked? I would really like to use USB peripherals while having the tablet inside the dock.
GolfSierra87 said:
I am also considering getting a cradle but I have a question. Is the USB port still accessible when the device is docked? I would really like to use USB peripherals while having the tablet inside the dock.
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Unfortunately when the device is inside the cradle(my cradle modell: SGPDS5) the USB port is covered so you can not use it.
dszkalka said:
Unfortunately when the device is inside the cradle(my cradle modell: SGPDS5) the USB port is covered so you can not use it.
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Sad, that. The location chosen for the XTZ's USB port was not a wise choice. You can turn the tablet upside down and put it into the cradle when you need to access the USB port; however, the cradle will not charge the tablet when it is in that position.
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Sad, that. The location chosen for the XTZ's USB port was not a wise choice. You can turn the tablet upside down and put it into the cradle when you need to access the USB port; however, the cradle will not charge the tablet when it is in that position.
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I think the USB port location is bad but goog at the same time, for example when you are playing and hold the two extremes of the tablet and durring you can comfortably charge it.However this location is problem when you put the tablet to the cradle. Your idea has a little problem because i put the tablet to the cradle upside down like you said and the power button and the notification led is covered. but its not a big problem because this version of android which running on the tablet has an opption where you can set double tap wake up action
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anyone know of any cheap in car holders made specificly for the tp2, i just want one that the phone slides in and fits perfectly and has space at the bottom to plug in a uks cable
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anyone know of any cheap in car holders made specificly for the tp2, i just want one that the phone slides in and fits perfectly and has space at the bottom to plug in a uks cable
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Thats the same i want!
But i want it to turn it 90 degrees CW. So i can use it for navigation (looks better then portrait).
but i can't find any holder so far...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=520779
I'll try and take a picture later to show you it "sitting" in my old Kaiser mount. If I modified the charger block to not be attached, I'm sure it would fulfil the requirements.
Works landscape and portrait too!
dazultra2000 said:
I'll try and take a picture later to show you it "sitting" in my old Kaiser mount. If I modified the charger block to not be attached, I'm sure it would fulfil the requirements.
Works landscape and portrait too!
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Cool, look forward to seeing it, need a holder asap
Here you go.
3 pictures:
1 showing my old kaiser in the mount, to prove it is indeed a kaiser mount, USB plugged in
1 showing the TP2 in portrait mode, sitting on top of the USB plug
1 showing the TP2 in landscape mode.
It should be noted that there is a bit of wiggle when in landscape mode. This is because the TP2 isn't as thick as the kaiser.
If you could find some way of attaching the USB plug where it should be, then that would help hold it in place.
Also, it's rather embarrasing that my company-supplied, POS, makes-everyone-sound-like-a-dalek Nokia 6300 takes better pictures than my TP2 can
not the best looking but it does the job..............
the cheapest and the most must have if you got a car.
http://www.memorybits.co.uk/shop/mo...e-phonepda-windscreen-mounted-universal-/9092
Would the actual car holders have a power cable that connects to a 12V connection? Or would it be likely to have a mini USB to USB there?
What I want to do is to connect my TP2 directly to my Asus R2H while I'm in the car. That saves me another bluetooth connection for syncing.
Take a look at this picture:
http://www.mijnalbum.nl/GroteFoto-LTLWPB8F.jpg
Or the last few pictures from this album:
http://www.mijnalbum.nl/Album=ZYX7DZAT
The TP2 would then be mounted just below the R2H.
Plantje said:
Would the actual car holders have a power cable that connects to a 12V connection? Or would it be likely to have a mini USB to USB there?
What I want to do is to connect my TP2 directly to my Asus R2H while I'm in the car. That saves me another bluetooth connection for syncing.
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Brodit do passive and active mounts, if you get the passive one you can connect your own mini-USB to USB cable to connect to your Asus. (The active ones have either a cigar lighter plug or a two wire connection for direct wiring into the vehicle)
Gordon
Yes, I saw that. Only downside of a passive holder is that I have to plug the USB cable in every time. But hey: that's what I'm doing now as well
Let's go for the passive one! It's cheaper anyway!
Now i wait for this Brodit.
http://www.brodit.com/images/512021.jpg
I suppose we should not charge the battery in the car anyway, so I avoy it!
That's why I don't consider the active holder... I use a passive and have a car charger just in case of need (very unusual)!
I'm still waiting for my passive holder
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I suppose we should not charge the battery in the car anyway, so I avoy it!
That's why I don't consider the active holder... I use a passive and have a car charger just in case of need (very unusual)!
I'm still waiting for my passive holder
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Same here. Passive holder with car charger when in need (navigation or something else).
I ordered it last week, they said they should be in stock in the next days...
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Now i wait for this Brodit.
http://www.brodit.com/images/512021.jpg
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The brodit is now out, got mine here. Shame I have no phone to use it with at the minute!
Deiota said:
I suppose we should not charge the battery in the car anyway, so I avoy it!
That's why I don't consider the active holder... I use a passive and have a car charger just in case of need (very unusual)!
I'm still waiting for my passive holder
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Why not charge the battery in the car? My phone and my laptop are basically on AC power the whole day!
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Why not charge the battery in the car? My phone and my laptop are basically on AC power the whole day!
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Because LiPolymer-Batterys don't like to be charged when they are warm. In a car it can easily be 80+ [°C] and there is the direkt sun onto the phone.
My Brodit Active holder arrived today and I am pleased with it, however I am a bit concerned that when the phone is slid onto the holder the thin guides that slide up between the phone and the keyboard seem to force the two apart more than I think they should be.
Hmmm, I will have to wait and see it it results in a sloppy hinge.
elab
I already have a passive brodit holder with the same "problem"... I already fear for the same thin.... getting it damaged... what do you think?
Could you guys please post some pictures here? I still need to order the holder and your pictures will probably be more clear than the nice marketing pictures from Brodit
here are some pictures of the passive holder:
Hello everyone,
I understand that the GPS Dongle for the Prime occupies the ASUS 40-pin, which means it won't allow the dock to be used. I'm just wondering whether it is possible in the future to have a cable with compatible ends at both side? Of course it should be male/female to be used with the dock's left hand side female.
This way, theoretically, I would be a able to use my Prime, dock and the GPS Dongle all together while travelling. But I'm not sure that it's possible, even if such cable exists... sometime in the future.
Probably some of you out there have any opinions regarding this matter.
No cable for this currently exists.
However one could be made, if the connector is a straight pass through then it would work. If the connector however only utilizes certain pins then it would either need to be modified or replaced.
Either way it will take some experimentation.
The easy way for now is to remove the device form the plastic housing and plug it into the dock to see if it works.
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No cable for this currently exists.
However one could be made, if the connector is a straight pass through then it would work. If the connector however only utilizes certain pins then it would either need to be modified or replaced.
Either way it will take some experimentation.
The easy way for now is to remove the device form the plastic housing and plug it into the dock to see if it works.
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Yes, I understand that it cannot be done at this moment. But theoretically it might work, right? Or is there something in the dock prevents the GPS to get connected to the Prime? Such thing like, power line (charging) is more priority and is using the same pins?
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Yes, I understand that it cannot be done at this moment. But theoretically it might work, right? Or is there something in he dock prevents the GPS to get connected to the Prime? Such thing like, power line (charging) is more priority and is using the same pins?
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Theoretically time travel is possible, anyhing is possible theoretically,
But to answer your question, no there are no pins which share data/power.
The only worry is that the dock female connector may only be power and ground, no data, I know this to not be true as I rooted while in the dock, so all pins pass through from what I can tell.
It looks like for ease of manufacture all o the connectors are the same on the tablet, the dock and the dock plug.
A wire or new housing should be easy enough to fab up.
I will test this tonight.
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Theoretically time travel is possible, anyhing is possible theoretically,
But to answer your question, no there are no pins which share data/power.
The only worry is that the dock female connector may only be power and ground, no data, I know this to not be true as I rooted while in the dock, so all pins pass through from what I can tell.
It looks like for ease of manufacture all o the connectors are the same on the tablet, the dock and the dock plug.
A wire or new housing should be easy enough to fab up.
I will test this tonight.
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gps dongle doesnt work when plugged into the dock, i tried it and the dongle isnt recognized. The dock doesnt have the proper lines routed to the connector.
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gps dongle doesnt work when plugged into the dock, i tried it and the dongle isnt recognized. The dock doesnt have the proper lines routed to the connector.
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Thanks for testing this out.
This means we will need to open the dock and connect the lines that are not connected if we wish for this to work.
Though it seems to me that this may be a specific doc pin being recognized...
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gps dongle doesnt work when plugged into the dock, i tried it and the dongle isnt recognized. The dock doesnt have the proper lines routed to the connector.
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Thanks a lot...
a little bit pity 'though, since I have a plan to use them all together on the road.
im currently in the process of tracking down which pins are used in the dongle, unfortunately i only have one dock and its too expensive for me to start ripping it apart however hopefully with the information im gathering and information others are gathering we can get a pinout for the dongle as well as the prime and dock to better understand how everything works
I am having difficulty with Asus support. Would like to buy a GPS Dongle if a member does not need it. Thank you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25705747#post25705747
mlee1999 said:
I am having difficulty with Asus support. Would like to buy a GPS Dongle if a member does not need it. Thank you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25705747#post25705747
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I have an extra one i could prolly get to you, you would have to pay for shipping and whatnot.... check your PM's and send me an email.
more experiments
flyingwolf said:
Theoretically time travel is possible, anyhing is possible theoretically,
But to answer your question, no there are no pins which share data/power.
The only worry is that the dock female connector may only be power and ground, no data, I know this to not be true as I rooted while in the dock, so all pins pass through from what I can tell.
It looks like for ease of manufacture all o the connectors are the same on the tablet, the dock and the dock plug.
A wire or new housing should be easy enough to fab up.
I will test this tonight.
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I have one of the SD CARD adapters for the prime (I purchased while waiting for the keyboard). I plugged it into the keyboard power port with an SD CARD inserted and the prime did NOT see it.
I think the port on the keyboard is power only
Does anybody know of the existance of a wireless charging case for the Xperia Z Ultra?
Given that there are 2 external contacts for the magnetic charger plug to attach to, I would have thought that it would be relatively straightforward to create a case which has the receiving coil in the back, and which connects to these contacts to charge the Ultra.
They seem to be out there for the Z - however, an internet search doesn't seem to come up with anything for the Ultra. Or have I missed something?
(This is an example of what I'm talking about, but it's for the Z, not the Ultra: http://www.mobilefun.co.uk/qi-wireless-charging-case-for-sony-xperia-z-p38098.htm)
I was giving thought to this just last night. I didn't find anything though. Granted, very little actually exists for our devices yet.
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Having to put a 'specific' case on it to wirelessly charge seems pointless to me. The only reason I liked wireless charging was because I wasn't keen to wear out the micro USB port...
place it on the wireless dock... or
place it on the magnetic dock...
same thing really... you still need to place it on a particular device/cable to charge.. however one requires a case...
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Having to put a 'specific' case on it to wirelessly charge seems pointless to me. The only reason I liked wireless charging was because I wasn't keen to wear out the micro USB port...
place it on the wireless dock... or
place it on the magnetic dock...
same thing really... you still need to place it on a particular device/cable to charge.. however one requires a case...
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Its a convenience thing though. You can just plop the phone down on to the pad or whatever is charging it & not attach a cable etc.
I've been eyeing up the Lumia 1520 partly for this reason...
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Having to put a 'specific' case on it to wirelessly charge seems pointless to me. The only reason I liked wireless charging was because I wasn't keen to wear out the micro USB port...
place it on the wireless dock... or
place it on the magnetic dock...
same thing really... you still need to place it on a particular device/cable to charge.. however one requires a case...
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Wireless docks are easier than the magnetic docks from what I've seen, but the point of it for some is to save wear and tear on the usb port.
I reckon that it would be pretty easy to modify a Qi wireless charging card like this one to connect to the magnetic dock pins on the Z Ultra. But I'm pretty sure the charging rate will be quite slow. I just use the magnetic dock or magnetic USB cable instead.
You may wana consider this...it works for z ultra, which I m using as well.
androidandme.com/2014/11/devices/how-to-add-qi-wireless-charging-to-any-android-smartphone-or-tablet/
ferraritm said:
You may wana consider this...it works for z ultra, which I m using as well.
androidandme.com/2014/11/devices/how-to-add-qi-wireless-charging-to-any-android-smartphone-or-tablet/
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Does your micro usb flap still work? And which one at that link did you get?
Firstly, whats the correct term? Is it a magnetic port/plug/connector????
Anyway Main question: What can it do?
Can it be used for connection to laptop for file transfers etc????
If yes to that, what about MHL (think thats right, the micro usb - hdmi)?
Just wanna keep them little doors shut at all times, if it cant do data then that doors gonna get opened a lot and probably damaged rather quickly
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Firstly, whats the correct term? Is it a magnetic port/plug/connector????
Anyway Main question: What can it do?
Can it be used for connection to laptop for file transfers etc????
If yes to that, what about MHL (think thats right, the micro usb - hdmi)?
Just wanna keep them little doors shut at all times, if it cant do data then that doors gonna get opened a lot and probably damaged rather quickly
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It connects to the magnetic dock. Yup, you can do file transfer between laptop and phone WITH the dock.
There's also a wi-fi dock by Sony, with which your phone charges and you can also transfer files via wifi while doing so.
KyleSforza said:
It connects to the magnetic dock. Yup, you can do file transfer between laptop and phone WITH the dock.
There's also a wi-fi dock by Sony, with which your phone charges and you can also transfer files via wifi while doing so.
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Pretty sure the Magnetic Dock only charges the phone.. To make use of the magnetic charging port on the phone, you can either get Sony's official DK36 magnetic charging dock, or you can get an after market magnetic charging cable... But you can never transfer data out of the magnetic port - it can only be used for charging.
The only way to get data from a physical cable out of the phone is via the microUSB port on the phone which is covered by the big flap. This will also charge the phone at the same time.
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Pretty sure the Magnetic Dock only charges the phone.. To make use of the magnetic charging port on the phone, you can either get Sony's official DK36 magnetic charging dock, or you can get an after market magnetic charging cable... But you can never transfer data out of the magnetic port - it can only be used for charging.
The only way to get data from a physical cable out of the phone is via the microUSB port on the phone which is covered by the big flap. This will also charge the phone at the same time.
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That leads me to the question (just curious): Can you connect the micro USB and the magnetic charging port at the same time?
illphone said:
That leads me to the question (just curious): Can you connect the micro USB and the magnetic charging port at the same time?
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I'm not too sure on that one. I suppose if you wanted to charge the phone as fast as possible by using the dock and you wanted to do file transfers at the same time by using the USB port.
But i'm not too sure what would happen if you use both the magnetic port and the microUSB port on the phone at the same time.. You'd certainly hope that the phone wont explode.. I can only assume the phone will only let one one source [ie: the Micro USB port or the Magnetic Port] charge the battery at any given time. But i have no idea : )
cheers guys, thats a shame. i suppose it will help with the lifespan of the doors but woulda been a hell of a lot more use if it could transfer data...... oh well lets hope sony have that sorted by the time the z6 comes out (at the rate of one every 6 months thatll be my upgrade in 2 years) or that in that time they manage to make an open waterproof micro usb socket
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cheers guys, thats a shame. i suppose it will help with the lifespan of the doors but woulda been a hell of a lot more use if it could transfer data...... oh well lets hope sony have that sorted by the time the z6 comes out (at the rate of one every 6 months thatll be my upgrade in 2 years) or that in that time they manage to make an open waterproof micro usb socket
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You can check out wireless (WiFi) transfer apps. I know AirDroid is a popular one:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sand.airdroid
It has pretty amazing capabilities. Maybe it will be good enough for you so you won't even have to use the USB cable very often...
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You can check out wireless (WiFi) transfer apps. I know AirDroid is a popular one:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sand.airdroid
It has pretty amazing capabilities. Maybe it will be good enough for you so you won't even have to use the USB cable very often...
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i suppose thats an option, i tried them before on my note, but they werent that good, took forever..... maybe theyve improved somewhat by now
Hi Guys,
I'm looking for a car dock for my Nexus 6 similar to the pro clip or this fix2car mount http://www.holdersandmounts.co.uk/f...on-mount-dash-mount-with-usb-car-charger.html[1]
Basically my criteria are that I want to be able to take the phone in and out of the mount without having to attach the USB cable after. I want the USB cable to be fixed and the phone simply slides in to it.
The pro clip would cost me 150$+ and the fix2car one I linked would run me close to 70$. I'm looking for something about half that price.
Hope you guys can help!
Thanks
0 replies on XDA and on reddit, something tells me i'm about to drop a hundred bucks on a car mount... AGAIN!
PSA to anyone thinking about it: DO NOT get the airdock 2, it's a piece of poop and the phone falls off constantly.
If you must have the fixed plug, you could hack one in place with some JB Weld. A lot of guys did just that back in the "old" days.
Or suguru, that stuff works great for something like this. BTW, my airdock works great.
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If you would like to charge your phone in a car dock without having to attach USB each time why don't you get the QI charging dock? It is about $35-$40 here in US, probably about same in UK. And will work with non-bulky case.
EugeneR said:
If you would like to charge your phone in a car dock without having to attach USB each time why don't you get the QI charging dock? It is about $35-$40 here in US, probably about same in UK. And will work with non-bulky case.
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welllllllll the reason why im trying to avoid a QI charging dock (which btw is not a make or model but the technology, can you specify which model you're referring to?) is because i bought this neato quick charge usb lighter thingy and i'd like to be able to use quick charge..... wireless QI charging is pretty slow and when having the screen on, and steaming music, and using maps for nav, it doesn't actually gain any charge!
three west said:
Or suguru, that stuff works great for something like this. BTW, my airdock works great.
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sugru is 22 american. add shipping, conversion to canadian dollar, and duties and it comes out to a lot thanks for the suggestion, though.
i think i am going with this:
http://www.lightinthebox.com/imobi4...ger-for-motorola-google-nexus-6_p2642248.html
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i think i am going with this:
http://www.lightinthebox.com/imobi4...ger-for-motorola-google-nexus-6_p2642248.html
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Nice find! I didn't know anyone made one like that for our Nexus 6.
georgeism said:
welllllllll the reason why im trying to avoid a QI charging dock (which btw is not a make or model but the technology, can you specify which model you're referring to?) is because i bought this neato quick charge usb lighter thingy and i'd like to be able to use quick charge..... wireless QI charging is pretty slow and when having the screen on, and steaming music, and using maps for nav, it doesn't actually gain any charge!
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Well, I am doing the same, streaming and navigating, with Nexus 6 in the dock, using 2.1A USB lighter thingy and it charges.
I am also aware QI is a technology and not a model. There are quite few of those. I am using this one: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00N4H1R1M?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o07_s01
EugeneR said:
Well, I am doing the same, streaming and navigating, with Nexus 6 in the dock, using 2.1A USB lighter thingy and it charges.
I am also aware QI is a technology and not a model. There are quite few of those. I am using this one: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00N4H1R1M?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o07_s01
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the problem is that QI will bottleneck your charging. using a quickcharge usb lighter thing will work via a cable but not through QI!
QI will support up to 15 watts of charging in the future, it was actually announced like a couple of weeks ago or something, so future models will support quick charging
I have quick charger at work and at home. In the car I need the dock I can use with minimum effort and without connecting/disconnecting USB frequently
georgeism said:
i think i am going with this:
http://www.lightinthebox.com/imobi4...ger-for-motorola-google-nexus-6_p2642248.html
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Curious to know if you got the holder yet?
From the pictures on the site, it appears that one of the claws on the top lands directly on the power and/or volume buttons.
Would like to know if it interferes with proper operation?
uicnren said:
Curious to know if you got the holder yet?
From the pictures on the site, it appears that one of the claws on the top lands directly on the power and/or volume buttons.
Would like to know if it interferes with proper operation?
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it can if you have it completely tightened down, but you would not be able to pull the phone in and out if it was tightened down. the way i have it now is the clamp holds on to the lip of the phone but not so tightly that I can't easily put the phone in and out of the dock. The clamp does not press on the buttons, this way.