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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Wade-0:
So my initial testing results, unmodified dock with VZW model:

1) The fit seems to be the same regardless of which battery you have (standard or extended). I thought maybe the volume rocker would line up better with the standard battery, but it doesn't.

2) The power and audio work fine, however the proximity of the micro-usb port to the AUX port on the dock might cause problems for some people if your plugs are too fat like mine.

3) The volume rocker being partially depressed can cause some real whacky behavior. There's no way I'd use it very long without modding. In fact, I'm going to take a knife to it right after I post this.

4) I thought it would be cool to be able to use the camera while driving, to record my awesome rally skillz and other random asshats in traffic, but the dock mount shows up in the corner of the frame. Oh well...

4) The Car Home app that was uploaded in this thread kinda sucks balls. But it works.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] SQurel23:
I think I've seen enough posts that say this dock works with the VZW version (with a slight mod). Definitely gonna pick this up...just with it was a tad cheaper, especially since it took this long to come out
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efdisastet:
I kinda hope so, and I kinda don't.

I'm extremely tempted to buy this dock, right now, because I'm not afraid of a little razor blade modding... even though I walked into a Verizon store yesterday and bought the last crappy no-pin dock on the shelf, because I hadn't read my blogs all day... and I have a road trip coming up at the end of June... so if they released an i515 version, I don't think I could resist it, and then I would have spent way too much money on car docks.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Wade-0:
Shaving the plastic around the "down" end of the volume rocker did the trick. Just have to make it about 1-2mm longer. Now all the buttons function correctly. I tried to shoot a video but it's a bit embarassing (if you think it's hard to dock with 2 hands, try it while holding a camera in one). I might try again though.

The charging barely keeps up with everything turned on. At first I didn't think it was working at all, but after waiting a couple minutes it finally went up by 1 percent. Will be interesting to see if it can keep up with the Navigation and music running at the same time with the screen on. I think the next mod will have to be hard wiring the power so I don't have to run the cord down the console to the outlet.

No crashes yet, but there is some flakiness with the Car Home app. If I exit it, it keeps my launcher in landscape orientation even though I have that option disabled. And occasionally I lose the navigation buttons which requires a restart to get them back. Not sure if it's the app or my rom causing that one.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] push2flush:
if the video came out bad can you post pics of the spot you had to cut. then maybe someone who has it that didn't cut it yet can post also so we can see the difference
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] xxprodigyxx11:
A 3.5 mm ground loop isolater will solve that high pitch you hear. Last time I checked amazon had one for around 10 bucks.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] @rbiter:
Ahhh! Disappointed. Car dock does phone over speaker phone and not my truck speakers. Could be a deal breaker for me. I could circumvent that with my sony mw600 but dont really want to. It is nice making your call in 4 channel stereo. The desktop dock wasnt as big a deal considering my apartment is a much quieter ride. Lol. Anyways, the car dock is very nice other wise. Charges well and stayed much cooler than i thought it would. Topped up my phone over a 40 minute commute from 80% using car home ultra and poweramp. It is tight. When i got to work my phone jumped out to the floorboard. I might wait to do the mod and see if it breaks in.

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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
Did you try using Google's Car Home instead of using Car Home Ultra?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] @rbiter:
No. Will that output phone to speakers? Wont get to try until commute home.

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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
I don't know, as I haven't tried it -- I use Bluetooth. Just a suggestion to try.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nhlpreds98:
Thanks everyone for all your hard work and great information for the LTE Nexus. Even though I modified my old Droid X dock and upgraded my 4Runner with a new alpine with BT & Pandora integration, I purchased the dock anyways so I don't have to plug it in every time. Thanks to all. VZ LTE Nexus, Extended Battery, No Case, No Cover.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] push2flush:
For those that have the dock, does it charge in AC mode? I just got the desktop dock in yesterday and it charges in USB mode, even though the cable i'm using works in AC mode when the phone isn't in the dock
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] fcbflo:
Charges in AC mode here...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] push2flush:
Car dock right? anyone here have the home dock also? I have the Verizon one but i'd imagine the charging aspect of both should be the same
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] namedkwon:
So how are people doing with the Verizon LTE version with extended battery for the landscape desktop dock?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] push2flush:
I just got mine in yesterday and it fits perfectly with the extended battery (2100). The only possible thing is it charges USB not AC, trying to see if that's happening to anyone else
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] namedkwon:
Thanks for the quick reply. You are saying that it only charges when the microUSB is connected to the computer?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] push2flush:
No its plugged into the wall. It charges is USB "mode" which is a MUCH slower charge than AC "mode". the cable i'm using is an official Samsung cable that when plugged directly into the phone charges in AC mode.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] btkli:
Dock Audio - in Mono?

I have been testing my Car dock for the past two days. Are you getting stereo sounds to your speakers when connected thru the dock? I mean I do hear sounds from both my speakers, but the sound doesn't appear to be stereo (2 channels). Anyone experiencing the same issues?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] namedkwon:
Oh wow... now I see what you are saying, thx. Dude that's freaking annoying... :(

Do you have a custom ROM and able to turn on the "Fast Charge" option?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Accord281:
A good way to test this would be the first 4 seconds of Flyleaf's Fully Alive. It alternates between channels at first so this would give a definite answer. I get my dock today so I will test it later if no one else has yet.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] push2flush:
I stopped messing w/ roms after the original Droid, so I keep it stock now. Maybe when I get 4.0.4 and it has "dock mode" it will do the more rapid charge...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dB Zac:
Yes I use Car home Ultra, but I have the Google car home APK's installed also (to test audio out function). I think the Google APK is what Car home Ultra uses to trigger its launch anyways. I like Car home Ultra since my radio is a Bluetooth hands free and Pandora radio, the functionality is better threw Bluetooth and Car Home Ultra automajicly turns Bluetooth on and off for me
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Wade-0:
Phone status says it's charging with USB on mine. I have USB Fast Charge enabled in my kernel though, so that shouldn't matter much. However, with music streaming over Bluetooth, Navigation, and screen on with auto brightness, it lost about 10% on my 20min drive to work today. :(
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
For the Google apk's:

Car Home is the actual app

Car Dock is what triggers Car Home to launch when you place it in the dock
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Wade-0:
I'm starting to wonder if the extended battery is causing the pogo pins to not make solid contact, and that's why the charging is so slow on mine, even with FFC enabled. My standard battery is at home, so I won't be able to test that theory out until later this evening.

Another thing, I'm using an aftermarket generic USB car charger (5v/1a) so I will test it again with the Samsung charger (which is ridiculously gigantic) and see if it switches to AC mode.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Sigismond0:
That's your problem! The Samsung charger that came with it is a 1 amp charger, while generics are 500 milliamp.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Accord281:
Yeah that's what is doing it. You will get A/C charging rate with the Samsung charger. It isn't necessarily what the charger outputs, but rather what the phone thinks it is plugged into. The generic ones often aren't made correctly and don't "jump" the data connections, so the phone thinks it is plugged into a computer and will only "accept" .5 amps.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] @rbiter:
No dice on speaker out during phone with google car apk. I just tested and it is still speakerphone. I am still hoping there is a workaround.

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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dru858:
Which model car charger comes with the Google Play car dock kit? I need to buy a new car charger and want to just go the official Samsung route. The Griffin PowerJolt Dual that I had been using with my Atrix 4G and BlackBerry is only charging my Nexus at the USB rate and not the AC rate. The charger charged both of my previous phones at 1amp... simultaneously. Though apparently it doesn't adhere to the "new" USB charging specs that the Nexus incorporates so... USB charging is all the Nexus will draw from it. Frustrating. Anyway, if someone could provide the model no. of the car charger included I'd appreciate it. :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] namedkwon:
I don't know man... 'push2flush' just said that his desk dock with the official samsung cable that he NORmally gets AC mode when directly connected with to the cable, is still giving USB mode. ****... I just ordered mine too...

Fixed
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] push2flush:
I think i'm starting to confuse people. My USB charging issue is with the DESKTOP DOCK, not the car dock. I didn't get my car dock in yet (monday).
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Accord281:
Yeah to avoid confusion here I am referring to the car dock. The desk dock does something internally to charge at USB rate no matter how it is plugged in. The car charger does allow for AC charge rate though.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] SaulBack:
So I leave my phone in the dock in the car when I'm at work. This morning when I went to work I pressed the power button to turn off the screen. At lunch, I pressed the power button to turn the screen back on. Nothing. I took it out of the dock and pressed the button. Nothing. A got a text message just then and it vibrated/rang and the notification light lit up. But the screen still wouldn't turn on. Anyone else see the same thing?

LTE AOKP Milestone 5. No car home apks installed. (Audio and charging work fine, although I don't know if it is 1 amp or 500 mAmps. How can I tell?)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] cheddaface:
I screwed up and bought the no pogo one on amazon but its fine for me i just put an NFC tag inside of it so it auto luanches car home. But what i was wondering is whats the best car home app??
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Accord281:
I got it. But the phone doesn't respond to being put in the dock. I used a test light and confirmed there is power at the pins in the dock. Don't know what to do now. Running AOKP milestone 5. Doesn't charge, no audio, nothing.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Sigismond0:
Did you make sure that the phone charges off of the USB cable that you're using to power the dock? If it charges there but not in the dock, sounds like you just got a defective unit.

On the volume rocker:

Shaving down the bottom end of the volume-down area fixes the problem there, but I also recommend using a razor to widen out the area on the front edge of the volume-up area. Mine had a nice click on volume-down but was mushy on volume-up, and widening the slot toward the front of the dock fixed that.

Attached are two photos. One is (a bad) shot of the modified volume rocker area. The other shows the only problem with the fit. It looks like the dock was made deep at the ass end of the phone to accomodate for thicker batteries, but not at the top. This is with the extended battery. We'll see if it still juts out like this when I can put the regular battery back in.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Accord281:
Yeah I did that.

Well I guess it doesn't contact my pins well. If I wedge it down with the volume side out a little bit it works.

Audio is definitely stereo. Make sure high quality is selected when streaming.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] btkli:
Hmm... I have high quality streaming selected, but I don't even use audio streaming. I have the songs on my phone (sync'd thru google Music). I can only hear mono sounds.

I will investigate this. I am running AOKP milestone 4 build 29. Maybe there are some features not enabled. I do notice that when I go into setting/dock/ my "audio settings when docked" feature seems to be disabled. I couldn't get in there to change the settings.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Wade-0:
I guess you guys don't understand that the FFC mod (Force Fast Charge) allows your phone to charge off USB at higher than .5a like it does when connected to an AC charger, so my 1.0a generic charger works just like the Samsung wall charger when it is connected directly to the micro usb port on the phone.

I just tested with the Samsung charger that came with the dock, and the phone reports AC with that one connected. So it appears, at this point at least, that the FFC mod doesn't work when charging via the pogo pins. Hopefully it can be corrected in code by the kernel devs and isn't something stupid being done in the dock's electronics.

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Mine is disabled too, running Codename 1.6 ROM (4.0.3).
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] subvertz:
Been using my homemade dock for over 3 months and confirm forced AC charge DOES WORK via pogo pins. Elleshoo has been doing even longer on his. You need to be sure that your source is capable of providing > 0.5 amps, and that the resistance between your D+ and D- pins is less than 200 ohms so it is sensed as an non-data source.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Ovrclck:
You should see a paperclip next to the thread name, I think there's two :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] quick_:
Questions for those with this pogo pin dock

1. Has anyone got it to charge showing "AC" in this Galaxy Nexus Car Dock?? If not that would be a deal breaker for me!???

2. I would like to know if somehow the Galaxy Nexus Car Dock doesn't give any noise over line out??

3. Also a few posts up someone mentioning they are getting Mono Audio, can anyone confirm 100% that this dock gives you stereo audio via the line out on the dock?? This would also be a deal breaker for me lol! Also what "high quality" streaming option are you guys talking about?? In apps like Pandora's settings or is there any option someone in the dock settings or on the phone????

Yes but that doesn't take into account the Car dock's internals... which could be causing it to only output USB charge mode (at least less than the 1.0a).

Side Note:

I tested some different USB cables with my griffin car charger with my galaxy nexus, one port on the charger give USB mode, other AC, and full 1.0a. This is with the stock rom 4.0.4, so I don't think you guys need a FFC mods on your phones??? Or am I missing something here?

I did find some microusb cables were giving me less than 1.0a (tested with a voltmeter). However I found one microusb (standard cable not modfied) that gives me full 1.0a. I am able to run bluetooth, GPS, music playback via headphone jack, with the screen staying on full brightness, and still charge the phone very fast... just as fast, if not faster than with the oem wall charger with the screen off. My only issue is lots of noise coming thru the headphone jack into my stereo when plugged into any car charger...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Sigismond0:
Yes. With the car charger included with the dock, it registers as charging AC. Most car adapters are not wired to work as such, so that would explain the hit-and-miss nature of the problem. I'm on stock 4.0.2 with no fastcharge kernel or anything, so everyone ought to be fine with the charger that came with the dock.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] quick_:
Thanks, whew!!!

Do you happen to know about these other q's?

1. I would like to know if somehow the Galaxy Nexus Car Dock doesn't give any noise over line out?? (note: i get noise when charging my GNEX with headphone jack connected to my car stereo, using all the car chargers I've tried.)

2. Also a few posts up someone mentioning they are getting Mono Audio, can anyone confirm 100% that this dock gives you stereo audio via the line out on the dock?? This would also be a deal breaker for me lol! Also what "high quality" streaming option are you guys talking about?? In apps like Pandora's settings or is there any option someone in the dock settings or on the phone????
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] @rbiter:
Have you made sure headphone jacks are plugged in ALL the way both sides?

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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] btkli:
1) I too have same issues with having some static noise when phone is connected to my car stereo using the 3.5mm jack while charging only. This seems like a typical problem with all Samsung phones (I had the same issue with my old Samsung Captivate) even when testing with different chargers. With the Car dock, I am still getting some static noise, but it is an improvement over not using the dock.

2) I am the one that has reported the issue with the mono sounds. I am trying to see if it's only my problem though, seems like someone here is reporting stereo sounds. The "High Quality Streaming" we are talking about is a setting in "Google Music" app (the default music app). I haven't tried using any other music apps, but I would imagine that it would be similar.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] quick_:
Thank you! Sucks to hear there is still engine noise thru headphone jack :(

Just read some more about the audio out on the Dock, turns out the pogo pins are sending audio out from the phone digitally (spdif) to the dock, which has some chip I guess that converts to analog for output via 3.5mm line out jack. Can't imagine it would output mono, must be either dock, or bad cable...??
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Accord281:
I am posting a YouTube video as we speak. Gonna take a bit to upload though.

I have successfully gotten stereo sound out of the dock.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Wade-0:
I guess you either missed, or didn't understand the part where I said my source is 1.0a and charges as such when plugged directly into my phone with the FFC mod enabled. When running it through the dock, however, it no longer charges at the higher rate.

Mine is the same brand (http://store.griffintechnology.com/smartphone/powerjolt-dual-universal-micro) but I've never noticed any difference between the ports when plugged directly into the phone. I'll try switching to the other one and see what happens.

Mine was stereo output via the aux when I tried it, but I use bluetooth primarily.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mattallica76:
The ground loop noise/static is easily cleaned up by these products-

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0031U1ATQ/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i00

or

http://www.amazon.com/GROUND-LOOP-ISOLATOR-3-5-APPLICATIONS/dp/B001EAQTRI/ref=pd_sim_e_1
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] quick_:
Great! No videos that I have found yet with the dock actually in use, or of the dock itself anywhere. Thanks!

Great, thanks! I have the same charger, try the other port I bet you it works! If it doesn't or gives low amps.. try some other cables... if you have a volt meter it might help when testing cables to see which gives the higher output (careful though I fried/melted one cable when trying to read the voltage/amps) Also I dunno if I was doing something wrong but I was getting some weird numbers with my volt meter, but I just picked the cable that we giving me the highest volts or amps ignoring the actual number.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Accord281:
After 10 minutes with screen on at full brightness, navigation running, and streaming music, it gained 2% battery. Not bad at all.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] pine1000:
I got mine from Google. Here's what I don't like about it:

1) It is way too big, way bigger than my nexus one dock

2) It is impossible to get my GSM GN into or out of the dock without having the volume or power button pressed

3) It is physically hard to get the phone in and out of the dock

4) There is apparently no way to control the volume of the audio out (I have been playing with this for the last hour, it either comes out at max volume or is totally muted).

I can't really recommend this dock, but if you have a GN there is really no other choice...

I may take the components out and make a custom smaller dock for my vehicle.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Antob125:
Can someone post a video on what they did to modify the car dock ordered from the play store to work with LTE Galaxy Nexus with Extended battery? I am thinking to buy off play store but I would like to see it if anyone has the time.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Accord281:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XST4dFDi0WY&feature=youtu.be

There we go. I have a good video of my cats playing too if you are bored :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] quick_:
Are you saying that the volume buttons on the side of the dock don't adjust the 3.5mm line out audio volume levels??

Also looking online there seems there was supposed to be notches for the power and volume buttons so that they don't get presses/stuck when inserting into the dock, check out these pictures...?!!!??

Did Samsung engineers forget to put the notches????
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] pine1000:
There are notches so that the volume and power buttons are not pressed once the phone is in the dock. However, it is impossible to get the phone into the dock without the lip of the dock pressing one or more buttons while it is going in.

I've just finished notching out the lip in front of the area for the volume buttons with an x-acto knife. It seemed to help greatly.

I have not found a way to adjust the line out volume. It seems that it is only intended to go to a line input for a device that would already have a volume control (like a car stereo). I guess I can live with that, but it's still irritating.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Antob125:
Excellent video thanks so much!

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] morbidz:
To get the volume buttons to align, push out the volume rocker from the dock, insert the phone and you'll see exactly how much needs to be trimmed off.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jcrupi:
Agree.

I'm pretty sure it's designed so you eventually break the buttons putting the phone into the dock or break something else trying to pry the thing out of the dock...because then you'd need a new phone...and then you'd need a new dock for your phone.

Dolla dolla bills, y'all.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] quick_:
I think the notches in the pictures are cut out of the lip/face leaving room for the buttons to slide in/out without getting stuck etc... but for some reason Samsung didn't actually put them in the final product??

Kind of annoying about the audio can't be adjusted, but I guess if you think about it, since the audio is actually coming out digitally from the phone to the dock, the volume would need to be on the dock side of things...

I'm not really sure of the implications of this as far as adjusting the volume levels nav/phone ringer/music/notifications... etc I would have to try it out to know if it will be a major issue I guess. Normally I like to keep the phone volume @ 75% when plugged into my car in case there is any clipping/distortion at 100%. I will have to turn down the gain on my amp I suppose depending on how loud it is...

Great video! Thank you!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bfroehlich:
ECA-U17CBE
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NCguy:
Do you have the GSM or verizon phone?

Edit: Can you post a photo of your notches?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dru858:
Thank you!!!