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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] xenokira:
I received my dock today! I ordered the dock from Google Play on Wednesday and wasn't expecting it until Monday, so it was definitely a nice surprise when I came home from work. For the record, I have an LTE Galaxy Nexus with the standard battery.

I just finished installing it and overall I'm pretty pleased. It's slightly larger than the plastic-only dock that Verizon previously sold, but it is a bit of a tighter fit, as others have reported. It's possible my previous mount's plastic wore a little bit that made it easier over time, but I don't remember it being quite as difficult when it was new as the GSM pogo pin dock to insert and remove the device.

I found sharpest thing I could fine in the house (dull knife) to shave down the plastic around the area the volume down button of the phone rests while in the dock. After spending a little while perfecting it, volume control works pretty well. Power button works without any modification.

Charging, using the supplied charger, also works great--charges as AC. My phone did overheat while using navigation, streaming music over Bluetooth, and charging though. The phone didn't reboot or shut itself off, but it just stopped charging. This has happened to me before with other devices. In the past, I've been able to change my vehicle's air to the windshield vent which tends to keep the device cool enough to continue charging, however I have not had time to test it with the LTE Galaxy Nexus and this dock.

Lastly, not sure anyone will be interested with all the pictures posted yesterday and today, but I took many pictures during my install. I even took some comparing it to the Verizon mount that I had installed previously. If anyone's interested, let me know. I need to track down the USB cable for my camera (apparently I didn't have an SD card in it).
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] coldfusionb:
I just got my dock and I can't get it to do anything but charge my phone. I am running AOKP 37. Does anyone else on this rom have it working right?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Antob125:
Would love pics! I just bought mine today and waiting for it on Monday to arrive. Would love to get an idea of what I will need to do once I get it.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] OSully:
What program do y'all recommend for in the dock? Car dock ultra looks great but its so damn ugly.

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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] morbidz:
what do you expect it to do?

i'm also on AOKP 37 and upon docking the Car Home app is launched and I have the NFC tag to turn on BT.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] diablonyc2:
I ust got my dock today from ExpansysUSA -- I have the GSM GN. All I can say is....ITS BIG!

I am trying to see where the best place for it would be...right now I have stuck to the shifter area. I hope I can get GPS reception from there.

Coming from an iPhone TomTom car dock...this is Godzilla!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] xenokira:
I looked around for my camera's USB cable I need but I can't find it (thank you for using a non-standard cable Nikon). I'm sure my wife knows where it is--I'll ask her as soon as she gets home from work.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Pinshooter:
Did you go into Setup/Dock with it docked and set up the Audio?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] coldfusionb:
L

I tried that it just says I need to dock my phone before I can adjust settings. Nothing at all launches when I dock the phone but it shows that it's charging.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Wade-0:
Doesn't work, that option is disabled for some reason. I confirmed on mine, the volume does nothing until it gets to the lowest setting, at which point it mutes. So it's FULL or MUTE. I tried running over AUX today instead of Bluetooth and I honestly don't see how you guys can stand it. You get NO control over the music or phone, and none of the other audio is output over the AUX.

With bluetooth the audio quality is just as good (at least on my setup), all audio is redirected to the stereo, the notifications/calls have a nice fade in/out effect if you are listening to music, and you can control playback, switch tracks, initiate/answer/end/ignore calls. Plus you don't have cords dangling everywhere. :cool:

Did you actually install the 2 apps that were posted on this thread to enable the car dock mode and install the car home? If you didn't, there's your problem.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] coldfusionb:
Nothing launches at all it. I don't get the normal pick what you want it to do pop up. All it will do is show that it's charging.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] coldfusionb:
I installed 2 apps I got from this thread is there a 3rd one I need?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gobluejd:
Little late to the game...your using the GSM desktop dock with your LTE? Did you buy off google play? Did you have to mod?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Wade-0:
I got the same result with both ports on the charger, and tried a Samsung USB cable with no change either. Weird that it works on yours, lucky break I guess! Since my goal is to hardwire the dock into the 12V system anyway, I'm going to just research how to mod a USB cable so it looks like it's AC instead. Or I'll just hack up the Samsung charger that came with the dock and bury it somewhere inside the dash.

Oh, and no noise on my AUX input, with either cable I tried. Maybe my head unit already has a filter in the jack? Or a better ground at least.

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No, those are the only apps you need. I'm sure there are better Car Home apps out there somewhere, but those should have been adequate to get you going. Maybe someone with the same ROM can help you troubleshoot. :confused:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] SKYLINESSUCK:
Are you guys still able to use bluetooth with out any problems? I'm not planning on using the line out for audio as I already have BT, and I also don't want more wires to route.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] morbidz:
Yeah, I'm using BT audio instead of line out w/o issues.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ErismaSS:
Well I've been playing around with the car dock for a while now....seems kind of temperamental. Had to uninstall reinstall the car home and car home launcher apk's a couple times...or car dock apk's all the same thing I think. Looked up car home apk and it gave me this link http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1081009 why the name has been changed I don't know. Maybe its an updated apk?

So before I did the uninstall reinstalls sometimes the audio wouldn't go through the jack and just come out of the phones speaker while showing that it was charging, Sometimes the charging would randomly come and go. For a little bit I was afraid that there was either a short or that it was pogo pin line up issue but now that its working it seems pretty solid....I didn't have it mounted to my car just testing in my apartment, though if I did shake it a bit it did lose the connections. Annnd when everything was working, the phone volume buttons controlled the audio out...think I saw someone complaining about that...

and it is stereo, but that was another thing I THINK I experienced when it was bugging, was sometimes the sound did seem off when It was coming through the aux...

oh ya and I'm on AOKP 37...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Accord281:
There seems to be a lot of misinformation floating around so I am going to set some facts straight and be done with my contribution :)

1. The supplied Samsung charger will charge the phone at AC rate (1 amp). Other car chargers are hit and miss.

2. The audio out is a line out only, meaning the phone volume DOES NOT control the volume of the audio played (except for mute). I had the volume at its lowest setting (above 0) and at its highest and there was NO difference in the volume played through my stereo.

3. Phone call audio is played through the phone speaker, not sent through the audio out. I'm fairly certain this is a software bug that will be fixed in the near future.

4. The dock DOES send stereo through the output. If you are only getting mono, then check the settings in whatever you are using to make sure you are streaming high quality.

5. The LTE model will work with the dock, though for me I had to shave down the inside of the dock a little to get the pins to keep contact with the phone. Others have not had to do this. I also did have to ream out the volume key opening as mentioned by others. It is easy to do.

These are things I know for a fact to be true. I have the dock and have played with it extensively today. Watch my video if you still have questions.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Antob125:
Where are the apps we should download for the car dock? Or may I have the names so I can dl.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Andrew025:
Anyone able to tell me how the power is supplied to the part that actually holds the phone or can take a picture of it? Just wondering if it can be separated from the base since I don't want to use it and I want to keep it like my current setup.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Wade-0:
There is circuitry in there for the power and S/PDIF DAC, so you'd have to tear it apart and relocate the circuit board. I just mounted mine above the dash clock, since it really only blocks the view of my JDM hood scoop there ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Andrew025:
ispsse Exped.

But does the base separate from the holder like the Verizon verison? Just mostly wanting to keep it how I have it since I hate having things on my window and leaving it there all the time.

I'm sure the circuit boards could easily fit behind the radio trim piece.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] canishu:
Can you plese tell us witch this 2 apps are?

the thread si huge now, and I've sean only talking about car home ultra.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
Click on the paperclip beside the thread name, and it will pull up a list of all the attachments in the thread.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ErismaSS:
aahhhhh I'm pretty sure the volume rocker buttons are controlling the aux line out for my car dock...maybe I'm not understanding your statement in #2... I'll test more later...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] @rbiter:
Should we start a bounty for phone out?

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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NCguy:
I think it would be useful to post the links to the car home apps in the first post if that's possible? It could take a while to find them embedded.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] fatttire:
Ugh, I hate Google's $10 shipping.

I ordered Wed morning, they didn't bother to ship until Thursday afternoon, and this morning my box is sitting 10 miles away at a UPS distribution center as of very late last night, but no Saturday delivery here as Google didn't want to include that fee when I paid for shipping.

I'm so spoiled by Amazon.com's shipping service.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ilikemoneygreen:
:o Shameful. You are right. :( It is clear we both cheat a lot though. a whole 4 posts for you and 12 for me, :D.

I have to point out though even on this forum i have more posts then you. haha seeing a pattern here? We wern't even trying to compete and i still win. somehow this morning my subconscious told me to grow my 4 posts in xda to 12. Destiny man, it was meant to happen. :cool:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Trusstopher:
Hahaha, guess some are just meant to be winners.... and to un-threadjack: How are you liking your G-Nex? Are you looking to get a car dock for it?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ilikemoneygreen:
Yes, i've been silently watching this thread. i want an actual car dock the way it was meant to be not a cheaped out one. $50 bill on my desk waiting for the actual car dock. Im not spending that much on a plastic holder. i passed on the current vz one but am in need of one because i frequently need it. so used to my d1 going in one and now im setting the nexus on my lap every time :(.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] cheesebanana:
I wonder if the official GSM dock comes with a micro USB cigarette charger? For fifty sheets I'd goddamn hope so.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Trusstopher:
The one on Clover claims to and has a picture of one, so I'd hope so.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rogue0wn:
Anyone know if the GSM dock works with the LTE GNexus with Ext. battery?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] boomerod:
I like that these guys are acknowledging that they will have USA buyers.

http://www.mobilefun.co.uk/genuine-samsung-galaxy-nexus-vehicle-dock-ecs-k1f2begstd-p33499.htm

--Edit--

Looks like Clove Tech is less expensive and also offers DHL Int'l. 57.66 pounds which is $90.01 as of today...about $5 less than Mobile Fun.

http://www.clove.co.uk/official-vehicle-dock-samsung-galaxy-nexus-ecs-k1f2begstd
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] iconoclastnet:
Of course I'd love a thinner galaxy nexus if all things were equal. Since they're not, I'd really love a verizon sized gsm nexus if it meant either (1) a verizon sized battery, or preferably (2) a verizon sized 32GB of internal storage. And if that also meant all galaxy nexus devices fit all other galaxy nexus docks/accessories, that would be well worth the extra 0.5mm thickness. But alas, we don't seem to have that option.

we can all speculate on why Samsung made the trade-offs they did despite the apparent disadvantages (in accessory confusion among other things) but I wouldn't completely discount the possibility that the right hand had no clue what the left hand was doing. :rolleyes:

A better question is, why the 2-3 month delay between selling the phone and selling the accessories that go with it?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] boomerod:
Speed to market and likely a time frame Samsung and Google worked out...it's annoying though, that's for sure.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rizzxx7:
doesn't make any sense why the main accessories are coming out so late, this car dock has been the best I've seen
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Charm8er:
I have the VZW Mount and I can assure you that it is just a holder for your phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] phazen18:
I've had 4 phones in the last 2.5 years or so, and I don't believe any of them had all their accessories ready to go at phone launch. In one case, the car dock wasn't available for a full 3 months.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] skaman9876:
really starting to get upset that they haven't released an actual car dock for this amazing phone yet.... Today I was driving down the highway smoking a cigarette and holding my Gnex in my hand while using it for navigation. Not very safe... If i would have gotten in an accident i would have blamed samsung/vzw lol. :mad:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] OSully:
The dock on fommy specifically says "You can also connect vehicle power charger directly to the mount." Why would you think it's not the correct one?

http://www.fommy.com/view-full-page.php?skuno=93056
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] typhoonz:
"Herbert-Richter-Halterung-Samsung-Galaxy" from amazon works fine for me, but without the 3-pin connector :-/

ps: cant post outsided links wtf -.-'
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] najaboy:
Because the part number is for the vzw dock, not the GSM dock and fommy has responded to inquiries affirming that it is, in fact, merely the vzw version without receptacles or pins. Price is also a giveaway- the GSM dock is significantly pricier than $47.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] oneeyedjoe:
FWIW, I specifically emailed them about this, and here's how the conversation went:

I figure I'll try and get it from them, and worst case they'll be refunding my order and paying for return shipping.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Evanture:
Actually, depending on how they handle the reasoning for return shipping, it might go a completely different way. The item is more than likely exactly as they claim it to be the one with the chargers on the base designed for teh GSM/ (Presently UK and International Version) However this will not fit your LTE/CDMA Verizon Wireless phone because of slight manufacturing differences such as the size is a tad bit bigger and such... Good luck though on the risk.. hope it works out.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] oneeyedjoe:
I'm pretty handy with a dremel. if it actually doesn't fit my phone, I'm pretty confident I can make it fit. The biggest risk of it not working is if the pins don't line up right or if they don't have the same function as for the GSM version. I seriously doubt samsung would go that far out of their way to make the two phones incompatible though.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] najaboy:
You might want to look at the replies posted to this thread on 24 Dec. Fommy had responded to another member confirming that this is indeed the same plastic holder that vzw sells. The part number listed on their site is that of $47 of disappointment.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NCguy:
Does tapatalk support this.?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] pine1000:
There are two PC boards in the base that connect to the USB and line out plugs. 3 wires come up from the base and into the part that holds the phone. There is a plug for the 3 wires where the phone holder part connects to the base.

I am planning on relocating the PC boards into smaller project box and then mounting the phone holder to a custom bracket. There should not be any soldering involved, there are plugs for the wires and the PC boards are held in with screws.

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You should not need two apps. Just look for Google CarHome, or one of the CarHome replacement apps that are on the market. (My favorite is CarHome Ultra).

When you place a phone into a hardware car dock, Android goes into "car mode". This is part of the OS and it enables the normal homescreen and dialer to work in landscape. If there are any Car Mode related apps installed, you will get a dialog asking which one to launch and if you would like to make it the default.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
No.

Google's Car Home comes with another app (called googlecardock in the post I made in this thread) which launches Car Home automatically when the phone is inserted into the dock.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] patruns:
Yes, it is a line out only and it says line out in the dock manual. As with any standard line out, volume is set and controled by whatever you plug the device into. In this case, your car's radio. It is purposely set up this way so that people do not blow out their systems with amplified sound already coming into the unit.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] coldfusionb:
I still can't get mine to bring up anything I get no audio all it will do is charge my phone. My phone is GSM and running AOKP 37. When it's docked if I look under docks in settings it says I must dock my phone even when my phone is docked. I have installed both apps from this thread and still no luck. I also did a clean install just to make sure and the same thing still happens. Any suggestions on what to do?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] litrekid:
seems that all the people who have problems are on AOKP. Im running CM9 and havent had any problems other than the volume rocker but that is a easy fix. Can anyone with a GSM phone confirm whether the phone sits flush in the mount or not. It seems the LTE sticks out a bit at the earpiece end. Just wondering.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Antob125:
Where can I Download googlecardock and Googlecarhome as I have a custom rom installed and don't have those 2 apps. And I also searched play store with no luck.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Wade-0:
there are wires running between them, so you'd have to disassemble the base. But yes, it looks like the holder can be separated if you tear the base apart first.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=26885082&postcount=1183

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=26880071&postcount=1176

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=26857834&postcount=1129

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=26791603&postcount=1043

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=26779885&postcount=1014

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=26779380&postcount=1012

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=26779313&postcount=1011

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=26700624&postcount=932
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] spartanhooah:
I keep seeing people say something like this in the thread, but I don't understand. Doesn't the launcher work in landscape anyway?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
The homes creen will go into landscape when the phone is inserted into the dock. That is the only way the launcher works in landscape on a stock ROM.

The dialer does not work well in landscape. You can NOT dial numbers in landscape, you can only select contacts.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ErismaSS:
ah alright patruns, that was an odd reply...so are you agreeing with me in response to Accord281 or what? I think you are agreeing with me, but I'm questioning whether all of your statements are directed at me or accord281.. What I'm saying is my phone volume is controlling the level of the volume coming out of car stereo....obviously not the car stereo's volume itself. As in the car stereo is the master volume control. If the car stereo is muted then obviously nothing will be heard from the phone regardless of the phone volume. If the car stereo is turned up, and the phone is turned up it will be heard. If the car stereo is turned up and I adjust the phone volume down the sound heard through the car stereo adjusts with phone. Which if I'm understanding accord281 correctly, his phone is not doing this....which would say to me that he may need to sand the volume buttons down a little...or maybe its a software thing...

wow communicating over the internet is tuff...not trying to be a jerk but sometimes it seems like simple ideas get lost...

I guess maybe the issue is that to me it is completely obvious that the phone would not adjust the ACTUAL car stereo's volume (if anyone knows the technical term?)...in what system can an aux line out control the masters volume? Like patruns said it would cause problems, and is it even physically possible to do this through 3.5mm audio cable alone?

Alright to reiterate, just because I read another post on someone saying the volume rocker does not do anything, my experience is that volume rocker controls phone volume, hence it controls the sound coming through the car speaker (how it would work otherwise I have no idea)...though maybe the difference is that I am using a poweramp playlist from the car home app, so I'm using the poweramp app for the music. Maybe that is what is causing the communication break down...the music function on my car home app says "activity not found"....
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] spartanhooah:
There it is. I have barely used the stock ROM.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mcgeefis:
Bluetooth phone calls not always working

I have a completely non-modified stock Verizon GNex still on 4.0.2. I got the same car dock everyone is chiming in about with the 3 pin functionality.

I used my swiss army knife and shaved off some of the plastic around the volume and power buttons and everything seemed to work fine at first.

Then I tried to make a phone call while syncing up my GNex to my Sonata via Bluetooth. The Sonata dialer made the outbound call, but the sound wasn't coming over my car speakers. Odd, right? I texted with the target of my call and he said he couldn't hear me talking either. Incredibly odd.

I tried this a few time and I had an incoming call too also come through the speakers as dead air. So, playing with the phone here and there by just trying to use the Sonata's voice commands to call my office phone, I discovered that if I am on my home screen on the phone, and if I turn the phone volume to the max, then my phone will make the outbound call. But I have to do this every time - make sure I am on the home screen, turn volume to the max, then use the car's bluetooth voice calling to make the call.

Anyone else have any weirdness with outbound or inbound phone calls over bluetooth when paired with your car? I am hoping this is a bug and it will be fixed with 4.0.4.