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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] MarcMaiden:
For those of you in the Bay Area, Frys Electronics sells the official 3 pin docks (both the car and desk). I remember seeing them for around $40-50. (this was in the Fremont, CA location)

Edit: I dont know if the verizon one will fit or not.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] frigidazzi:
Is there a website for them?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] MarcMaiden:
www.frys.com

I couldnt find phone accessories on the website though, maybe you'll have better luck than me
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hacku:
I found their phone accessories, but on the website the only ones they show are for the Galaxy Note. They show no docks for the Gnex.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NorCalDroid:
I'm in the bay area. I'm going to check out the Palo Alto store today. If not luv it over to the Fremont store. How long ago was this?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Sinergie:
In Holland the following website: www.smacc.nl has them in stock since today.

http://www.smacc.nl/samsungmobile/accessoire/samsung-ecs-k1f2-autohouder

Also spoke to Expansys NL and they said they will get them in stock within 2 days.

So it seems they are finally gonna be available after 5 months of waiting..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] muffnman:
Well, I hope so. For us US customers as well hopefully (I finally bit and preordered on the US site last night). I'm still betting that the car dock will work with the verizon lte model as long as your ROM is 4.0.4 and up. Pure speculation, but the evidence thus far as been based solely on the fact that the software update is what kept samsung from shipping the docks.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jdavet:
Thanks so much. Please keep us posted. I live in Richmond CA so I'm willing to make the drive if one of those stores has it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] yegoshin:
Which section of the store?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Knolly:
Wait what?

Did I miss something? The 3-pin car dock is actually out?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
Hell i want that so much!! .. any info for release in germany ?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] muffnman:
Amazon.de is selling it (preorder) and accepting intl shipping to the US for ~$90
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] yegoshin:
Fremont and Sunnyvale have nothing of this sort only the stuff for the note
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] spovat:
lets you go through the order but still says "item not available"
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] alessandro_xda:
Italian samsung customer service told me that cardocks will be shipped to shops within may.

I hope it's true...

Bye
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] yegoshin:
San Jose store has nothing ether, and none of them have missing shelf space or can find anything in the computer so I'm gonna have to say the op has mistaken the galaxy note docks for the ones we want.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Ovrclck:
You sure? I'm willing to stop by my local frys tonight if true..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] muffnman:
Test the verizon LTE version

To the first person who does acquire the dock: please

test the verizon lte version

of the galaxy nexus.

Charging

Audio pass through (BT ->> direct line aux out)

Thank you,
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ErismaSS:
that is what I was originally thinking...but now that I have looked into making my own dock, I wonder if the less than one millimeter difference in thickness between the CDMA and GSM versions might actually be enough to mess up the connection, seeing the pogo pins cell phone connectors are only about 1mm in diameter. Guess we will find out soon, hopefully...maybe if it is too thick you could just take a dremmel like tool and sand or grind away at the dock to make up for the small difference. There are almost 70 pages of posts and all of this stuff is just repeating...one person was posting pics of the two versions of the phone and it wasn't the thickness of the phone causing the difference in location of the 3 pin connectors but the difference from the top of the phone to the height of where the pins start. elleshoo posted a whole thread on a mod and said both types of the phone were put into the mod and both worked, so why wouldn't it be possible for samsung to manufacture something (page 52 (of this thread) post 518)...

I thought I had read somewhere that if you put a CDMA(aka LTE, verizon) version in the dock, it would only recognize the device if you physically held it in...meaning the contacts were off (not necessarily meaning that the phone wasn't held in place). I couldn't find the post... oh well.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] muffnman:
I'm aware of that as well. Essentially though, the difference is that while the desktop dock requires the user to simply slot in the device, the car dock holds it in more firmly. I'm less worried about the strength needed to hold it adjacent to the pins, and more worried about the fact that alignment will factor in so greatly. As you said, we'll see.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NorCalDroid:
Didn't have time today. Something came up. I guess we found out the Fremont store doesn't have anything. I will still check Palo Alto tomorrow before work this time.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jboonstra90:
Ordered one via smacc.nl yesterday. The shop seems to be the official Dutch samsung mobile accessories shop. I'll keep you guys updated!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
wow.. so after reading all of these posts I can conclude:

1. after many months we are still at step one

2. nobody actually has a 3pin dock in their hands

3. nobody knows if the 3 pin dock will work with Verizon or Sprint LTE phones

4. 3 pin dock in the US, bigfoot, loch ness, and the cake are all lies
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] @rbiter:
Santa claus nd Easter bunny are real.

let it be.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NCguy:
I've had a 3 pin gsm desk deck for a while now. They are easy to obtain.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Accord281:
This thread is about the CAR dock, not desk dock.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
fail

;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NCguy:
The two are clearly related. Maybe you don't care but somebody else might.

Edit: I got it at expansys usa
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] @rbiter:
Epic fail. Shooting for legendary fail?

let it be.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NCguy:
I edited my message because I actually got a PM from someone asking me where I got the Desk Dock. I realized he probably wasn't the only one interested.

I really think you stop harassing people or maybe you have nothing better to do?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] @rbiter:
Nobody was harassing you but the two are not clearly related and you say it is. And getting a pm about the desk dock in the CAR dock thread cements that. We are eagerly awaiting an OEM CAR solution.

let it be.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] spovat:
@rbiter is right...this thread is for the car dock, which is extremely rare. the desk dock on the other hand is not in as high demand and is readily available.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] roachkazy:
Was wondering if anyone was placing a pre order?

http://www.expansys-usa.com/samsung-google-galaxy-nexus-vehicle-mount-225505
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] automaddux:
continuing to argue a ridiculous point for nothing more than to just be right + adding "let it be" to the end of your post = Legendary Fail. Go read a book.

Trolls live under bridges
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NorCalDroid:
went to the Palo Alto Frys to see if they had the dock. It turns out they dont have it. Sucks.Î
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] SKYLINESSUCK:
Mine has been pre-ordered for months.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NCguy:
As has mine. The pre-order is riskless. They call you when the item arrives, ask you if you still want it, and if I remember correctly only charge you at the time it ships.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] crazylegs1:
wow 70 pages of missed revenue opportunity

The project manager for this phone should be slapped. By the time a Sprint-compatible version gets released, everyone will be wearing AR glasses.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mad_vtak:
So i can preorder now and they wont charge me till it finally ships?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] patruns:
That is correct.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mad_vtak:
and pre-ordered :o
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bldmovs:
I would pre-order but it says it isn't compatible with the 515. Darn it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jokeyrhyme:
This surprised me earlier today, from Mobicity.com.au:

As I've paid nearly AU$80 for this dock, I'm hoping they are sending me the one with the built-in charging / audio-routing.

Fingers crossed!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nex667:
I'm waiting for the release of the car dock in Germany, too. Crossing fingers that you get the one you want, maybe then it comes to europe soon.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jboonstra90:
I got mine yesterday, pogo pins working fine. Phone automatically switches to carmode (if charger is connected), also works fine with your regular charger. Audio out also works fine (tested it with my earbuds). I'm on AOKP Milestone 5 which is Android 4.0.4, I don't know how it will work out with 4.0.3.

I temporarily mounted it to the foot of my monitor, in that way this dock is a great desktop dock too. I'll test it in-car tomorrow on a long trip :)

Little pic now: (Google+ Link)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] umbrella42:
WOW :D

So it really does exist!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] wakd:
Just went to mobicity.com.au to order one after seeing that they shipped one to someone here today. Gone. Not on the site. Chatted with the live chat person on the site who couldn't find it either. These things are like sasquatch, or a yowie in my case...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NCguy:
Nice! I thought about using it as a desk dock like that since that is the only pogo dock that can be used vertically. I still might do that. That's a gsm dock I assume and I don't think there was a gsm 4.0.3 was there? At least not a stock one. It definitely isn't going to recognize the dock in 4.0.2.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] swb:
Excellent. Does anyone see a way to order from smacc.nl without paying VAT?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Sinbad_NI:
Thanks for the heads up... ordered and waiting not patiently for phone call LOL.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] alessandro_xda:
where did you buy it??
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] spovat:
that's the first one I've seen in the wild... very good news
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Ovrclck:
I hope it fits the 515!!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Sinergie:
@jboonstra

Thanks for letting us know. I had a pre-order with Expansys since january, called them on monday and they said they could deliver in two days so that would be yesterday.. so I called them again today and now they said they expect it at the end of this month..

So I will cancel my order with them and order with www.smacc.nl instead. Expansys is 50 euro + around 12 euro for delivery and with smacc it's 60 euro + 5 euro delivery. Who knows when Expansys will finally get them, maybe at the end of the month they will say: sorry not yet but maybe next month..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jboonstra90:
I bought it from smacc.nl it seems to be the dutch official samsung accessories webshop. Maybe there's one in Italy too, I guess they'll only send to addresses in the Netherlands. Product model of the dock is ECS-K1F2BEGSTD it has been shortened in the title of that page to ECS-K1F2

I'm not so sure it will, I can't really see if there's some free space left when my i9250 is in the dock. I guess not, the sides of the phone fit REALLY tight into the rubber ring of the dock. If the back fits just as tight the dock will not fit the 515. I'll take a look one of these days, maybe I can figure out somehow?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] takeagabu:
I think it will fit since it will probably fit the phone with the addition of the OEM extended battery and the thickness difference between the regular and extended battery is similar to the difference in the gsm vs lte
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] swb:
"Levering buiten Nederland is niet mogelijk"

"Delivery outside the Netherlands is not possible"
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Mehrsau:
I'll give them a call at 9am to ask for an exception ;) Need this in good'n'old Germany :p
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] fcbflo:
Sounds great :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] korkie:
good luck :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Mehrsau:
dropped them an e-mail. unfortunately their hotline seems to be either very busy or unmanned.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] diablonyc2:
70+ pages of posts until someone ACTUALLY has one of the elusive car docks! AMAZING!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] najaboy:
Bearing in mind that it was confirmed that our phone physically is incompatible with the GSM pogo pin desk dock, I wouldn't hold my breath
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mastermind26:
Found a seller for the fabled car dock in the UK

https : / / secure . mobilefun . co . uk

Mobile Fun in the UK has them for £53.49 (~$86).

Not sure who's willing to shell out nearly $100 for a car dock though. :(
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] descendency:
If I were you, I'd ebay that car dock for 100+ dollars.

I'm sure some crazy people would pay it given how hard it is to get right now.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mikedyk43:
$25 for the Verizon dock, an old Droid 3 car dock, pins from my unused Xoom dock and a soldering iron..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] merkman:
I'd have considered it, wanting to buy the damn thing and get it in my car... but since they are listed as being 4-6 weeks atm. :(
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hellboar:
If i knew for sure it would work on i515 id easy drop $100 on it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Sinergie:
Received the car holder today (also from smacc.nl). In my opinion it's the most beautiful car dock ever. It really looks sleek with the way the GNex integrates into the dock and on top of that control of the power and volume buttons works really well.

The audio and micro-usb ports on the dock are a bit close to the window, so it might take some fiddling to get the cable in.

The dock itself is a tight fit for the GNex, so it takes some force to push it out of the dock once it's in and that's especially hard to do when you try that with the dock still mounted on your window (pushing with one hand and trying to catch it with the other the moment it falls out), but that's ok because everything else is just great. The car holder is really stable, so no shaking occurs when you're driving.

When you connect the power cable in the dock the GNex automatically goes into Car Mode (see the screenshot below). There is a bug though which screws up the order of the apps in your folders.

Only thing what I miss now is the Google Car Home app, since you can't download that app from the Play Store saying it's incompatible with your device. What's up with that Google? Your own app not compatible with your current flagship?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mikedyk43:
Here is a copy of Google Car Home that runs perfectly on my Galaxy Nexus.

http://db.tt/6z5KaMZG
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
Could you test something for me ?!

I wanna know how they set up the audio redirect stuff...

1. Is audio instantly redirected through the docks ouput or do you have to press any further buttons to redirect ?

2. does audio redirection work with calls or just on movies/music ?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mad_vtak:
So it just launches "car home" and make everything landscape, no actual car home app like the previous N1 car dock did?

Right now i use the vzw on my GSM gnex and took off the samsung plate to fit a nfc tag that brings up the actual car home apk...i guess when the GSM car dock finally ships, i'll be doing the same thing (pre ordered with expansys)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Sinbad_NI:
Same here, hoping expansys pre-order is faster. Just have to wait and see.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Matridom:
Just so you guys know, we have cracked the signaling code for the third pin and have a functional demo. Audio is not working yet, but dock modes and AC charging are. $4 worth of parts to do it, not counting the Pogo pins themselves.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1614287

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mad_vtak:
will await your EDU
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] apaxi:
That is AWESOME Matridom! The former computer engineer in me was awakened when I saw your thread (and reference to digikey). Great work!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nex667:
Anyone knows if the car dock will fit a GNex with OEM 2000 mAh power battery?

Sry if this was already answered, I'm too dumb to find the search function in this threat :confused:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nawfboy09:
Does it only work if you have the 3 pin dock and it activates the app, because I can't seem to open it for use in the regular dock
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Monkoo:
So I've been lurking this thread from a while, months really.

Is the dock actually out???

The one people are posting now works with the LTE (Verizon in the US) version of the Galaxy Nexus?

---------- Post added at 02:15 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:11 PM ----------

I do not know for certain, but the older dock didn't fit the LTE version of the phone because it was 1mm to thick.

If there actually is a version now (not 100% sure, see previous post) that fits the LTE version, it almost certainly would not fit with an extended battery. Even the 'official' one that barely makes the phone any larger.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
I don't know if this helps at all wrt the car dock, but the desktop dock with pogo pins for the GSM version fits the GNex with the 2000mAh battery.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] @rbiter:
I really think the car dock will handle extended battery just fine.

...of the people, by the people, for the people...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NCguy:
How dare you mention the desktop dock in the car dock thread LOL. I can confirm the same as efrant with my dxxx dock and the 2000.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ErismaSS:
Happen to know where the post is that says it is 1 mm too thick...for a while that is what I was thinking and did some posting, but it might be the location of the pins in relation to the top of the phone(or bottom)...just want to make sure I'm not responsible for misinformation...(and all the info I have is from this thread just trying to keep facts straight from 70+pages)

annnnd is there actually any difference between the car docks released months ago and the car docks being released now or soon? I thought it just had to do with phone software...guess it would make sense there were updates to the dock...explain why its taking so long.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mikedyk43:
The Car Home app I posted earlier needs to be activated by either an OEM powered dock or another app. There is an app called "Car Mode" in the app store that will work which I attached here along with the Google Car Home APK:

http://db.tt/6z5KaMZG (Car Home app)

http://db.tt/RGyIUGlO (Car Mode app)

After the car home is opened you can go it's settings and choose to have it auto start when Bluetooth is connected and turn off when disconnected. This is how mine runs until I can get a real car dock that functions properly.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] korkie:
so smacc.nl is the one and only shop with this dock in the whole world?!?!

wierd!!!

damn i want this dock..... :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Mehrsau:
I got an answer from smacc.nl telling me that it is not, under no circumstances, possible to send this holder to Germany. *do'h*

Is there any friendly and understanding dutch soul out there which is willing to purchase another holder and send it to Germany? I would transfer the money, including the shipping fees, in advance, of course.

Please PM me if there is someone... ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] alessandro_xda:
good news!!

they are available in Italy too (28 available now)

i've just placed my order

€ 39,98 + 5,9€ (shipment) = € 45,88

...and no!, they don't ship outside italy :(

bye
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Mehrsau:
Alright... same question to you: Is it possible to order one more and forward it to me to Germany? ;-)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] alessandro_xda:
yes, but i don't have a clue about the price of such shipment and how to refund me... but it's better for us to talk using pm
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] contagous:
Please let us know if it will work with the VZW Gnex?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] alessandro_xda:
unfortunately vzw is quite uncommon in italy...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] alessandro_xda:
ooops, it is finally available on amazon.it!!!!!!! (sold by KAEL Shop)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Cheeze[iT]:
If only it can be shipped to the us. :(
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] King Speedy:
Hmm... I'm about to take a two-week trip to Italy with my VZW GNex in tow as my non-phone phone. I wonder if I could snag one of these babies...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] alessandro_xda:
Where will you go to Italy?

(If you need a shipping address and plan to go to bologna I can give you mine)

Bye
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Mehrsau:
Grazie, il tuo ordine è stato completato.

:D

What a funny language for me as German. Google Translate, thank you.

And of course, a big thank you to alessandro_xda!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] korkie:
do you have a link of this? i can´t find it on the amazon.it web.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] alessandro_xda:
Here

http://www.amazon.it/gp/aw/d/B006GJ5S2E/ref=aw_ls__1?coliid=I1UTT9MJFN80AR&colid=2VH7O5MCYK3HW

Bye
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] takeagabu:
Expansys update - They will probably be the ones to let us know whether the verizon galaxy nexus fits/works or not.

Hello, a little update:

Normally we will receive the stock before the end of the month and start shipping worldwide immediately.

We will run tests with the Verizon i515 as quickly as possible (will snatch one from the first batch).

eX-EC
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nex667:
It was listed as available on amazon.de marketplace a while ago. I mailed the seller if the were really in stock but didn't get a response. As Seller with a Freemail-adress I decided to not order it yet.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
:D bennys-store ?

I´ve seen the same! Trying to contact the seller by phone ended unsuccessfully..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Sinbad_NI:
This is the one with inbuilt pogo pins charger. Other, older one was just a fancy plastic mount I believe.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ErismaSS:
Yaaaaa I was talking about the pogo pin car dock, not the verizon mount...I thought a few pogo pin docks had been mistakenly released, but I found the post I must have been thinking of and it was referring to the desktop pogo pin dock(pg 55 post #546).

Post 394 on page 40 gives a link to the samsung sight and where it says that the verizon version will not work because of thickness...

And this probably threw me off...a video of someone with a pogo pin car dock in there hands...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Mehrsau:
Maybe some others are interested in the ongoing of my order in Italy. It just left the warehouse. So, in fact.. those holder are REAL! :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lucchi90:
finally it's here!!

(right at lunchtime)

:):)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jimbok:
Permission denied, cant see!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] spovat:
wow.. pretty envious. getting excited here
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Cheeze[iT]:
Hopefully they will available world wide or maybe pop up on ebay
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Sinbad_NI:
Good stuff... NOW WHERE'S MINE lol
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] frigidazzi:
Anyone in the us pre selling gsm car dock besides expansys?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Mehrsau:
Can anyone who already has it, report if there's a kind of plastic mounting plate for the dashboard within the box?

thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] takeagabu:
https://negrielectronics.com/samsung-galaxy-nexus-vehicle-dock-ecs-k1f2begstd.html
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] King Speedy:
I'll be in Alba. I've got an address...definitely tempted....
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] alessandro_xda:
it finally happened, it's here:

-it comes with a car charger with 1A output

btw: the manufacturing date is 19 april 2012

bye
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] patrickl:
It works great, but getting the phone out is a bit difficult.

Also a shame that it won't fit with a big battery attached. That's obvious though.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] halo0:
What about the official samsung upsized battery? it barely adds any bulk.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] najaboy:
Not taking preorders. They list it as discontinued. If you've been following this saga from a few months ago, it seems Negri has given up on ever carrying it and was genuinely pissed about the whole thing.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Mehrsau:
Any update on this? ;-)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] alessandro_xda:
no, no mounting plate