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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Justdoit2u:
Considering I have 4.0.4 on my Nexus that's a big fat no! I can't see what the problem is with the dock. I use Car Home Ultra and it automatically switches on whenever it reconises my Bluetooth car stereo! How hard would it be for Samsung to do an app for the dock and tell customers via a box sticker and in box leaflet to download it in order for the dock to work?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chidychi:
Expansys seems to have received the desktop docks.... hopefully the car dock will follow...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] spovat:
oh man, if only. it'll make my GN complete =)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] SNaReX:
I hope so

I really get bored of checking this website everyday

http://www.expansys-usa.com/samsung-google-galaxy-nexus-vehicle-mount-225505/
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DrZEUS:
I ordered the Brodit car dock...can't wait around for the Samsung car dock any longer. I hope the Brodit is good.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] svtfmook:
the brodit looks solid, but, $90!

lol, my $14 arkon from amazon has been working just fine no my last 3 devices...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] SNaReX:
I sent email to expansys now. I will share their response.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DrZEUS:
What did you email them?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] SKYLINESSUCK:
I ordered the desktop dock and pre-ordered the car charger from them just now in anticipation of it dropping soon. We'll see.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gogreenbay07:
I really want the car dock for the app "ionroad". I just found it today and I really want a good dock to use with it :(. I'm sure I'll end up getting the desktop dock sooner or later as well.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DrZEUS:
In my opinion the desktop dock is way overpriced. All it does is charge and hold the phone. The desktop stand charges the phone, holds it and even charges a spare battery for less than half the price.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] MartinW81:
Not all, it also gives you line out or optic S/PDIF out. And it communicates thru bluetooth, maybe that's why it's a bit pricy?

So it contains a bluetooth-chip and a D/A-converter as well.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] SNaReX:
I received response from expansys-usa

It is time to look for good car dock
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] spovat:
nooo. damn expansys playing the "it's been pushed back" game when they probably never got an actual date. just keeping potential customers on edge
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ellesshoo:
Fellas.... you all just need to get over this and realize if this thing ever comes it will still be late and over priced. Do yourselves a favor, do the touchstone mod or the vzw car dock pogo pin mod. You'll forget all about this Samsung/Google abortion.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Cheeze[iT]:
Got a link to the touchstone mod or the Verizon car dock pogo pin mod?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ellesshoo:
Touchstone Mod

http://forums.androidcentral.com/showthread.php?t=147840

Pogo Pin VZW Mod

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1493797
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] svtfmook:
does the vzw dock fit the gsm nexus?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] senf:
Yes. I'm using it for mine until the pogo dock is released.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] descendency:
Anyone have any luck getting a GSM Car Dock, yet?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] subvertz:
Negative. No credible release date in sight. At this point it's still make your own or live with plugging in a universal everytime your in the car. A few DITY options are featured here.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] daverab:
Expansys Date

Just wanted to give a heads up to those keeping hope. I personally am and in the pre-order queue through Expansys-usa.

Just got off the phone with the reps. The new release date they have is April-30.

This time it might be real. I mean 4.0.4 came out (ok, and then was pulled and whatnot due to signal issues).

Anyways, it's at least some sort of news for you all to look at.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Samzebian:
Was about to go and buy one of the Verizon car docks myself and attempt the Pogo pin mod. Might not have to :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] yegoshin:
I got tired of waiting for the official dock (even google employees can't get their hands on one) so I bought this one off ebay and have to say it will work out perfectly. Much smaller then the verizon one - MUCH cheaper, and overall a great buy.

Samsung disappoints yet again. Nexus one was the best experience with a no expense spared type of attitude, Galaxy Nexus is a joke on the end user.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DrZEUS:
They (Expansys) have updated their ETAs 10 times now...this new date should only be taken as a guideline...its nothing concrete...don't get your hopes up.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] SKYLINESSUCK:
Yeah, I just talked to the Expansys lady as well and she told me April 30th. I asked her if that date was going to slip and she said this date hasn't slipped since they got it and people have been asking a LOT about it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DrZEUS:
lol none of the dates they had before "slipped" with the exception of one or two. They tend to slip on the date that they are supposed to be available, and we won't know until the 30th what happens....so I would still take any dates they provide with a grain of salt.

My Brodit should be in any day now!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bcrook:
I gave up and ordered the Brodit/Proclip. I ordered the 'fixed' installation version so I could more easily pass it through my vent. Unfortunately, the 'plug' on one end of the wire (from the dock wire to the DC/AC converter/xformer) is too big for the vent holes. Luckily, you can disconnect the USB wire from the dock.

My recommendation is if anyone wants to integrate the dock w/ your car as best as possible, get the one w/ the cigarette lighter and hardwire in a cigarette adapter. It'll be less of a pain to install.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DrZEUS:
Just got my Brodit yesterday. Didnt end up getting the vent clip for it...not a big fan of the idea quite frankly. Instead I've been using Panavise car specific brackets over the years and find it's the best mount/bracket you can have in any car. 3M two sided tape mounts the Brodit holder to the Panavise bracket and voila, a totally "stock" looking setup. Will post up pics soon.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bcrook:
I don't love it either, especially the way it fits on top of the trim on my Mazda3. Which bracket did you get?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DrZEUS:
I've been using platform specific brackets from Panavise on the past two cars I've owned. They are the nicest most functional brackets I've seen on the market. They install into your dash giving an OEM style look. They normally install in behind your DIN/Double DIN and require pulling out your DIN and mounting in behind it.

Here is the link to their site:

http://www.panavise.com/index.html?pageID=1&id1=30&startat=1&--woSECTIONSdatarq=30&--SECTIONSword=ww

Just select your make and model for your application.

Here are some pics I snapped with my GNex just now:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] boogaley:
Totally agree with you on Nexus One having been the best experience. Maybe it was because Google took such a big role in marketing, selling, and developing the product. What upset me the most was after Samsung made the Nexus S (and flopped on it), why did Google choose them again to do the Galaxy Nexus? I was so hoping that Google would have chosen HTC again. They had the charger and car charger pretty much at the time of the launch of the phone! Why can phones be pushed out so fast with so many design changes but take 'years' to get the accessories out? Doesn't make sense.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] El Daddy:
The desk dock came out a month after the N1 launch. The car dock was more than 3 months after.

There was a wait involved then too.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Cheesejam:
Just a thought for those waiting for the car dock...

I too was waiting for the car dock, but I just decided to buy an alternative instead: a new car stereo. I bought a new car stereo for about 200$ (this is with installation costs) and sold my old one for 50$. The stereo I got had a usb port in the back and was Bluetooth enabled. I had some guys run a micro usb cable from the back of the radio to my center console (wire not visible, inside the car).

Then, I used Tasker so that when my phone starts usb charging in my car through the cable, Bluetooth is automatically turned on and connected, and my music automatically starts playing. I can also use all of my voice commands through the radio and make calls. The only downside to my particular alternative is no visible screen while driving for GPS, etc. However, I believe this to be dangerous anyway, and anything I need of my phone while driving can be done through the audio with voice commands! (calls, texts, GPS, music). This problem could easily be fixed with a cheap universal dock. Also, plugging in my phone only takes a second, so it really isn't any slower than sliding it into a dock.

So overall, I basically got all of the features that I wanted of the anticipated car dock for about 150$. Plus, I got a sweet new stereo! Just a thought for those of you who were sick of waiting like me!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] automaddux:
I had a question to anyone using the brodit dock. if you plug your aux input do you get a buzzing sound while it's charging? this has been an issue with me with both cars I've owned (Honda civic, Chevy Equinox). and was curious if this might eliminate the problem.

I imagine the reason they stayed with Sammy is contract reasons. I bet the next Nexus we see will be from LG or HTC
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bcrook:
I had this issue previously with my Mazda3. It was actually really bad on that car. I also had an older Corolla that had no issues at all (w/ an aftermarket deck). The problem comes from charging the phone while you have it plugged into AUX in. I think a lot of cars have a 'dirty' ground, that isn't truly ground, so you get a lot of feedback. On my car, it was even worse when it revved (from the alternator).

To fix it, I did two things. 1) I made sure the power source I was plugging into was nicely grounded. I had the advantage of having wired my own cigarette lighter jack in behind my dash. I then ran the cable from my N1 dock to that through some vents. If you're using the built in one, you might not be able to change how it's grounded. I was able to find a bolt on my firewall that held the fuse box in place. It was on bare metal so I wrapped my grounding wire around that. I had previously had a crappier connection to ground so doing this made a huge difference, but I still heard the whining.

2) I purchased a ground loop isolator that went in between the phone and the stereo by plugging into the stereo AUX-in and then going to my phone. It's a small box but you would want to find a place to tuck it out of the way, I would think. This worked for me because the Mazda3 I have doesn't have an AUX in. You actually have to buy a 3rd party adapter that fits into the tape deck input on the bottom of the headunit (I had to pull it out of the dash). I was able to put the ground loop isolator in behind the dash so it couldn't be seen. With a factory one, you can't do that, you'll have to be crafty with where it goes.

For interests sake, here is the ground loop isolator I bought: Ground Loop Isolator [eBay]

It has been PERFECT. I get awesome sound from my phone now...there is absolutely zero whine. I also didn't notice a change in audio quality or volume.

I hope this was helpful a bit, it might not apply to much if you're using the car's existing AUX & cigarette lighter ports, but it should point you in the right direction.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] garyd9:
Motorola... Google will have much more "internal" control over the device if made by a company they own.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] SNaReX:
Any updates?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] takeagabu:
The latest post from expansys (posted on 4/12) is that the supplier's new estimate is now May 6th. Maybe it's even later by now.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Naex:
Is there an existing car dock that passes all of the USB connector's pins through to a jack on the dock? If such a product exists, perhaps we can use an MHL adapter combined with an HDMI to Analog converter?

MHL Adapter:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16875994879

HDMI to Analog Converter:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002WBOQPU...e=asn&creative=395129&creativeASIN=B002WBOQPU
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] btkli:
Dock has been discontinued?

So I have been waiting for my car dock from Bell.ca since December. Last night, I asked for an update again, and today I got the following response:

"Thank you for shopping online at bell.ca.

We've received your order but unfortunately, the product you selected has been discontinued by the manufacturer. We have cancelled your order and applied a credit of $95.99 to you according to your original method of payment."

So I guess this dock has been discontinued even without it being sold? How disappointing....
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sacksyboy:
I don't know how much longer I can hold out. I really want this dock and I am a patient man...but this is getting crazy even for me.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ninjai117:
I just don't get it. There's such a demand for these docks, and they advertise it at release (yay false advertising), and they never come to exist.

Car docks are HUGE, IMO. Now that we have A2DP decks and 3.5mm in them as well, it's a quite sweet setup for a media device (which is mainly what I used my nexus one dock for). Not to mention most vehicles these days have BT calling capabilities and a GPS is a damn nice thing to have. ALL of this **** can be done on a smartphone these days so why the **** not have the damn car dock? It just makes everything in the car so much easier!

COME ON, WE NEED THIS!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] btkli:
Now, this is only Bell's response to me. I don't know if someone can confirm with the other stores? This item is no longer on the Bell.ca website.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DrZEUS:
With 4.0.4 OTA rolling out, and the added "dock" function in it, there is a good chance the May 6th date from Expansys will hold true.

I for one ended up passing on this dock as I couldn't wait any longer.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ellesshoo:
I keep checking back on this thread now only because at this point it's comical how inept either/both Samsung & Google are in this situation. I love imagining what would happen if Apple botched such an active accessory on their flagship device (it would get ugly).

It's like they stuck a mysterious socket on the phone and are just hoping everyone forgets about it. Seriously, what other device has a completely useless connection built in, one that no average consumer could plug in to even if they wanted? If you can name one that's even been remotely successful I'd be amazed.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] HybridByNature:
Well, if there is no dock for this phone by the time another awesome phone drops (SGIII). Then I'm out. Charging your phone off a car dock is BASIC ****. It's been 6 MONTHS! This is ridiculous and unacceptable. **** that.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] HideYoKids:
Going to have to agree. I love this phone, I really really do. But from day 1 I wanted the car dock, regardless of price. I had it ordered at Bell the day I picked up the handset, back in December. I've got a hardware upgrade available too so I'll be getting a GSIII for $150-200
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] btkli:
Expansys Response

So I posted Bell.ca's comment to me on Expansys forum to see if they can confirm the same. And here is their response:

"Lately we have been reading and hearing many different and contradictory statements regarding this dock, so please do not jump to conclusions.

We are working hard on gathering information and will publish an update as soon as we have something really reliable. Hopefully today or tomorrow."

So I guess we'll get a confirmation soon from them too. So keeping my fingers crossed...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Accord281:
I called Samsung Accessories after reading your comment and they said that they have not heard anything about it being discontinued and gave me the whole "it is delayed because of a software bug" speech again. So I'm leaning towards bell being mistaken. Crossing my fingers too.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nawfboy09:
I'm going to have to agree I bought my phone off contract but if rumors are true that the SG3 is going to Verizon I will for sure be getting it...unless the other rumors are true where Samsung is going to make it a dual core phone because of the lte even though the GSM version and LTE Korean version will include an exynos quad core...I hope the last rumor is incorrect
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Kenorn:
This is BS...

I don't think I can wait any longer.

I wonder how it would work if I Frankenstein these 2 things together:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] fatttire:
That won't be pretty.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] moe6:
Frankenstein is obviously beautiful.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] haydonxda:
Yup. That's why I'm not getting another Samsung anything.

The phone will be obsolete by the time they release the promised accessories. Err, if they release them.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] subvertz:
Here is my Frankendock. While it is not pretty, it is still functional a month later, and as far as I know there are only 3 of us that are charging on homemade pogos without the inductive touchstone mod.

I'd say go for it, but take pictures along the way!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Matridom:
I'm going to be making one myself, I have high hopes for this thread, I'm just waiting on the AC charging to work with the pogo pins sans custom kernel, then i'm going to town.

Mine is going to use an otterbox commuter with slipgrip mount.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
Well, I have the desktop dock, and charging via pogo pins works just fine on the stock IMM76D/I kernels.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Matridom:
Correct. The OEM dock signals the phone to switch to AC charge mode.

Custom docks don't have this signalling, hence when a charge is placed on the pogo pins, the phone defaults to USB charging. since USB charging is at .5 amps, (instead of the 1 amp on AC charge), the charging can't keep up with the power draw in navigation mode (GPS is a biatch on power consumption). A custom kernel can force the phone into AC charge mode without the signalling, this is what all the current DIY docks/touchstone mods rely on.

Edit: Wanted to add that the signalling also enables the built in "dock" mode that is found in the settings menu, another item that none of the DIY docks can do.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
Thanks for the explanation. This is out of my area of expertise, but could one not take the "internals" out of a desktop dock and somehow incorporate that into a car dock?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Matridom:
I could, but i won't for several reasons; the desk dock puts the phone into a "Deskmode" the phone (according to source code) supports a "Carmode", I would want this for the car. The desk mount is overpriced, i don't want SPDIF out, I don't want to pay international shipping, exchange rate, duties etc. It would easily cost me over $100, then to just tear that apart for something that will be close to what i want? I'll pass.

I just AC charging, car mode would be a bonus, $10 in electronics should do the job just fine. Besides, with a simplified circuit, less electronics need to be hidden, making for a cleaner final product.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] artkrz:
So here's some news from Expansys:

http://www.expansys.com/ft.aspx?k=253316&page=3

I really want to believe that end of May is the date, if it still won't happen, I'm getting Proclip and moding it with NFC as I did with my crappy dock I'm using at the moment.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hpolack:
Latest news from Expansys

I just got off the phone with Expansys. I am sorry if this is bad news to some, but it sounds like France will be getting a drop shipment at the end of May and then US will get them shipped from France to fill orders within the first week of June. You might see one in the US by mid-June. The only good news in all of this is that they have not given up on producing them despite having issues. My understanding is that it is an actual hardware issue with the pogo pins connecting. Something was mentioned that the magnets are used and that part was not working??????

Anyway, I am sorry many of you have been waiting so long. I just got my Google Nexus last week, so I can bare another couple of months. I have been using a modified Fuse dock that I have for my SkyRocket. I am in the midst of determining which I want to keep, but frankly the feel of the Google Nexus is better, the unlocked tethering and everything else is nicer, the NFC purchase capabilities is cool (I am in the card payments business), and the battery life is XXXX times better. The only disappointment is the the 4G and LTE where I was getting 40-50 meg downloads in some areas. The funny part is the SkyRocket dock won't come out before the Nexus car dock, so I think it is the Nexus for me and I will download slower until Google Nexus 2.

BTW, I have tried custom roms for SkyRocket for battery, and near ICS (leaked), but it does not compare to the clean version on the Nexus. The battery life sux, and the tethering does not work all that well(consistent). Also, it looks like the SkyRocket might have the darn sliding usb dock like the Captivate(Yes, I owned the Crappy and waited 3 months for that dock to work). I can tell you that the sound quality out of the Crappy USB Dock base is Horrible compared to the headset jack and I suspect the same will be true for SkyRocket. Trust me when I say I tried custom roms, equalizers and everything else and could not get the Crappy to have a good quality output. I am holding out hopes that the POGOs will give a good high quality sound output.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] artkrz:
I thought that pogo pins on this dock are for charging only and audio goes via aux port with BT module build in it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bcrook:
That's how the Nexus One dock worked but I believe it was determined that this dock was someone using one of the pins for audio.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Matridom:
Yup

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=24806362&postcount=122
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] brandonb81:
I am extremely disappointed this isn't out yet. :(
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] docmars:
Yeah. Definitely bull**** that they can't even do so much as respond to the demand for an official car dock for US customers. On top of that, they're losing so much money to have this much demand and not acknowledge it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] LAYGO:
I've been using a Mountek 5000 for my EVO. WOrks ok with my GNex too, but I hate the vol/power button placement. I have to raise the phone a lil higher so the clamp isn't hitting the vol down. Easy access to a regular ol charging cable.

I use a Nokia BH-214 plugged into Aux to give me BT access/handsfree. Works pretty good. As a backup, I've got a Monster SoniTalk that works pretty good too. I don't use my stock stereo barely at all. Eventually, I'm putting a tablet in place of my stock stereo.

Here's my EVO plugged in:

Could EASILY stick an NFC tag here:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Dragonsla:
As long as it actually does get released, I will be happy :) Hopefully no more than $60 tho......
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bcrook:
I put one in the centre of my ProClip and it gets picked up right when the plug gets seated. Its perfect. I bought 5 from Tag stand and used NFC Tag Launcher to write the task to it. That task fires a Tasker task that I use to launch car mode.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] McDizzle:
What did you end up getting? How well is it working out for you? I really need a car dock, and think I am finished waiting for this one. Suggestions?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] HinotoriBR:
I'm using a generic Chinese one, bought from Deal Extreme but you probably can find it everywhere... No pogo pins or docking detection but works just fine as long as you can live with attaching an USB charger to the phone.

If you need docking detection, you can probably use llama or any other NFC task launcher along with an adhesive NFC tag that you can stick to the mount.

Much cheaper, tight fit, good grip, but no pogo pins and no docking detection (but you can work around this). And it is available right now.

You might use Verizon official dock this way as well...