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[Galaxy Note II Accessories] iBOLT Support 1:
You are welcome to return your dock if it does not meet your expectation.

Let me address three issues:

1. If the Charging Arm when inserted into the phone and connected to a power source does not charge your phone, you must have a defect. I would recommend calling our tech support 1-435-674-3512 (M-F 8-5 MST) and we can help you with a solution. Or email at info@ibolt.co.

2. There seems to be a lot of confusion on what exactly the Charging Arm initiates. Samsung has decided, just like they did in the international versions of Jelly Bean, to not install a "Car Dock" mode in the Note II. The only dock mode is the Smart Dock mode. If your phone is not going into the Dock mode, go to settings / accessory / Desk home screen display - make sure the box has a check mark in it. When it does, the Charging Arm (labeled SAM) will start the Smart Dock mode. Once the default is set, it will open every time. If you need help changing the default, we can provide assistance.

3. Current driving apps don't support the Smart Dock trigger. As mentioned in an earlier post, iBOLT has reached out to a few of the more popular "Car Dock" developers and shared with them what Samsung has done. If you have CarHome Ultra, you know that it only starts when the Car mode is triggered. It is our understanding that an update allowing the Smart Dock mode to trigger CHU will be coming. Not sure when.

For those who have already purchased an iBOLT xProDock, you should be receiving an email (Amazon purchases) this week with a new App that we are pre-launching. It is still in development but the need to support a "Car Dock" app that is triggered by the Smart Dock Charging Arm has been overwhelming. We are excited to offer this free of charge for a limited time to help with these issues. As with all products / software, there is a development roadmap and we have many features planned but not yet ready. Please know that we are doing this at this time to support you and our product.

This forum can be awesome for new ideas and suggestions but also brutal on the slightest issues. Good things take time and we hope to have the App in beta very soon. With the help of this forum, we hope to continue to make improvements in all we do.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] finalhit:
Made sure the option is checked, plugged the arm into device device in, it started charging. ..but no smart dock mode.

I'm on sprint note 2 stock rooted.

I smell the mhl adapter fiasco all over again.

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[Galaxy Note II Accessories] nunyabiziz:
Im using at&t note 2 with a ported n7100 rom and dock mode works with the usb arm. It works with the arm and both with and without power connected. I for one am happy so far with my iBolt dock.:good: From this thread I see there are people unhappy with the product but I do give ibolt as a company points for trying to correct the bumps along the road.

Update: Damn! I would have been a Super Super happy customer if I could have got the dock for the $10 price on Amazon right now!
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] finalhit:
Omg...whats with the sale? With all these hassle, I think I deserve that discount

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[Galaxy Note II Accessories] nunyabiziz:
Okay guys, I will share my current setup to help anyone with issues on getting any dock apps to launch. Carhome ultra is my personal choice but you can use whatever dock app you like. First download "sony smart connect" and carhome ultra from play store. Launch smart connect then under "events" enable View. After that edit view "do this" and select carhome ultra as a start application. At this point you can customize carhome to your liking. The first time after the above setup has been completed and you plug in the usb arm make sure you select carhome as the default app to always launch. Hope this helps and if is a question or a mistake on my part please let me know. ENJOY
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] Keanen:
It seems that I missed it?! Back to $40
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] finalhit:
did anyone else get the arm..

just noticed mine says "UNS"...i read somewhere that theirs says "SAM". maybe that's why mine doesn't work? (universal vs samsung?)
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] borgdog:
My arm does say SAM and does work, that may be your issue. I'd call iBolt at the number a few posts up and I'm sure they'll straighten it out quick.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] TwiztedIndian:
Yeah, looks like he's not the only one... Got mine today and it is UNS marked as well. Called their number and left a message. Hopefully I'll hear back from them tomorrow. Not the end of the world but at the same time, very annoying.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] JimSmith94:
Are you sure you're not reading SAM upside down?!? :silly:
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] MikaelPe:
The xProDock will include the 9ft USB/aux-out cable...

Well, sometimes as a manufacturer you're right and sometimes you're wrong!:)

In recent days we made the decision to NOT include the microUSB/aux-out cable with the xProDock as many customers had reported that they already have audio/music Bluetooth streaming (formally called A2DP) in the cars and don't really need, or even want, a 3.5 mm aux cable solution. However, it appears that we were wrong! Due to a large quantity of emails, phone calls and postings we have decided to put the cable back in as a standard component for everyone that has purchased, or will purchase the xProDock through end of March 2013. The only limitation is that this terrific 9ft cable will be delivered in the 2nd half of March. This as we have completely redesigned it to make it even better. xPro buyers will receive email notifications from us through the Amazon system.

Thanks for supporting this most interesting and spirited thread!
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] farfromovin:
That's great news about the cable. Hopefully after a 2 month wait, it won't disappoint and will be able to support the 1.5-2.0A that quality car chargers can provide. As I've stated before, I'm very worried about the length of that cable influencing charging current. Fingers crossed!
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] ProximaC:
That is fantastic news! Not all of us have bluetooth enabled vehicles. It's still not standard on most new vehicles. It wasn't in my 2012 Tundra for example.

Just to be clear, this means that even though I bought your xProDock last week (via Amazon), I will be getting the audio cable?
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] nunyabiziz:
Here is clip of the dock in action.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z7fElwNnEw&feature=youtube_gdata_player
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] zen0s:
When you plug in, does lock screen & phone screen (while in call) rotates too?
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] JonBryant:
Received mine. It has a tag on it labeled "UNS" It does not do anything besides charge. Did i get the wrong cable? Also would have liked to seen the cable about an inch and a half shorter.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] nunyabiziz:
Dial pad does rotate to landscape. As for lock screen, it does not go back to it. To be clear it just default back to the main screen of Carhome and I have set my display to never turn off.

http://db.tt/T25KJtfj

http://db.tt/OoxDHyEN
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] MikaelPe:
CarHome Ultra for xProDock coming soon

Update: The Developer of the popular car-mode application CarHome Ultra will be releasing an update of the their app within the next week that supports the xProDock. All Galaxy S 3's and Note II's should work with this. We've tested the app today and found it to work exactly as it should with the Samsung Smartdock mode. Sounds like this will make a lot of customers happy!? Enjoy your evening!
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] oducks:
Doing this just made the desktop dock mode come on, not the car dock. When I use an NFC tag to turn on car dock and car mode, it works fine.

Hoping the new CHU version works right.

Man, this is A LOT more work than I thought it was going to be when I bought the thing. :(
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] LunarSoul:
Yup mine says UNS, doesn't do anything but charge...
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] loktite:
Do you have an update as to when this item will be prime eligible?
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] MikaelPe:
LunarSoul, please send an email back through the Amazon system and we'll get the Samsung cable in the mail tomorrow Thursday to you!
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] finalhit:
I emailed them for the same issue. Their sending a replacement. They have decent customer support..just wished there werent so many issues to begin with.

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[Galaxy Note II Accessories] raiu:
I have also started using nova launcher and it launches the sammmy's desktop app as it should. Make sure you are using a micro usb cable and not a car charger. That was what my issue was. I was using a rocketfish car charger from bestbuy plugged into the arm pigtail and it would disable the dock mode screen. Once I used just the cable to a USB charger it worked fine. :good:
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] MikaelPe:
New video describing Samsung's Smartdock mode...

As all avid readers of this thread knows Samsung decided with the Jellybean release to NOT include support for "traditional" Android car-mode anymore, except for Galaxy S3's if they are issued by certain US Carriers. Instead their worldwide solution for Note II, Galaxy SIII and presumably forthcoming handsets is to have ONE dock mode, so called "Smartdock" mode.

This is not necessarily a bad change. Within a month or two we anticipate that most popular "car-mode" apps will have been ported by their developer to work with the "Smartdock" mode as well so from an end-user perspective the change will be almost transparent. We at iBOLT are a main "driver" in this process. First out will be the popular application CarHome Ultra which will be updated to support Smartdock mode within the next week.

The only main difference we've seen so far between "car-mode" and "Smartdock mode" is that the icons on the home screen do not turn horizontal automatically with Smartdock mode, although that's probably not so important if you automatically launch a car-home application with your Dock. To clarify to 100% how the Samsung "Smartdock mode" works with a car-dock (in this case xProDock) we've create another little video describing the functionality as well as how the Samsung "default dock" app works. The video is intended also for anyone that has bought, or is thinking about getting the xProDock... Here's the link to the video... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkmr5wYWcMA
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] Keanen:
Nice work iBolt! Please set this item up for Amazon Prime.

Sent from my Galaxy Note 2 on Verizon Wireless
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] MikaelPe:
We will set up for Amazon Prime as soon as we have more inventory. It's much better for the manufacturer too with having them handle all the shipping & stuff...
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] Keanen:
Great! Any ETA?

Also, do you have thoughts on this mount working on future Samsung devices?

Sent from my Galaxy Note 2 on Verizon Wireless
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] LunarSoul:
So yeah, iBolt fixed the UNS arm thing and they're sending me a new one. Awesome customer support.

As for the dock, it's been rock solid so far. The only issue I have is the rubber grips in the front. They don't (or at least mine didn't) take well to trying to place the phone in the dock quickly and accidentally brushing up against them.

This is what happened:

Not a big deal for me, the dock still does it's job.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] KEYofR:
Then what happens when you dock your phone on an actual smart dock on your nightstand or your desk at work? It launches your car mode app?
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] finalhit:
It will

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[Galaxy Note II Accessories] JonBryant:
They are sending me out the SAM charging cable as well. I received the UNS one by accident. Was told that the UNS arm is what you are going to use with the fancy cable that they are shipping out mid March.

After a few weeks of use, my dock is holding up pretty well. 2 things i would like to see changed would be the little feet that hold the bottom of the phone, they pull out way to easy, but have this really awkward tab on the bottom to push them back in. I wish that the feet were locked into place, only able to move with the push of a small button, or a pull of the tab. Another thing is the ball joint. Too loose. I've tried electrical tape, scotch tape, duck tape and rubber washers. Still can't get it to tighten up and hold it in 1 place when removing/inserting the phone.

I think the spring tention is perfect. I used the dock in a bobcat for 3 days during this big snow storm we had in New England. Stuck it to the window next to me in portrait, and it NEVER even slipped. I hit some nasty curbs that hurt pretty bad, but the mount held strong. Pretty damn good for a big phone like the note 2.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] MikaelPe:
Yes, there's only one "Smartdock mode" going forward. However, I am confident you will see the typical car-mode apps with boxes for shortcuts, apps etc. morph into dual functionality so they have a "home docking" screen too.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] osiedacz:
Hi MikaelPe,

Since you seem to have the Dev's ear, it would be great if you could persuade them to add the ability to toggle Samsung's Driving Mode with their app too. Driving Mode is the feature where the phone will read your messages and alerts to you.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] JimSmith94:
Well that sucks and doesn't make sense to me. On my Galaxy S2 I used desk dock mode in my desk dock at home and car dock mode in the car dock in my car. Each dock had its own wiring to determine which mode to open.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] KEYofR:
I guess they expect everyone to use nfc tags. Nevermind there isn't always any good place to physically put one. Never mind it may be ugly. Samsung really are pretty annoying even while they may make a sweet piece of hardware.

I had no idea before buying just how retarded proprietary the mhl jack was. I already have standard 5 pin mhl adapters that I was using xwith my ltevo. They worked fine. Why in the world does samsung have to make a bizarro incompatible plug to do the same job? Oh yeah it had sensible car mode and desktop mode too. Who knew it was some exotic use case to have both a car AND a desk? And allsare?? Don't even get me started... the least actual sharing protocol I ever saw...
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] finalhit:
Technically... we still have car dock mode. It just needs to be triggered differently. I do it via tasker and my phone connecting to my car via bluetooth.

I guess another alternative is if you dont have bt enabled car is no wifi + charging. There are many ways to do it.

Then with this, trigger car dock mode, then you'll be given the option of your car dock app.

This way you'll have an option to use a different app for smart dock mode.

Of course, you can't use ibolts arm because it would trigger smart dock mode. Maybe theyll sell their UNS arm separately.

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[Galaxy Note II Accessories] KEYofR:
In my hacked htc hd2 dock lately I just use nova lancher which rotates automatically, and no dedicated car mode. Bigger icons would be nice and alternate home screen layouts and icon & widget choices would be nice, but just rotating to landscape is good enough for now. As it happens this dock I'm using does have a flat surface that might be just close enough to the nfc antenna. Just annoyed at Samsung.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] JonBryant:
Anyone know how to get Carhome ultra to be the default program to launch when i plug in the dock connector? It launches the clock app. I don't remember setting anything as the default before hand.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] nunyabiziz:
Check out my post for my setup.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] JonBryant:
Thanks. That worked. I was just hoping that it would work like MikaelPe had shown in the video. Just plug in the cable, select carhome ultra, and boom, it launches carhome ultra when the dock connecter is plugged in without having to use a different app to launch carhome. I had it carhome setup to launch when BT connected but it just defeats the purpose of having a car dock.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] nunyabiziz:
Glad to hear that it worked for you.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] finalhit:
Reading is fundamental ;)

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[Galaxy Note II Accessories] MikaelPe:
Ulysse Speedometer becoming xProDock compatible..

We just received the updated app today for the popular application Ulysse Speedometer so within not too many days this app too will be formally updated on Google Play with the note that it works as "Dock app" with the xProDock and Samsung's Smartdock mode. Greetings!
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] ChrisEmerson:
Am I right in thinking that flashing the Perseus kernel enables you to have car mode as well as smart dock mode? I'm trying to decide which route to go down when making my own cable, and I don't want (for example) my car apps to open when I plug it into a smart dock so it would be good to be able to tell the difference between the two.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] LunarSoul:
Got the new cable and I'm using Tasker to do a whole bunch of stuff when the cable is plugged in including launching CarHome. Works incredibly well.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] KDurantula:
I found This, it is made for driving and it also has big icons! Someone also mentioned in the thread that it works on the note 2.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] D3_:
Any updates on when the charging/aux out cable will be available to purchase separately? The dock itself is a bit pricey at almost £50 in the UK, so I bought the official galaxy s3 one instead, but the cable got this dock could still come in handy.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] rfs830:
i hope ibolt gets all this squared away. I need a car dock and I hope to orders there. just want wait 3 months for get all the parts.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] raiu:
I have found that in order to get everything to rotate from portrait to landscape you need to have the sammy "dock screen" activate then activate car home ultra ( i made car home ultra on of the apps on the list of the "dock screen". Doing this will make your calls and everything else that was previously portrait only come in as landscape. I am going to continue testing but this is what i have come up with so far. I will also shoot some video of this tonight if i can. :good:

PS I don't think Car home ultra has sent out the update to make it the default program for public use yet.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] dpeay718:
The charging option is not a necessity for me. However, an aux built in would be fantastic.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] serpa4:
Yep, Mine is doing the same thing. Both feet are chewed slightly. It's been less than two months. Guess it might look like crap in another 2 months. Ashame.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] schale01:
So according to the Product preview you cannot get phone calls through the USB-Aux Cable, phone speaker only. Has anyone found a workaround to fix this? Perseus kernel? Different Roms? Other workarounds?
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] KEYofR:
Yes it's called bluetooth
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] schale01:
I will not be using a Bluetooth headset nor does my car have Bluetooth so this is really not an option. I'm sure CM10.1 or Paranoid Rom might support it but I was wondering if any have tried yet or if there is another mod I can perform for the stock touchwiz rom.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] Sir_Jizzalot:
Does anyone know where/how I can purchase one of these in Australia please? I know I can purchase one from amazon.de, but the postage charge is around $80 from there for this item which makes that route unfeasible.

Thanks.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] nunyabiziz:
CHU has been updated to support iBolt docks.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] kbrn:
Ok iBolt guys.. I've been waiting patiently until you finally decide to make this product ready for Amazon Prime and I'm running out of patience LoL!

(Me hates paying for shipping)

Also the last pic of the rubber grips in the front getting chewed up after just a month of use posted by LunarSoul isn't helping much either :laugh:

so WHEN?? or I might just have to go get me a cheap 3.99 Chinese dock from eBay

Thank you! :D
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] MikaelPe:
We will send it to Amazon for filled by Amazon as soon as we have more inventory, should be about two weeks. Thanks for being patient.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] MikaelPe:
We expect to have the cable as a separate item by the end of March on the UK site. Final prices in pounds are not set but it will be reasonable. We will make the cable available to all European Amazon stores and also a few select retail partners.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] MikaelPe:
The challenge is NOT to get the sound from the call to the car-speakers. There are apps like Sound Redirect etc. that can do that. The problem is that there is no software inside the Samsung phone that knows that it should go to "hands-free mode", which includes activating background noise and echo cancelling software, like the Motorola phones. So the result is that the driver can hear the calling party perfectly clear through the car-speakers but the other party can not hear the driver. On their side it will sound exactly as if have placed the phone 3 feet away and you have a lot of background noise. The famous "you sound like you're in a submarine / tunnel - call me when you get to a land line" comments will be heard. Sorry, limitation from Samsung, no can no... Unless somehow know something we should know (entirely possible!):)
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] MikaelPe:
Jon, the CarHome Ultra was updated yesterday and is now supporting the xProDock so all Note II owner can a have a true "car-mode" experience again... More apps coming soon.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] JonBryant:
Updated and it works great! Thanks for the great car dock!
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] GOTFrogqc:
just wondering how far can you sttrech the aux and usb plugs, cause my aux plug is in the center console and cig lighter is in the dash, got a maxda3 2007 but cant plug anything in the power out near the aux plug, no noise filter so music just suck if plugged in there
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] raiu:
I just got the update from CHU yesterday and can confirm that it does bring up the "use always" or "just once" option screen. Setting CHU as the default will make the calls come in in landscape if that is what you want also. It actually works nicely now :good::good::highfive:

Also the rubber feet on my dock is also rubbing off.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] dkb218:
I've been using the dock for about a month now. While it's great for what it does, the spring tension is really tight. I noticed a video you guys put out that showed a women placing a Note into the dock one handed. There is no way I can do that on my dock. Did you guys make design changes after the first batch went out?
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] finalhit:
9ft I believe

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[Galaxy Note II Accessories] ntron1:
Likely not to far but you can use an AUX extension cable if needed.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] jackgan:
It will be great if the cable can follow the direction or the phone micro USB port as for now the cable will greatly curve when turn the phone from horizontal to vertical.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] loktite:
Would heat shrink tube be a feasible option for protecting the feet (perhaps a 3:1 or 4:1 ratio)? Just throwing idea, looking for a better solution.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] MikaelPe:
The new cable will be 9ft but we are putting the divider between the aux-out and the USB charging put 2 ft from the bottom so you can "stretch" up to 4 ft in between the two. We measured the widest distance we could find between the aux-in and the charging port. On some large SUV we found the charging port in between the seat, in the armrest and the charging port (actually an iPod connection) in the glove compartment so we figured that would probably be maximum. Summary: 4 ft or 1.2 meter distance between the two plugs...