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[Galaxy Note II Accessories] slaakker:
Lots of good ideas here. I absolutely love my S3 ibolt car dock. Whatever you do, do it quick so I can buy one. Yes, 9ft for cord is too long.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] myv6mustang:
Please let us know when this is out. I would like to purchase one.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] drexappeal:
I drive a Benz w/ Bose Audio system, so it wouldn't be a "cheap" alternative for me. A conversion of the entire system would cost thousands, due to the fiber optics. And even the work-around for the fiber optics is a PITA.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] PCS524:
Galaxy Note 2 navigation car dock

I would love to see suction cup holder for the Note 2 with a flexible position neck. Car Mode is a must have. Flexible Micro USB. 2.5mm aux-out. Not to bulky so I can see around the whole thing with the phone in it on my dash. Pretty much like the design for the OEM Samsung ECS-K1E1BEGSTA that the Note 1 uses. Must be really easy (one handed?) and secure do to the phones weight. And a charger capable of powering everything at full Blast

Thanks!
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] da_nyce1:
I don't own the Note, yet, but I really like the Samsung generic car mount: ECS-K200BEG. It's one of the few accessories I plan to get ASAP.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] csmits:
any word one when this dock is coming out. I need a good dock for this beauty of a phablet.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] ChrisEmerson:
Is there any news yet?

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At this rate I'm tempted to just get the official mount and try and modify it to have a fixed USB connection myself. Car mounts for this phone are being very slow to come out!
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] melvinchng:
You can make your own dock btw... I did that for my nexus s as nexus s is very rare here.

The picture below is the one that I made for my nexus. The dock can be removed from the stand.

I will make a video to make a dock when I get my note 2.

Accidentally sent from my Google Nexus S
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] NewMC:
I agree with this post, the perfect dock would have all of these features included. There are so many case options anymore that we need one great dock that will accommodate them all. Audio output would be great, either ship the dock with a detachable cable or make it retractable;). Users need the ability to dock in landscape or portrait without "car mode" locking their screen into landscape. It also would be helpful to some to be able to record or take photos while docked. The LED, which on most docks just shows that power is supplied, can either be removed or relocated to the rear or plug. At night these can sometimes become a distraction or too bright for some people. Thanks for your time!

P.S. ~ I will gladly review your dock for you once you have a few completed!:D
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] csmits:
I send them (iBolt) an email to ask when they would be releasing it.

This was their answer:

"Thank you for your e-mail and your interest in our products.

We are planning something that will accommodate the Note, to be released after the first of the year. Keep checking our website for updates.

Have a great day."

Not completely sure what is meant, but if it means it will only be out by 2013, that would be a bummer :eek:
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] ChrisEmerson:
Ah, screw that then. I can't wait that long for a dock! It was looking so hopeful here as well :/
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] iondokk:
I have the second dock sbown here for my sIII it was originally made for the Nexus I believe. I use it everyday and after buying several aftermarket docs I'm really going to miss it. Copy copy copy....
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] ChrisEmerson:
I've now bought the Samsung dock, and it's good. I'll be looking at trying to fix a Micro USB adapter in place permanently so I can just slot the phone in, and having it activate car mode too by wiring in the correct resistor when I get a chance (Assuming the car mode issue is fixed as well - I've heard it doesn't activate car mode properly at the moment).

New year is way too long to wait for a new product release I'm afraid, and I can't put my faith in a company that says it's going to come and answer comments in a week, then just disappears!

Anyone else who wants a car dock now, I got part number ECS-K200BEGSTD - it says it's for the S3 most places, but the Note II fits perfectly as well, no buttons covered or anything like that.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] RambJoe:
Yeah my Samsung universal car dock came yesterday from Handtec. It's listed as a Note 2 dock there, but it has the same model.

Is it possible to get into car mode from just the software?

It would be cool to save your GPS location when you take the car charger out, is that possible, or maybe I could use NFC?
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] finalhit:
Pretty good

swyped all these spelling errors from my galaxy note 2
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] kumite2010:
I received my unit yesterday so I havent used it for long. My first impressions are well built and appears sturdy. Looks great as well.

That being said the springs are way too tight! Inserting and taking my phone out will cause the mount to tilt up because you need to exert a lot of force to pull up the sliding arm. And this is with the mount tightened as much as possible.

I dont mind repositioning the mount but in time you just know the tightening mechanism will eventually loosen up if you keep having to do that

I do like the mount and if the springs were lighter this unit would be perfect. As it stands right now those springs are a deal breaker and I just cant recommend it.

Just change those springs out and you'll have a winner and while you're at it mail me some of those new springs as well.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] JonBryant:
I've found that after a week or so of use, it seems to be a little easier to get in and out of the case. I don't know if its the springs loosening up or i'm just getting use to it. I still find myself repositioning the phone after every time put it in it. I'll try a small piece of electrical tape tomorrow and see if it helps.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] TwiztedIndian:
Got my dock today and I have to agree the spring on this is WAY to tight. Also I noticed that there was not USB arm included... I admit I have not been watching the forums closely but I was under the impression that it came with the little USB pass-through to the bendy USB arm?
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] TwiztedIndian:
So being ever curious I wanted to see the mechanism that they designed this with so I popped it apart. If you want to do this also just slide the bottom mounting points upward off the main back that houses the spring loaded top clamp, Once you get that off remove the four screws and you can open the main housing up which is pretty simple really...

While I had it apart I played around with stretching the springs out a bit to loosen things up since I knew I could replace them after seeing them. I started by just removing one spring but that was to loose so I then hyper stretched just one to see how that changed things up but it was still a bit tight... So I finally stretched the other to around the same amount and reassembled and I like the feel much better... The mount still flexes just a bit under the pressure but not near as much as it did before to the extent of causing the ball joint to move.

If you do this be careful as you can easily over stretch the springs... I stretched mine to the point that they still had light tension when closed all the way. Also, be aware that doing this would probably void any warranty this has.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] rph10319:
Ok...TwiztedIndian i think your indication are good...Now, it is very important that USB reinforced arm to have a USB conector very small (material thickness which wrap the plug to be very small) so that the connector can be inserted into the phone whatever the type of the phone covers you use.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] farfromovin:
Is that the latest estimate? 2 month delay on the cable after the mount was released? I could just get a $5 ebay cable that will allow audio out via USB while running Perseus kernel... This is getting ridiculous.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] kumite2010:
Thank you for this. I was thinking about doing this myself but instead of stretching out the springs I was going to look for lighter tension springs.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] finalhit:
According to their email the preorder people should get theirs on feb 7. Hopefully, this is still true.

swyped all these spelling errors from my galaxy note 2
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] Tomo1971:
I've just taken mine apart and stretched the springs as above. Seems to of worked and putting the phone in doesn't flex the mount as much.

Sent from my Samsung Note II.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] ntron1:
It is now March....

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=37025420&postcount=21
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] farfromovin:
Oh man, that's kinda garbage. I'm feeling like ordering a $5 ebay cable to tide me over. I just did a 128gb sdcard hack and now have my whole library on my device. Really kinda wanted to start using it... :crying:
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] kumite2010:
Update: So I hit up some hobby stores but couldn't find any suitable springs. I ended up taking out one spring and that seems to work best for me.

I dont know why they made the springs so tight. Maybe for portrait mode mounting but for landscape it's overkill.

Anyways right now Im really happy with this mount. I guess if we can mod our phone exactly the way we want, then the same can be said about the mount :)
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] finalhit:
I've read that, although i'm still hoping that pertains to the second batch of orders (the ones that ship end of January) and still hoping that "pre-order" batch gets the first batch of cables as well.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] TwiztedIndian:
Just found another issue that makes this "Perfect Vehicle Dock for the Note 2" not so... perfect...

I recall there being a requests to embed NFC into the dock and such but the OP stated that they would not embed NFC and rather leave it up the user who could just put a NFC sticker onto the dock, which seemed logical... So I was about to head out for the day and install my dock and remembered to grab and NFC to pop onto the dock to allow me to automate some things. Thankfully I thought about it before wasting the sticker because the back body of the mount is way to narrow to place a NFC sticker on it and expect the NFC reader (located up near the camera) in the phone to hit it... So, I guess that's out, I guess we would just have to just put the NFC sticker somewhere else in the car and touch the phone to it before mounting and after dismounting. Grrr...

I'm really unsure what, other than maybe the retention arm, iBolt actually listened to from the users on this thread...
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] soulesschild:
So far my dock is doing great. Haven't found a good air vent mounting solution that isn't super flimsy, but my 5 dollar arkon vent mount works good enough and for 5 bucks, I can't complain. Using it in portrait mode with a Defender case. Nice and secure.

I did just get an email stating that they got the Samsung charging Arm in but the usb/aux cable will be delayed due to the Chinese New Year and will be shipping at the end of March. Owners are given an option of,

1. Shipping Arm to now, get usb/aux cable at end of march

2. Shipping arm + 10ft usb ONLY cable, you will have to purchase the usb/aux cable individually if you change your mind

3. Wait until they have both and have both shipped out to you at end of march.

I chose option 1 :)
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] Buda76:
I just saw the email from amazon giving us options on getting the USB arm now and waiting for the cable vs other options. I have some questions that I need answered before I can chose.

How does the USB Audio capabilities work with the cable in these scenarios?

3.5mm Jack is not plugged in

3.5mm Jack is plugged in... does phone default to USB audio or can this be overridden on phone?

The reason for asking is that I have to use an iSimple adapter in my car for an AUX port. If i'm not listening to my phone audio via the car radio, then do I have to have the USB cable 3.5mm jack unplugged for the audio to stay on the phone or can I easily change where the audio is going to on the phone even if the 3.5mm jack is plugged in?

If the USB with Audio cable forces the phone to use the USB audio even if 3.5mm jack is unplugged, then this might not be an option for me. Especially since I'm looking at getting a Bluetooth receiver down the road.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] nicholasch18:
Just got my dock about a week ago. I really like it and think that when I get the Micro USB arm it will be nearly perfect for what I need. The mount is super solid and doesn't vibrate any more that any of the iPhone or Galaxy S3 mounts I've had (about 6 total). I just got word from ibolt on Amazon that i should get the arm sometime end of this week or early next week. I have done the fix that ibolt suggested to keep the socket tight and once I really cranked down on it I really haven't had any problems taking my phone in or out. You just have to go STRAIGHT UP! You can not push back on the mount at all. After a few days of using the mount I have not had any issues at all. I do use bluetooth for audio in my car so I'm not really worried about the USB cable with the audio out.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] JimSmith94:
I thought they posted that car dock mode is working with their dock, so no NFC sticker is necessary?!?
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] Buda76:
Unless you want bluetooth or other functions/apps activated/deactivated too.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] TwiztedIndian:
Exactly...
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] finalhit:
Couldn't you use card dock as the trigger for what ever you want to do in tasker?

As I understand it... having the phone lay constantly on an nfc chip can cause multiple triggers.

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[Galaxy Note II Accessories] Hgaara:
What's the difference between these two?

http://www.iboltshop.com/iBOLT-IBU-33405-ProDock-Plus-Kit/dp/B007QWJAWO

http://www.iboltshop.com/iBOLT-xProDock-Samsung-microUSB-charging/dp/B00AOCSFYC

Can someone please explain them before I purchase one.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] D3_:
They said it may work with Perseus kernel, as that had something to do with car dock mode enabled a while ago, but I'm boy sure if anybody has actually tested it.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] finalhit:
The first one is universal

The second one, although also universal, the arm attachment is designed for Samsung phones and will trigger desktop dock mode.

For the gnote 2, definitely go for the second one.

swyped all these spelling errors from my galaxy note 2
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] KEYofR:
Requires two hands and multiple steps to dock/undock. And ugly. Garbage.

The Proclip is almost ideal in terms of usage but even uglier.

Please somebody make a dock like the one for the htc hero. Includes usb charging and doesn't even look like it should be possible because it's just this thin chrome arm with ball joints on each end, coming out of this clean black anodised machined aluminum cone base. Twist lock mechanism to pull the suction cup so no ugly latches, the whole cone shaped base just twists.

You buy a beautiful car and a beautiful phone and then are forced to live with a wide selection of all equally crappy car docks. Ugh!
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] aniket.sananse:
This is awesome. .. I wanna buy it. .. But how should I buy it ?? There is no link to buy it ..
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] sshafranko:
Here you go: http://amzn.com/B00AOCSFYC
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] soulesschild:
Each to his own. The car dock was made in mind to accommodate the largest cases, aka the Otterbox Defender. There's plenty of other solutions if you don't use such a hefty case, some of those nifty magnetic ones come to mind such as iMagnetic, Tetra Xway, etc.

I myself love the dock with teh combo of an arkon vent mount. Still need to do the electrical tape mod and figure out a way to make the arkon mount more rigid but all in all, works great and is very secure in portrait mode with my Otterbox Defender.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] Hgaara:
Okay, I want to buy the one for the Galaxy note 2. But what's this about the springs being stiff and something about a steel usb arm?

Sent from my SGH-T889
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] D3_:
Both things you've asked about have been talked about in this thread. It's not hard to use the search function.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] KEYofR:
Correction. The good looking, good working, car dock wasn't for HTC Hero, it was for HTC HD2, hacked a little for the original HTC EVO 4G, then later HTC came out with an official one almost the same for the EVO 4G but they kind of screwed up the EVO 4G one. Unnecessarily ugly clips all around the phone, and part of it covers up the camera for no reason. The modified HD2 dock holds the phone just fine and doesn't cover the camera, and no wings on all sides of the phone, just a neat clip on the top & bottom. But I see why they did the part that covers the camera, it wasn't because of the camera, it was so the clip could avoid pressing the power button on top. The modified HD2 clip did press the power button during dock/undock.

http://htcpedia.com/news/htc-evo-4g-car-kit-self-made.html

http://shop.htcpedia.com/htc-evo-4g-car-dock-kit-cradle.html?compability_product=795

This is what mine looked like for the almost 2 years I had the OG EVO 4G. No wings or extra clips. Clean and neat and it worked great.

https://plus.google.com/photos/118440353893255425460/albums/5841714737428065873

In my case I had it mounted on the dash instead of on the windshield and the usb cable came up out of a seam in the dash only about 2 inches from the base, so it had usb power without any wires dangling.

Also being mounted to the dash instead of a vent, it didn't have hot air blowing on it all winter. It wouldn't have cold air in the summer anyways because it's a convertible and the top is never up when unless it's either raining or cold. But I concede having cold air blowing on the phone all summer as most people would have, would be valuable. Besides in NJ we have many more months of cold than we do of hot so it still works out even for normal cars.

Audio is just done by bluetooth. Bluetooth head units and bluetooth adapter kits abound these days. The car didn't have bt in the factory head unit and I didn't have to install an after market head unit either. iSimple makes adapter kits that wire-in behind the stereo and tie right in to the factory stereo menus and steering wheel controls via the same protocol the XM uses. all invisible except the microphone you have to stick somewhere. And even damage free. You don't cut any wires, just plug in a new wiring harness.

Anyways. This is what I mean by clean and neat looking. Cheap is nice but some standards are nice once in a while too.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] farfromovin:
I opted for option 1. I'll hook up my own cable to the dock for charging purposes only as soon as I get the arm in the mail. Really can't wait to get the audio splitter setup. Too bad it'll take 4ever, but iBolt has been pretty decent communicating their issues via email at least.

Sent from my GIANT internet thingy.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] KEYofR:
Well I did it. It took 2 hammers, a human thumb and a pound of butter but we got 'er!

https://plus.google.com/118440353893255425460/posts/hTc2CpezhDK

What a pain in the ass that was ;)

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bkw
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] KEYofR:
The pics and video are from the bathroom only because of 2 things. 1, it's the neatest place in the house. 2 it's the only surface I could find that the suction cup would stick to.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] KEYofR:
Temporary install in the wrong vehicle. The pretty Saturn SKY is hiding from the cold for a bit. :) But the point is the usb port is working, the phone is charging while docked. Le phew. Wasn't 100% sure the usb port actually made it out alive.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] ionic7:
Why did you announce that you have a saturn sky like its something to brag about
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] KEYofR:
Because my **** is already big enough.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] finalhit:
Haha good one

swyped all these spelling errors from my galaxy note 2
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] raiu:
I got mine today, Build Quality is much better than those on ebay. I have gone through 2 of them. The clamp and the supposed OEM Samsung mount both of those were not sturdy at all! The phone would shake like crazy!

One thing I would like to comment about the iBolt though is I got an email before they sent it out asking which option I would like

Option 1. Have the Samsung Charging Arm shipped to you NOW and wait for the USB/Aux to be sent to you mid March. The Charging arm is what will initiate the Smartdock mode on the device.

Option 2. Have the Samsung Charging Arm shipped to you NOW along with a 10 ft. USB only charging cable. We will NOT ship you the USB/Aux cable in March but it will be available to buy on Amazon at the end of March if you change your mind and would like it.

Option 3. Wait until we have both the Samsung Charging Arm and USB/Aux cable in stock at the end of March and have them sent to you then.

I went with number 1 thinking it was coming with the mount, well I got just the mount. Which kinda defeats the purpose of having it. The whole reason I purchased it is the arm putting the phone into docking mode.... :rolleyes:
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] Sistum Id:
I have the iBolt Galaxy S III dock modded to fit my Note II. It puts my Note II into car mode using flex cable with Perseus kernel.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] farfromovin:
With the usb arm en route I decided to set up my mount finally. Obviously, I'm just using a micro usb cable popping up from behind the mount for charging right now. I have a vehicle dash mount, with an AMPS 17mm ball adapter that I purchased with the dock. I feel like the setup is a little "long" and that I should be looking for a stubby 17mm ball adapter.

That being said, it's nice to have my Note 2 mounted again in the car. I'm assuming the steel usb arm is a female to male micro usb setup?

Sent from my GIANT internet thingy.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] JimSmith94:
On previous phones I had to copy CarHomeGoogle.apk and CarHomeLauncher.apk to /system/app to get car dock mode to activate. Did you have to do something similar or is there already software in the phone to do that?
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] iondokk:
It should look like this... http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1974048

[ACC MOD TUTORIAL]Note cardock modded for Note II Updated 2/6/13 [pics]