Compatibility with Milestone/Droid

StevePritchard · 16th January 2011, 04:42 PM

Compatibility with Milestone/Droid

Just to get things going, I thought I would quickly document my findings with regard to a couple of compatiblilty issues with the original Milestone/Droid.

Screen Protectors: I've tried a few different types of screen saver, some of which were designed for the original Milestone. They are the right size in terms of width and height, but the radius of the corners of the original Milestone seems to be a bit smaller, so I've found it necessary to trim the corners a little to get it to fit. (As an aside, I did purchase a Savvies protector for the Milestone 2, and it's simply the wrong size, and after some discussion with them, they sent one for the original Milestone, which has to have the corners cut to make it fit. However, I can't recommend the Savvies protector, as it is far too easy to scratch. I would recommend Brando, and Martin Fields protectors, which are much more resilient).

Cradles: I've tried a couple of non-OEM cradles, and one is a much better fit than the other.

The Kidigi cradle, specifically designed for the original Milestone, doesn't work well with the Milestone 2. It has two problems. Firstly, it moulds around the end of the phone where the buttons are, and due to differences in the sizes of the phones in this area, it prevents the Milestone 2 from sitting in place properly (you can cut off the protrusion, and the phone will fit). Secondly, the magnet used to inform the phone it's in a multimedia cradle seems to be in the wrong place (which can be fixed by modifying the internals of the cradle).

The Paserro cradle, which again is designed for the original Milestone/Droid, works perfectly without modification with the Milestone 2.

What I would say is that I had to replace the power supplies for OEM Motorola ones, as the screen freaks out using regular power supplies.

Cheers,

Steve.

vampyr3 · 4th February 2011, 05:37 PM

dock

hi i would like to buy a dock fot the milestone 2 and a friend of mine wants to sell me his but he has got the milestone dock will that work for mine? and if not where can i gad one at a good price

StevePritchard · 4th February 2011, 07:24 PM

It could work - it just depends on the exact style of the dock. As I said in my original post, the Paserro docks (shiny black, with blue light at the right hand edge) work just fine. The Kidigi docks (matt black, with blue light in the centre) only work with some modifications.

Will your friend let you try it first?

Cheers,

Steve.

vampyr3 · 8th February 2011, 07:51 PM

Of course

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falecomcyber · 9th February 2011, 04:50 AM

I tried with brazilian docks and they both works on the 2 milestones.

anothadave · 23rd February 2011, 06:23 PM

i had a similar experience with non motorola chargers too. i bought one from ebay for a spare and the phone went really slow, it wouldnt unlock properly and it was all very wierd lol. as soon as i unplugged it everything was fine. although i tried a sony ericsson charger and that worked no problems. so maybe the moral of the story is to use decent branded chargers rather than generic ones. original motorola chargers are only £4 on ebay anyway, so only £2 more than the unbranded one.

Izzysoft · 27th June 2011, 12:48 PM

I've got no problems so far sharing chargers with my HTC Wildfire, regardless which direction: WF charges fine with Moto cable, and the other way around as well. After all, that's how it should be and what the standard is supposed to guarantee -- or am I wrong? So I really wonder what was going on with your cable, anothadave... (don't get me wrong: My question is regarding the what, not the if -- I believe you, **** happens!