[MOD] Lego dock (using pogo pins)

Tibow · Feb 18, 2012

Inspired by 4Pr3mier from this post

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1497881

Sorry for the pics, it's kinda not pretty but best I could manage with what I had around:

Here's 1 pic with the phone on the dock : took picture with 3GS's phone, quality is ****ty, will try to get more later:

Others photos have been made with Gnex's with flash:

I've been using regular boards pins : used some scissors to reduce their width (did that randomly until it was fitting inside the lego bricks).

Then used a hammer to make two holes on top of a lego brick, evaluated where holes have to be only with eyes. First brick was a fail and gap between pins was too wide, 2nd try was good.

Linked the 2 wires from a wall charger to the pins (need to attach 'em more seriously (with some duct tape) as it's only wrapped around atm).

Then tested and it's charging instantly... (info on phone show that it's "usb charging")

Will probably add some floor so it'll maintains pins in position even if I move around the dock

Yay ;-)

B1ny · Feb 18, 2012

He he, cool :-D

WiredPirate · Feb 18, 2012

WIN!!

10char

scar45 · Feb 18, 2012

Very nice idea, and great work on it!

jonnyg1097 · Feb 18, 2012

Nice work, if only it enabled dock mode.

frogskins · Feb 19, 2012

You said you were going to do it. Looks great. My question is: why does using the pogo pins charge at USB rates? Not a deal breaker for me but I would have expected AC charging mode. Any ideas?

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neederishelp · Feb 19, 2012

frogskins said:
You said you were going to do it. Looks great. My question is: why does using the pogo pins charge at USB rates? Not a deal breaker for me but I would have expected AC charging mode. Any ideas?

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That's the way it is lol, no way around it

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4Pr3mier · Feb 19, 2012

Awesome....

Tibow · Feb 19, 2012

frogskins said:
You said you were going to do it. Looks great. My question is: why does using the pogo pins charge at USB rates? Not a deal breaker for me but I would have expected AC charging mode. Any ideas?

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I didn't said I would do it!

It seems you always get usb charging if u use the pogo pins, so no choice about that.

For the desk mode, well night clock (free app) can turn the phone automatically into a clock when charged and support landscape view... imho it's still pretty limited.

But I guess this lego dock can sit on the desk at my office to get some juice during day (+ that will make coworkers talk).

Anyway I'll probably get a desktop official dock whenever they are out (I'm not 100% sure if my dock is risk-free (use of board pins, use of a wall charger for pogo pins) : any input on risks will be welcome ;p

chidychi · Feb 19, 2012

jonnyg1097 said:
Nice work, if only it enabled dock mode.

Wouldn't a NFC tag and Tasker be able to solve that?

droidmarc · Feb 19, 2012

my kid is sitting on the floor in front of me playing with his lego, i asked him to make me a stand. he said "maybe" (kids are so lazy)

frogskins · Feb 19, 2012

Tibow said:
I didn't said I would do it.

My mistake. I thought it was you in another thread that said they were going to make a dock out out of Legos.

As for the pogos only charging at USB rates, that seems a little short sighted on Samsung's part. There are numerous threads on here about using navigation/LTE on USB charging and the charger can't keep up. Maybe that's why Verizon's car dock does not have pogo pins and opts for the USB connection.

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chidychi · Feb 19, 2012

frogskins said:
My mistake. I thought it was you in another thread that said they were going to make a dock out out of Legos.

As for the pogos only charging at USB rates, that seems a little short sighted on Samsung's part. There are numerous threads on here about using navigation/LTE on USB charging and the charger can't keep up. Maybe that's why Verizon's car dock does not have pogo pins and opts for the USB connection.

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I was thinking the same thing about Samsung not releasing the GSM docks. Maybe they are trying to find a way to make pogo charge at 1A...

jonnyg1097 · Feb 19, 2012

chidychi said:
Wouldn't a NFC tag and Tasker be able to solve that?

Good idea. That probably would solve the issue.

turbocheke · Mar 8, 2012

I make a dock with knex long time ago, for my samsung galaxy spica and for my bq verne, some pics

falsehope66 · Mar 8, 2012

I use an app called DeskHome by Cowbell Software. It launches the dock app or any app you want when plugged into a charger. It hasn't been updated since I used it on my Nexus One but it works great with my Galaxy Nexus.

Bi-box · Mar 11, 2012

first gen ^^.

cloney · Mar 13, 2012

This is pretty awesome!

brunnogama · Mar 13, 2012

Hey man!

Really good idea!

Congrats!

So, I have a Xoom´s dock. I dont know anything about pogo pins, execpt they have it.

My question: Can I use the pogo pins form Xoom to charge my GN? (I´ll change place to make it fit on GN).

En4c3r · Mar 15, 2012

As I learned from trying to do the same thing on my car dock mod.

As shared by rotus8 in the other thread:

rotus8 said:
The only way to get AC mode with pogo pins is with a custom kernel:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1524020

It is on the phones hardware side and can be done with a kernel that supports it and a simple app from google play

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