Desktop Dock?
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I'm using this: http://www.ebay.ca/itm/331131359015?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649
You can set the S5 on it and it will charge and be firmly in place because the charging pin is very high, but obvisouly, the charging port cover has to be flipped 180 degrees and i'm scared that i the long term it will break off. Thats why i switched back to just a regular cable
Yeah, the connector for that charger cover doesn't strike me as super durable.
I guess I could take a dremmel to the part of the dock on the left side of the charging pin and make some room for the port cover. It won't look great but at least I could probably have a workable dock and not be worrying about breaking that cover off.
Thanks!
If you're the type of person that thinks paying 50$ for a dock that is made for 1$, just because it's branded, is the way to go, then sure. But I had this since august and it's as solid as day 1, for under 10$, you can't go wrong. Heck, you can even buy 2 and experiment with a dremel if you want at that price
Sorry, I meant the charging cover on the phone isn't durable. That dock locks plenty solid. I was just thinking that I'd have to cut it up a little to alleviate the stress on the USB port cover.
Ahh, i see. I agree on one side, but on the other, i can't believe Samsung have not opened and closed that little cover thousands of times before slapping it on the S5. Samsung have good stress tests that tend to make our phones very durable. It would be a major screw up to put a fragile door on a phone that depends on that for its IP67 certification. Only time will tell, but I think i'll take out the dremel too and try to make the dock as S5 friendly as possible:fingers-crossed:
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Yeah, I thought about that too -- the door doesn't look too durable but then I thought that it had to have been a requirement of the IP67 certification for it to be relatively sturdy. I owned the XPeria Z1 and the S5's door seems about as durable. Time will tell, I guess.
I'm kind of annoyed that they didn't consider charging pins, that would have opened up charging $50 for a new branded dock.
I'm going to source a replacement back and wire up the induction charge points to pads on the back, then build a dock for it.
It's kind of silly requiring you to open the usb protector every night to charge it. (And I hate wasting power on induction charging)
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I'm going to source a replacement back and wire up the induction charge points to pads on the back, then build a dock for it.
It's kind of silly requiring you to open the usb protector every night to charge it. (And I hate wasting power on induction charging)
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Would love to hear how its working as I have been looking for a dock that will also charge a spare battery. Do you have any issues with the usb cover? Work with a case? The usb cord is very short, are you using a different one?
Thanks for posting this.
Here's another dock. And I have yet to figure out how they are putting an S5 into a dock without ripping the USB cover off the phone first. That cover does NOT bend back enough for the phone to sit flush. So wth?!?!
http://www.mobilefun.com/44349-samsung-galaxy-s5-desktop-charging-cradle.htm
http://www.mobilefun.com/44349-samsung-galaxy-s5-desktop-charging-cradle.htm
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Here's another that makes it look like the cover bends back 90 degrees.
http://www.amazon.com/MobilePioneer...=merchant-items&ie=UTF8&qid=1397694596&sr=1-6
http://www.amazon.com/MobilePioneer...=merchant-items&ie=UTF8&qid=1397694596&sr=1-6
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I like the Ppyple Swivel Charge
I have had this one for a while and I like the fact that the plug for this is just the end of a usb cable locked into place. I have been able to reverse it when I had a phone that docked backwards and now I have put to USB3 cable that came with the phone right into it so I get the best it can do.
http://www.amazon.com/Ppyple-Swivel...e=UTF8&qid=1397776785&sr=1-10&keywords=ppyple
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this one is reasonably priced.
http://www.amazon.com/PThink-Qi-Ena...=1397777513&sr=1-1&keywords=qi+charging+stand
I have had this one for a while and I like the fact that the plug for this is just the end of a usb cable locked into place. I have been able to reverse it when I had a phone that docked backwards and now I have put to USB3 cable that came with the phone right into it so I get the best it can do.
http://www.amazon.com/Ppyple-Swivel...e=UTF8&qid=1397776785&sr=1-10&keywords=ppyple
---------- Post added at 04:33 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:24 PM ----------
this one is reasonably priced.
http://www.amazon.com/PThink-Qi-Ena...=1397777513&sr=1-1&keywords=qi+charging+stand
