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Home Dock sync issues

Am I the only one who can't sync with a home dock? It has never been able to sync from the roll out day that I bought it. I always thought it was a Samsung screw, but I opened it up tonight. You can see in the pic below that it actually has a USB connection with all the right wires. Does anyone have the correct pinout to the micro USB connector? BTW, not a bad pic for 5 megapixel camera, heh?
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If you are talking about the Media Part of it, then this is an issue with Samsung that is supposed to be fixed on froyo. so just wait a day or two and test it then. Also you might find more answers Here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=783177

?Not talking the video Froyo thing. What I'm taing about is the usb micro circuitry that should allow us to sync between the phone and the computer via the micro cable?
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Top Nurse said:
?Not talking the video Froyo thing. What I'm taing about is the usb micro circuitry that should allow us to sync between the phone and the computer via the micro cable?
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I'm not sure what you think the dock does, but there is no desktop sync with these devices (until Samsung Kies works, which will probably be never). When I plug mine into the dock, it asks whether I want to charge or start the USB hub. If I choose the latter, it connects as a USB device, but syncing with Outlook, etc. doesn't happen.

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I'm not sure what you think the dock does, but there is no desktop sync with these devices (until Samsung Kies works, which will probably be never). When I plug mine into the dock, it asks whether I want to charge or start the USB hub. If I choose the latter, it connects as a USB device, but syncing with Outlook, etc. doesn't happen.
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I just wanted to use the usb port to do odin, 1 click, move files, etc. On mine I get nothing other than charging. The one suspect wire was the white one which might have been making contact with the board. On my way to sprint store to get a replacement.
THANK YOU!!!
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Camera relocation

I'm installing an HTC flyer in my car permanently where the radio would go (2DIN mounting), but kind of sad at the prospect of losing camera functions (video of dashboard interiors are boring).
So, what would be involved in removing the camera module and placing it somewhere else, as the dash for example? Would I just need to unsolder the camera module, solder on a whole bunch of cables, and connect them to the same contacts? Or am I barking up the wrong tree?
Alternatively, if a device has USB OTG capabilities, is there any way to make it talk to a regular USB webcam?
Discuss

Alot of research could go into what you're trying to do.......
However, I'd recommend just trying it and see what happens. Make sure your wires are all the same length.
So yeah.. In this situation, i think the Leroy Jenkins approach is appropriate.

AdamOutler said:
So yeah.. In this situation, i think the Leroy Jenkins approach is appropriate.
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PRICELESS!! lmao. @OP, awesome idea for the in dash flyer. Please post some completed pics!

have you thought about removing the camera from the back ad making "jumper cables" to put it up front? you might need something to make a housing for it to sit in the dash, but it would be better than writing a driver for it.

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The thing is in adding(soldering?) 2 proper connectors to longer flex IMO, hard to do at home, but nothing is impossible. ^^
About OTG connecting - you'd probably use universal WebCam drivers from Ubuntu for eg. though the problem would be in powering that I think, WebCam has to be OTG compliant (with external power connector maybe?) or you'd need some special adapter, the rest is redirecting Android to use your webcam, but don't think it's hard comparing to other things.

I did this with a fascinate in my 87 BMW 325ic
I bought 2 extra cameras ( paid $16ea somewhere, cant remember off hand)
I failed at getting it to work myself as I suck at soldering.
However-
I had a friend take it into work and solder it in for me. We then took a light sensor from a 4th gen camaro , mounted it on my dash, ran the cam there, installed the phone and f-in-a . it was sweet.
this lasted for a full 3 weeks until something came undone and now the cam doesnt work. Ive switched back to the stock deck and just wired a bluetooth receiver into the tape deck, mounted a droid x down by the ashtray and it works. Not as great as what I had, but it works.
Point being, it can be done. and its pretty sweet when done right.

grab fried boards from ebay and start from there.

Wait some more weeks, cotula is developing usb host mode driver, and he has developed a working driver. Its for android. It will be available soon to public when he corrects the errors.
So u can simply plug in an usb cam to ur phone( providing only external power supplay is needed.) So u can do it with out bricking ur phone. Till then use it as a phone..
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IR transmitter !

I have seen that you can create infrared transmitters with a 3.5mm jack + 2 infrared LED and connect it to your smartphone .. In this way you can use it as a remote control for the TV? <br />
What other types of devices can be created with a jack?
What other kind of things can you do with a jack?
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While I am sure that this is kind of theoretically possible, there are a few problems.
The first is getting enough voltage, you'll need ~ 1.5V to get things lit tolerably.
Real IR remotes use up to 100 mA peak current.
IR remotes work on a carrier of 38.4 to 40 kHz.
That means that your 44.1 or 48 kS/sec is not going to work, you'll need 96 kS/sec.
Even at that sample rate who says the output stage will work at these frequencies?
A serial port is a more useful way into this.
You'd still need a LED driver if you want any sort of range.

So is it possible to have an IR transmittor on a nexus 5?

Connecting two LEDs back to back across the two channels of the headphone will get you basically a frequency doubler.
You should be able to get this working with a 19 kHz carrier if the left & right channel are 180 degree out of phase.
The LEDs will light alternatively on the positive and negative peaks.
Clever.
By googling I see alot of stuff on this.
There are problems with getting enough oomph out of the headphone jack.
Somebody makes something with a battery and an amp in it, but that's getting bulky.
If you get this working, you are going to have to point it directly at the device.
The range may be incredibly small.
If I wanted something like this I would take a Raspberry Pi, stick it on the home network and have it drive an LED taped to the front panel of the A/V device.
Have your app just connect on WiFi.
At least you wouldn't have to point your Android in a specific direction nor plug in a little thingie that you always lose.
There are also pre-built solutions like this.

HERE are all the details of how you do it. Including wave files.
However, the second picture says its also a receiver, but that
is not true since the picture depics two LEDs. What is particularly
cool with that, is that it allows you to send the secret codes to
get to your TV's engineering menu (phhuh...) where you can do
things like update some TVs to versions with more features etc.
OR you can just get a phone with built-in IR LED, like the I9195, for
which when you do the magic *#0# take you to a factory test app
that include a Samsung compatible Remote control.
What would be more interesting, would be if someone could hack
the Samsung WatchON App so that we can use it for arbitrary
IR links and not just TVs.

Nexus 7 USB Port (Broken Solder Pad)

Hi,
My Nexus 7 Gen 2 usb stopped charging (it was on/off for a while but now fully stopped).
I ordered a new USB component from eBay so I was desoldering the old one this morning but unfortunatley the 5 pins at the back ripped a few of the pads from the board off.
I was wondering before I order a new USB PCB for £40 is it possible to re trace the 5 pins and wire them to somewhere different on the board??
Looking at this picture this is what I thought I could do:
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Is this possible and if so the best way to fix this?
Thanks

Rowan88 said:
Hi,
My Nexus 7 Gen 2 usb stopped charging (it was on/off for a while but now fully stopped).
I ordered a new USB component from eBay so I was desoldering the old one this morning but unfortunatley the 5 pins at the back ripped a few of the pads from the board off.
I was wondering before I order a new USB PCB for £40 is it possible to re trace the 5 pins and wire them to somewhere different on the board??
Looking at this picture this is what I thought I could do:
Is this possible and if so the best way to fix this?
Thanks
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You could try soldering to those solder pads right before the resistors/caps in the path. If you bypass those, and solder directly to the exposed pads you identified, you may have issues, i.e. those resistors/caps are probably there for a reason . That's what I would try anyways.

did you ever end up soldering to these pads? cause any issues?

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did you ever end up soldering to these pads? cause any issues?
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nevermind, didnt work of course. Ended up soldering to the pads just before those caps, just needed to not be lazy about it.

iPod Classic [USB C addon] [WIP]

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This is in the concept stage. There are no guarantees.
I am converting my Ipod classic to use a series of SD cards, and I picked up a spare iPod for cheap. This is going to be my work log for removing the stock 30 pin connector and replacing it with a USB C connector. I'll need to design and 3d print the bottom cover of the device except where the connector is. I'm not even sure if there's enough room on the board for this to happen, I might end up needing to cut into the iPod board and do tracing stuff to make room.

One thing I'm wondering is if I can attach the firewire of the iPod to the firewire of the USB c port. I think I'll try to make a 30pin connector to USB C to test and see if there's any advantage before I attach anything to the board itself.
http://pinouts.ru/PortableDevices/ipod_pinout.shtml
https://i.stack.imgur.com/Aovh5.png
https://www.mill-max.com/assets/pdfs/149.2.pdf
update 12/20/2018
I have a 3d printer now, and the dev boards have arrived.

Reserved2

Please update your work log!
I thought I was the only one wishing to upgrade my port along with my other mods to my ipod. I'm curious as to how you did it and what steps you took to make it happen! Following for future updates.

tkillen96 said:
I thought I was the only one wishing to upgrade my port along with my other mods to my ipod. I'm curious as to how you did it and what steps you took to make it happen! Following for future updates.
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Unfortunately I'm stuck. I've tried translating the pins from one to another, but nothing I've tried works. It does not recognize it.
If someone knows what pins to what to make the conversion, all I care about is making sure it can still charge and sync. Not the other 30 pin features.

Any updates to this?

DR650SE said:
Any updates to this?
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Am wondering the same, has anyone else attempted this? Wonder if there's a QI adapter anywhere. Would love to get rid of the crappy charging cable it requires.

Great project any news

lets reignite this project !
Save the BS and simplify it, just 4 pins, "D+", "D-", "5V+" and "GND", these are all we need to charge and transfer data.
What was the road block here? just unable to obtain USB connection ? Type C is a little tricky as it has a parallel design like lightning. Maybe you had got the pinout jumbled or connected one side in reverse? Ordering some test boards and Type C port components to see what i can achieve!
https://www.theiphonewiki.com/wiki/30-pin_Connector
Someone else commented about QI charging, it is entirely possible and would not be very difficult to do, the only problem is the iPod has a solid metal back so it would need a custom manufactured back replacement. I absolutely love the idea but i dont think anyone has the money/time/resources to design, manufacture the parts required. Because even if they did they would be sitting on it for a very long time with very limited sales(not to mention how many different variations.)