Home made M8 dock!

So, it all started with me wanting some kind of docking station for my M8, but I wanted to make it without buying anything. I have several mini-usb cables laying around so that was no problem, but how and what to make the docking station out of was the tricky part.

I searched around for some kind of small box witch I could mod the cable in to, but instead I found something much better!


This is what I'm going to use to make the dock! Except for the two empty DV-cases, they weren't used.
http://i42.tinypic.com/1zz6ryb.jpg


Since the lamp I found had a small switch on it, I tought I could use it to decide if I want to only charge my M8, or connect it to my comp.
http://i42.tinypic.com/98sztx.jpg


I had a really hard time to try and peel the outer plastic of the USB-cable. But after carefully cutting small pieces at a time with a knife I managed to get a clean part.

Next is soldering the wires from the switch together with the USB-cable. I cut the green wire from the usb-cable since it's tha "Data +" wire.
http://i39.tinypic.com/2vjzr6c.jpg


After soldering the wires i tested the cable and switch with and Ipod-shuffle clone I bought a while back, everything worked just fine
http://i42.tinypic.com/rc508y.jpg


Now I had to place everything back together with the black base part from the lamp. It was a tight fit, but I did it!
http://i41.tinypic.com/35d68vd.jpg
http://i39.tinypic.com/of9jf5.jpg

Did you notice the round "glass-shild" on the lamp? Well I did, and figured that I could use it as a base to support the dock so it wouldn't tip over that easy.
http://i43.tinypic.com/n5ft3r.jpg


I used my best friend "Mr SuperGlue" and glued all the pieces together.
http://i39.tinypic.com/2dv50d3.jpg


Then I glued the mini-usb connector to the back of the "stand". I hade to use small pieces of plastic to make a distance from the stand (oh wait, I DID use the DV-cases after all!)
http://i40.tinypic.com/33l1278.jpg
http://i43.tinypic.com/281ws54.jpg


Well, that's it! I'm done! These pictures shows my M8 connected to the stand. When the switch it in "off" position I only charge the phone, but then I just flip the switch to "on" and *BING!*, Windows detects a new device
http://i40.tinypic.com/2vmeiwg.jpg
http://i40.tinypic.com/xql0m0.jpg

Notice the position of the switch (sorry about the flash in these):
http://i40.tinypic.com/nv8jlu.jpg Switch off = Only charge
http://i42.tinypic.com/rirg43.jpg Switch on = Connected


Well, thats all for me for this time!
Thank you for reading, and I hope this inspired some of you to make your own M8 docking station

thats quite cool!

thx for sharing

how did you figured out which is the right wire? did you know that is was the green one?

i have just one word to say : waouh !

Thanks ^^

Google is your friend crimson, remember that

Originally Posted by deepsilence

Thanks ^^

Google is your friend crimson, remember that

ok...

:-P

Good job! Looks practical.

Originally Posted by nice2know_u

Good job! Looks practical.

Thank you Not the coolest looking thing in the world, but as you said, it's practical

That is just awesome. The way you incorporated the switch into it was pure genious. I love it. Being able to switch it from charging to an active mass storage device with the switch is what really make it, in my opinion. Great work

Haha actually looks quite nice. Sweden pride!

Thank you all!

Now I'm just waiting for someone to make their own

very nice

Originally Posted by deepsilence

Thank you all!

Now I'm just waiting for someone to make their own

would do so.. if i had one

so coollll

What's the red thing on this photo http://i40.tinypic.com/2vmeiwg.jpg?
A radiator for ur cpu?

Originally Posted by bsoudouf

What's the red thing on this photo http://i40.tinypic.com/2vmeiwg.jpg?
A radiator for ur cpu?

Yup, radiator. It's not pretty, but I dont mind how things look as long as it works

I find it cool, u made it or u buy it like this?
U have doubtless a very good configuration ..