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Do Dock Extenders work with Bumper?
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Sendstation makes a dock extender and by all I've seen it should work quite well with the bumper. I would pick up 2 or maybe even 3 but they are pricey at $29 plus shipping.
I personally will be taking my bumper off most likely when I get my skin on. Or I will be taking out my dock inserts in my Bose Sounddock and Memorex Alarm Clock to solve the problem.
I personally will be taking my bumper off most likely when I get my skin on. Or I will be taking out my dock inserts in my Bose Sounddock and Memorex Alarm Clock to solve the problem.
I have been looking for the same thing. I would like a female-male connecter to be used in my car with the stock BMW Ipod connecter that needs to be used to play music in the car. I have searched for a solution, but I can not find one, b/c most of the options use the old ipod 30 pin connecter and not the new ones which come with the ipod/iphone/ipad, so they wont fit the bumper.
This is the only one I am aware of, comes in black or white, but like I said is overpriced. It comes with a back stand thing for added safety and a universal insert that the stand sits in, but they should offer just the extender w/o the extras, or a package deal of one dock insert with the metal stand thing, the extender itself, and an additional extender or two just for mobile needs for say $39 or $44. That would make it more worth it.
http://sendstation.com/us/products/dockextender/
http://sendstation.com/us/products/dockextender/
SendStations's does NOT work with the bumper. I had one that I used with my Candyshell on my 3G, tried it when I got my bumper yesterday and it doesn't fit.
I emailed the tech support at sendstation about the dock extender and they said they are revising their design to fit the bumper. You can read the conversation at the following post:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/952929/
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/952929/
Why does no one perform a simple search before posting or replying in this forum anymore? A simple search for 'Sendstation' would have brought up this thread I posted 5 days ago:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/952929/
There is even an official response from sendstation on the topic.
Forgive me most magnanimous one for replying about something I had heard about without checking for your thread first, as I neither had one nor knew of the problem, only that it existed and I was trying to point someone in that direction. Next time I will try to be more thorough in the process of giving information. Will that be all sire?
Check my thread - https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/957413/
Explains how to use your old or third party chargers with your bumper for no extra cost
Explains how to use your old or third party chargers with your bumper for no extra cost
Well, since you but it so eloquently...If you want to continue exacerbating the problem of having multiple threads containing the same information, thereby making it harder for anyone to find information in an expedient manner, by all means post to your heart's content oh self-righteous one
SendStations doe not work with the bumper they are a tad to big.
I did put a dremel to the 2 i had and shaved off some plastic now it works fine.
You don't need to take very much off.
I did put a dremel to the 2 i had and shaved off some plastic now it works fine.
You don't need to take very much off.
I bought dock extenders for my iPad..I'll try them on my iPhone 4 with bumper today.
I have three brands: Cablejive, Monoprice, and Meritline.
Note- the inexpensive dock extenders can only do basic functions like charging and syncing...if you want to use the dock extender with devices like the Apple Keyboard dock for ipad then you need an extender with a full set of pins i.e. the Cablejive.
EDIT: nope on the cablejive. i don't think any of these extensions will fit because they are too bulky.
I have three brands: Cablejive, Monoprice, and Meritline.
Note- the inexpensive dock extenders can only do basic functions like charging and syncing...if you want to use the dock extender with devices like the Apple Keyboard dock for ipad then you need an extender with a full set of pins i.e. the Cablejive.
EDIT: nope on the cablejive. i don't think any of these extensions will fit because they are too bulky.
Between Docks, Cables, Adapters, & Headphones that do not work with the Apple Bumper, Apple will not be giving out free bumpers to alleviate the antenna issue but each bumper will include a coupon for 50% off a dremel purchase.
I got a good laugh out of that one. Well done!
I just received this order, and found that it does NOT fit in the bumper opening. Compared to a stock Apple connector, it's bigger all the way around, unfortunately.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002X9GR76/ref=oss_product
Looks a bit too fat to grind down with a dremel too (there's only so much plastic to work with you know).
To put this issue to rest, I'm just going to pry off the plastic end and put heat shrink tubing around it, like I saw elsewhere on this forum. THEN the damn thing will fit.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002X9GR76/ref=oss_product
Looks a bit too fat to grind down with a dremel too (there's only so much plastic to work with you know).
To put this issue to rest, I'm just going to pry off the plastic end and put heat shrink tubing around it, like I saw elsewhere on this forum. THEN the damn thing will fit.
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Hi,
Just order the iExtent SLIM product from this site.
http://www.valueoutfitters.com/iPod...xtender-iExtend-p/ipodiphonedockiextender.htm
I also use the bumper because it looks like part of the phone (compared to other cases) and I never have to take it off, thanks to this !
That's a nice option.
To follow up on my previous post (2 up), I couldn't find shrink tubing big enough to wrap around the entire plug. So I picked up Liquid Electrical Tape from a hardware store, and applied multiple coats to the plug end after the plastic cover was pried off. I also snipped of the "teeth" on the little metal arms that lock the connector in place since they are not needed and won't open well without the plastic cover on. On the first coat, I globbed a bunch of the liquid into the cavity where the cable sits, and let it try all night to seal the wires in. Then the second and third coats were thinner just to put a rubber encasement around the whole thing.
It came out pretty good and we are using it now.
To follow up on my previous post (2 up), I couldn't find shrink tubing big enough to wrap around the entire plug. So I picked up Liquid Electrical Tape from a hardware store, and applied multiple coats to the plug end after the plastic cover was pried off. I also snipped of the "teeth" on the little metal arms that lock the connector in place since they are not needed and won't open well without the plastic cover on. On the first coat, I globbed a bunch of the liquid into the cavity where the cable sits, and let it try all night to seal the wires in. Then the second and third coats were thinner just to put a rubber encasement around the whole thing.
It came out pretty good and we are using it now.