Shaving old dock for iPhone 3G

[pw1500]

Im guessing loads of peeps have already done this, but I though id post..

I've just grabbed a scalpel and my old iPhone dock, shaved the edges and now it fits my new iPhone. I haven't done the cleanest job in the world but you cant tell when the iPhone is mounted.

Im happy with it and the saving of £29..

 

[Me1000]

pics or it didn't happen...

 

[jt999]

Great idea!

I borrowed a neighbor's electric handsaw and sliced away.
It charges and syncs perfectly.

Now I am glad there were no 3g docks available anywhere.

Thanks pw1500.

Jeff

 

[plumbingandtech]

jt999, anyway we could get a top down view of the modified dock?

It would help me (and others) figure out how much to cut.

thx

 

[jt999]

Here you go.

As you can see, I wasn't particularly careful.
I think I could have taken less off in places and smoothed better in others and it would have looked much better.

I still have 2 other "old" docks to "sculpt."

Jeff

 

[plumbingandtech]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!

I'm buying you a virtual beer~~~~!!!

 

[pintnight]

I used my dremel. Though, the heat from the dremel melted the plastic a bit around the edge, I just took my sharp knife to trim away the melted part. Now, my iPhone 3G fit the dock!

 

[pw1500]

Ive not taken quite so much off, and ive taken a bit of the back which was unnecessary whoops but heres a few not great quality shots of mine.

 

[Warpdrv]

Here you go.

As you can see, I wasn't particularly careful.
I think I could have taken less off in places and smoothed better in others and it would have looked much better.

I still have 2 other "old" docks to "sculpt."

Jeff

Nice... a little sandpaper and some touchup paint, and she'll look like new...

thanks for posting, now we can get some older used ones from people that don't have the skills to perform this mod for cheap....

 

[Warpdrv]

Ive not taken quite so much off, and ive taken a bit of the back which was unnecessary whoops but heres a few not great quality shots of mine.

Nice work pw...

Could you possible shade the area's with paint that you felt needed the trim...

 

[fastbite]

Brilliant work! well done!

 

[SayCheese]

Hmm, a very tempting little mod.
May just have to have a go.

 

[pw1500]

Ok so heres a little indication of how much id advise to take off, theirs two docks in the pic kinda before after thing, the red circles are where I sanded down a little so the iphone falls in smoother. Think the trick is to just make the edges thinner really..

 

[geeb]

I got a free dock when I asked for one after waiting instore for 2 hours when their servers went down.

 

[SayCheese]

I got a free dock when I asked for one after waiting instore for 2 hours when their servers went down.

Good for you. Don't ask and you don't get.

 

[colcass]

they were only £19.95 you cheapo!
lol
i have my touch in my universal dock sat next to my 3G in its own dock

they look like brothers

 

[jc1350]

they were only £19.95 you cheapo!

They should be included. But, I have a bigger gripe with the phone companies' charges for text messaging. Text messaging fees, be they plans or per-message, are outrageously priced.

 

[n1ck]

Cheers pw - have just done as per your pics and it fits perfectly!

 

[ChrisN]

If i get a 3G iphone I guess ill do that

ChrisN

 

[thecritix]

You guys are crazy!

You've spent all that money on your phones and are bodging these docks, frankly they look awful.. why not just sell your old ones and spend a small amount on the new dock?

 

[Stardotboy]

Impressive as these make-and-do efforts are, I won't be truly wowed until someone has made a case for their new iPhone out of spaghetti, jelly beans and cling film.

 

[alFR]

You've spent all that money on your phones and are bodging these docks, frankly they look awful.. why not just sell your old ones and spend a small amount on the new dock?

Maybe they don't want to throw away into landfill something that's working perfectly well to buy something else that does the same job? Just a thought....

 

[Cnasty]

Wow, this is very cool.

Might make it very beneficial to jump on Ebay and grab one as they are going very cheap. Some at $5.

 

[thecritix]

Maybe they don't want to throw away into landfill something that's working perfectly well to buy something else that does the same job? Just a thought....

So are their old phones..

I was simply asking why you'd want a cut and rough product holding your iphone

 

[RobTuck]

Maybe they don't want to throw away into landfill something that's working perfectly well to buy something else that does the same job? Just a thought....

Who said anything about landfill? There are plenty of original iPhone's out there requiring a dock.

I agree with thecritix. Whilst I commend the efforts of people hacking up their docks, it is a bit extreme. The original iPhone dock can easily fetch between £10 and £15 on ebay. A new original iPhone dock costs £29. A new 3G iPhone dock costs £19.