IPhone 4 TomTom car kit / cradle quick fix - How to

Quick, cheap, fast fix for your TomTom cradle and iPhone4.

The Offical fix is out: http://www.tomtom.com/page/iphone-4-adapter

For an updated version with demonstration please see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12SJON9VXC4

As seen on Engadget - http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/25/iphone-4-and-tomtom-car-kit-brought-togeth...

Some people are using small pieces of foam and it takes two pieces stacked for it to work for some. Make this dock work for you.

So I uploaded the video via 3G from the iPhone. I didn't know that it would lose its HD quality. I should have uploaded it via iTunes.

Category:

Science & Technology

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• Tomtom
• iPhone4
• Cradle
• Carkit
• car
• kit
• dock
• mount
• how
• to

[yodaddy05]

nice bmw dude

[kewlstang]

@yodaddy05 Thanks. Impressed you could tell.

[jerryx2000]

Hi,

does the GPS reception antenna of the car kit only work when it is connected to the car charger? Or does it have a battery?

[kewlstang]

@jerryx2000 It has to be connected to the car charger for the car kit GPS to work, but if it isn't, you can use the GPS reception from the iphone and it still works, but the battery will go faster since it isn't plugged in.

[jerryx2000]

@kewlstang so it boosts the gps reception even when not connected to the car charger?

[kewlstang]

@jerryx2000 No it does not boost gps reception when not plugged in, just acts as an expensive mount. If you plug into the car charger, it boosts reception of course.

[kewlstang]

@thatcrazyjames bad iPhone 4 mic, Apple is replacing it. Plus I uploaded via 3G and should have transferred the video via itunes to get the HD version.

[immaturew]

@jpicard I found some felt pads that look really nice for $1.00 from my local hardware

[geebones]

do review on iphone tomtom with os4 update

[AoSHJ]

I was annoyed when i realised my Tomtom cradle didn't charge my iphone 4 but now you've come up with a very easy and cheap way of modding that works a treat. Thanks a bunch!!