Motorola Lapdock 500 works with Sprint Photon

[KSmithInNY]

I spent hours unsuccessfully scouring the web looking for the answer to this question before finally taking the plunge to find out for myself. Despite Motorola only listing the RAZR as supported, the Photon works just fine with the Lapdock 500 pro.

I ordered it from the Verizon website, cost was $300 plus tax and included free 2 day shipping. Link below.

Set Your Location

P.S. This message was posted from the FF browser in webtop, on the Lapdock, 500 connected to Sprint 4G.

 

[Kbrn]

So it works just fine out of the box? or does it have to be modified?

also pictures would be great

 

[KSmithInNY]

So it works just fine out of the box? or does it have to be modified?

also pictures would be great

Works just fine as is. Nothing special, plug and play.

 

[dorelse]

I'm copying this from a post by twospirits (I think you're on here as well ts) on the Moto Lapdock support forums...

KSmithInNY, can you confirm if the features listed as 'Only for RAZR' work or do not work on the Photon?

From twospirits:

"According to the FAQ (whicle search for anything related to lapdock 500) it states the following...

Q: What phones can be connected to Lapdock 500 Pro?

A:

DROID Bionic
Photon 4G
Atrix 2
DROID RAZR
Motorola RAZR
So far so good.

now it states the following after that...

Please note that at the time the Lapdock 500 launched, the following experiences will only work with the RAZR:

Ethernet connector
Webcam
VGA connector


If this is true, then am I correct to assume its not even worth getting the lapdock 500 for the Photon (or any other phone other than the Razr?"​

 

[dorelse]

Answering my own questions:

Looks like Moto posted back that its correct...the other phones are being tested for Lapdock 500 support of those 'RAZR only' features. They'll let us know when they're supported.

I really do like that Moto is pretty active in their forums.

 

[bonanzabucks]

You paid $300 for the dock?? I got it at the Verizon store for $200 and it wasn't on sale or anything. Is it usually more expensive ordering through their website?

 

[dorelse]

You paid $300 for the dock?? I got it at the Verizon store for $200 and it wasn't on sale or anything. Is it usually more expensive ordering through their website?

Are you sure you're talking about paying $200 for the Lapdock 500 model? The Lapdock 100 has always been $200.

The Lapdock 500 is the much bigger, more powerful one.

 

[KSmithInNY]

You paid $300 for the dock?? I got it at the Verizon store for $200 and it wasn't on sale or anything. Is it usually more expensive ordering through their website?

I think you're talking about lapdock 100. My post is about the lapdock 500 pro.

 

[VMdoug]

I picked up a Lapdock 500 for my Photon today. I'm looking forward to having the long weekend to "play" with it

 

[KSmithInNY]

I picked up a Lapdock 500 for my Photon today. I'm looking forward to having the long weekend to "play" with it

Congrats on the new toy! Its pretty damn neat. In its current form webtop is more of a parlor trick IMHO (albeit a really cool one) but I could see the combo of ubuntop + web2sd + 32gb class 10 sd, being functional enough to let me use this as a complete laptop replacement.

When I get some free time I want to explore things like, if I put an sd card into the lapdock, can I partition swap space on that SD to act as virtual RAM or is that dock port only functional as a storage drive? Will our phone even recognize the port considering our webtop base is older than the RAZR? On and on and on .... the future for this is amazing.

I'd love to see moto get serious about webtop and start developing it more like a fully functional linux OS rather than the chrome OS-ish thing it currently resembles. I have multiple Google chrome laptops and the one that rarely gets used is the only one I didn't install Ubuntu on lol

 

[VMdoug]

Yes, Moto can do a lot with Wetop and the Lapdock if they want to. So far my experience has been positive, the one thing that doesn't seem to work (and wasn't referenced above) is the sound...I can't get the lapdock speakers to play sounds from the Photon...I'll keep digging

 

[ronald600]

Make sure you dont have the phone on vibrate before you put it in the dock. Also check to make sure to double check the F10 key. that disables the sound.
My beef with Motorola and the laptop docks is the lack of documentation.
When running full Linux the dock becomes something special.

 

[coyoteclone]

I bought the Lapdock 500 from Verizon for my Photon 3 days ago.

It does not work.

It seemed to "work" but it was a bit glitchy.

Then it really went buggy, with no mouse control.

I am assuming I need to wait for a software update.


EDIT 12/31/11

VMdoug suggested rebooting phone before every session and it is currently working

 

[ronald600]

I bought the Lapdock 500 from Verizon for my Photon 3 days ago.

It does not work.

It seemed to "work" but it was a bit glitchy.

Then it really went buggy, with no mouse control.

I am assuming I need to wait for a software update.

You need to update the software on your phone.
You should be running
WebTop version 1.2.0-160
and Sprint Build
4.5.1A-1_SUN-198_6

The dirty little secret is your phone will only do the large updates if you are on wi-fi or have a 4G connection.
Depending on the actual wi-fi speed and the version you are upgrading from , it could actually take an hour for the phone to get the update and install it.
Make sure you have a fully charged battery or the phone on a charger

 

[VMdoug]

I have found it's best to reboot the Photon before putting into the Lapdock 500. It's a pain but until we get an updated Webtop version from Sprint there's not much choice.

Anyone know how to check the battery level on the Lapdock 500?

 

[coyoteclone]

That worked!

I have the latest version of sprints software, but by rebooting the phone before plugin

It works!

Thanks!

 

[twospirits]

I'm actually looking forward to the updated ICS port that is coming. It should have the updated webtop.
TS

 

[ElectrifiedBiker]

Does anybody know if either of the lapdocks work with the Electrify?

 

[ronald600]

Does anybody know if either of the lapdocks work with the Electrify?

I know the lapdock 100 works with the Electrify

 

[geauxlsutigers]

I just picked up the lapdock 500 for my Photon and everything is working fine except no audio. I checked F10 and it is not muted, phone is not on vibrate and volume is all the way up.

Any thoughts?