Mod your dock to work with iPhone 3G

Great idea! Had some spare time today and did a little video:

http://online1o1.com/2008/07/22/retrofitting-an-old-iphone-dock-for-3g-model/

Hope you like it.

If you file away too much of the dock might you end up putting too much stress on the docking port in the phone? Probably not much of an issue unless you use the touch screen while the phone is in the dock.

Either way, I'd either pony up the $30 or follow Alan's tip.

I use my Universal Dock I bought for the 5th gen iPod. The Dock Connector for that very same model is the right one for the 3g.

I've actually never used my iPhone dock...is that an S-Video out on the back?

Once modified, will the dock still be able to hold an original iPhone as well? We are a two iPhone family now and have one of each...

A 69 cent sheet of sandpaper would do the trick just as well. Maybe a small file.

One person noted in the comments of the original article was that all he had to do for the his new iPhone 3G to fit into an old iPhone dock was to heat it with a hairdryer to allow to plastic to stretch and then put his new iPhone 3G in and let it sit overnight.

@pmd: As far as I know the universal dock adapter doesn't fit the bluetooth headset dock which is why I took this drastic step myself...
Actually it's not that drastic as I sold my 2G but kept the headset so the headset dock would be an unuseable doorstop without the mod...

Trick is to do it carefully and thus neatly to avoid any sharp edges just in case it were to scratch the 3G iPod back...

While I commend the DIY spirit, after investing in early-adopter-priced hardware and then dropping another three Benjamins to "upgrade," I'm not about to cheap out now and scratch up my beloved's glossy backside on an old scraped out hand-me-down dock!

Thank you all for the catch -- I was erroneously looking at the Universal Dock. My mistake. The article has been corrected accordingly.