I applaud you for taking this on, really really cool idea.

Disclaimer: I know nothing about nothing.

Now that, that is out of the way. My friend drives a 2011 Cadillac SRX and has a factory keyless fob. Her doors will never unlock if her iPhone is in her purse. It appears the the phone somehow is blocking the frequency from the key. Proximity sensor? (Read: Disclaimer)

If she takes her phone out of her purse and leaves the key fob in, everything works as it should.

Hopefully this isn't the case for you. Good luck, can't wait to see how this turns out!!

Haha thanks! Yes that's definitely something that's crossed my mind. The iPhone doesn't have any NFC capability built in and I'm hoping the bluetooth/wifi/cell radios won't interfere, but we'll find out!

So your saying you don't think it will work if @jangoforhire keeps his phone in his purse?

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Exactly! Or a fanny pack.

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So I'm im pretty thrilled with how this turned out. I uploaded and ordered the case on Sunday night. it finished printing and was shipped yesterday, and arrived at my door today!

The fit for the key internals is PERFECT. It's snug and allows for the iPhone to still sit perfectly on top. The bump out on the bottom is really not that bad at all. I've carried it around for a day and haven't been phased by it at all. It also feels pretty good holding it.

I got the case made out of polyamide because it was cheaper for the first run. It has a slightly cheap feel to it (slightly rough texture/somewhat flexible). I went with this because it was ~30 vs ~60 for an ABS version. I may get another one made out of ABS soon though as I'm loving it so far.

The key works perfectly tucked in behind the phone too, I noticed no loss of range or speed of recognition by my truck. It's the same as having it tucked into your pocket!

Here are some pictures:

That is freaking ingenious! Any reason why you didn't design it with the module flipped the other way so you can access the 3 transmitter buttons too? I wonder if you can have it printed precise enough so you can just transfer the OE rubber button cover/presser thing over to the phone case (for lack of a better term, lol).

wow man.... That's ridiculously ingenious .. I'm impressed!

My only thought is if you loose your phone, you loose your key, if you loose your key, you loose your phone. and that's all scary

Holy Macgyver Batman!

And you have to trust the valet with your phone!



Jokes aside, awesome work Jango

That is a very valid point

I am in no way a good enough CAD designer to pull that off haha. It would be cool, but I almost never use the buttons as they are now so I wound't get much use out of it most likely.

This is true, I've never lost my phone yet thought so fingers crossed!


This is true, my plan for this is just to keep the shell of the key in the glove compartment or center console. That way if I need to give the key to someone (dealership / valet) I can just take the phone out of it's case, pop out the internals, and snap them back into the original casing.

I don't let the valet people park my truck. I tell them I'll pay for valet and I will park it myself. Keys never exchange hands. Another reason is "Ferris Bueller's day off".

I am curious to how your iPhone case/Key fob holder has been working. Any unforeseen issues? Have you had to pull out the internals to press a button?