Would that be possible and extend the battery live ?.
So what I mean is getting a back case with a little more space, like the one delivered with a extended battery, and cut and paste a solar cell in there, like the one used here (just forget the camera for a min.)
http://www.guildnav.com/images/solarproducts/EPC_EGS_204.jpg
Or is this just a silly idea ?
not a bad idea but improvements can be made
Siemens have beat you to it here
could be an nice idea.
hacking some solarpanel on the backover seems do-able, you only would need to seek a panel that would fit the dimensions of the diamond.
also the output power should be sufficient(idially 5V 500mA..)
just solder a miniusbcable onto it plug it in and see if it would charge..
if it works you would need to seek a way to directly tap into the chargin system... using a diode and solder directly to the pcb where it connects to the mini usb would work.
keep in mind the diode uses an additional 0.7 volts. so you need a panel wich outputs enough...
if all those criteria could be met into such small space. you a happy camper
first i would try to seek a smal enough panel, and try to make that charge the diamond... it it does that, you can hack up youre backcover
Use shottky diode, that takes only 0,2V
i find this an interesting modification...
IF i can find a solar panel wich would fit inside or on the backcover, i will try to build some electronics around it to charge the phone, if this will work, i will get u guys update, how to do the lectric part.
i dont promise it will work out, but it seems like a fun little project..
cheers
this does sound like an awesome idea, which i would actually buy lol
Bingo!
The Original extra batt. pack is nice however the price $70 is not worth than its performance....
I've tried to DIY a batt. via combine circuit and batt. cells...but the phone's pack is difficult to made.
as i said i want to try to build this idea, however, im having a bit trouble in finding any suitable (affordable) solar panels.
anyone have a idea where to find a good source?
after a bit of research, i have found some panels 20x20 mm wich would make it possible to fit 6 of them inside the dimensions of our diamond. (wich is a tiny bit larger then 100mm x 50mm)
the panels deliver at max 0.47V at 100mA. panels are a current source, so the tension (volts) would vary according the light it received..
6 x 0.47 makes 2,82V at 100mA.
ideally we need 5 volts...
maybe with a step up converter or a doubler we can pump it up but then the current will drop.
lets say we double it: 2,82V x 2 = 5,64V wich would cause the current to be cut in half, 50mA
still we have to power a regulator to maintain those 5 volts...
giving oure diamond less then 5 volts at the miniusb would stress out the charging electronics...
but i dont know if the diamond would charge at all with so litlle current...
so we would need lets say at least 12 of these panels to start charging... a bit...
i need me some nifty solar panel. otherwise i just cant cramp the power needed into the small enclosure wich is available...
anyone cares to look around for small solar panels wich pump out more volts/amps?
on ebay ! it's the best source for afordable solar cells
im planning on making a backpack attachment with a USB connection, limited for USB voltage and a fixed current output. Going to be using flexible solar cells and mounting them in flexible vacuum'd plastic, so its waterproof too
I have looked at this and I don't think the back of the diamond has enough space to get you the output you would need. There are already small solar chargers on ebay that have mini usb connections.
This project would be better for a bigger phone (HTC Touch HD)
what about this one may be you can take panels out of it and use for your project?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/USB-Solar-Bat...14&_trkparms=72:1690|66:2|65:12|39:1|240:1318
So, my dad used to use the Trinity as his everyday work phone, until he saw my Nexus One. Now that he's got the N1, all the accessories he had are incompatible, and need to be sold!
FOR SALE:
One HTC P3600 PRO (Trinity) in black.
The phone is certainly in a used state. It's not broken or anything; everything functional on the phone still works, but the case shows obvious wear from going in/out of the car dock constantly. Bundled with the phone are the user manual, the "Getting Started" disk (CD is unopened), and all assorted documentation (if you want it.), the European-style wall charger (with U.S. adapter), and the original MiniUSB-StandardUSB cable. Spare battery for an extra $10 or something.
Paserro charger/dock.
This device will charge your phone (only if it's the Trinity), connect it to the computer, and charge a spare battery, all at the same time. It's a nice dock that holds the phone upright and securely.
MiniUSB Car Charger
Belt Case from HTC
This case was designed for the Trinity and is made by HTC themselves, so you know you're getting only the best. It's used, but there's nothing wrong with it.
ProclipUSA Car Dock
This car dock is absolutely the best available, hands down. You can find it on the manufactures website here. This is, besides the phone, easily the coolest thing in the lot. Their docks are a two part system (This is ONLY the device specific part. You need a vehicle specific part from their website!!!) that allows you to mount your device to your car seamlessly. This is Proclips highest grade car dock, with an integrated charger that can be wired behind the panels of your car so there are no exposed wires. It is practically invisible when you get it set up properly.
I'd like to sell this pretty much as one lot. If you want an individual item, we'll work something out. Please, don't post bids here. PM me with your offers, or email me for super-fast reply.
Thanks for reading!
Soooo, yeah.
BUMP.
'cause this is still for sale.
Hi.
Since Samsung still hasn't decided to make a good follow up to this device, I plan on sticking with it for the next few years since it has everything I want (big screen and good screen, LTE, Wacom, SMS, Phonecalls).
I was wondering, what spare parts should I buy? I'll probably buy another pen but I don't plan on breaking the screen.
Should I buy a spare button/flex cable for the home button? Are there other parts I should buy?
supplies
Well, I thought of that too. I ordered extra cases and screen protectors, some extra s-pens, an external 16000ma portable battery (size of a large cigratte pack) , 2 extra AC adapters (one for offoce on for the car), maxed out the internal sd to 128gb (sandisk). Down the road I plan on getting a spare internal battery (that requires disassembly)
On the software side, baked up all apk files. tagged the ones that work perfectly just in case the respective publisher decides to put out an upgrade that trashes what worked (happens all the time). Also, in case the publisher goes for the annual membership cash flow model (with hands in your wallet forever...not). Also, all updates are disabled. I choose what goes and what doesn't. I am still on 4.4.2 - BECAUSE IT WORKS. I have no issues. External keyboards all work. I get 10-12 hours of pure use - and I mean lots ans lots (screen is in lower 1/4 setting on brightness, location off, air off, nfc off).
Also, there are some apps I use that died during the 5.0 transition - so who needs an update that does nothing but damage.
I run the P900 by the way. 64gb internal/128 external
I carry it EVERY DAY - for business and personal use. I carry several thousand pdfs (manuals and resources) documents, financial data, etc. I have had it since June, 2014. I came from a Nook32+. It was like waking up from a long dark nightmare. To my mind it is not a laptop or desktop replacement, but an enhancement to my workflow. My Lenovo w520 still plugs away running windows legacy applications. My Note 3 handles the in-between. But the Note pro12.2 is top of the heap - always there - always on. Oh, I also use a Boost Mobile wifi hotspot, with the 10gb/month plan in instances where wifi is not awailable or I need a secure connection.
I am happy.
Meh . . for me the only thing I'd consider buying as a spare item would be a battery, but I figure I stand a chance of having that battery go bad in storage before the internal one gives up the ghost so why bother.
I'd lament the loss of my Note Pro if it died today but I don't know if I'd necessarily plan for it just yet. All depends on your use case I guess.
I'd buy an extra flex cable for the USB connection. They can go bad if bent, bumped, or just over time and they are pretty easy to replace. One thing to consider is just buying an extra tablet. That's the route I went. Picked up a refurbished P900 for $280 bucks on ebay. If mine breaks I will transfer everything using s-synch and the have the broken one as a backup for spare parts.
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Introduction
With every Android device, accessory availability is one of my biggest concerns. Having been with the Nexus and HTC lines for a long time, this was an intimate, but expected pain. That’s why when I saw Zerolemon put out an extended battery case for the 6P, I was both excited and amused. The thought of adding 8,000+mah of battery to a 5.7” device with such a large footprint due to the front facing speakers was going to be a disaster. But Zerolemon did it, and in what I believe is the most elegant way possible. Sturdy tpu, and clever cutouts for the camera, fingerprint sensor, and ports. Enough intro, let's dive into what’s happening with Version 2.0 of Zerolemon’s Nexus 6P battery case.
This review is going to be mostly a response to the famous AndroidPolice article that infamously bashed this case, and rightly so! You can view that here.
While I didn’t get to test the first version, there’s a reason (or many) they pulled it, and while correcting the fatal camera issue, they fixed a few more. It’s baffling that they released the original case so late in the 6P’s lifetime, and Version 2 just leaves me scratching my head (but admittedly grateful).
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The good stuff:
Capacity: With 8,500mAh of juice, this case will keep your Nexus 6P ticking for almost 2.5 times as long. I don’t know why people say almost three, but let's break it down. 8500/3450= 2.463768. We’ll round that to 2.46, and then generously bump that up to 2.5. What’s the big deal? Like 7100mah, which is larger than the battery in an iPhone 6s. Yikes. Regardless, this case is going to be great for travelling, being out and about all day and night, and or a camping trip.
Protection: The multi-layer design offers ample plastic/TPU(in fairly large quantities) to protect your device. There is a front lip (insert picture), that should have the surface area and depth to save your phone from drops.
LED charge indicators: Four LEDs on the back of the case show the current battery level. A pretty standard feature, but useful nonetheless.
The Not So Good Stuff:
Weight: A naked 6P, without a screen protector or case, weighs 179 grams. The combined weight of the ZeroLemon case and the phone itself pushes that up to about 430 grams, which is more than twice as heavy! When a phone weighs nearly a pound, it makes it cumbersome and tiring to hold or use for long periods of time, and that’s definitely at play here.
Bulk: I’m going to heavily borrow some stats here, but here we go. Putting this case on your phone makes it ridiculously large. So large you’ll not want to carry it around, and it will definitely draw looks. It adds 23mm to the length of the phone, 10mm to its width and 14mm the thickness. It triples the thickness of the phone, destroying every design and engineering feat of the phone.
You’ll be using this thing with two hands at all times, and probably be wishing you had a third to help balance this thing.
Here’s where things really start to differ though. Remember those improvements I was talking about at the beginning of this article?
Charging speed: ~~Neither the input or output of the battery pack supports any sort of quick charging. Charging the case, and charging the phone with the case, is slow. It takes several hours to charge the case from empty, so you better not forget to plug it in overnight, because you aren't going to add much juice to it during your 30 minute commute to work.~~ Both the input and output of the device support quick charging over USB C! Admittedly charging both the case and phone from empty will take 7-8 hours, but you can definitely plug it in and top up in thirty minutes.
Camera issues: We've already established that the rear of the ZeroLemon case is thick.~~ In order to accommodate the camera, a deep canal cuts through the back of the case, exposing the lens, LED flash and other sensors. However, the canal is not quite wide enough, leading to an unintentional vignette on the left side of all pictures and video. The shiny plastic on the sides of the cutaway also reflects light, which adds further artifacts to images. As a photography enthusiast, this drives me absolutely insane. How did no one notice this when the product was tested!?!~~ This was the reason the case was discontinued for a bit, and I’m happy to report there are no camera issues here! Snap away on that weekend camping trip
Unfortunately the fingerprint reader problems are still very much an issue. Unless you initially trained your phone to recognize your finger tip, you will have to go into your settings and re add your fingers, or repeatedly press them to the sensor in hopes it trains them on that part of your finger (unsuccessful for me).
NFC is no longer blocked! I can confirm it does in fact work now. Android Pay your way to the future!
Assembly: It is a tad confusing, but basically you slide your phone down onto the brick part, place the plastic ring on top of your device and the battery pack, and then slip that into the TPU part. Not super easy, but you should get the hang of it without too much trouble.
Build Quality: The plastic ring looks and feels cheap; I’d definitely handle it with care. The TPU part does very much have those injection molding nibs, but their placement makes them unnoticeable unless you're searching for them. The TPU feels sturdy, and I haven’t noticed any flexing or creaking. The cutout around the headphone jack can hinder the use of certain cables though, due to its shape.
Conclusion:
One day I was going about my business. Using my phone from 7am 6pm. Then I spontaneously agreed to go to a concert. I was tired, but I made it through! My Nexus 6P did not. That night I started looking for a battery case for my 6P, and saw the Android Police review of it. I was willing to even accept the camera issues! I followed the Amazon link, and saw it was discontinued. I then found out why, and heard they would be releasing a newer, tweaked version. So I held out.
My patience rewarded me with a gigantic, but significantly less flawed case than I had anticipated. I can slap this case on and not have to be near a charger for 3-4 days, but make no mistake- I swap to my TechArmor bumper otherwise.
No more NFC blockage, camera artifacts, and the addition of quick charging make this case a buy for anyone who might find themselves in a situation where they’re using their phone excessively, or in a remote area (me). Or people who dislike external battery packs (also me). The only showstopper: the $60 price tag. You be the judge, but I don’t think it’ll disappoint!
Thank you to Lemonzero for providing me with a review unit, and readers can use the coupon code RGSQJDX8 to get a USB C charging station with four UBS ports for just $19.99!
Please feel free to ask questions if you have any!
Does this have a built in screen protector?
Pandawg said:
Does this have a built in screen protector?
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MyNarwhalBacon said:
No
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Thanks. I hated the screen protector that came with my Note 3 Zerolemon case.
Got mine two days ago. It is very big, but that is expected. I was wondering if you could use the USB C port for data on the case. I wanted to buy a USB C flash drive and load it with songs, movies, and TV shows for an upcoming airplane trip, and was wondering if it was possible to use the USB C port on the device for the flash drive, and still have it charge the device too. I would test it myself, but I don't have a USB C flash drive, and don't want to buy one unless this works.
Pandawg said:
Got mine two days ago. It is very big, but that is expected. I was wondering if you could use the USB C port for data on the case. I wanted to buy a USB C flash drive and load it with songs, movies, and TV shows for an upcoming airplane trip, and was wondering if it was possible to use the USB C port on the device for the flash drive, and still have it charge the device too. I would test it myself, but I don't have a USB C flash drive, and don't want to buy one unless this works.
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Using the USB to USB C adapter that came with my note 7, and using a sandisk flash drive with it, it does NOT work. I put the drive in the adapter and adapter directly to the 6p, it recognized, formated it, and transferred a file to the drive. Then I put the case on, then, inserted the drive, and nothing. Turned the case on to charge, reinsert the drive, nothing. So in my testing, no, it doesn't work. I have no reason to believe a specific usb C flash drive would be any different
mrjkwik said:
Using the USB to USB C adapter that came with my note 7, and using a sandisk flash drive with it, it does NOT work. I put the drive in the adapter and adapter directly to the 6p, it recognized, formated it, and transferred a file to the drive. Then I put the case on, then, inserted the drive, and nothing. Turned the case on to charge, reinsert the drive, nothing. So in my testing, no, it doesn't work. I have no reason to believe a specific usb C flash drive would be any different
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Chances are the connector only has the power pins connected, with no data pins actually connected.
asylumxl said:
Chances are the connector only has the power pins connected, with no data pins actually connected.
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I can confirm as much with different drives and also using different usb settings in dev. options no luck with data transfer.
1 Now my case unicorn beetle , love big phones
2 I use my phone with two hands, no problem
Want use this case as daily case. Possible ? Worth ?
Any one in Canada or Toronto selling their zerolemon battery please let me know. Thanks
Me too, but im from europe (Lithuania) want buy it, pm me.
doombox414 said:
Any one in Canada or Toronto selling their zerolemon battery please let me know. Thanks
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you can order right from there web site