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[Q] DIY Project - Desire Cradle

Hi everyone,
I am working on building some htc desire docks as I havent phone a commercially available one that suits (and id like to see my work on my desk!)
The question I have is to do with charging status, basically I want to put an LED in the dock what shows the charging status, the only thing I am not sure about is how to go about actually finding out the charging status! Does the microusb send a signal when battery reaches 100% ?

I think its done off the voltage reading. If you buy a charger which already has an LED indicator on it then you could re-wire it no?
Also you already have the status on the phone LED itself so do you really need this?

bridgstfer said:
I think its done off the voltage reading. If you buy a charger which already has an LED indicator on it then you could re-wire it no?
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Now that is a good idea!
Also you already have the status on the phone LED itself so do you really need this?
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Also true, however the plan gets a bit more advanced at this stage, my pc case has colour changing glow lights underneath it (just led's that output different colours at different voltages) So as well as a desktop one I was looking at modifying my case so the phone sits ontop, charges, and the leds change colour when its charged, pointless I know!

nice thread, but sadly no one here seems to be doing diy docks? ive seen some awesome looking diy docks for the droid.. herghost, are u done with your dock?
just wanna share my recently diy lego dock, hope others can join in the fun
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i´m planning to build a dock for my desktop with integrated vfd-display for my pc next week....i´ll post pictures, when it´s done.

Can't wait to see it. I'm modding a iphone one to take mine as that's what I have lying around

[Q] Galaxy Tab 2 7" running hot, ROM issue?

Hey XDA!
As a brand new Galaxy Tab user and first-time tablet owner I have a few questions about heat-development and battery-usage, but here is a bit info first:
Model: Galaxy Tab 2 7" 3110 Wi-Fi only
ROM: Jelly Bean 4.1.1 P3113UECLI4 from this XDA thread
Launcher: GO Launcher EX (not HD)
Notable Root applications: Beats! Audio-driver and "Fullscreen" to hide the navigation bar, both from the market
Screen: At permanent 70% brightness
Other: Background sync is off, all widgets are set to refresh between 1-3 hours only
I think this should cover it I hope. I'm not really used to tablets as like said the GTab 2 is my first tablet so I have not much to compare it to but I wonder if it's normal that the device gets pretty warm on the back while just browsing the web and using TuneIn Radio? That's all I did yesterday night and after about 10-15 minutes I didn't found it too hot to touch but it was still slightly uncomfortable :/
The battery-life also doesn't seem to be the greatest as it seems to actually drain power from the battery when plugged in to a regular USB 2.0 port. I understand that tablets can't charge from USB 2.0 unless they are in deep-sleep though is it normal that they actually drain power? o.o I can see my percentage drop by 1% every 3-10 minutes depending on what I'm doing while connected to my PC, though it charges fine if I let it go into deep-sleep...
And to finish this post, here are two screenshots of my battery information:
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70% brightness? that explains a lot about battery drain...
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70% brightness? that explains a lot about battery drain...
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Ehehe well I guess I'm just used to a bright screen from my iPhone 4, since I disabled all background things I don't need my iPhone 4 lasts me about 3-4 days without a charge at 75% perma-brightness and doesn't get hot unless I forget to lock it and fall asleep^^; I dropped the GTabs brightness to 50-55% now and enabled CPU power-saving, things seem better but I will report in a few hours for more accurate results

[Q] Powering a TF-101 with a dead battery

I did something drastic today. I ripped apart the old TF-101 keyboard (already broken prior) to get at the battery pack inside, opened my son's Transformer, and swapped out the dead battery inside with the one from the keyboard, only to find out that... the other pack is just as dead as the one already inside the Transformer.
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I get the same red battery icon when I try to turn on the Transformer I just reassembled using the other battery. Now, I could in theory remove the battery from the second Transformer I have in order to do this, but opening up one of these things and extracting the battery is a non-trivial task to say the least, and I don't relish doing it again. A new battery is rather expensive, at around $40 + delivery, and to be frank I'd rather just spend that $40 as part of the cost of a new tablet. However, it turns out that there are some files inside that thing that I want to be able to recover (mostly photos and videos), so I'd ask what options I have for attempting to power up that thing one last time to extract the data from it. One way would be to use the working Transformer's battery, but that is obviously quite out of the question. I could put the thing on a lab bench somewhere (just assume that I have the facilities to be able to do this) and feed it with 7.4 Vdc along the same 8-pin header that the battery uses, to fool the tablet into thinking it had a working battery, allowing it to boot. What do the wires do, and what voltage levels should they have in order to make the tablet think it has a good battery?

There is a USB mod on the forums here somewhere to feed 1 USB port on your machine 12v instead of 5v using a 12v molex feed from the PSU, which allows charging from a USB port, which would also allow data access from the same port
I`ll post a link if I find it
EDIT - Could be here somewhere
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1087321

[Q] TF300T wont turn on

HI,
So, grabbed my TF300T one day and it would turn on, "no prob" its just out of charge, so charged it (led on the power button went green) went to turn it on and nothing! tried soft and hard resets and still nothing!
Does anyone have any ideas or is it just dead? its stock, just unlocked (form ASUS tool).
Cheers.

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HI,
So, grabbed my TF300T one day and it would turn on, "no prob" its just out of charge, so charged it (led on the power button went green) went to turn it on and nothing! tried soft and hard resets and still nothing!
Does anyone have any ideas or is it just dead? its stock, just unlocked (form ASUS tool).
Cheers.
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Try using the reset hole on the left side of your tablet. Hold that down for varying lengths of time.
Does the light still turn on when you plug it in?

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Try using the reset hole on the left side of your tablet. Hold that down for varying lengths of time.
Does the light still turn on when you plug it in?
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I have tried the reset button but with no results.
Yes, when plugged into the mains i get the orange and then green led.

It could also be the power button shiftet out of place. Remove micro sd card and remove the back cover. Ask someone for help if you don't feel comfortable doing this yourself. Be careful with the hdmi and audio connectors. A pry tool is useful but not required.
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Done that too. I had a new motherboard from the last RMA. I think I will just have to face facts that it is now dead
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Last suggestions. Service switch is off. (But that kind of don't happen by itself).
Have you checked if it possible to put it in apx mode? Have you done the nvflash/wheelie/flatline backup?
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Nfc not workin..sultan

Nfc not working ..never even tryed to apply it untill yesterday..so i dont know if i have a problem after latest update or not?..purchased beatsbox portable and nfc not responding at all..tryed to connect with a girlfriends s4 last night as well..no go...are there any known issues for this in rom?..researched threads and all changelogs..didnt find solution.thanx in advance..best rom by far ive run in the 4yrs ive been using my rocket everyday!.thank you!..also have busybox pro..super su pro..titanium pro installed.. If applicable at all.idk?...#NEVERSETTLE!
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Off hand, I can think of two areas to check. First look in your settings and insure that NFC is turned on. Second, do you have the original battery? If you have an aftermarket battery it may not have the NFC antennae built in.
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Speculatively, if you have the standard battery which does say NFC on it. possibly it has lost continuity on the antennae under the battery wrapper paper. I do not know for certain which is which of the four contact pads on the battery. I would imagine they are magnetic loop in, out, ground, and plus. But which is which I could not say offhand. I looked it up once thinking I might just tape a wire loop onto the body of a 2300mAh battery I bought for air travel so I would not run out of juice while stuck on a flight.
The picture is just something I found in a bing search that shows the antennae under the wrapper I did not go to the page to see what this battery is being sold for. So, if the loop has continuity and NFC is turned on in the settings and it still does not pass a connection you might then assume something is awry on the circuit board.
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Nfc not working ..never even tryed to apply it untill yesterday..so i dont know if i have a problem after latest update or not?..purchased beatsbox portable and nfc not responding at all..tryed to connect with a girlfriends s4 last night as well..no go...are there any known issues for this in rom?..researched threads and all changelogs..didnt find solution.thanx in advance..best rom by far ive run in the 4yrs ive been using my rocket everyday!.thank you!..also have busybox pro..super su pro..titanium pro installed.. If applicable at all.idk?...#NEVERSETTLE!
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