I have seen lots of Qi chargers which only support single position charging (meaning that if you lay down your phone slightly away from the center of the pad it will stop charging), and I think that it wouldn't realistically be any better than just plugging it in since it is such a hassle lining it up just right. Now I have been looking around the internet for some time when I came across this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oaXcJZgmp4
Now in this video, what is demoed at the CES 2013 Qi booth are wireless chargers which are not single position meaning you could theoretically place the phone at the corner of the pad and it would still charge. So my question is when and where can I buy one? I currently have a nexus 4 and I would really like to get into the whole wireless charging thing, but I don't want a single position charger.
You tried searching? I'd like this too and it's the only reason it's keeping me buy a charger for it
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nexicon said:
You tried searching? I'd like this too and it's the only reason it's keeping me buy a charger for it
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how about the panasonic QE-TM101? it has a movable charging coil which will detect the location of your phone and move in to charge it no matter how you place your phone.
i've got one and it works great.
tadaha said:
how about the panasonic QE-TM101? it has a movable charging coil which will detect the location of your phone and move in to charge it no matter how you place your phone.
i've got one and it works great.
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Could you please post a link? I am very interested in that if what you said actually works.
Android 9000 said:
Could you please post a link? I am very interested in that if what you said actually works.
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Check this out...
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=panasonic+qe-tm101
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Could you please post a link? I am very interested in that if what you said actually works.
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Really unable to find it? He gave u the model number right? Wow....
This is nice charger
http://shop.tylt.com/pc_product_detail.asp?key=30517A95C99B46F1B9296DD98DAADD49
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I was running around my house the other day trying to find an extra microUSB cable, when I decided I should just order a couple extra (from www.monoprice.com) to keep around the house...I ended up getting:
2x1.5ft
2x3ft
2x6ft
1x10ft
...all for $9.60 shipped! They seem like high quality cables, and definitely cost a lot less than any brick-and-mortar store!
If you haven't ordered from MonoPrice before, I highly recommend them.
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Not the right section but nice.
wayzata said:
Not the right section but nice.
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How is accessories not the right section. Oh wait I see your trying to get your 10 posts.
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Good stuff. I use Monoprice for all my cable needs. Great prices on HDMI lines, and networking needs.
Grreeat! ive been needing to get a new cable thanks
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one question I do have, triq6.
Just to satisfy my curiosity, why would someone need a 10ft long microUSB cable.
kentu3 said:
one question I do have, triq6.
Just to satisfy my curiosity, why would someone need a 10ft long microUSB cable.
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The power outlet next to my bed is a couple feet away, so now I can use my phone normally (i.e. not leaning towards the side of the bed) while it's charging. It also came in handy during a road trip last weekend; I was using my phone in the back seat while it was plugged into the charger in the center console.
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The power outlet next to my bed is a couple feet away, so now I can use my phone normally (i.e. not leaning towards the side of the bed) while it's charging. It also came in handy during a road trip last weekend; I was using my phone in the back seat while it was plugged into the charger in the center console.
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Agree with this. I just bought a 6 foot charger for 6 bucks off of amazon. I wish I read this thread, I wanted to grab a really long charger for bedside charging. Data transfer speeds might be slow with that, but for charging. It should be working great!
Thanks
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I was running around my house the other day trying to find an extra microUSB cable, when I decided I should just order a couple extra to keep around the house...I ended up getting:
2x1.5ft
2x3ft
2x6ft
1x10ft
...all for $9.60 shipped! They seem like high quality cables, and definitely cost a lot less than any brick-and-mortar store!
If you haven't ordered from MonoPrice before, I highly recommend them.
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I know I am a bit late but thanks I need a new one damn cats chewed it.
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I know I am a bit late but thanks I need a new one damn cats chewed it.
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I feel you, my damn cat chews just enough off to make it not work, its like she knows how to piss people off
-U.S Army-
10ft is kinda long...I've had bad experiences with long or low quality cables
is the 10ft cable reliable in transferring data? i'm sure it's ok for charging...
I'm just curious if the non samsung usb cables can still charge properly over usb.
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I'm just curious if the non samsung usb cables can still charge properly over usb.
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As long as it's a proper Universal Serial Bus cable
Essentially anything from that website will here
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i was wondering if anyone has modded they're phone to use the power mat or if they developed the case for it yet? i looked around and found nothings
I had mine working with a Palm Pre Touchstone but one of my soldered wires broke and I haven't bothered to fix it. I think I will though, it's so convenient, and I have 6 touchstones... The only downside is that it charges slowly.
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I had mine working with a Palm Pre Touchstone but one of my soldered wires broke and I haven't bothered to fix it. I think I will though, it's so convenient, and I have 6 touchstones... The only downside is that it charges slowly.
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i was thinking of grabbing that touchstone cover and pad but i was wondering if the cover still works for my powermat. and did you use the s2 tutorial on the tmobile s2 forums? and how slow is the charge?
I don't know if it will or will not work with the Powermat, I haven't tried it myself. As for how slow, I don't have exact numbers, it was more of a gut feeling.
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I don't know if it will or will not work with the Powermat, I haven't tried it myself. As for how slow, I don't have exact numbers, it was more of a gut feeling.
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So I fixed my Touchstone back and tested it out. If I use a 1A charger direct to the phone I get around 890-900 mAh charging rate, with the Touchstone I get around 485-490 mAh, so it's pretty much half as fast as without it. Overnight that shouldn't make a difference, depends on your usage pattern.
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So I fixed my Touchstone back and tested it out. If I use a 1A charger direct to the phone I get around 890-900 mAh charging rate, with the Touchstone I get around 485-490 mAh, so it's pretty much half as fast as without it. Overnight that shouldn't make a difference, depends on your usage pattern.
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hmm touchstone back and pad is pretty cheap i might get it... howd did you wire it?
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hmm touchstone back and pad is pretty cheap i might get it... howd did you wire it?
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Short answer here: https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/jwfjAOJ8489rV4DPT0DqFNMTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink
Never really liked power mat except for my xbox 360 controller. I would rather just use a cord.
Phase II²
Micro USB Question
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Short answer here: https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/jwfjAOJ8489rV4DPT0DqFNMTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink
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I did something similar for my nexus 4 and want to to my wife's Skyrocket.
Did you buy that usb nub? or do you make it? I made mine, but as pictured it sticks out the bottom some (not my favorite)
https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/...s/5879541927394065665?authkey=CNuurqiC6aaWjQE
I made it. I took a micro-usb cable, cut off the cable, removed the plastic coating, shortened it a bit, soldered on some wire, and then re-shaped it with Sugru (moldable silicone putty). I haven't used it in awhile though, one of the wires broke off the charging circuit and I haven't gotten around to fixing it yet.
I wanna buy one of those power mats for inductive/wireless charging on my nexus 4, but I don't wanna be plugged in, I want one that I can charge at home and take with me to the university, to charge my phone without connecting the mat, just like a powerbank but wireless!! I mean does a product like that exists? One of you guys has bought one of those? Please I would love of I could get one so please share amazon links, reviews, thoughts, anything would be appreciated, thanks on advance !!!
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There's a few. I think the upcoming qimini (search for it in this forum) might be what you was looking for. Heck you can put it in your pocket.
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Ohgami_Ichiro said:
There's a few. I think the upcoming qimini (search for it in this forum) might be what you was looking for. Heck you can put it in your pocket.
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It looks great but you still have to plug it when you are going to use it ;s, I want a completely wireless one, that I can charge at home, and use anywhere just by placing the phone on top of it...
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It looks great but you still have to plug it when you are going to use it ;s, I want a completely wireless one, that I can charge at home, and use anywhere just by placing the phone on top of it...
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Not gonna be very compact but I can see using that and an external Battery to make it 100% wireless.
LRC1710 said:
I wanna buy one of those power mats for inductive/wireless charging on my nexus 4, but I don't wanna be plugged in, I want one that I can charge at home and take with me to the university, to charge my phone without connecting the mat, just like a powerbank but wireless!! I mean does a product like that exists? One of you guys has bought one of those? Please I would love of I could get one so please share amazon links, reviews, thoughts, anything would be appreciated, thanks on advance !!!
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Seems like you need a portable charger.
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esskayy said:
Seems like you need a portable charger.
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I have one, but a portable charging mat would be waaay cooler
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Not gonna be very compact but I can see using that and an external Battery to make it 100% wireless.
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If I can't find what I'm looking for I night as well do that... :s
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i dont think there's such thing.
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I have one, but a portable charging mat would be waaay cooler
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But you would need a power source, the mat can't just obtain electricity out of thin air. The closest we may get to a truly wireless charger is a solar powered one...
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But you would need a power source, the mat can't just obtain electricity out of thin air. The closest we may get to a truly wireless charger is a solar powered one...
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Yeah but you could just make a power bank, that had the ability to use inductive charging, for example, the official Google wireless charger for the Nexus 4,imagine if there was a battery inside that semisphere, so it's a power bank, you charge it at home and take it to wherever you want, when u put your phone on top, it starts charging, it's not getting the electricity out of nowhere, it's getting it from the internal battery inside the semisphere that u charged at home, the same way u could build a mat that does this, batteries are like 0.5 millimeters thick, so you could make a mat that is 1cm thick and u charge it at home, then u take it with you and u charge your phone putting it on top of it... Any of those would be awesome
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Has anyone found any Qi add on solutions for our Note 8's? Happy with any suggestions at this stage for in body or a case that has it built in, else I'll try an add on cards like this behind a case.
Thanks
Nathan
jmone said:
Has anyone found any Qi add on solutions for our Note 8's? Happy with any suggestions at this stage for in body or a case that has it built in, else I'll try an add on cards like this behind a case.
Thanks
Nathan
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Looking at the teardown there doesn't seem to be any way to have something in body:
http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Samsung+Galaxy+Note+10.1+Teardown/10144/1
And I haven't heard of any case that would incorporate the functionality. I'll be watching this thread though, just in case someone has seen or heard of something. It would be interesting
I've ordered this card and a back case to put it behind. I'll let all know how it goes when it all arrives
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/130984655548
jmone said:
I've ordered this card and a back case to put it behind. I'll let all know how it goes when it all arrives
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/130984655548
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Nice.
Very interesting
Can't wait to hear how it works
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I've ordered this card and a back case to put it behind. I'll let all know how it goes when it all arrives
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/130984655548
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Looks very very interesting, looking forward to some pictures
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Looks very very interesting, looking forward to some pictures
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I've got the case and waiting for the Qi bit (slow boat from Hong Kong I think!). Will post pics.
I could not wait
I just clicked buy on:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Qi-wireless-Universal-Charger-receiver-w-Micro-USB-head-for-Samsung-Note-S2-/261286543080?pt=US_Cell_Phone_PDA_Chargers&hash=item3cd5e43ee8
and
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Cute-Wireless-Qi-Power-Charger-Pad-for-Nexus-4-Lumia920-HTC-8X-S4-S3-Note-II-HOT-/221261879198?pt=AU_MobilePhoneAccessories&hash=item33843c579e
a bit above 20£ for a wireless charging kit, very fair imo.
(hope it works)
Mine arrived and I tried it out on my Note 8 and on my GNex.
Sorry to tell you, but this does not work on the Note 8. It detects it, but it doesn't charge. It works great on my GNex under a TPU case though!
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That is sad, have you tried different charging plates?
No, I only have one to try for now, though I have another one on a slow boat from China. But I doubt that one will be any better.
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Mine just arrived and it seems to charge when the Note is OFF but I get the red cross on the battery if the Note is ON. That said I have to wait till the battery runs down a bit to see if it will really charge as it is currently 96%. I'm wondering if the resistor/shorting trick would work....
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Mine just arrived and it seems to charge when the Note is OFF but I get the red cross on the battery if the Note is ON. That said I have to wait till the battery runs down a bit to see if it will really charge as it is currently 96%. I'm wondering if the resistor/shorting trick would work....
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Red cross does not mean that Note is not charging. I have the same cross when charging my Note from USB hub. It will just take more time to chagre it.
LomDiV said:
Red cross does not mean that Note is not charging. I have the same cross when charging my Note from USB hub. It will just take more time to chagre it.
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OK - I'll run it down and see how it goes then report back
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Red cross does not mean that Note is not charging. I have the same cross when charging my Note from USB hub. It will just take more time to chagre it.
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That's good to hear, thanks for posting. It might work then. I didn't try it with the tablet off, just with my Note 8 and GNex and assumed the red cross means it's detected but not charging. Depending on how slow the charging is, it might still be usable then.
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That's good to hear, thanks for posting. It might work then. I didn't try it with the tablet off, just with my Note 8 and GNex and assumed the red cross means it's detected but not charging. Depending on how slow the charging is, it might still be usable then.
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Yup - Woke up this morning and it had charged Can post some pic if anyone wants them
Thanks
Nathan
How many mA is your qi charger, and how many mA is your receiver on the phone? I know I shopped around for a 1A receiver for my S4, and it made a big difference in charge time. I am guessing, since the Note8 came with a 2A charger, it will need more of a draw to sustain power while it is on. I wonder if a 1A QI charger and a 1A receiver would still show a red X. I don't think the QI standard allows anything over 1A draw yet.
Any updates?
I understand it correct that it works, but very slow? This would be okey for me as it will be placed on the qi charger over night.
Please check in settings -> status if the charging mode is "AC" or "USB"!
Have done a lot of searching on Amazon and still am unable to locate a good quality Type C to Type C 5V 3A desktop cradle. For that matter, I am unable to find a good quality cradle period. Anyone else have a suggestion?
They seen to be thin on the ground at the moment, any by thin on the ground I mean non existent...
Did you see this? Not sure if it's legit or not.
https://www.wish.com/m/c/5678c12173...2lzaDovL2MvNTY3OGMxMjE3M2JkNmQzNTU1OTY0ZWUy#0
Nope
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Did you see this? Not sure if it's legit or not.
https://www.wish.com/m/c/5678c12173...2lzaDovL2MvNTY3OGMxMjE3M2JkNmQzNTU1OTY0ZWUy#0
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I would not trust a cradle like that to hold a phone as large as the Nexus 6P to hold it just by the USB-C port.
Iam also looking for something like this. Iam thinking buying one that has type c end and connect the OEM charger that might work
I purchased the NXET dock after the review I read from Benson Leung giving it 5 stars. My first post so I can't post a direct link yet, but search 'NXET® Type-C Dock' on Amazon. The only thing I dislike is the cable is wired to the charger and cannot be removed. I had thought having only the Type-C port holding it up would cause issues, but I haven't had any problems and it charges pretty darn fast.
There's also one from Kidigi. Its similar if not the same as NXET's Type-C, but keep in mind Kidigi's first release wont fast charge and don't meet usb-c specs.
I don't think there's a proper fast charging dock yet. I'm using this spigen cradle which has a slot behind to plug in your charger and works well.
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I don't think there's a proper fast charging dock yet. I'm using this spigen cradle which has a slot behind to plug in your charger and works well.
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You'd think they would be able to just use a USB-C port on the back as well so that the dock simply acts as a cable extender of sorts. That way you could use whatever fast charger you want.
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I don't think there's a proper fast charging dock yet. I'm using this spigen cradle which has a slot behind to plug in your charger and works well.
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Etsy have a few wooden ones which look quite cool. Definitely going to grab one of these.
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Etsy have a few wooden ones which look quite cool. Definitely going to grab one of these.
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Which ones are you looking at?
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Which ones are you looking at?
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These ones I assume.
https://www.etsy.com/dk-en/listing/...y&ga_search_query=usb-c dock&ref=sr_gallery_2
https://www.etsy.com/dk-en/listing/...y&ga_search_query=usb-c dock&ref=sr_gallery_1
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Did you see this? Not sure if it's legit or not.
https://www.wish.com/m/c/5678c12173...2lzaDovL2MvNTY3OGMxMjE3M2JkNmQzNTU1OTY0ZWUy#0
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I cringe everytime I see wish.com
I printed my own.
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These ones I assume.
https://www.etsy.com/dk-en/listing/...y&ga_search_query=usb-c dock&ref=sr_gallery_2
https://www.etsy.com/dk-en/listing/...y&ga_search_query=usb-c dock&ref=sr_gallery_1
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Which ones are you looking at?
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yup! These.
Okay, so it's not a charging cradle, but it only cost $2.79, and my stock charger plugs in just fine. Even sprung for one for the wife's MXP.