After a drop the wireless charging would not. It would work if I put pressure on the back when the phone was on the charger. So if pulled the back off and put a layer of tape under the flex circuit on the back that connects the charging coil to the front of the phone.*
That got the wireless charging working again but now I notice that if I press in the center of the back cover it flexes. I want to know if this is normal and I just didn't notice or is this something wrong?*
Also do you think if I got a new back would that fix the wireless charging?
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i've ordered a inductive charging case back and 'dock'. the plan is to adapt the back coil and board to fit under an extended battery back for the blaze. if it works well enough, the next stage is to remove the battery cover completely and put the blaze in a waterproof case with an extended battery, and the inductive charging coil, so it can be a waterproofed phone, and somewhat tougher.
i'll be using it as:
motorcycle gps speedometer
tracking
navigation
mp3 player via bluetooth
camera/video recorder (rarely)
has anyone installed a inductive charging coil on this phone yet ? my searches always turn up the galaxy s2/s3/s4 setups. hopefully this very small, very cheap phone will last a nice long time as i've intended to use it. my mytouch4gslide was a trooper with 2 years of abuse in this capacity.
i bought a palm pre back cover and the palm touchstone charger a month ago.
this morning i soldered (really small connections!!!!) to both the ( + ) first pin on the micro usb and the ( - ) outside of the micro usb shell, then ran the wires up through the interior case. it would power on the phone without the battery if the phone was on the touchstone, or with the micro usb cord plugged into the phone.
but
it wouldn't -charge- the phone, from either the micro usb cord or the hacked in wires of the touchstone + palm inductive back.
any ideas why ?
it helps if the wires are soldered to the correct leads inside, apparently !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VR1R3paEqr0
wireless charging on a 'low end' galaxy blaze S
I don't have much experience with phone modding, but if you buy one of those induction coils from Starbucks (they're about 5 US dollars) and yank it apart, stick it in a case, you're all good to go. No need for a charger. Ever.
Does anyone else have this kind of trouble? Wireless charging just stopped working. I've tried with two chargers and no effect. Chargers can't be broken because they both charge my older Nexus 4 just fine. USB charging works just fine but I've kind of used to wireless and it drives me crazy since it doesn't work. I haven't dropped the phone or anything, I even replaced the back cover with new genuine OEM back cover since I thought that maybe the coils in back have been damaged or something.
Could it be software issue or what?
I had this same thing happen, although with mine, it was after a (about 2 foot) fall. It could be software, but doubtful, since you can verify that by simply turning your phone off (not in standby, but completely off), and seeing if the battery indicator comes up when you start charging. Regardless, Google will ask you to do a hard reset before they'll replace it to ensure that it's not software-related.
As I said, mine was replaced under warranty for this very issue, so Google does count this as a replaceable issue (provided you bought it from the Play Store). However, there is one thing to try first:
Draw an imaginary line across the bottom of the letters in "nexus" printed on the back cover, and follow that line until you're even with the flash. Right there, there's a clip that most people miss when replacing the cover. That clip MUST be securely fastened, or wireless charging won't work (the purpose of the clip is to keep the wireless charging pins engaged). Press down at that spot to make sure that the clip is engaged.
Barring that, I'd contact Google for replacement (or your carrier, if you bought it from there).
After several re-openings, it apparently finally worked. Those four little pins were somehow bit too low so that connection did last only few seconds. I pulled them up little bit with tweezers, push that copper thing on top of the battery all the way to bottom and firmly put the back cover on its place and now it's working again. I was so close sending this thing back to Google...
Somehow it still feels that it doesn't quite charge it with full power. It apparenly takes much more time than using AC charger. This wasn't the case when this problem didn't occure because it charged wirelessly very quickly.
I've had a Nexus 5 since mid November 2013. Each night it is charged on a Tylt charger, during the day at my office I have the newer Nexus charger. Within the past month, the Tylt has been intermittently not charging (the green light on the bottom won't light). I could sometimes have success if the phone was turned sideways. But the nexus charger would usually do the trick. Recently the Nexus charger won't get the phone in wireless charging mode either, whether the phone is on or off.
Anyone had wireless charging go bad? Anything to try other than call Google and swap it out? Sean
SeanFL said:
I've had a Nexus 5 since mid November 2013. Each night it is charged on a Tylt charger, during the day at my office I have the newer Nexus charger. Within the past month, the Tylt has been intermittently not charging (the green light on the bottom won't light). I could sometimes have success if the phone was turned sideways. But the nexus charger would usually do the trick. Recently the Nexus charger won't get the phone in wireless charging mode either, whether the phone is on or off.
Anyone had wireless charging go bad? Anything to try other than call Google and swap it out? Sean
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If you have access to another Qi Wireless Charger try it on that, otherwise it could just be a problem with the coil even though that's unlikely. Did you pull off the back cover at any time?
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If you have access to another Qi Wireless Charger try it on that, otherwise it could just be a problem with the coil even though that's unlikely. Did you pull off the back cover at any time?
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It's not 100% clear but I believe when he says the Nexus charger he means the Google Qi charging unit, so he would've tested it on there and the Tylt.
Question: Have you ever removed the backplate? Or maybe dropped the phone? If so one of the clips securing the backplate might have loosened.
Try pushing down on the back of the phone right around where the X or S is andif you hear a click it should've snapped back into place. This is most common for people who have removed their backplate.
The clip that's typically the problem can by located thus:
Form a cross (two perpendicular lines), with one line running along the bottom of the letters in NEXUS on the back cover, and the other line coming from the flash. The clip is located where those two perpendicular lines meet. Press down there to ensure it's properly seated.
The entire purpose of that clip is to ensure that the wireless charging contacts seat correctly. If that clip is unseated or broken, you'll (eventually, if not immediately) have wireless charging issues.
However, it doesn't take much to damage the wireless charging system in the N5. My first unit stopped wirelessly charging after I dropped it from a height of about 2 feet (from a seated position), and it landed flat on its back on a tile floor. Luckily, if you bought it from Google, it's still under warranty, and wireless charging not working is a valid warranty issue. (Hence, why I said "my first unit.")
I'm not finding clear info on if the V10 is ready to go or needs something added to enable a wireless charging on a wireless charging stand.
I've seen you you can add some kind of antenna to the back cover; when I remove the back cover on mine, there is already one there; but not sure if it is for wireless charging.
Can anyone fill me in?
That's for NFC, Qi wireless charging requires an new replacement back accessory. Just google Qi Wireless, and the NFC/Qi charging requires two Pairs of PIN connectors on the LEFT and RIGHT side of the back cover. By default its only on the RIGHT hand side, which is for NFC only
I bought a wireless charging "sticker" to retrofit my v10 for wireless charging. Installation was a little finicky but totally doable. You remove the existing nfc sticker inside the back cover and replace with one that does nfc and wireless charging. Then it will change with any qi charger.
I tried using it for awhile, but I kind of hate it. You have to line it up perfectly and even then it's incredibly slow. Misalign and it gets hot but slowly discharges the battery. I never use it.
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I bought a wireless charging "sticker" to retrofit my v10 for wireless charging. Installation was a little finicky but totally doable. You remove the existing nfc sticker inside the back cover and replace with one that does nfc and wireless charging. Then it will change with any qi charger.
I tried using it for awhile, but I kind of hate it. You have to line it up perfectly and even then it's incredibly slow. Misalign and it gets hot but slowly discharges the battery. I never use it.
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I had the same experience. I tried it but it is slow and the phone gets hot. I never use it anymore.
I have a Qi replacement back, and it was awesome. But after a year it keeps turning off and my Tylt charger will blink red, wake the phone up, start charging. It'll get to 100% over night, but I don't like it.
I am currently using: LG Wireless Charging Backcase CPR-120 für V10 schwarz, CPR-120.AGEUBK (from amazon.de) together with Samsung EP-PA510BWEGWW Wireless Charging Plate Mini - White and this is working fine. I did try a cheap backcase from e-bay but that one started falling apart (first some cracks and then pieces around crack fell off) so not bothered to try any others.
Lg Urbane 2 LTE stopped working and was not able to charge. Tried cleaning the charger pins and watch cover contact terminals and it made no difference.
1 year later decided to open it out and found the problem. The Charger internal pin on motherboard was loose and out of place. It connects the outside case connection terminal to internal circuit board. These pins are extremely small and you will need a set of tweezers to hold them. If you have a magnifying glass it will help with this repair. On my watch after i removed the straps i could open the back cover and didnt immediately notice the pin was missing. Its so tiny you dont really notice them. I removed the 4 screws and circuit board connections and after removing the motherboard to check the battery, didn’t see any obvious issues so i re-assembled. Thats when i noticed that 1 pin was missing on the motherboard. On closer inspection i found that on the inside of the back cover are 3 small magnets and the missing pin was stuck to the magnet. Barely visible. You need to use tweezers to hold it and reset the pin back into its holder-kinda slides back into place. Very hard to see but the pins slide into a tiny holder. Put the back cover on and then placed the watch on the charger and it works. 1 full year has passed since it was last charged and it works now. Again check the inside pins are all there ,on the inside under the back cover. The pins are on the motherboard mounted. Hope this helps all those out there with a dead LG urbane 2....good luck