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[Q] Qi Chargers?

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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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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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

Portable charging mat????

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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LRC1710 said:
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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Ohgami_Ichiro said:
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.

LRC1710 said:
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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esskayy said:
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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Qi - any Receiver, Case etc?

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

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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Looks very very interesting, looking forward to some pictures

elmstrom said:
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....

jmone said:
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

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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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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kisrita said:
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"!

Will there ever be a 25W Turbo Car Charger?

Anyone know if Motorola or third parties will ever offer a 25W Turbo Car Charger? I feel like that's where we need it most.

I don't know if they will. But I do know, that I have the presently available Turbo Car Charger and it works very well. I would not bother to buy a 25w one if they do release one. The present one works great for me.
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Anker makes one that i just ordered on Amazon
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lk2race said:
Anker makes one that i just ordered on Amazon
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Can you trust that it will work?

I will let you know as soon as it arrives. I bought the Aukey version and it doesn't always work right
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glowsti047 said:
Anyone know if Motorola or third parties will ever offer a 25W Turbo Car Charger? I feel like that's where we need it most.
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sorry,only have a 42W charger not the 25w you are looking for. turbo charge indicates in use. haven't pitted charge time against the one that shipped with the motox.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B013QVDK2Y

I have been using the Platinum - Quick Charge Car Charger and it seems to work well. The phone is reading it as a quick charging and enabling TurboPower chargings.
Note: This is only available at Best Buy, being that Platinum is a Best Buy company.

nixter1029 said:
I have been using the Platinum - Quick Charge Car Charger and it seems to work well. The phone is reading it as a quick charging and enabling TurboPower chargings.
Note: This is only available at Best Buy, being that Platinum is a Best Buy company.
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This is also a 15w charger.
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Darnell_Chat_TN said:
This is also a 15w charger.
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Woops, my bad I had misread the packaging. Welp, I guess now I know I don't have a 25w charger.

jdfrye said:
Can you trust that it will work?
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I have it and it works, only used one day but definitely a set up from my last car charger
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jdfrye said:
Can you trust that it will work?
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I have this Anker and it works
http://www.amazon.com/Qualcomm-Cert...1443034981&sr=8-1&keywords=anker+quick+charge

Is the difference between the 15W and 25W Turbo Chargers that noticeably different to anyone? To me, it's all fast .

Only reason there rating higher wattage is more device's can be plugged in at same time

czaplin said:
I have this Anker and it works
http://www.amazon.com/Qualcomm-Cert...1443034981&sr=8-1&keywords=anker+quick+charge
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This is the one i have and i'm using it with the Anker thick cable

Good site for referring to for reviews on charges.
http://m.thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-usb-car-charger/

NoFear1183 said:
Good site for referring to for reviews on charges.
http://m.thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-usb-car-charger/
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According to them: 'The iPhone continues to be our favorite smartphone for most people.'
No, thanks for their opinion.

Darnell_Chat_TN said:
Is the difference between the 15W and 25W Turbo Chargers that noticeably different to anyone? To me, it's all fast .
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Depends how sharp eyed you are I suppose. For me the main reason to have those extra watts is so that the battery can still charge at a good rate while running google maps on the phone while driving. That GPS, screen, GPU and CPU take a good chunk of energy.

kuikkaj said:
Depends how sharp eyed you are I suppose. For me the main reason to have those extra watts is so that the battery can still charge at a good rate while running google maps on the phone while driving. That GPS, screen, GPU and CPU take a good chunk of energy.
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I use the Moto 15w car Turbo Charger while running TomTom Go. It uses more battery than any navigation app I have ever used. And I still get a charge moving upward while using it. A regular charger had trouble keeping up with TomTom Go, on my old M7. But I could use Google Maps navigation on the M7 on the car charger just fine.
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Review of the 2016 Official Samsung QI Fast Wireless Charger for the Galaxy S7 Edge/

Hi Ram again with another review this time for the Official Samsung QI Wireless Fast Charger for the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge/S7/S6 Edge Plus and the Note 5 the 2016 Model. Click on the link below.
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Thanks for your time and bye for now.
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Anyone tried this with their s6 edge +? If so how long does the charging take?
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ramheer said:
Anyone tried this with their s6 edge +? If so how long does the charging take?
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I'm using it on s6 E+. A Bit slower than wire fast charge, but fast (for ex: now i'm on 69% battery left, when i plug the fast charger, it says it remains 40min until full battery, with the wireless charger it says 43m)
BTW, best looking wireless charger ever!!!

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I'm using it on s6 E+. A Bit slower than wire fast charge, but fast (for ex: now i'm on 69% battery left, when i plug the fast charger, it says it remains 40min until full battery, with the wireless charger it says 43m)
BTW, best looking wireless charger ever!!!
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Yeah I love this charger also, a lot of people have complained it's too expensive but when you use it, you actually forget about the cost because it's so good.

And it's cheaper then the s6 e+ fast wireless charger (here in portugal is 5€ cheaper)
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nmm81 said:
And it's cheaper then the s6 e+ fast wireless charger (here in portugal is 5€ cheaper)
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I am surprised it's cheaper !
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does it charge through leather cover too?

pmisun said:
does it charge through leather cover too?
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Yes it does check out my YouTube channel I will be uploading a review video of a leather case and I test the charger, I will be uploading the video in a few hours,
http://www.youtube.com/c/ramheer
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pmisun said:
does it charge through leather cover too?
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I have a few cases, even one with aluminium in the back (from verus) and they all charge
PS - the wireless charger that came with the phone (regular wireless charger from samsung) doesn't charge the phone with this case