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i9000 induction charging mod

Ok, This seems like such a obvious thing to do that there must be a reason it hasn't been done yet.
The idea, the galaxy s i9000 has a thin plastic back cover, which wouldn't interfere with an induction charging mod. So why hasn't one been done yet?
secondary question:
via induction charging; Is it possible to charge directly to the battery connectors? or does the charge need to go through the USB port to work? I think it's a bit ugly having wires protruding out that then need to connect to a usb head and then plug into the phone... I imagine that the battery may still charge with a direct charge to the battery, but the software may not control it. (i.e. no awareness that the phone is on charge)
What do you guys think?
Cheers,
Evan

Evanlw85 said:
Ok, This seems like such a obvious thing to do that there must be a reason it hasn't been done yet.
The idea, the galaxy s i9000 has a thin plastic back cover, which wouldn't interfere with an induction charging mod. So why hasn't one been done yet?
secondary question:
via induction charging; Is it possible to charge directly to the battery connectors? or does the charge need to go through the USB port to work? I think it's a bit ugly having wires protruding out that then need to connect to a usb head and then plug into the phone... I imagine that the battery may still charge with a direct charge to the battery, but the software may not control it. (i.e. no awareness that the phone is on charge)
What do you guys think?
Cheers,
Evan
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Possible? Yes. Safe? No.

Direct connection to the battery will probably overcharge the battery.
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Palm Pre has it, and there was a mod for an Evo 4G using the Palm Pre coil; so a mod is perhaps technically possible. But I wouldn’t mess around with it. Inductive charging is inefficient add produces more heat compared to normal charging. Galaxy S heats up while charging even the normal way, I don’t want to make it worse.
As for charging methods, generally speaking, I much prefer open charging contacts with a desktop cradle like design (like used in home cordless phones) over inductive charging.

wouldn't necessarily overcharge if a charge controller was in place. (direct connection to battery)

Palm Pre mod here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=862879
Although no sign of him since the mod, which is a little worrying

FlanFlinger said:
Palm Pre mod here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=862879
Although no sign of him since the mod, which is a little worrying
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Still here , and Phone including the mod are still working.
I'm quite satisfied with the mod, the only real flaw is that the compass is practically unuseable (but I never really used the compass, so i don't care)
And I does charge a little slower , the back (were the coil is sitting) gets warm after sometime , but nothing to worry about (maybe 38°C).
I would not recommend to charge the battery directly the 5V that the coil "produces" may not only overcharge the battery but may also destroy parts of the phone.
I connected the wires to the usb-port (Internally), so its like you are charging over the usb port, so there's no risk of overcharging.

Any details on how you did that? from the other thread it looks like you have one wire running off to a screw (ground point?) and another directly to the battery.

take a look at this:

well thats awsome although im a bit worried about messing with my phone

http://www.qianqin.de/2011/09/18/samsung-galaxy-s-wireless-inductive-charging-mod/

He's already ordered parts for making a fully invisible inductive charging mod (with the MicroUSB slot being completely free) so check the website in about a week or two.

can't get hold of a palm pre back... so need to make our own coil. But what length does the coil need to be?

This is all very impressive. But induction charging seems pretty useless since you can't really use the phone while charging.

disclaimernotice said:
This is all very impressive. But induction charging seems pretty useless since you can't really use the phone while charging.
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music? remote desktop? while sleeping? tap with it on the stand anyway? attach a magnet?

[Q] QI charging vs Sony Magnetic charging. What do u prefer?

Ok so I was told by a Sony store employee that the Z4 might have wireless charging and most likely it is Qi based. I have had a lot of experience with wireless charging with the N6 for which I bought a Tylt Vu since I was told it was the fastest but alas it's much much slower than the stock charger and also slower to a cheap Nokia stock charger belonging to some dumb phone.
I prefer the magnetic dock system it charges my Sony faster than the wireless system of the N6 it would truly be a step back if Sony only included Qi and deleted the magnetic system from the next flagship. Don't get me wrong the Tylt Vu is a very capable dock but when compared to the likes of Sony DK docks it's not half as grippy neither does it charge as fast.
What do you all think ?

I like the convenience of wireless charging that my nexus 5 had, It's something I miss on the z3. Not really a fan of the magnetic charging
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rxil said:
I like the convenience of wireless charging that my nexus 5 had, It's something I miss on the z3. Not really a fan of the magnetic charging
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Out of interest, how can anyone have a problem with magnetic charging? The usb socket is a weak point on many devices; often they're glued or soldered onto the boards with no regard for longevity - indeed, it wouldn't surprise me if they are deliberate weakpoints, exempt from warranty ("you must have broken it") etc. Magnetic connectors solve all that. Sure, add QI to magnetic (and usb, for data transfer if you can't use wifi for some reason) but I see no downsides to providing magnetic.

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Out of interest, how can anyone have a problem with magnetic charging? The usb socket is a weak point on many devices; often they're glued or soldered onto the boards with no regard for longevity - indeed, it wouldn't surprise me if they are deliberate weakpoints, exempt from warranty ("you must have broken it") etc. Magnetic connectors solve all that. Sure, add QI to magnetic (and usb, for data transfer if you can't use wifi for some reason) but I see no downsides to providing magnetic.
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I agree that the USB port is the weak spot on a device, and will you bring up some good points I don't want to have both of them on my device I'd rather have one or the other but USB charging is more mainstream than the magnetic charging. I've only had my z3 for a few days and haven't gotten around to using the magnetic charging. Waitimg for the adpter in the mail.

Slow charging, for example overnight: Qi for comfort reasons, not cable attached and charging time doesn't matter
Very fast charging, for example "i got 5%, have to get out in 30minutes and got to make it through the day!": USB due to fastest charging times
Casual charging, for example "let's plug it in in the afternoon, my Z3 will make it through the night without any losses and through the next day": Magnetic charging
I don't want to wear out the USB port flap, so i bought the magnetic charging cable even before the Z3 arrived. I guess it will do in everyday usage, i'll have a look on the charging rates. If they're too slow for "power charging", i'll switch to USB.
However, a few months ago i only charged my phone over night. I would have loved to have Qi charging back then, so much better than to find out how to plug in the USB cable in complete darkness.

CentaXx said:
Slow charging, for example overnight: Qi for comfort reasons, not cable attached and charging time doesn't matter
Very fast charging, for example "i got 5%, have to get out in 30minutes and got to make it through the day!": USB due to fastest charging times
Casual charging, for example "let's plug it in in the afternoon, my Z3 will make it through the night without any losses and through the next day": Magnetic charging
I don't want to wear out the USB port flap, so i bought the magnetic charging cable even before the Z3 arrived. I guess it will do in everyday usage, i'll have a look on the charging rates. If they're too slow for "power charging", i'll switch to USB.
However, a few months ago i only charged my phone over night. I would have loved to have Qi charging back then, so much better than to find out how to plug in the USB cable in complete darkness.
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Some people claim the magnetic charging is faster than usb. I wouldn't know - i've only used usb to charge it once, and I was playing around with stamina mode at the time (for some reason stamina mode really slows down charging).

I wish this phone supported wireless charging! I charge with the Sony DK magnetic dock and it works well but can get a little finicky to get seated properly but I still prefer it to fiddling with those micro-USB connectors. I charge overnight 90% of the time and so even if wireless charging is slower that's fine with me. I'm ok having to plug in if I need a quicker charge when I forget to charge the night before, although with the Z3 that's not as big a deal because it's not too tough to stretch two days out of a charge with moderate use (on a bit of a limp towards the end of the second day).
This phone would be pretty close to perfect for me if it had wireless charging, a removable battery, and no ultra-slippery glass back (I really don't like the glass back!!).

I just slide the phone into the correct position no need to put in in a specific way. I have fixed the dock with double side tape all I need to find in the dark is the groove in the dock and slide the phone in place. As far as overnight charging is concerned I use the dock overnight without any problems. For the Nexus 6 the tylt vu dock its not a stable combo I mean it's really not sturdy any sort of vibration causes the Nexus 6 to detach so it's not the dock for overnight recharge.

I use qi chargers on samsung's phones and magnetic on Z ultra. Qi charger is very convenient and beside slow charging and heat disipation there is no minuses ( I have qi car charger from nokia and works well with all phones), magnetic charger is faster BUT you are still connected to a cable and the weak magnet is making the solution unusable in car. A COMBINATION OF THEM WILL BE THE PERFECT SOLUTION
P.S. Sony make some great accesories...why the h__l they did not made a magneting car dock I don't understand...
P.S.2 qi charger for moto 360 works like a charm....the best solution of all regarding smartwatch charging

[Q] Found a flex cable QI mod? Maybe?

I found this when looking for QI receivers for my XT1092, and it appears to be designed for internal mounting!?
http://www.aliexpress.com/snapshot/6698695850.html?orderId=67539862048322
Has anyone else seen this, and does anyone, who has actually torn their phone down, think there's a free slot for this anywher?
I assume that it requires some form of modding to the battery mount, as that's the only area where you could potentially get a fraction of a millimeter to use.

Very cool find! The pattern of it looks correct to work and I do believe there may just be a spot to connect it. I just assembled a Moto X the other day. I have some pieces and will look tonight.

Shadowdancer123 said:
I found this when looking for QI receivers for my XT1092, and it appears to be designed for internal mounting!?
http://www.aliexpress.com/snapshot/6698695850.html?orderId=67539862048322
Has anyone else seen this, and does anyone, who has actually torn their phone down, think there's a free slot for this anywher?
I assume that it requires some form of modding to the battery mount, as that's the only area where you could potentially get a fraction of a millimeter to use.
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I was looking at a teardown video for the Moto X 2014, and this just looks like the NFC coil. Besides, I don't think NFC and wireless charging can share the same two contacts. I am pretty sure you would need a pair of contacts for the NFC coil and another pair for the inductive coil.
Edit: Or you would need atleast a chip onboard that can route all that current when charging to the charging circuitry and not fry the NFC hardware, and use it as a transceiver for NFC while not charging. I don't know if they even do things like that.

walrusmonarch said:
I was looking at a teardown video for the Moto X 2014, and this just looks like the NFC coil. Besides, I don't think NFC and wireless charging can share the same two contacts. I am pretty sure you would need a pair of contacts for the NFC coil and another pair for the inductive coil.
Edit: Or you would need atleast a chip onboard that can route all that current when charging to the charging circuitry and not fry the NFC hardware, and use it as a transceiver for NFC while not charging. I don't know if they even do things like that.
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I took a detailed look this evening and I can confirm that is the NFC coil, so the dream of Qi continues to elude us.

Bah, damn these chinese vendors and their inaccurate descriptions...

has anybody tried this? http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MN3RR7Q?&path=/BLUBOON-Universal-Wireless-Micro-usb-Narrow-interface/dp/B00MN3RR7Q/ref=redir_mobile_desktop&ref_=redir_mobile_desktop&useRedirectOnSuccess=1&th=1

chapelfreak said:
has anybody tried this? http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MN3RR7Q?&path=/BLUBOON-Universal-Wireless-Micro-usb-Narrow-interface/dp/B00MN3RR7Q/ref=redir_mobile_desktop&ref_=redir_mobile_desktop&useRedirectOnSuccess=1&th=1
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From my own experience it's a pretty sh*tt* thing, doesn't have the power efficiency it should.

Spazmatism said:
From my own experience it's a pretty sh*tt* thing, doesn't have the power efficiency it should.
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That sucks I like wireless since by the time I'm half way through the device life I need to replace the charge port. The joy of children lol

Magnetic Qi car mount?

I know there's about three threads on the general subject, but didn't want to resurrect something that's only similar from 3 months ago and thread jack.
Simply put, I am looking for a magnetic mount wireless charger for the car. I'm a delivery driver and need to be able to just grab my phone and jump out of the car and not asshole with waiting for it to automatically release my phone or pushing a button to release the phone, etc.

Волк said:
I know there's about three threads on the general subject, but didn't want to resurrect something that's only similar from 3 months ago and thread jack.
Simply put, I am looking for a magnetic mount wireless charger for the car. I'm a delivery driver and need to be able to just grab my phone and jump out of the car and not asshole with waiting for it to automatically release my phone or pushing a button to release the phone, etc.
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I have been using a Scosche MagicMount Pro Charge for the last few months but it's been spotty at best. The magnets seemed like they were too close to the charging coil so the placement was very finicky for me. If it did charge, it would get too hot and would throttle down. This was with a dedicated AC vent blowing cool air on it. In the end, the heat didn't seem worth it for me. Not sure if their newer MagicMount3 is any better, but I don't really wanna throw down the money to try out something that might end up with the same results.

(TL;DR) In short, they exist, but as a concept, they really just don't work well. Here's a link to one anyway: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07CXV4RXQ that I mention later on. It appears to be the same, or similar to the one tysj mentioned, so, it may or may not work, it really depends on the positioning of the magnets.
Thing is, like tysj found out the hard way, it's not really something that can be done (effectively, anyway), because as you probably know, Qi charging isn't magic. It's inductive charging. (Keep in mind this is a simplified explanation, it's actually a bit more complicated than this, it uses inductive resonance charging which has a bit more to it allowing it to be more efficient and have a longer range, but at the base it's still an inductive charger, just with a capacitor to set the resonant frequency and range with peak efficiency) Meaning, the charger is running electricity (AC) through its coil, which creates a changing magnetic field, which induces an electric current (AC) in the coil in the device you're charging (it's converted to DC before it charges your battery.)
Essentially, it goes (Wall AC) -> DC (wall-wart/car) -> AC -> coil -> changing magnetic field -> coil -> AC -> DC
So, placing a pair of permanent magnets in the middle of this, right where the changing magnetic field needs to be, only serves to block the ability for the charger to change the magnetic field, which it tries to compensate for by putting more power through its coil. Let's just say that in a fight between the coil and a permanent magnet strong enough to hold up your phone, the coil loses, as it is no where strong enough to change the magnetic field of the magnet. While the charging coil's magnetic field and that of the magnets may, in places, be shaped in such a way to allow some of the chargers coil's magnetic field to reach the device coil if precisely positioned, most wont, and the permanent magnets will just further resist any changing magnetic fields in the device coil.
It could possibly be done with very careful and precise positioning of magnets, like this one from Amazon.com, for instance, although based on reviews (and tysj's reply) I'm unsure of how well it will work, and it certainly depends a LOT on where you put the magnets on your phone/in the case. That's a link with no referral code, and no tracking info, I always strip them when sharing, as a courtesy just the link. Since the location of the coil in the phone isn't standardized, it's hard to say. I'm not an electrical engineer (so there are most likely errors in here), so I honestly couldn't tell you. But as someone who has a (very) basic understanding of electromagnetism, including induction, this is really not a good idea.
In the past, I had a magnet in my phone's case for just that reason, and trying to use the wireless charger just created heat, and didn't really charge the device. And that was without a magnet on the charger, too.
If you want to read up on how inductive charging (including Qi) works, the Wikipedia article is pretty good. Wikipedia: Inductive Charging
I know you said that you
need to be able to just grab my phone and jump out of the car and not asshole with waiting for it to automatically release my phone or pushing a button to release the phone, etc.
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but, given the above, I strongly suggest a Qi mount with an automatic grip for essentially the same functionality, but in a way that actually works. Look around for something quick. I'm unsure if I would recommend the Scosche magnetic one above, just due to how you would need to get the magnet placement nearly perfect. It might be worth a try, if it doesn't work you can always return it.
Something like this one on Amazon.com (there are many different designs like it, this is just an example.) It uses an IR sensor to detect when your phone approaches, then opens, and closes once its on the stand, then it releases by touching a button. It's not quite as easy as a magnetic mount, but at least it'll wirelessly charge.
Either that, or use a magnetic mount and a charging cable.
If you do end up buying a Scosche one, do let us know how it works out.
There's also one that requires a certain case to use, so I imagine there might be more of those. IMHO those are more likely to consistently work, as the magnets are pre-placed in the exact position needed and in a way that wont get in the way of the coils.
Good luck!

Pitaka MagEZ case and their magnetic wireless charger for car, works nice for me

DeeZZ_NuuZZ said:
Pitaka MagEZ case and their magnetic wireless charger for car, works nice for me
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Glad that Pitaka is finally making a magnetic case for the Pixel 4. I got tired of waiting for them, so I just bought a generic carbon fiber case and used these metal tabs https://www.moshi.com/en/product/snapto-tabs/gray. You can line them up perfectly to work with the Pitaka wireless charger or probably any other charger. The company that makes the tabs also sell a wireless charger.
Does your Pitaka charger activate fast charging on the PIxel? I have the older version of the charger and it charges slowly.

slicck said:
Glad that Pitaka is finally making a magnetic case for the Pixel 4. I got tired of waiting for them, so I just bought a generic carbon fiber case and used these metal tabs https://www.moshi.com/en/product/snapto-tabs/gray. You can line them up perfectly to work with the Pitaka wireless charger or probably any other charger. The company that makes the tabs also sell a wireless charger.
Does your Pitaka charger activate fast charging on the PIxel? I have the older version of the charger and it charges slowly.
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It seems to charge slow, need to use ampere and see how much exactly.
Which case did you got and which charger to have fast charging?

Max I got with pitaka is 560ma or so, gonna send it back and get another charger which really gives 10w... Sadly, it is nice but slow charging

Волк said:
I know there's about three threads on the general subject, but didn't want to resurrect something that's only similar from 3 months ago and thread jack.
Simply put, I am looking for a magnetic mount wireless charger for the car. I'm a delivery driver and need to be able to just grab my phone and jump out of the car and not asshole with waiting for it to automatically release my phone or pushing a button to release the phone, etc.
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Have you looked at the gravity type of holder? They have bottom fingers that when pushed down close the sides of the holder. So you can put your phone in and out without waiting. I tried one once and it worked until the vehicle went over a big bump - the phone went up, the sides opened and then... well, you can imagine. Not fun while highway driving. I only tried one (I don't remember the model) so there may be others that would give better results, at least for your use case.

For some reason I haven't gotten notifications that people have been commenting, only just today that somebody quoted me.
After a couple of other tries and no success, I went with the scosche magic Mount 3. The maintenance are probably far enough out away from the coil that there's little interference to the actual induction. Seems to work well, I want to say 1300 or 1600 mAh. Obviously not as good as a word connection, but decent nonetheless. Keep having trouble with the cables connecting in the USBC port as well, so wireless charging is a must for the car.
As for heat, it's a tough call. I'm in SoCal, so I actually have to put a towel over the mount while at work so it isn't a fireball when I am done working.
I did notice on the lock screen that it will sometimes tell me to adjust the alignment for better charging.
Ironically I fell into a new job and now it's more because of cable or port dero rather than speed, lol.

Волк said:
For some reason I haven't gotten notifications that people have been commenting, only just today that somebody quoted me.
After a couple of other tries and no success, I went with the scosche magic Mount 3. The maintenance are probably far enough out away from the coil that there's little interference to the actual induction. Seems to work well, I want to say 1300 or 1600 mAh. Obviously not as good as a word connection, but decent nonetheless. Keep having trouble with the cables connecting in the USBC port as well, so wireless charging is a must for the car.
As for heat, it's a tough call. I'm in SoCal, so I actually have to put a towel over the mount while at work so it isn't a fireball when I am done working.
I did notice on the lock screen that it will sometimes tell me to adjust the alignment for better charging.
Ironically I fell into a new job and now it's more because of cable or port dero rather than speed, lol.
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Thanks.
Yea I ordered another one to test, also reached out to pitaka support. Gonna try few things and report back.
Another cable and another adaptor with qc3 charging

bdt1995 said:
(TL;DR) In short, they exist, but as a concept, they really just don't work well. Here's a link to one anyway: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07CXV4RXQ that I mention later on. It appears to be the same, or similar to the one tysj mentioned, so, it may or may not work, it really depends on the positioning of the magnets.
Thing is, like tysj found out the hard way, it's not really something that can be done (effectively, anyway), because as you probably know, Qi charging isn't magic. It's inductive charging. (Keep in mind this is a simplified explanation, it's actually a bit more complicated than this, it uses inductive resonance charging which has a bit more to it allowing it to be more efficient and have a longer range, but at the base it's still an inductive charger, just with a capacitor to set the resonant frequency and range with peak efficiency) Meaning, the charger is running electricity (AC) through its coil, which creates a changing magnetic field, which induces an electric current (AC) in the coil in the device you're charging (it's converted to DC before it charges your battery.)
Essentially, it goes (Wall AC) -> DC (wall-wart/car) -> AC -> coil -> changing magnetic field -> coil -> AC -> DC
So, placing a pair of permanent magnets in the middle of this, right where the changing magnetic field needs to be, only serves to block the ability for the charger to change the magnetic field, which it tries to compensate for by putting more power through its coil. Let's just say that in a fight between the coil and a permanent magnet strong enough to hold up your phone, the coil loses, as it is no where strong enough to change the magnetic field of the magnet. While the charging coil's magnetic field and that of the magnets may, in places, be shaped in such a way to allow some of the chargers coil's magnetic field to reach the device coil if precisely positioned, most wont, and the permanent magnets will just further resist any changing magnetic fields in the device coil.
It could possibly be done with very careful and precise positioning of magnets, like this one from Amazon.com, for instance, although based on reviews (and tysj's reply) I'm unsure of how well it will work, and it certainly depends a LOT on where you put the magnets on your phone/in the case. That's a link with no referral code, and no tracking info, I always strip them when sharing, as a courtesy just the link. Since the location of the coil in the phone isn't standardized, it's hard to say. I'm not an electrical engineer (so there are most likely errors in here), so I honestly couldn't tell you. But as someone who has a (very) basic understanding of electromagnetism, including induction, this is really not a good idea.
In the past, I had a magnet in my phone's case for just that reason, and trying to use the wireless charger just created heat, and didn't really charge the device. And that was without a magnet on the charger, too.
If you want to read up on how inductive charging (including Qi) works, the Wikipedia article is pretty good. Wikipedia: Inductive Charging
I know you said that you but, given the above, I strongly suggest a Qi mount with an automatic grip for essentially the same functionality, but in a way that actually works. Look around for something quick. I'm unsure if I would recommend the Scosche magnetic one above, just due to how you would need to get the magnet placement nearly perfect. It might be worth a try, if it doesn't work you can always return it.
Something like this one on Amazon.com (there are many different designs like it, this is just an example.) It uses an IR sensor to detect when your phone approaches, then opens, and closes once its on the stand, then it releases by touching a button. It's not quite as easy as a magnetic mount, but at least it'll wirelessly charge.
Either that, or use a magnetic mount and a charging cable.
If you do end up buying a Scosche one, do let us know how it works out.
There's also one that requires a certain case to use, so I imagine there might be more of those. IMHO those are more likely to consistently work, as the magnets are pre-placed in the exact position needed and in a way that wont get in the way of the coils.
Good luck!
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Very good explanation and as an electrical engineer you were right on the spot. Even if there are engineered magnets to have their magnetic field so that I would not interfere with the charging field(almost impossible for generic device since the filed is mostly unpredictable as it's based on quality of charging current, quality of the charging pad and a lot other things) I would not let magnets strong enough to hold the phone near it as it is not engineered to hold to a strong magnetic field near for a long periods of time. For instance it could (not saying that it would ) interfere with the lte signal causing the modem basically to boost the signal to the max - leading to more energy, more heat and more wear and tear. Honestly there so much things that could go wrong just because of that magnet that I would just not risk it. Usually the hardware is shielded enough but there's the not direct influence on the hardware through the signal interference (the same way with the charging coil and the massive heat). Actually that's a good way to burn your charging pad especially if it doesn't have any limiters build in.

Will superfast wired charging kill wireless charging?

When I bought my Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra, I looked around for wireless chargers. The official Samsung store was out of stock, and so I settled for a 3rd party wireless charger which had good ratings on Amazon.
It charges my S22U fine. I see 'Fast wireless charging' show up on my phone and the phone charges as expected.
Then I bought an iPhone 13 Mini with the official MagSafe charger.
Here are my observations:
1. Wireless charging takes atleast twice the time that is taken by wired charging.
2. Wireless charging generates a lot more heat than wired charging. This is bad for the phone.
3. You can't use your phone for the most part when it is charging wirelessly. And you shouldn't too given the amount of heat that it generates.
While Samsung, Apple, Google do not allow more than 15W wireless charging, some brands allow upto 50W wireless charging. But that also means a lot of heat being generated, which is really bad.
So I made it a point to not keep my phone on the wireless charger for more than an hour to limit the heat generated. I would use wired charging in the morning to fully charge my phone while I'm busy with my morning chores, and then use the wireless charger for topping up the charge in the evening.
And with superfast charging offered by most Chinese brands today, the need for wireless charging diminishes even more. Fully charging a phone under 20 minutes will become the norm in a couple of years. This will also be more convenient than using a wireless charger that had only one thing to offer: convenience.
Do you think superfast wired charging will kill the inefficient, time consuming, heat generating (and component damaging) and less convenient wireless charging technology completely?

Wireless charging is just a convenient gimmick, in my opinion. Wired charging will always be superior to wireless charging for the main reason that direct contact is more efficient than inductive coupling. There is a reason why power transformers use ferrous cores instead of air gaps.
I don't think it will go away, though. People like the idea of placing their phone on a charging surface instead of fumbling for a cable. I personally would prefer the cable simply because I use my phone often, but not everyone uses their device the same way.

V0latyle said:
Wireless charging is just a convenient gimmick, in my opinion.
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That is actually true.
V0latyle said:
People like the idea of placing their phone on a charging surface instead of fumbling for a cable.
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I find myself fumbling more with placing the phone properly on the wireless charger. Wired charging is actually much simpler and no fumbles.
iPhones have the magnets in them to address this issue, but the circular magsafe rings I see on most cases that support magsafe charging makes them look so annoyingly ugly.

I only like wired charging, wired Ethernet, wired POTs, wired alarm system, wired operator switch board !

EdT586 said:
I only like wired charging, wired Ethernet, wired POTs, wired alarm system, wired operator switch board !
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Why so?
Wireless technology is improving and is definitely more convenient.
But wireless charging has still a long way to go because currently it is very inefficient, time consuming and potentially damaging to the phones.

TheMystic said:
Why so?
Wireless technology is improving and is definitely more convenient.
But wireless charging has still a long way to go because currently it is very inefficient, time consuming and potentially damaging to the phones.
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"Everything Should Be Made as Simple as Possible, But Not Simpler" - Albert Einstein
Because I am a purist !