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Accessories Is Volt compatible with power mat?

CrimsonToker

CrimsonToker

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I've never actually seen the power mat, but i have read about it online, and supposedly it only works with certain kinds of batteries? Hoping someone knows more than me (like usual lol)
 
Doesn't really have anything to do with the battery. For more popular phones they make a special back cover or a special case that has the pickup coil in it. For other phones they make a little dongle thingy that plugs in the USB port.
 
I have the exact same question.

To supply some more information - The volt's back cover clearly includes inductive charging coils and contacts. I simply don't know much about the QI standard (or other) and I don't want to make the investment into a mat without at least knowing it could work.

I was hoping to find a simple answer online, but even specifically searching the term '"LG Volt" wireless charging' has proved somewhat frustrating because the word Volt comes up often in any charging discussion. Regardless, most of the phone compatibility lists for wireless charging pads are horribly (like 2 years) out of date and this phone is less than a year old.

I bought 2 of these on Black Friday for $30 a piece, and have been using them as remotes (they have IR blasters). Wireless charging would be awesome for that. Actually, even at $80, they're pretty awesome in general.

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Further slight update - This phone by any other name is apparently the lucid 3, and the lucid 1 and 2 support QI charging. I might just buy a mat and try it out.
 
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kwknott said:
What you're seeing on the back of the volt is the Antenna for NFC.
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Aha, no wonder this isn't listed as wireless charger compatible anywhere.

My "main" phone is still an old galaxy S3, which has the NFC antenna on the battery itself, and would require a sticker like this one for wirless charging - this is where my faulty conclusion came from.

Thanks for saving me the cost of a mat. I guess I'll stick with my OEM Samsung multimedia docks, which these fit in. Only problem is that they keep the phone upright in portrait, which is less than ideal for scrolling through netflix etc to chromecast.
 
I've honestly never seen the appeal. I want to be able to use my phone while it charges. I also use a higher amp output adapter (stock nexus 7 2013).

With a charging dock it has to stay still.
 
To add, I checked the phones info on LGs site and no where did it mention wireless charging.

Called a rep, and they said if the phones page doesn't say it, it doesn't have it, with the exception of the Nexus 5. No idea why that exception. Didn't bother to ask.
 
dr jon, I never find that I need to use the phone while it charges.. it never dies for me. I charge it when I sleep. I haven't actively sought it out but id be interested in wireless charging, laying the phone on a mat and having that be it would be cool.
 
jeffmd said:
dr jon, I never find that I need to use the phone while it charges.. it never dies for me. I charge it when I sleep. I haven't actively sought it out but id be interested in wireless charging, laying the phone on a mat and having that be it would be cool.
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I'm the same in that regard, however, I also never allow my phone to drop below 50% as a precaution. I've had issues (albeit not with LG) where the battery percent was incorrect.
 
DrJonJ said:
I'm the same in that regard, however, I also never allow my phone to drop below 50% as a precaution. I've had issues (albeit not with LG) where the battery percent was incorrect.
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Downy this limit the overall life of the battery? I've always heard you should let it die before charging to get the full extent of battery life
 
CrimsonToker said:
Downy this limit the overall life of the battery? I've always heard you should let it die before charging to get the full extent of battery life
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Yes and no. To clarify, I allow it to die, but during the day it stays above 50%. After 8pm I let it die and charge it overnight.

And in all honesty, unless you're charging it 24/7, or not allowing it to die at all, you won't notice all that much.
 
CrimsonToker said:
Downy this limit the overall life of the battery? I've always heard you should let it die before charging to get the full extent of battery life
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You're thinking of the old NiCad rechargeable batteries. Those would remember how much battery was used in the last cycle and eventually start only charging that much. This does not apply to Li-Ion batteries. The ideal charge/discharge pattern for these is to keep it between 10% and 90% all the time, and over 50% as much as possible. However, phones are smart enough to stop charging when the battery is full so there's no over charge concern. The only thing to really watch is not letting it run dead unless you are calibrating the battery. If you're worried about charge cycles, a cycle is only used when a total of 100% charging had been applied. So, half a charge plus 25% plus 15% plus 10% equals 1 charge cycle.

Source:
http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/how_to_increase_the_runtime_of_your_wireless_device
 
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kwknott said:
Doesn't really have anything to do with the battery. For more popular phones they make a special back cover or a special case that has the pickup coil in it. For other phones they make a little dongle thingy that plugs in the USB port.
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If you have to use a USB dongle, then you might as well plug in a regular charge cable it seems to me.
 
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