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Help **wireless charging questions in here please**

so, I've made some solar battery chargers for a couble people (see pic) and i was wondering if i would be able to implement solar charging into my extended battery door to be used with stock battery without using the mhl plug. Basically the phone will charge off of solar power to whatever contacts the wireless charging uses. If anybody knows that this isn't possible, please let me know before i spent too much time on this.


Im not planning on it being as bulky as this. Haha! I will dremmel out a spot on the extended battery door to make it as flush as possible. This is my first step in doing this...

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andr01d said:
^ I have no idea but that sounds neat!! Have fun and good wishes!! bye
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Haha! Thanks. Discussing with engineers at work. The problem is i have no clue about wireless charging and how this phone is "ready". Someone explained wireless charging acting like a transformer or "magnetic charging". I'm assuming i may need more room to do this...
 
For those of you that may have the wireless (inductive) charging back/battery cover and a charging base....would someone with a multimeter be so kind as to probe the 5 pins on the cover while it is on the charging base (but not on the phone) and tell me which pins ar doing what?? Pin layout as follows:

1 2
3 4
x 5

Thanks in advance!
 
I've used the Verizon inductive pad and charging back for my Rez for nearly two years. In that time it never gave me any grief. If I had a complaint, it would be that the back is so flat that it muffles notifications while charging.

This past weekend I removed my phone from the charger. It was way hot and had zero battery. I replaced it to charge only to find it was not charging at all. I reverted to charging with the usb data/charger cable and it charged just fine. Thinking it was an anomaly, I tried charging it from the pad the next charging. Same exact results. I removed the back and cleaned all of the contacts between back and phone with alcohol. I tried charging again from the pad... all negative. I don't know if the problem is the back or the inductive pad but after two years of faithful and flawless charging.. it seems to be done.
 
olbriar said:
I've used the Verizon inductive pad and charging back for my Rez for nearly two years. In that time it never gave me any grief. If I had a complaint, it would be that the back is so flat that it muffles notifications while charging.

This past weekend I removed my phone from the charger. It was way hot and had zero battery. I replaced it to charge only to find it was not charging at all. I reverted to charging with the usb data/charger cable and it charged just fine. Thinking it was an anomaly, I tried charging it from the pad the next charging. Same exact results. I removed the back and cleaned all of the contacts between back and phone with alcohol. I tried charging again from the pad... all negative. I don't know if the problem is the back or the inductive pad but after two years of faithful and flawless charging.. it seems to be done.
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That blows! That's the VZW conversion one right? Came with new back cover and charging pad? Wonder if it's the cover or the actual pad
 
NightAngel79 said:
That blows! That's the VZW conversion one right? Came with new back cover and charging pad? Wonder if it's the cover or the actual pad
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I can't figure it out. It is all stock Verizon inductive charging. It really hasn't worked right for a long time. When I first started using the inductive charging, I could still charge from the usb charger or the auto charger. Then, it refused to charge. I found that removing the inductive back it would charge via a wired input. Being as I rarely charge by that mode.. it wasn't a big deal. Now it just does not inductive charge. Not only does it not charge, the phone gets hot and actually drains at an accelerated rate. Turning the phone off during the charging process eliminates the heat and drain but it doesn't charge.

I've cleaned the contacts between the back and phone as well as given them a good inspection. I see nothing physically amiss. I have no other devices with inductive capabilities so I can't check the integrity of the pad. It goes though it's gyrations as normal.... it seems to be functional.

I highly suspect it's the phone. I have a lot of odd things going on. :( The sort of things that a factory reset would likely fix. Things like no screens just a couple of status bars when opening the phone. Widgets mysteriously leaving screens is another common problem. My volume level seems to run to the bottom sometimes without turning it down. Just odd glitches.. reset worthy problems. I am in no mood to bite that bullet until it's a must. I told myself when I set up the phone again.. it would be a new one. :) I'm just not in the position to upgrade at this time. :(

My Rez is suffering age problems too. Power button is a bugger to push... Proximity sensor doesn't work. Speaker sounds like trash... The normal things that I expect after heavy use over two and a half years. I love the phone but it's starting to show it's age.
 
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