Note 2 Powermat Wireless Charging mod

nm8 · Feb 21, 2013

Hi peeps.....after the success of my Origami Wireless Charging mod for Note 2 : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1986016 which was based on Ryan_G's original Palm Touchstone Mod, I was quite unhappy because I was limited to Bumper and very thin cases due to the limitation of the Palm Touchstone. This is why I looked for other cheaper alternatives... and here comes Powermat to the rescue.....

Both Palm and Powermat wireless chargers pump out 5V and 1amp, but the main advantage of the Powermat is it allows a little bit of a gap/space between the wireless charger and the wireless receiver... or in other words, you can use a normal thickness case with your phone while charging.....

I used the following:
1. Powermat receiver for Blackberry Pearl 8110/8120/8130
2. Powermat Wireless charging dock
3. Flexible PCB - copper clad laminate (pyralux)
4. Soldering iron
5. Kapton tape

Items 3 and 5 are optional... I'm sure you can use copper wire or copper foil tape, and electrical tape. I already have those items so I just utilized them.

My UNscientific measurement for charging rate 14% per hour

Technique is again a bit or origami and a bit of soldering.....

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2 - The POSITIVE terminal is the one on the LEFT side

3 the circular magnet was broken into pieces here (now replaced with a new unbroken magnet) but charging still worked

nm8 · Feb 21, 2013

Finished Product, sorry I forgot to take pictures while I was soldering as I was in a rush to finish...

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There is a little bulge on the back cover but it does not impede proper latching of the cover...

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Video

- please forgive the crappy video quality..
You can see sometimes, it looks like the charging does not work, but it was because I was not aligning the phone to the charging mat properly. I was looking through the video cam while putting the phone into the mat...

Happy modding guys and gals !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If you have a Galaxy S3, you might want to visit my S3 Wireless Charging Mod: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2134533

nm8 · Feb 21, 2013

reserved for pics 2

farfromovin · Feb 23, 2013

I see, so item #3 is just straight copper and you origami/solder as necessary and then cover with the kapton tape? Can you get that stuff much smaller, say like micro usb pin width small? -Off to Radio Shack (for my sd card mod) thanks!

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nm8 · Feb 23, 2013

farfromovin said:
I see, so item #3 is just straight copper and you origami/solder as necessary and then cover with the kapton tape? Can you get that stuff much smaller, say like micro usb pin width small? -Off to Radio Shack (for my sd card mod) thanks!

Sent from my GIANT internet thingy.

Yes and yes you should be able to as the flex pcb is quite tough.

omar300 · Mar 6, 2013

Hello!
i wanted to know which cable is positive and which is negative.

nm8 · Mar 6, 2013

omar300 said:
Hello!
i wanted to know which cable is positive and which is negative.

hi
look at picture number 2, it's clearly written on top of it.

omar300 · Mar 7, 2013

nm8 said:
hi
look at picture number 2, it's clearly written on top of it.

right, sorry didnt see. Thanks

wepinbell2000 · Mar 8, 2013

hi, will this mod fit the original flip cover?

nm8 · Mar 8, 2013

wepinbell2000 said:
hi, will this mod fit the original flip cover?

yes it will, I am using the original cover...

nm8 · Mar 8, 2013

video now added in the op...

wepinbell2000 · Mar 9, 2013

nm8 said:
yes it will, I am using the original cover...

hi nm8, i have followed your instruction on the first post,

i'm using blackberry 8900 powermat receiver instead of 8100's, and i cannot fit down the flip cover,

did you sand down the bulge on the back cover, or maybe the 8100 receiver is smaller than 8900's?

Thanks.

nm8 · Mar 9, 2013

wepinbell2000 said:
hi nm8, i have followed your instruction on the first post,

i'm using blackberry 8900 powermat receiver instead of 8100's, and i cannot fit down the flip cover,

did you sand down the bulge on the back cover, or maybe the 8100 receiver is smaller than 8900's?

Thanks.

no I never sanded anything, I think the one I used is the thinnest we can get, that is why I have used it. Also be carefull with what you use, as different receivers have different output voltages. I did some reading last night trying to find other alternatives and some of the blackberry versions I have read will output 18v... our phone only needs 5v...

poczynek · Mar 11, 2013

hi there, great mod. i can't solder! Anyway around it without soldering?

nm8 · Mar 11, 2013

poczynek said:
hi there, great mod. i can't solder! Anyway around it without soldering?

I think you can buy a glue of some sort... the one that lets electricity flow on it...you can also try origami technique based on my palm touchstone mod. See my signature...

dagadu · Apr 19, 2013

nm8 said:
no I never sanded anything, I think the one I used is the thinnest we can get, that is why I have used it. Also be carefull with what you use, as different receivers have different output voltages. I did some reading last night trying to find other alternatives and some of the blackberry versions I have read will output 18v... our phone only needs 5v...

I found 8900 receiver case for $2.50 in thrift store, and the output is 5v. Before I buy powermat charger, i would like to know if you found out charging percentage per hour? Which one is better, using powermat or touchstone? Thanks.

nm8 · Apr 19, 2013

dagadu said:
I found 8900 receiver case for $2.50 in thrift store, and the output is 5v. Before I buy powermat charger, i would like to know if you found out charging percentage per hour? Which one is better, using powermat or touchstone? Thanks.

powermat is way better... go for it

mwuahjaan · May 2, 2013

nm8 said:
powermat is way better... go for it

If I were to use 8100 receiver and instead of going for Powermat charger, will the device after mod work with touchstone charger? I mean combo of the mod which goes into battery door is of 8100 receiver instead of Palm Pre Touchstone back cove receiver and Palm touchstone dock with wall charger instead of Powermat charger.

As I already have touchstone dock with charger...would like to use that.

Thanks.

nm8 · May 2, 2013

mwuahjaan said:
If I were to use 8100 receiver and instead of going for Powermat charger, will the device after mod work with touchstone charger? I mean combo of the mod which goes into battery door is of 8100 receiver instead of Palm Pre Touchstone back cove receiver and Palm touchstone dock with wall charger instead of Powermat charger.

As I already have touchstone dock with charger...would like to use that.

Thanks.

no, they are not inter operable....

mwuahjaan · May 2, 2013

nm8 said:
no, they are not inter operable....

Thanks for the info bud.

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