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I have just bought a cheap mains charger for the Streak from eBay (item 320593137758).
To use this charger, you need to slide 2 moveable pins to line up with the appropriate contacts on the battery. The problem is that there are no markings on either the battery or the charger, so I don't know which pin needs to connect to which contact.
I don't want to try trial-and-error for fear of damaging the battery.
Does anybody have any information which might help?
I made my own charger pin outs go like this:
from the middle of the battery where the dented part is that would be negative so it'll be like this ( - d d + ) 2 in the middle are for data don't need those
so you are looking at the far pins,
remember middle of the battery is NEGATIVE outer side is POSITIVE
Also make sure the charger is for LI-ION/POLY battery so it stops charging the battery.
I have a similar charger from ebay and it will light up the star or led when connected right.
I have us
Scott.
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scottselk said:
I have a similar charger from ebay and it will light up the star or led when connected right.
I have us
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Scott - will u link me to the charger that you bought on ebay? Thanks!
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Well, I've been thinking about this for a while, and I was hoping to get some feedback.
I've just purchased a Dell Streak (7) home dock. I was wondering, if the Dell Streak (5) can fit on this dock in such a way, that it would remain stable if placed in a car.
I've seen the Car dock, and I'm not that impressed. And as far as I can tell, I'd need to plug in a jack in the headphone port, to get sound thru the car.
With the Home dock, it'd look neat, I could get a HDMI audio adapter, and a USB hub that's powered from 12v (mp3car.com).
So, mainly, I'm asking how firmly does a Dell streak sit in the Home dock?
THanks in advance.
-B
also...will the USB port power the dock? are there any holes in my plan?
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I would say the biggest hole in your plan is the risk of damaging the pdmi socket on your streak, thus rendering it totally useless - it just doesn't have enough support.
My Streak sits tightly in its' 5 dock, but not tightly enough that I'd trust it on a bumpy car ride.
well...that sucks. thanks for the input. ill figure something out I'm sure
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anyway to modify streak 7 internal battery,forget waranty things.,,i think it must be possible to change it.,i dont have any streak7 yet,can somebody open back cover of it and share photos from it
You have to remove 6 er 7 screws and open it up then carefully unhook the 3 ribbon cables for lcd,touch screen,and capacitive buttons.......then remove the speakers,cameras,modem....pull the mother board and then the battery is one of those soft batterys so you have to be carefull in un-tapeing it from the back shell and then you will need to fine a comperable battery .......and it voids your waranty just by opening it up but hey if you decide to do it and something goes wrong id be interested in the mother board to replace my other streak
But on the positive side I can field stip a streak 7 in under 5 min.......just cant figure out how to format the nand
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Where in heavens are there some screws at on this streak 7?
Dismantling Dell Streak 7 on video:
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Amazing. Ive got one with a broken charge port. Dell replaced it but they still havent sent me a shipping label to send back the old one. I waited a week for an email with the label to send it to mexico, so after 10 calls they just sent out a new one. Employees just arent so bright. Id love to fix the old one.
so amazing, difficult to modify, dont think about that...
PDMI
There is PDMI port on side of Dell Streak 7 that can be used as add-ons. If you are lucky to find a 7inch thin battery, you could hide it in a leather case and plug your streak with it. Also you could make your own conventional USB and HDMI port on leather case.
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There is PDMI port on side of Dell Streak 7 that can be used as add-ons. If you are lucky to find a 7inch thin battery, you could hide it in a leather case and plug your streak with it. Also you could make your own conventional USB and HDMI port on leather case.
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Now this is a great idea.
Z4nd4r said:
Now this is a great idea.
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Yea, any chance you can expand on it?
where to find such battery?.,was googling little didnt find any one
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You just need to know which of the 30pins on the PDMI (Click-WiKi) is +pos and which is -neg, then get a rechargeable cell/s (of correct Voltage and approx 2A delivery) and wire into a PDMI male adapter plug accordingly.
BTW I have a feeling this could be a workaround for the "Sleep Of Death" on HD7 as I have found that I can let the device sleep while connected to my USB port on the Laptop and it always wakes up, weird as I know it doesn't charge, but it must send enough power to stop it falling into a coma (I'm on Wifi only model so may differ).........As for powering the Streak up from a backup pack I think it would need to deliver at least 2amps as the Streak doesn't seem to want to charge from much less, unless you fancy learning the Schematics of the DS7's Mobo to look for a workaround!
Did anyone find a battery that fits and has worked for a least a couple of months and has greater battery life?
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Did anyone find a battery that fits and has worked for a least a couple of months and has greater battery life?
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You must be in the wrong forum.
Has any one noticed the 4 pins on the back of the Droid 3 to the left of the battery? Is this just a standard USB port or is it some direct access to the flash/cpu for debugging (similar to JTAG)?
If it is a USB port, is it different than the side connector? (Different USB enumeration or device id information?)
Could this help in getting the almighty root on this device? (or unlock?)
I believe its for the wireless charging pad and the new cover plugs into it when installed.
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purelife82 is correct. Those are contacts for the special inductive charging back cover to attach to for wireless charging.
--Chris
Yes, its the inductive charging contacts. At the first moment I saw that I thought those would be for an NFC antenna, but nah - inductive charging.
Interestingly, on the Canadian D3 (XT860 4G) this area has a rubber cover and no electrical contacts. I haven't tried to lift the rubber, but for now I assume XT860 isn't compatible with the inductive charging cover.
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Hi everyone, thought I would share a mod I did to my tablet based off this guy on Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6QcSpZHGFs&list=UUOxsHE9Vmxb32X66EUSWkOw&index=1
Note he used a Blackberry 8900 Energizer Qi Cover. I used an Apple Iphone 3G one and removed the coil.
Step 1: CAREFULLY remove the tape and casing around the Qi coil. The plastic comes apart easily. You want to avoid damaging the board and wires when removing the tape securing it to the Iphone case.
Step 2: Remove the nexus 7 cover. It clips off quite easily once you get a grip. I found it easiest to remove the sim slot cover and pry from there, but any opening should do.
Step 3: Place the coil. Note where I placed mine I had to peel back the bronze covering to allow the coil to penetrate the back of the case. Run the wires to the NFC connector. Note the position of the wires in the photo. Be sure to insulate the wires with tape and ensure no crossed points (which shouldnt be an issue anyhow).
Step 4: Remove the Iphone connector and solder the wires to either end of the NFC noting the correct positive and negative positions.
Step 5: Test. Note that it will enter docking mode when initially connected. If the docking notice keeps popping up that means that you do not have it centered and the connection keeps re-establishing. I used the LG Qi pad from Verizon for testing. Just pop the cover back on once done, and voila!
I preferred this to the Palm Pre inductive mod since my Nexus 4 uses the Qi standard. Hope this helps some of you!
You can disable the docking screen/options via 'DayDream' mode being turned off in display settings.
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I did that mod too. Used the blackberry 8900 coil. Seems like it will take a while to fully charge the battery once its dead. I'm going to see if I can find a larger coil that can put out a higher voltage.. What is your total time to recharge your Nexus 7..? I finalized the mod today and am just charging my unit for the first time now. But it seems to be getting a low volatage as its still I'm single digits and its been on the charger for an hour or so already..
I'm getting 5 to 9 an hour with the lg charger. I'll post results when my energizer arrives and is tested.
What happens if you charge via the pogo pins (ex. a dock) and charge using a charging mat at the same time? I know this is unlikely, but I'm curious if this could cause damage to the tablet.
Does this work thru a case?
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It doesnt work through the thick leather Truss case I have it in, but works through tpu covers.
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It doesnt work through the thick leather Truss case I have it in, but works through tpu covers.
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I've got the poetic flip case. It's a thinner plastic with leather. Think I'm sol? What if I increase the coil size? Will that increase the strength?
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So cool wish I had the guts to do this.
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So cool wish I had the guts to do this.
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It's very simple. This is a great mod for a beginner tinker-er
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Yep, very easy to do mod. The energizer seems to charge faster. I am going to have to test more thoroughly, but I am getting ~15% per hour with it thus far.
After more thorough testing my LG charging pad seems to average 9-13% an hour, whereas the energizer seems to only do 7-9 an hour. Decent for overnight charging, but certainly not very fast.
Two questions:
1) What's the total cost to do this. That is both a charging mat and a donor back door.
2) How much current (that's mah not voltage) do these doors provide? I'd assume they all supply 5V since that's the USB standard and most things charge that way nowadays. Do they have ratings on them or is it just the situation that they make a replacement door/back for the xxx device and you have to live with that if you have a xxx?
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The cost is that of a qi coil as described in post 1 and any qi mat.
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Nice screen protector:silly:
This is great and looks simple too. This all fits under the stock back cover?
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This is great and looks simple too. This all fits under the stock back cover?
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Yes fits without issue
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I think the reason people go with the palm setup is that you can find them for dirt cheap. What is the best/cheapest source for qi stuff?
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I have been able to find the energizer base stations in clearance areas like Wal-Mart, Kmart, Target and sometimes goodwill. Any of the energizer stations are qi compatible. My wife was able to score a double station from goodwill with the BlackBerry coils for 20 bucks ya just gotta look around
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Yes fits without issue