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Can anyone confirm if infact QI charging works ?
In many reviews no one has spoken about QI charging, MKBHD's video says it does not work with the official QI charger from google.
Has anyone got it to work, or even confirm it has it apart from what the motorola site says.
No QI charging is a deal breaker for me
hutzdani said:
Can anyone confirm if infact QI charging works ?
In many reviews no one has spoken about QI charging, MKBHD's video says it does not work with the official QI charger from google.
Has anyone got it to work, or even confirm it has it apart from what the motorola site says.
No QI charging is a deal breaker for me
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According to marques brownlee on YouTube, the wireless charging did NOT work with his nexus 5 charging pad. So don't know if the N6 needs a new charging pad or wireless charging was not included. But I recall moto website listing wireless charging as one of the features.
It's in the spec on the Play Store, so I'm surprised he said it doesn't work. Has there been some kind of update the the Qi standard?
Yes, I've seen it work just fine on another vid.
I think, clearly that small nexus 5 charging pad just isn't big enough for the coil inside the Nexus 6.
it's working in this video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXA6mpIsZTY&list=UUDt0iwnK2sPXaOyZhVmXIQw#t=258
It supports qi charging (look at the specs on the motorolla website).
This shows the charging coil on the back of the Nexus 6.
https://support.google.com/nexus/answer/6102554
Anyone got it to work with the official Nexus charger ?
It works I just used it on my LG WCD-100 charger.
Here you go in case you don't believe me
Hope it works on the nexus charger. Google support page notes the nexus 6 - https://support.google.com/nexus/answer/6073618?hl=en
Guys id you read the original post i dud say apart frim where its written in the spec sheets.
MKBHD said he could not get it to work with the offical qi charger from google, i don't care what the specs say, he could not get it to work.
Can anyone confirm with a device and google QI charger that it works.
tried it last night and it does work with the Nexus 2013 Wireless Charger. It took me a while to find the spot on the back of the Phone.
alphanu22 said:
tried it last night and it does work with the Nexus 2013 Wireless Charger. It took me a while to find the spot on the back of the Phone.
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Where is the spot ? Bottom of the phone ? Also do the magnets help align ?
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Where is the spot ? Bottom of the phone ? Also do the magnets help align ?
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The NFC and wireless charging receiver is a little lower than the middle of the device.... taking up the space around the "EXUS" on the back. Wireless charging DOES work, but there doesn't seem to be any magnets/magnetic discs around the receiver in the phone to help align the device on the charger.
https://support.google.com/nexus/answer/6102554?hl=en&ref_topic=3415470
chrisjcks said:
Yes, I've seen it work just fine on another vid.
I think, clearly that small nexus 5 charging pad just isn't big enough for the coil inside the Nexus 6.
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alphanu22 said:
tried it last night and it does work with the Nexus 2013 Wireless Charger. It took me a while to find the spot on the back of the Phone.
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Kinda of good news but when you placed the Nexus 6 onto the official Nexus wireless charging pad (attached) did it grip or slide off? Some pics would be great
Thanks a million,
Mark
My Nexus 6 is charging fine on the Nexus 4 Qi Orb.
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Where is the spot ? Bottom of the phone ? Also do the magnets help align ?
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Kinda of good news but when you placed the Nexus 6 onto the official Nexus wireless charging pad (attached) did it grip or slide off? Some pics would be great
Thanks a million,
Mark
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magnets don't do anything unfortunately-
Part of the discrepancy lies with the placement of the coils in the Nexus 6. Since they're so low on the device, you can't center it on most wireless charging pads. For example, if you center it on the Samsung charging pad (which, since it's almost the same size, is probably what you'd do) it won't work, but slide the phone up about an inch and it works fine. This is probably what caused a lot of people to think that the Nexus 6 didn't work with most qi chargers. They simply didn't move it around until they found the sweet spot.
As for the Nexus Charger... well, it works, but since the magnets are FAR too weak to hold the Nexus 6 (unlike the Nexus 5, with its strong grip), it's really hard to get it just right so that it stays on the charger in the correct position. In short, while it works, the Nexus Charger is probably not your best bet. (Hopefully, they'll come out with a new model specifically designed for the N6.) Honestly, the one I've found to be easiest to find the sweet spot on, is the Nokia DT-910. Since it's a stand-up charger, the Nexus 6 fits perfectly, and automatically lines up just right. With all others, just remember that the sweet spot (which should be centered on the charger) is just BELOW the bottom of the volume rocker.
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My Nexus 6 is charging fine on the Nexus 4 Qi Orb.
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Can confirm this as well. The orb lives!!! My favorite Qi charger by far.
So I know that people all say the 6 supports Qi wireless charging but in a youtube video review by Marques Brownlee, he said that the 6 won't charge when placed on a nexus wireless charging pad. I am wondering if anyone who's already got his 6 and a nexus wireless charging pad can try it out?
Yes I'd love to hear how it works, and about the magnet location.
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So I know that people all say the 6 supports Qi wireless charging but in a youtube video review by Marques Brownlee, he said that the 6 won't charge when placed on a nexus wireless charging pad. I am wondering if anyone who's already got his 6 and a nexus wireless charging pad can try it out?
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Here a screen shot of someone in another forum stating the n6 is indeed working with wireless charging right out of the box. Hope this helps!
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Yes I'd love to hear how it works, and about the magnet location.
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I have a Powerbot, it works. Seems to be right in the center is where the spot is.
Edit: Actually it seems to be a little bit more towards the bottom. Here is a picture.
It works just fine lb by tylt vu and other generic chargers. It feels like it charges super slow though (I know it's s huge battery, but still feels extra slow). The quick charging is quite impressive though.
Woohoo! I have a DT-910 (the real model number that was incorrectly written as BT-910 in the screen shot). I was really worried that it wouldn't work with the N6 being so much taller. Unlike most wireless chargers, this stand-up dock won't exactly let you slide the phone down until you find the sweet spot. Thank you Moto/Google for thinking about this and placing the coils a bit below center!
There's another OP (4 actually) about this already please search before posting and yes qi works.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/help/qi-charging-t2941516
The charging coil is lower than one would expect: https://support.google.com/nexus/answer/6102554?hl=en&ref_topic=3415470
I have the Nexus 5 wireless charging dock. Only downside i can see is that either there are no magnets/magnetic discs at all, or the curved back greatly diminishes the ability of the magnets in the dock to grab the phone... because there's very little resistance to it. My guess is it's only the magnets being attracted to something else in the phone. Nowhere near as glued to the charger as the Nexus 5 is. Probably the only thing that'll make me want to ditch the Nexus 5's wireless charging puck for something else.
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It works just fine lb by tylt vu and other generic chargers. It feels like it charges super slow though (I know it's s huge battery, but still feels extra slow). The quick charging is quite impressive though.
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But what about the actual official Nexus Wirelss charger? Does that work? That is the charger I have and like everyone else I'm really eager to know!
Cheers,
Mark
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But what about the actual official Nexus Wirelss charger? Does that work? That is the charger I have and like everyone else I'm really eager to know!
Cheers,
Mark
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Yeah, my friend got the Nexus 6 (one of the few to place an order) and he says his nexus 7 2013 qi wireless charger still works perfectly. He just has to place it DIRECTLY in the middle.
Hope this helps
Kyle
Fantastic mate! I have the same one (I think), I bought it directly from Google Play to charge my Nexus 5!
On a slightly different note I'm in Europe and my brother is in San Francisco. He is coming to Ireland next week and I want him to bring me a Nexus 6! I know I may run into issues with LTE but is there anything else I should be aware of? He will most likely buy it from T-Mobile in the USA, I think they are normally good in terms of phones not being locked etc.?
All the best,
M
I decided to make a thread on this as I keep seeing people reporting problems with the Samsung branded wireless charger in use with their Note 5 or Galaxy 6+ Edge. I am trying to get an idea of how prevalent this is.
What happens is this, I put the phone on the charger and it lights up showing it is placed appropriately and it charges. It then charges for a time period, and will suddenly stop and the LED blinks blue. This can happen after 1 minute to an hour or so into the charge, to not at all. Often, unplugging the charger and plugging it back in seems to reset it and it works again. Very bizzare. I returned the first charger like this and got a second one, but it does the same thing.
I am wondering if Sammy did this on purpose to get us to buy the rapid wireless charger when it comes out....
Also, I know it is not my Note 5, as my other wireless charger works fine.
Please post your experience with this charger.
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This is a built in protection mechanism. They blink blue to say they are nearing the end of a charge cycle. Once complete, green. Then it wont charge again till the phone calls for it. This is only going to happen with that charger and these phones as they are programmed to work with one another like that.
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This is a built in protection mechanism. They blink blue to say they are nearing the end of a charge cycle. Once complete, green. Then it wont charge again till the phone calls for it. This is only going to happen with that charger and these phones as they are programmed to work with one another like that.
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But then why does it stop charging around different percentages? Like sometimes it is at say 50%, another time at 70%. This morning I woke up and it was at 74%, blinking blue, not charging, after sitting on it all night....
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Mine does this as well. I thought it was the vibrations during notifications that was moving it off the "sweet spot" causing the charge to stop.
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It is seeming more like a manufacturing defect in the charger. I had one that did the misalignment blinking blue and sent it back. Bought another at my office and its fine. Got the replacement one and its also fine. My first was a pre-order when the S6 edge came out. Maybe the coil or firmware were messed up. Just exchange it and see.
Yeah, I have exchanged it once already, and it still persisted. Reading reviews on Amazon it seems others were complaining of the same issue with the Note 5 or Galaxy Edge 6+, which is why I am wondering if it is something else going on.
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My S6 did not do this but my Note 5 is doing it, on the same charger so yeah there is something clashing with the new and old wireless charging tech maybe? I have my same puck I used from the S6 and it would be at 100% when I woke up, my note today was at 98%! Blasphemy!!
I was thinking we needed a thread for this too. I'm not sure what's going on. I googled it the first night and no one was really talking about it for the note5 and edge+, so I saw lots of the thread for the s6 and s6edge. I'm going to try my wife's phone on it, but I keep forgetting.
EDIT: Day Dream, and keep phone awake, neither of them will work on the wireless charger. My screen just turns off like normal Maybe this is a clue?
Adding distance between the phone and the pad, moving the pad into another room onto to floor.... Any other suggestions?
It definitely is not blinking because it's finished anything. it blinks when the phone is under 15%.
The first night, it never worked. i woke up and it was still blinking. The 2nd night, it blinked once, and i took it off, and put it on, and went to sleep. When i woke up, it was fully charged and cool. The third night, I woke up at 5 am and it was blinking (thankfully I put it on the fast charger and get it 100% before having to go to work). I don't know what I did the 2nd night!
PS: I'm testing right now, and will update soon on my wife's s6 status.
Possible it only works on the fast wireless charger???
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Possible it only works on the fast wireless charger???
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If my memory serves me correctly, they said in the unboxed event that it was backwards compatible. Plus, it's a Qi standard, it should HAVE to work to maintain that standard. Plus, That would be messed up! But it is possible....
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Possible it only works on the fast wireless charger???
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This is what I am wondering. If Sammy did something here to make only the fast charger work. Of course I have no issues with my Tylt wireless charger though. But I would like the Samsung one to work right if possible. It is just so random. Sometimes it works great and other times not.
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To clear this up.
"One Charger, Many Devices
The Samsung Wireless Charging Pad is Qi certified by the Wireless Power Consortium (WPC) and is compatible with all Qi-enabled devices including from Samsung: Galaxy S 4, Galaxy S 5, Galaxy Note 4, Galaxy Note Edge and Galaxy Note 3 (these Galaxy smartphones require Wireless Charging Battery Covers, sold separately) as well as the Galaxy S6, Galaxy S6 active, Galaxy S6 edge, Galaxy S6 edge+ and Galaxy Note5 which do not require additional charging battery doors."
http://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/cell-phones-accessories/EP-PG920IBUGUS
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It worked on my wife's s6 for 20 mins. I took the case off, and am testing again.
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Just finished charging, no cutting out on the s6. Weird. But it's not the device, because others report it's not the phone because the phone works on other chargers.
Hezzennater said:
If my memory serves me correctly, they said in the unboxed event that it was backwards compatible. Plus, it's a Qi standard, it should HAVE to work to maintain that standard. Plus, That would be messed up! [emoji14] But it is possible....
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Could be backwards compatible just not with their wireless chargers. I think that's what they did honestly.
drmacrofish said:
This is what I am wondering. If Sammy did something here to make only the fast charger work. Of course I have no issues with my Tylt wireless charger though. But I would like the Samsung one to work right if possible. It is just so random. Sometimes it works great and other times not.
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Yeah I would bet they are something that only allows wireless fast charging. I would buy a $70 fast charger if my 50% code worked on more then $49.99 lol
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I was thinking we needed a thread for this too. I'm not sure what's going on. I googled it the first night and no one was really talking about it for the note5 and edge+, so I saw lots of the thread for the s6 and s6edge. I'm going to try my wife's phone on it, but I keep forgetting.
EDIT: Day Dream, and keep phone awake, neither of them will work on the wireless charger. My screen just turns off like normal Maybe this is a clue?
Adding distance between the phone and the pad, moving the pad into another room onto to floor.... Any other suggestions?
It definitely is not blinking because it's finished anything. it blinks when the phone is under 15%.
The first night, it never worked. i woke up and it was still blinking. The 2nd night, it blinked once, and i took it off, and put it on, and went to sleep. When i woke up, it was fully charged and cool. The third night, I woke up at 5 am and it was blinking (thankfully I put it on the fast charger and get it 100% before having to go to work). I don't know what I did the 2nd night!
PS: I'm testing right now, and will update soon on my wife's s6 status.
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Day dream works fine with this charger. You just have to remember to change it to work while charging and not docking. Been using timely with it with no issues. I have had the blinling blue light a few times and also the green light. I think its more of a sweet spot issue than anything.
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graffix31 said:
Day dream works fine with this charger. You just have to remember to change it to work while charging and not docking. Been using timely with it with no issues. I have had the blinling blue light a few times and also the green light. I think its more of a sweet spot issue than anything.
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I did notice that with the day dream last night. After i thought I'd been through all the settings, I'm finding there's still more to discover. If it was as sweet spot issue, why would it start charging? Sometimes it charges for 20 mins, then starts to blink.
Fix for wireless charging issues
So I saw another thread on this somewhere I can't remember. But a guy who claimed to be an engineer said that he figured out that there needs to be some sort of gap between the wireless charger and the Note 5, since I was having the same issue you were I tried it and it worked fine and fast. Apparently it's designed to work better for if the phone is in a case or something I just put some paper in between the wireless charger and the phone and it worked and charged all the way instead of only a couple percent and stopping. Hope that helps!
Just an update, mine worked fine last night fully charged and woke up with it charged.
Yeah, I don't get it. Night before last it fully charged up without a problem. Last night, it was charging fine when I went to bed, when I woke up, it was flashing blue and not nearly fully charged. I mean come on. If I am going to use this, I need it to be reliable. Not sometimes charge and sometimes not. And I do have a thin case on my phone too, so there is a little space there....
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I got this one from Amazon yesterday and it worked flawlessly! Woke up and the red charging led on my phone was still lit, as well as the led on the charger saying it was connected. Phone was cool, and it was at 100%. I LOVE the fact that it's tilted/angled as well.
Wireless Charger, Spigen® [Wireless Charging Pad] 3 Coil Charger [F300W] Premium Wireless / Qi Charging Stand Only for Qi Enabled Phones Galaxy Note 5/Galaxy S6 Edge Plus/S6/S6 Edge/Tablets Only - F300W (SGP11480) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00UGIA0WY/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_0iY3vbBSZB244
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I just got my phone on Tuesday and had the wireless charging issues both Tuesday night and last night. I have tested it some more this morning and it still goes to blinking after being on the charger for a while. I am going to try an exchange today and see if anything changes, but my hopes have diminished after seeing many people experiencing the same issue .
Has anyone with N installed confirmed wireless charging is working?
Bought a new N6, immediately put N on it without testing the charging in Marshmallow, so no idea if it's the phone or the charger.
(have tested 5 different QI chargers in my office at this point and just purchased a CHOETECH pad which others say works well with the N6, still nothing)
Cytron201 said:
Has anyone with N installed confirmed wireless charging is working?
Bought a new N6, immediately put N on it without testing the charging in Marshmallow, so no idea if it's the phone or the charger.
(have tested 5 different QI chargers in my office at this point and just purchased a CHOETECH pad which others say works well with the N6, still nothing)
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Is it even working on the beta of android N? You have to remember that not everything will be working in that build.
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Is it even working on the beta of android N? You have to remember that not everything will be working in that build.
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Hence me asking
(This is my 3rd beta OS), I just wanted to see if any others had tried it. As you say, I hope that it's just not implemented yet. Seeing the 5X and 6P don't even support it, you'd suspect it'd be low on the priority list if it is in fact not yet in the beta
Cytron201 said:
Has anyone with N installed confirmed wireless charging is working?
Bought a new N6, immediately put N on it without testing the charging in Marshmallow, so no idea if it's the phone or the charger.
(have tested 5 different QI chargers in my office at this point and just purchased a CHOETECH pad which others say works well with the N6, still nothing)
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Hence me asking
(This is my 3rd beta OS), I just wanted to see if any others had tried it. As you say, I hope that it's just not implemented yet. Seeing the 5X and 6P don't even support it, you'd suspect it'd be low on the priority list if it is in fact not yet in the beta
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Your best bet would be to try getting it to work while running a logcat. Ill be honest most of the developers are not running it so if it is broken then there wont be a fix until N releases.
It wouldnt surprise me that it might be missing some of the OEM stuff like this.
Wireless charging working just fine on my N6 running Android N with a cheap as chips eBay Qi pad.
works fine on N, as mu n6 charges. you have to be careful how you place it a little lower than than the dimple on the back for it to charge.
Confirm works on n dp2 no problems
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Cheers all, sounds like a bummed phone then!
What are my options?
Throw it in the thrash.
Take it to a repair center.
Post in the Q & A section.
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just wanted to know if i should call samsung to get a replacement or since it was a free gift i am screwed?
Nothing to lose, contact Samsung.
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W"hat type of malfunction?
You sure it's not the phone? Looks like many N8s are having wireless charging issues, pause/start/pause almost all the time for me
I leave the phone on it on at night and it stops charging on its own
Do you leave it charging portrait or landscape ?
If portrait, it's easy for the phone to slide away just a little from the charger and it will stop charging.
Poor Samsung design. I leave mine in landscape, never had any issues.
Just my 2 cents...
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Do you leave it charging portrait or landscape ?
If portrait, it's easy for the phone to slide away just a little from the charger and it will stop charging.
Poor Samsung design. I leave mine in landscape, never had any issues.
Just my 2 cents...
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I've tried it both ways, same thing happened 3 times...
thankfully I woke up before the alarm was supposed to go off to a dead phone
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You sure it's not the phone? Looks like many N8s are having wireless charging issues, pause/start/pause almost all the time for me
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NM
The gifts are covered by warranty too, at least here in Mexico
Do you have a case? Thicker cases can mess with wireless charging.
No problem with my wireless charger with a thin case or with no case. Thicker cases or cases with magnets can interfere with charging.
Mine works fine. Even through the case I'm using on it.
It's without a case when on charger. I've had it flat and it's been working fine the past few nights
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Throw it in the thrash.
Take it to a repair center.
Post in the Q & A section.
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Good answer
ha ha
Mine quit fast charging. Will charge regular, but no longer reports fast charging. Plugging the cable direct, or other brand fast charge cradles are fine. Was hoping for something a little better even though it was a freebie. Oh well, not worth the bother IMHO.
I don't bother with them....use a Nokia wireless charger instead.... Works everytime