Showing posts with label Wireless. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wireless. Show all posts

Sunday, 25 October 2015

Samsung Wireless Charging Pack Review



Hi Guys,

This is going to be my first review. figured it might help some people decide whether to buy Samsungs Wireless Charging Pack. For those in the Philippines, i got mine at the samsung official store in SM Aura, BGC Taguig

Just got it a few hours ago so this will just be my initial review with photos, ill give a whole day of use review tomorrow when ive had the chance to use it fully.

Findings:

1.) The case is huge, actual measurement with the phone in is 1.8cm or 0.7 inches. It really feels like a brick

2.) It makes the phone heavy. I dont have a way to measure it exactly but an estimate would be a can of coke (the drink).

3.) its not "Fast Charging" feels like the speed of a normal wireless charger, about an hour for 25%. but then its a phone case with a battery so its not much of a bother since there are no cables.

4.) Wireless charging doesnt work with the case on. the case will charge your phone wirelessly, but if you put it on top of your "desk/normal wireless charger" with the case on, it wont charge your phone. case is too thick

5.) not sure if this is safe or if it might damage the phone, but if i plug the case to charge with the phone attached to it, it charges both. the case charges and it charges the phone wirelessly at the same time.

6.) as can be seen on the photo, there is no "over lap" or "lip" when the phone is in the case. if your phone drops screen first, there is no protection

so basically thats all i can say for now. Tom ill try to see if it can charge the phone to full from empty with one charge.

Im a heavy phone user, the note 5 if unplugged at 7am only lasts me till 2pm. so this will help alot. i can deal with the increased size and weight as long as my phone makes it to bedtime.

let me know if you have any questions, ill try to answer them.








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Saturday, 24 October 2015

Wireless charging case



MY brother just bought case for s5 active (which does not have QI charghing), its just case with micro usb port and integrated IQ charger. I cant find any for a5, any ideas?



Friday, 23 October 2015

Trying to use wireless Xbox 360 controller, buttons/sticks sticking?



Hi, I've got an LG G2 (AT&T D800, unlocked), and I'm trying to use a standard, Microsoft wireless Xbox 360 controller with it for a few games. (Minecraft, Dead Trigger, and some emulators)
I'm running stock 4.4.2, software version D80020y, rooted.
Now, at first it simply wouldn't do anything at all (like it wasn't recognized), but then I followed this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1792531
Now it somewhat works, however, all of the buttons "stick" at random times, and the bumpers rarely work.
I've tried all 4 of my controllers, they all did the same thing.
The OTG cable is confirmed working with a keyboard/mouse, and USB drives, and the wireless reciever (while it is aftermarket and not the official MS version) is confirmed working with my PC.
I've re-done what was written in that thread twice now, making sure everything was done correctly, and I'm still having this issue.
I've googled around, but I must be missing something.
Does anyone know how to fix this?
Thanks!



Wireless music earphones that can connect to two devices easily



Need help here.

I am trying to find a Bluetooth music headset that I can use together with my tablet and phone at the same time. I listen to music on my phone, but watch movies on my tablet, and will like to switch between them with as little effort as possible. This is further complicated by the fact that I actually have a android smartwatch as well, so turning off Bluetooth on my smart phone seems like a wrong step.

Have tried searching for multipoint devices but it seems to be all mono types.

Asking store assistants have also not been helpful as most of them has not even heard of this function at all.

I am not a audiophile so just reasonably well sounding buds will do quite well already.



Thursday, 22 October 2015

Nexus 5X - Qi Wireless Hack Mod



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imhoFe4bbFU

neat mod, but seems that it still needs further testing since its so new. qi charging at the end of the video.



Retrofit Wireless Charging Receiver in Nexus 5X?



I just saw the iFixit teardown
https://youtu.be/VYFbSpvSE-w

I retrofitted a Galaxy S5 and S4 to wireless charging with Qi receivers off of eBay:


I know there is one for the G4 (since it's in their flip cover), but I was wondering if it is possible to work with an existing coil and wire it up to the Nexus 5X.

First, the cover pops off like a Galaxy S5 cover:


Here is the back cover and internals. Normally, the NFC covers the battery, but I am thinking it might be above the camera since there are connectors from cover to internals and would make sense for Android pay. So, what is the big shield on the right that covers the battery? (see question mark):

I think the battery posts are under the white piece of tape on the right - easy access for an NFC receiver to charge:



Worst case, the battery contacts are accessible under the midframe (10 screws):


So, do you think a retrofit of an existing Qi receiver would work? (the NFC part might be not used). The shield on the back over the battery might have to be removed, but I am not sure of it's purpose. Alternatively, anybody heard if any company is making a Qi receiver for the 5X? I'd buy the 5X over the 6P if I could get wireless charging.



Straight Talk (Verizon Wireless) Service and Enable Mobile Data/MMS Solved



It's likely my luck that this may be posted somewhere within XDA but I wanted to let everybody know I found the fix for those of us who have Verizon Wireless HTC One M8 Android (and Windows) devices that there is a fix to enabling mobile data and MMS on their devices:

Name: Straight Talk - Verizon Internet (name whatever you want)
APN: ACCT.TF.GW6.VZWENTP
MMSC: http://mms.vtext.com/servlets/mms
MCC: 311
MNC: 480
APN Type: default,dun,stdhipri,supl
APN Protocol: IPv4/IPv6
APN Roaming Protocol IPv4/IPv6
Bearer: LTE
Mobile Virtual Network operator type: none
Mobile Virtual Network operator value: Not set

The rest of the entries should be left blank/not set.

I don't take credit for this, I found this after spending four hours last night and early this morning chasing it. But I at least wanted to get the info out there; why, there's a world of difference between branded Verizon Wireless at for 6 GBs of data plus for the smart phone and a .50, .98 with fees and taxes for 5 GBs and speeds equally as fast on LTE. Enjoy!



Wednesday, 21 October 2015

Add Straight Talk (Verizon Wireless towers) APN to Verizon variant HTC One M8



I have a HTC One M8 (Android) rooted, S-Off, and currently running the ViperOne Rom. It is a Verizon Wireless variant M8; I want to run it on Straight Talk (Verizon Wireless towers)...not AT&T and/or T-Mobile. Okay...I go to Settings >> Mobile Data >> Network Settings >> CDMA Options >> Access point names >> and there are 9 different variations of Verizon mobile data APNs; the main one branded Verizon sim cards use is at the very top "Verizon Internet >> VZWINTERNET. Everybody I have talked to thus far says, I edit this setting to reflect Straight Talk but the only thing that is not grayed out is "VZWINTERNET" and I change that to "tfdata" (no quotes). Result: No data! So, I return to Network Settings >> (go to) Network Preference List where I'm greeted with 18 GSM/UMTS) names that include vodafone AL, ONEtouch, etc. I assume by looking at this list it is as what in parentheses implies; GSM/UMTS networks. I have gone to the upper right hand corner of the Network preference List and all it says is "Add" and "Edit", I click on "Add" and then I'm greeted with "Network Code" and "Operator List". When I went to the Network Code it asks for the MCCMNC format which for Straight Talk is 310410, click "OK" and I'm now greeted by "Add Network" and GSM, UMTS, GSM/UMTS, LTE, GSM/UMTS/LTE which the latter is what I set. I'm returned to the Network preference List and nothing has been added. When I return to "Add" or "Edit", Click on "Add" and then "Operator List"...oh dear God, the mother of all APN lists with multiple T-Mobile, AT&T, vodafone to select from but no Straight Talk nor Tracfone nor Net10...no American Movil. I'm guessing these are not CDMA but "Global" GSM providers. I'm at wits end with this. Frankly, I'm sick of the caveats that come with owning Verizon Wireless compatible devices. I just bought this HTC One M8 Android and again another aggravation to cope with; I can live without MMS, I can't live without mobile data. I was trying to save on our monthly bill with Straight Talk which we've used now for five years with the AT&T towers; where we've moved to, we barely have an AT& signal but we do have three to four bars over on Verizon Wireless but we did not want to have to pay the plus for smart phone access for comparable service which we pay .50....98 including taxes per line. I didn't expect this much aggravation with all of this. I'd sincerely appreciate whether this is common to this particular variant or would it help to flash ARHD43 or GPE onto the device or is this something that is hardware encoded or provisioned by whatever SIM card goes into the device; thanks everybody!



Promotional Wireless charger pack



Recieved my wireless charger pack. It works well and might come be handy for long trips. The inside is grey rubber.



See 02:02
https://youtu.be/Tzv0XTYPAvU


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