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Wireless charger?

Anyone know if there is a release date for this yet?

The last rumored release date was April, so who knows. Have you seen the price though? $40 for the battery cover and $70 for the pad, ouch. And it adds a little hump to the back of your phone

I was wondering the same thing, I've been waiting for a wireless charging setup.
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Yea that price is rough. The problem is that I have very little to no reception at work and it just eats my battery. I keep my phone plugged in while I am at my desk but take my phone with me when I leave so I am plugging and unplugging thirty times a day...

SirVilhelm said:
Yea that price is rough. The problem is that I have very little to no reception at work and it just eats my battery. I keep my phone plugged in while I am at my desk but take my phone with me when I leave so I am plugging and unplugging thirty times a day...
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Same. Ill definitely be buying the wireless charging stuff. Checked my phone.. time without signal 91% eeeeek lol

Where do you look that up?

If you're at 91% something is wrong, also the pad is a one time investment it will work with any device that you get the cover for, so you can charge this phone and then your next phone so the price isn't as bad as it seems when you consider a new OEM charging cable is like 20$

I wonder if the QI inductive battery cover will be compatible with an old palm touchstone charger? Those are super cheap right now. Or if it would be as simple as doing a touchstone cover/charger combo conversion similar to the ones done with the EVO, but simpler because the contacts are visible on the inside of the case?
Just me thinking aloud but I would love to see if there is any interchangeability with these standards and googling isn't turning up much.

HTC Thunderbolt Wireless Charging Battery Cover Now Available at Verizon Stores

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Seriously, it’s about damn time. The Wireless Charging Battery Cover for the HTC Thunderbolt first showed up back in April, but just like the multimedia dock (which has gone completely MIA), we’ve been stuck without it. The good news is that it’s looking like you can walk into a Verizon store this weekend and pick one up, however that may be your only option for purchase. For whatever reason, we’re not seeing it listed in Verizon’s online store at this time. Cost is $29.99, but don’t forget that you’ll need the charging pad which is available for $69.99.
Cheers ___!

I called a few corporate owned stores in the Nassau/Suffolk area this morning and none of them have this in stock, actually they all say it is absolutely not available yet. If anyone has any luck tracking this down can they possibly post a picture of the packaging back and front as well as the receipt so we have the VZW sku numbers. The website listed a part # of HTC6400WLDR before they removed the page a few months back. OP was quoting droid-life.com on this one and I'm wondering if they were sent some bad info...

Picked up the back and the charging mat. Not worth it. Charges slower and heats up the battery to about 46°c
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popokisaurus said:
Picked up the back and the charging mat. Not worth it. Charges slower and heats up the battery to about 46°c
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Was thinking about getting this but I think I'll just stick with my Trent battery and call it a day. It charges just as fast as plugging it into an outlet.

$100 to charge wirelessly seems a bit steep to me

If they made one for the extended battery, I'd give it a shot.

Wouldn't it be easier and cheaper to use a dock? I mean the point of this is convenience in charging the device

[REVIEW] Samsung Galaxy S3 Extra Battery Kit

Ok so i have had my galaxy s3 for nearly a week now and today i have just received the extra battery kit so i thought i would give a quick review.
Its an official product and comes with the original galaxy s3 battery and a handy stand that holds the phone and charges the battery in a compartment towards the back on the stand.
The stand is piano black finish, which is slightly transperant to allow the LED notification to show though. The LED has three different states:
Red - Charging
Green - Charged
Orange - Error
All that comes in the box is the stand and battery there is no USB charging cable, and the stand itself does not charge the phone, it only charges the spare battery. The stand is very good when you have the phone in landscape but if you want to use the stand to hold the phone in portrait mode it can be a bit fiddle, i found that if you lift the cover where the for the battery compartment the phone sits well in portrait mode and this does not affect charging at all.
see the rest of the photos to get a better look
Pros:
Having two batteries for a smart phone is a must if the phone allows you so to get a handy product like this where you can charge one battery while using the other is a big PLUS
The Battery that comes with it is the exact same as the one that came with the phone which is a very good 2100mAh battery
The stand is great for landscape view
Very stylish
Cons:
You can only charge the spare battery not the battery in the phone itself
Does not come with a USB charging cable
Piano black finish is terrible for finger marks
Overall a great accessory and i would advise any galaxy s3 owner to buy
COST as of Fri 22nd June 2012 on amazon UK is £26.45
Thanks for having a read if you have any questions just let ask, and give me a thanks if this has helped you decide to buy the product or not CHEERS

I didnt see a price mentioned?

sorry my friend it is currently £26.45 on the amazon UK site, what do you think would be tempted to buy it

Some more photos for yous to have a look at as you can see in the first one the finger prints show up very messy on the piano black finish
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could you please check to see if NFC works with the extra battery in?
You could try out credit/debit cards with contactless payment built in or a public transport payment card like an oyster?
thanks

hboos said:
could you please check to see if NFC works with the extra battery in?
You could try out credit/debit cards with contactless payment built in or a public transport payment card like an oyster?
thanks
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The extra battery comes with nfc its the exact same battery as the original are you thinking of buying

aidan8181 said:
The extra battery comes with nfc its the exact same battery as the original are you thinking of buying
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I am thinking of buying this but my battery says "Near Field Communication" below the SAMSUNG logo while from your pictures, it seems like the extra battery doesn't say this.
If it doesn't have an NFC antenna in it, I can't see much point in spending this much on an official battery.
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I just had a look at my battery and on the other side, it looks like yours in your picture. I guess I will get this after all

hboos said:
I am thinking of buying this but my battery says "Near Field Communication" below the SAMSUNG logo while from your pictures, it seems like the extra battery doesn't say this.
If it doesn't have an NFC antenna in it, I can't see much point in spending this much on an official battery.
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I just had a look at my battery and on the other side, it looks like yours in your picture. I guess I will get this after all
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Don't worry my friend it says near field communication on the battery I will post a picture when I get home

aidan8181 said:
Don't worry my friend it says near field communication on the battery I will post a picture when I get home
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don't worry about it, i believe you! thanks anyway :laugh:

hboos said:
don't worry about it, i believe you! thanks anyway :laugh:
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haha i was about to post a picture but the rom i'm using has some camera bugs so i guess you will just have to believe me lol
if you get the kit let me know what you think

just got the camera mod fixed on my rom with a new update so here is a picture of the NFC info

Hmm, its a bit rubbish that it doesnt charge the phone.
You would have to charge the spare battery and then swap them over.
Or remove the dock cable then charge the phone
Why Samsung?

its not bad but the new charger and usb sync dock thats coming out next week from samsung would be even better, if not then why not get both! battery kit and dock together would be awesome. or even the dock and some hyperion kits!

Does this work with usb cable and car charger?

Will the kit hold a phone with a tpu case?

As2O said:
its not bad but the new charger and usb sync dock thats coming out next week from samsung would be even better, if not then why not get both! battery kit and dock together would be awesome. or even the dock and some hyperion kits!
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link please

I just received this minutes after posting in this thread.
Was aware of the disability that phone can't be charged at the same time as the battery.
Was NOT aware this kit does not come with its own charging cable! This is a major points deduction.
Overall C$35 shipped to my home in 3 business days is not a bad deal for OEM goodness.

Hi, the stand drains your battery if you leave it inside without the charging cable?

That's odd. I ordered mine from amazon here is the US and mine came with a usb charging cable. Genuine Samsung
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So it's September - where is the wireless charger?

So it's September - where is the wireless charger?
Seems to have been forgotten!!!

You know if they released this on day 1 I would have bought it with the phone but now I had time to think I just don't want or need it.
So I honestly hope almost no one buys this thing so Samsung doesn't have these ridiculous delays in the future.

Geordie Lad said:
You know if they released this on day 1 I would have bought it with the phone but now I had time to think I just don't want or need it.
So I honestly hope almost no one buys this thing so Samsung doesn't have these ridiculous delays in the future.
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Agreed. Same with the 4 new colors.... F-ing Samsung....

msgnyc said:
Agreed. Same with the 4 new colors........
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true.. they really messed up by delaying color choices..

nicesoni_ash said:
true.. they really messed up by delaying color choices..
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I wouldn't have cared as much if they actually "delayed" the alt color choices, but for that to have happened they would've had to let people know their would actually be color choices other then White and "Blurple" before or around launch. Not after selling numerous millions of devices........
Id've held off on the Blurple had I known a Black or Silver were in the works, but the news came long after my 30 days were up.

msgnyc said:
I wouldn't have cared as much if they actually "delayed" the alt color choices, but for that to have happened they would've had to let people know their would actually be color choices other then White and "Blurple" before or around launch. Not after selling numerous millions of devices........
Id've held off on the Blurple had I known a Black or Silver were in the works, but the news came long after my 30 days were up.
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Colours are just superficial problems and just an annoyance more than a problem, but not being able to get 32 or 64gb versions still after 3 months is inexcusable since Samsung stupidly didn't include moving Apps to external SD.

This is embarassing, even nokia gets the wireless charging earlier on the market.
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These guys were supposed to release their product by Sept 1 as well, haven't seen anything.
http://www.makezens.com/how-does-it-work-for-my-samsung-galaxy-s3/

Don't buy it. No case on the planet will work with it. I've had it for a week now.
If you don't want to use a case and buy this kit, Just go to the Verizon store and ask them to get it from the back.

Mine is sitting on my desk right now. Works perfectly. VZW is selling the LG charging pad on their website. I had to go to ebay for a couple of the wireless charging doors, but they work great. I have a pebble blue, so I affixed the white charging element to the back of my Defender and it works perfectly with the case on. I could not be happier with the convenience.

robroy90 said:
Mine is sitting on my desk right now. Works perfectly. VZW is selling the LG charging pad on their website. I had to go to ebay for a couple of the wireless charging doors, but they work great. I have a pebble blue, so I affixed the white charging element to the back of my Defender and it works perfectly with the case on. I could not be happier with the convenience.
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What do you exactly mean by wireless charging doors?
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Just seen a video on YouTube with a wireless charger set up. Followed the link and they are excepting pre orders. $78.00 for the entire kit.
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kevindd992002 said:
What do you exactly mean by wireless charging doors?
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The wireless charging is built into the battery door. Verizon probably didn't have them instock so he bought them online.

Geordie Lad said:
Colours are just superficial problems and just an annoyance more than a problem, but not being able to get 32 or 64gb versions still after 3 months is inexcusable since Samsung stupidly didn't include moving Apps to external SD.
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I have a 32 gig version, verizon branding, bought it about 3 weeks ago...

I've never seen/used wireless charger and wondering how much output does it provide? The stock wall charger is not able charge the phone when the phone is being heavily used, such as video call (GTalk/Skype) over cell network and GPS active. What are the chances that the phone has to be totally idle and nothing running in the background for the wireless charger being able do it's job?

just seen one in china, will post photo's later on.
Base
input 19V--1A
output 5-1A
pad
input 5V-700mA

kms108 said:
just seen one in china, will post photo's later on.
Base
input 19V--1A
output 5-1A
pad
input 5V-700mA
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Color me intrigued... How much that run you?
Is it the full battery cover replacement or just the inductive pad itself to put under the stock cover? Looks like just the pad itself sitting on a charging station. Not that is mind that one bit so long as it didn't bulge the case much. Been tempted to buy the Verizon covers and peeling the pads off to do just that actually

I have the Verizon cover, on AT&T phone and it works great except for that the NFC does not work , there is an extra contact that is only available on the Verizon version not sure why that is
== Yea.. I tapped that!

le_novo said:
This is embarassing, even nokia gets the wireless charging earlier on the market.
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They merely announced them, none of the new gear is actually available yet.

FOR REAL...... how hard is it if all the hackers on here have modified them and the damn factory can't? I have no desire to physically mod this phone, even though I've got a car in the garage with a ridiculous amount of work done to it - I like to mod things like this but I'm really hoping Samsung can figure this out soon so I don't have to resort to it!

Wireless charging

Who has it
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wireless chargin
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Who has it
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I had purchased the back for a galaxy S3 for using the Palm Pre touchstone charger. It worked, but the phone did not "Lock" on the charger, and would slip and slide, losing its contact. i stopped using it as a result.

knishknosh said:
I had purchased the back for a galaxy S3 for using the Palm Pre touchstone charger. It worked, but the phone did not "Lock" on the charger, and would slip and slide, losing its contact. i stopped using it as a result.
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I had a sister problem to yours. I've always used the Otterbox Commuter case. I know it bulks up the phone, but the protection has saved my phone from many a falls. I bought the same wireless charging solution (back with Palm Pre touchstone) for $50 off ebay and I was hoping it'd work through the cover. I was a bit too optimistic with that hope. Without the case, it didn't slip too much, but it was slicker than I thought it should be.
Since I didn't want to be out $50 (and since I had an extra touchstone charger from when I had a Palm Pre back in the day *sigh of nostalgia*), I went into DIY mode and busted out my Rotary Tool. After a lot of measuring, I cut a hole in the back of my case exactly in the correct location. Now my phone locks into the Touchstone and stays there without any problems. Some might do a double-take on my phone, but I'm an engineer, my mantra is "function over form."
I was going to do a progress set, but I didn't have a good setup to do that, so here's a couple of "finished product" shots. I could clean up the edges of the opening a little bit, but it works well as is.
I really like how well this works.
Edit: Oh, and obviously this will reduce the protection that the case provides, but it's saved my phone from some pretty major falls, so it's not completely compromised.

When I unplugged my phone it said switching from wired to wireless charging