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I am a happy old Dash user. Besides sitting on my screen and cracking it today, I would either be playing Bomberman2 on pNES, or checking my GMail acct and determining what to wear tomorrow with AccuWeather statements. Or, I could just be on opera watching updates of Monday night football.
So, screen cracked, no Dash-age for me tonight. I do have a Treo 680 that I'll pop my SIM in once I get home, and it's decision making time.
To get the New Dash 3G or get a screen replaced in ol' faithful.
Now that the Dash 3G has been out for a little while now, what are some of you guys' opinions on it? Worth the money? Wait for a better HTC model? Please help, I'm Dashless and need a something to fill this void?!
---Oh, and much thanks to all the programmers that cooked all this neat stuff up, I envy you guys, in a good way!
=)
For me, the deal breakers with the dash 3g are:
1) No mini USB connector at the bottom of the phone, so can't easily place in a docking station to charge - you need to additionally connect a flimpsy wire to the side of the dash 3g.
2) No d-pad - just a trackball. So no way to be precise and tap the "down" key twice to move the selection precisely two items down - you will often undershoot or overshoot your selection using a trackball. Also impossible to "hold" a direction button down with a trackball as is needed to play games like guitar hero, ect.
If it wasn't for the above two issues, I would have purchased a Dash 3G. Verizon in the states has the HTC "Snap" that doesn't have the above flaws, but verizon is CDMA and not as hackable or has as many roms available for it as the dash does.
They do make a docking station for the 3G. I saw one on eBay. It has a wire that come up from the back and hooks in the side. Can sync and charge like the Dash does. The trackball sensitivity can be adjusted. While it is not nearly as precise as the multi directional button on the Dash, it is useful. I was on the fence for a while and finally said eff it and bought one. Immediately upgraded to Ookba's ROM and was set. Nice to not have to overclock to get it to perform. It just does it. I love the old Dash. Still have it. Probably always will. Great phone. But the new one is badass. And with the ROMS they are cooking it is even cooler. Like I said if those are your reasons for not getting one, you can get used to them. Side usb is ok. A lot tighter fit than the Dash and they make a base charger. And trackball takes about a week to get used to and mess with the settings to get it to your liking. And yes you will overshoot your target a few times. But more memory, faster processor. Keyboard does take some getting used to. It just feels different. Bigger buttons are NOT always easier to hit. And I have huge thumbs. That was the biggest adjustment for me. Now I have to use predictive text to help. No space between the buttons. But T-Mo offers a 14 day buyers remorse deal. If you buy it and hate it you can take it back as long as you don't trash it. 30 days if you buy it without a contract. With a contract you HAVE to have the $24.99/month data plan for 2 years even if you don't use it. I bought mine out right. I use wi-fi almost everywhere I go so....hope that helps anyone thinking about getting a 3G. I love mine but am still nostalgic for my Dash. Had it for almost 4 years.
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For me, the deal breakers with the dash 3g are:
1) No mini USB connector at the bottom of the phone, so can't easily place in a docking station to charge - you need to additionally connect a flimpsy wire to the side of the dash 3g.
2) No d-pad - just a trackball. So no way to be precise and tap the "down" key twice to move the selection precisely two items down - you will often undershoot or overshoot your selection using a trackball. Also impossible to "hold" a direction button down with a trackball as is needed to play games like guitar hero, ect.
If it wasn't for the above two issues, I would have purchased a Dash 3G. Verizon in the states has the HTC "Snap" that doesn't have the above flaws, but verizon is CDMA and not as hackable or has as many roms available for it as the dash does.
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Regarding the rom development you can find Ookba's WM6.5 cooked rom for the CDMA version of the Maple (aka HTC Snap) which you can test and see if you can fullfil your expectations http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=563761;)
I don't consider myself to be especially handy, but I did a screen replacement. There were a couple of different video guides on Youtube that walked through the procedure in great detail, and the kits including the screen and tools are widely available on eBay. I guess a great deal depends on your gadget-envy, but it probably wouldn't be a bad idea to fix the Dash anyway-- sell it if nothing else. I think I spent less than $20 on the repair kit.
How do get a new screen cover for the tmobile dash 3g. not the lcd but the cover.
can anyone tell me where to get a front screen for the tmobile dash 3g. The LCD is fine but the front cover has cracked and I can't locate a new front screen cover. Please help meeeeeee!
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can anyone tell me where to get a front screen for the tmobile dash 3g. The LCD is fine but the front cover has cracked and I can't locate a new front screen cover. Please help meeeeeee!
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Wrong forum my friend, you should look here for your specific request. Good Luck
Has there been any word on that rumored wireless charger for the GSIII from Samsung?
Are there any worthy 3rd party wireless chargers?
No. Samsung pretty much keeps pushing it off from what I heard. Buttttttt, I think some Chinese or Japanese group made a modified back cover for the S3 so it's compatible with a wireless charge station. The group sells them on ebay I believe. You'd have to go find it and what not I don't know price or anything like that
Edit: there seems to be a bunch on ebay that are receivers which you take off the back, and attach it in, put the cover back on, and then apparently your good to go. I don't see any specific group who made them but there's several all around $20-30. There was a post around here on the same thing.
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The guy here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2176396
Bought one for the verizon variant and modded his phone slightly to make it work, didnt sound like it was a full teardown process or very difficult either
There's a lot more simple ones than that.. they attach inside the battery cover (the back of the phone you pop off to access the sd card, and battery).
Pretty much if you take off the back and look on the left side by the battery is 2 little copper looking squares or w/e, thats for a wireless charging receiver.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-Gal...457715?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item2324a21673
All you gotta do with that, is take off your stock battery cover, and put that one on, and then set it on a dock. Due to it somewhat covering part of the back of the phone, (not visually from the outside), it may interfere with NFC/S beam. Im not sure about that though.
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Here you go. Great option for me cuz the wife used to have a Palm Pre.
Without some way to suppress alert tone, wireless charging is a bust
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There's a lot more simple ones than that.. they attach inside the battery cover (the back of the phone you pop off to access the sd card, and battery). All you gotta do with that, is take off your stock battery cover, and put that one on, and then set it on a dock. Due to it somewhat covering part of the back of the phone, (not visually from the outside), it may interfere with NFC/S beam. Im not sure about that though.
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The NFC antenna is in the battery, so the wireless charging solutions that involve covering the battery (like the one you linked to on eBay) definitely will prevent you from using NFC.
I took the Verizon OEM wireless back (available on eBay) which has the second NFC antenna below the battery (i.e. NFC still works) and did a 10 minute mod so that my Sprint phone would accept it. I'm still a noob, so I can post links, but Google for "How to EASILY Add Inductive/Wireless Charging to your Sprint Phone Using Verizon Cover & Keeping NFC" and is the first link
This will be my third case I will be returning to best buy. Two of mine (black) one of my wife's (silver). All of them having the same problem.
Randomly stops charging.
Won't charge.
Won't show indicator battery leds.
until I plug and then unplug the case then it's back to normal.
I emailed mophie on the issue since I couldn't find any similar issues on Google and asked them what I can do to prevent it or what I am possibly doing wrong.
They just send me an automated response telling me to file for a warranty claim.
So here I am asking if anybody else has the same issue I do and if they found a work around or any information. Right now it's just a really expensive phone case and the fact that I have to plug it in to activate it defeats the purpose of an external battery case.
Thanks for your help.
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mmmtacos said:
This will be my third case I will be returning to best buy. Two of mine (black) one of my wife's (silver). All of them having the same problem.
Randomly stops charging.
Won't charge.
Won't show indicator battery leds.
until I plug and then unplug the case then it's back to normal.
I emailed mophie on the issue since I couldn't find any similar issues on Google and asked them what I can do to prevent it or what I am possibly doing wrong.
They just send me an automated response telling me to file for a warranty claim.
So here I am asking if anybody else has the same issue I do and if they found a work around or any information. Right now it's just a really expensive phone case and the fact that I have to plug it in to activate it defeats the purpose of an external battery case.
Thanks for your help.
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There are two other threads in this forum about the mophie case already, both of which describe this issue (I returned mine for good because of it). There doesn't seem to be a real fix for it: there are just apparently a whole lot of bad units.
I have gone through 3 cases all with the same issue. I am headed back for case number 4 later today.
My first one had this issue. Got it replaced and the one I have now works perfectly.
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Yeah it's REALLY annoying. I've gone through 3 cases myself and the problem never resolved itself. The only way I can use this case is if I never put on the top, which is stupid but I deal with it because I don't want to carry an external battery. Has anyone pulled off the top plastic power button and have it still work?
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Yeah it's REALLY annoying. I've gone through 3 cases myself and the problem never resolved itself. The only way I can use this case is if I never put on the top, which is stupid but I deal with it because I don't want to carry an external battery. Has anyone pulled off the top plastic power button and have it still work?
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That's how I fixed the first one I had before I decided to exchange it. It works fine but it becomes annoying to push the power button on and off with it recessed like that.
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I Ordered One From There Site Around $60 When it Come To My Door They Wanted And Extra £37.00 For Handling So I Rejected It, The Bloke Told Me At Morphie I Will Get A Refund For It Once The Item Has Been Received Back, 4 Month Later I Submitted A Support Ticket Asking If Had Been Received Yet, Then They Replied With The Exuse That They Do Not Receive Items Back They just Get Abandoned, So Now I'm Roughly £50.00 Down And No Case
same issues here
I am about to return my second Mophie juice pack for the HTC One. I am having exactly the same issues; the juice pack randomly "forgets" it's charged and ceases to function, unless I plug it into a power source, at which point it "wakes up" again, but then it will stop working AGAIN before it has even used all its charge. What's ironic is that I have been a huge fan of Mophie products for the iPhone, having bought several of them for my wife's phone, and they've never had issues like this.
Mophie really needs to come clean and issue a press release explaining that the juice pack for HTC One is faulty, and they should issue return labels to EVERYONE who has bought one, as a gesture of good faith. Many other companies out there are catching up to Mophie with battery cases of their own, that are of inherently better build quality. Sorry Mophie but you stepped in it this time.
mmmtacos said:
This will be my third case I will be returning to best buy. Two of mine (black) one of my wife's (silver). All of them having the same problem.
Randomly stops charging.
Won't charge.
Won't show indicator battery leds.
until I plug and then unplug the case then it's back to normal.
I emailed mophie on the issue since I couldn't find any similar issues on Google and asked them what I can do to prevent it or what I am possibly doing wrong.
They just send me an automated response telling me to file for a warranty claim.
So here I am asking if anybody else has the same issue I do and if they found a work around or any information. Right now it's just a really expensive phone case and the fact that I have to plug it in to activate it defeats the purpose of an external battery case.
Thanks for your help.
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As you can see from my previous posts my Mophie case was working fine for me............until I updated to 4.3. I am now having the same issue stated by many of you. It randomly forgets it's charged until I connect it back to power and then sometimes it just completely loses all charge and needs to be recharged. Seems it isn't a hardware issue but some sort of glitch brought upon by specific OS versions.
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I am about to return my second Mophie juice pack for the HTC One. I am having exactly the same issues; the juice pack randomly "forgets" it's charged and ceases to function, unless I plug it into a power source, at which point it "wakes up" again, but then it will stop working AGAIN before it has even used all its charge. What's ironic is that I have been a huge fan of Mophie products for the iPhone, having bought several of them for my wife's phone, and they've never had issues like this.
Mophie really needs to come clean and issue a press release explaining that the juice pack for HTC One is faulty, and they should issue return labels to EVERYONE who has bought one, as a gesture of good faith. Many other companies out there are catching up to Mophie with battery cases of their own, that are of inherently better build quality. Sorry Mophie but you stepped in it this time.
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As you can see from my previous posts my Mophie case was working fine for me............until I updated to 4.3. I am now having the same issue stated by many of you. It randomly forgets it's charged until I connect it back to power and then sometimes it just completely loses all charge and needs to be recharged. Seems it isn't a hardware issue but some sort of glitch brought upon by specific OS versions.
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I realize this won't help much immediately anyway.
But the Verizon HTC One just got its' 4.3 update.
It does not include Sense 5.5, it's only Sense 5.0, but to get to my point:
One of the fixes in that OTA's changleog, was a fix for the Mophie Juice Pack.
So it would appear that HTC is aware of the issue and I would assume any OTA's that come from here on will include whatever fixes they are now implementing to reduce these issues.
Just thought I'd pass along that info for whatever it's worth.
That's the update that broke my Mophie.
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That's the update that broke my Mophie.
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Oh I assumed you were on a different carrier based on your signature...my bad.
As not all updates of the same Android version are the same across variants.
This is a conforting thread to see here, being that I have just ordered mine and it is coming in monday.
If MHL dosent work with the thing on, i will probably return it. I think i saw someone confirm that it wont work on Android Central Forums- I hope they are wrong.
EDIT: confirmed... The mophie case does not work with MHL.. I guess they were to cheep to add the 4 extra pins to the damn case.. I'm sure the iPhone version has all 32 pins on it
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I realize this won't help much immediately anyway.
But the Verizon HTC One just got its' 4.3 update.
It does not include Sense 5.5, it's only Sense 5.0, but to get to my point:
One of the fixes in that OTA's changleog, was a fix for the Mophie Juice Pack.
So it would appear that HTC is aware of the issue and I would assume any OTA's that come from here on will include whatever fixes they are now implementing to reduce these issues.
Just thought I'd pass along that info for whatever it's worth.
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I'm using a T-Mobile HTC One that already has Android 4.3. But that's beside the point; the issue is with the Juice pack, not the phone or its software version. The juice pack "forgets" its charge when not even in use (power button turned off), therefore it has no interplay with the phone's software, so the problem is not related to phone software version.
Oh and FYI I'm now on my FOURTH HTC One Juice pack from Mophie, and it too is faulty. I did an online chat with Mophie tech support and all they did was issue yet ANOTHER return label, and did not acknowledge any awareness of this issue occurring with other HTC One Juice pack owners. So we have the corporate mentality at work, which is to say "never admit that your product is faulty."
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I'm using a T-Mobile HTC One that already has Android 4.3. But that's beside the point; the issue is with the Juice pack, not the phone or its software version. The juice pack "forgets" its charge when not even in use (power button turned off), therefore it has no interplay with the phone's software, so the problem is not related to phone software version.
Oh and FYI I'm now on my FOURTH HTC One Juice pack from Mophie, and it too is faulty. I did an online chat with Mophie tech support and all they did was issue yet ANOTHER return label, and did not acknowledge any awareness of this issue occurring with other HTC One Juice pack owners. So we have the corporate mentality at work, which is to say "never admit that your product is faulty."
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I've had 3 bad ones that I picked up from AT&T. I stopped at Verizon and all of theirs worked perfect. The AT&T ones had extremely short connectors, the ones at Verizon had connectors the same length as the connector on the USB cable. The difference was clearly obvious.
Possible HTC One mophie solution
Hello all,
I have read all three threads on the mophie issue for the HTC One, as I was having the same issue with my new mophie; not charging or intermittently charge, top was hard to push on, and mine even seemed to have the micro usb connector misaligned. Seems as though something was not connected correctly internally on the mophie. I decided to take apart my mophie case and found that the male micro usb connector that connected to the phone had a broken plastic support bracket which cause my intermittent issue. If you are somewhat mechanically inclined and do not care about the mophie warranty, here are the steps that I took to fix my mophie:
Tools needed: Flat tip and Philips jewelers screw drivers, double sided tape, super glue (or gorilla glue), double sides tape, and some non metallic spacer (I used tape folded over a couple times)
1) Slide the flat tip in between the 2 lays of plastic and pry them apart carefully, I started by the mophie's camera hole for the HTC one and worked my way towards the other end.
NOTE: You might here some popping and cracking, this is due to the ultrasonic bonding process used.
NOTE: When prying toward the micro usb with the flat tip be aware that the battery starts just below the camera opening.
2) Once both pieces feel separated pull firmly on the plastic that has the mophie serial number, try pulling different direction, understand that some resistance will be there due to the double sides tap between the plastic and the battery.
3) Once battery is fully exposed pull battery out slightly to release double sided tap on the back side of the battery, while simultaneously pulling micro usb toward the top or camera opening of the mophie case.
4) Locate micro usb plastic support bracket, removed 2 Phillips screws to access bracket.
NOTE: At this point is when I had to repair the plastic bracket in mind with some gorilla glue. Be mindful that unless u want more work u still have to work with the usb connected to the circuit board.
5) Reinstall phillip screws and place spacer between plastic bracket and micro usb.
6) Following steps 1-4 in reverse.
My mophie works like a champ now! And the tope even fits without having to force it! Hope this help someone else out. Please see atched pics for clarification purposes.
My first mophie works perfeclty and has no flaws. Wish I had that luck with my phone LOL.
SOLUTION
Hey guys! So, I disected my case to see if I could manually fix the problem and I figured out what the problem was. The little micro USB inside the case is getting pushed inside and so when you try to plug in your phone it never fully plugs in.
So, the easiest solution would be to take a pair of pliers and very CAREFULLY shimmying the USB plug out. Then, it should work like a charm.
Also, to prevent this from happening from the future, when you insert your HTC One into the case push down the bottom part of your phone to insure that it slides onto the plug without pushing it down again.
And just another problem I experienced with this case was the built in power button. I found it was pressing in my pocket and also when I put the top part of the case down the power button would stay pressed. I simply sanded the bottom part of the built in button down and that fixed it.
HOPE THIS HELPS!
hello everyone. I'm hoping you can help me. I have an LG g3 for AT&T. I bought the quick circle wireless charging case and the Duracell Powermat charger. It worked fine for 2 days but all of a sudden stopped working. I went into the store with all of the accessories and we tried it on two different powermats. It did not work at all. We tried other wireless phones with charging capabilities on both Powermats and it worked fine. They were out of stock on the case, order me a replacement, it came in today and I went to the store to pick it up. I tested it at the store and it still didn't work. Something is wrong with my phone's wireless charging capability. Has anyone else had this issue with wireless charging on the at&tq G 3? Before I return the phone for another one, meaning because its been longer than 14 days I have to actually have a new one mailed it to me and then have a new screen protector put on, a reset up the phone, etc. I want to make sure its not some setting I'm missing or something else I'm not thinking of. Any help you can provide is most appreciated. Thank you very much.
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svenb352 said:
hello everyone. I'm hoping you can help me. I have an LG g3 for AT&T. I bought the quick circle wireless charging case and the Duracell Powermat charger. It worked fine for 2 days but all of a sudden stopped working. I went into the store with all of the accessories and we tried it on two different powermats. It did not work at all. We tried other wireless phones with charging capabilities on both Powermats and it worked fine. They were out of stock on the case, order me a replacement, it came in today and I went to the store to pick it up. I tested it at the store and it still didn't work. Something is wrong with my phone's wireless charging capability. Has anyone else had this issue with wireless charging on the at&tq G 3? Before I return the phone for another one, meaning because its been longer than 14 days I have to actually have a new one mailed it to me and then have a new screen protector put on, a reset up the phone, etc. I want to make sure its not some setting I'm missing or something else I'm not thinking of. Any help you can provide is most appreciated. Thank you very much.
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Ok so, a bump as nobody has replied yet, but second here is an update.
After battling with AT&T for a few days about getting an exchange (they wanted me to send it in to their device center, blah blah) they agreed to give me a brand new one in the store. I went in, swapped the device, tested it with the case, low and behold it worked perfectly. No problems at all. I went and got a new Zagg Glass shield put on at Best Buy, went home, all was fine. LG has a built in back up / restore service that saves to the SD card so honestly it wasn't a totally awful experience getting it all reset up.
Anyway, we are now three days later and last night I put it on the charger, it worked fine. I got up this morning, no charging happening. It is at 90% battery. What the hell? I rebooted, cleared cache, removed backplate and battery, unplugged/replugged in the wireless charging plate - nada. It doesn't charge wirelessly anymore. Charging directly works fine.
I think it's time to call LG because this is getting to be a bit ridiculous. I am using a PMA wireless charging plate purchased from AT&T. I am using an LG branded quick circle wireless folio case. I have not rooted, haven't messed with anything, etc. I am using on a protected power surge power strip. I don't know what else it could be, but something is frying the contacts in the phone and negating the wireless charging ability (.
I've also experienced this. On my second phone now. Thankfully, I was still within my 14 days with Best Buy and was able to exchange the first phone hassle free. Best believe, though, that when I exchanged it, I put the Best Buy Geek Squad protection on the phone. I got lucky this time, was 12 days into owning the phone when the wireless charging went out and thought it was the case. All local AT&T stores were sold out of the case, so I ordered a new one online. Then I read a thread online somewhere that detailed the same exact problem and their solution was to exchange the phone. Had I not exchanged the phone then and waited for my new case to arrive and not solve the problem, I would've been SOL.
But yeah, same experience as you. AT&T LG G3, official PMA wireless charging Quick Circle Folio Case, 2 different Duracell Powermats (1 single device mat and 1 two device mat). Wireless charging went out after 12 days of owning the device.
You might get a better response if you posted in the AT&T forum.
same problem, different day.
My story is almost the exact same as the above. First failure was 5-6 days after receiving my wireless charging case from at&t online. After testing out my equipment, I went to the at&t store and tested my charging case with a new g3. The new one charged fine. Had to call customer svc, after some argument got a refurb. Wireless charging lasted one day.
I'm really worried that this is a pervasive problem. However, very few people have the charging case yet. If anyone has had the charging last more than 2 weeks, can they post it here?
Moderators, can you move this thread to the at&t section for ease of searching? It seems to only occur with the AT&T LG g3 with PMA charging
Maybe Att just likes to screw people over. PMA charging isn't something I want especially when qi is more reliable. Could it be the hardware in the phone failing because Att had to be special?
That's my assumption too. Last minute PMA kludge.
Same thing has happened to mine...
Same here ditto on the whole situation. I am in the process of fighting with AT&T exchange phone.
svenb352 said:
hello everyone. I'm hoping you can help me. I have an LG g3 for AT&T. I bought the quick circle wireless charging case and the Duracell Powermat charger. It worked fine for 2 days but all of a sudden stopped working. I went into the store with all of the accessories and we tried it on two different powermats. It did not work at all. We tried other wireless phones with charging capabilities on both Powermats and it worked fine. They were out of stock on the case, order me a replacement, it came in today and I went to the store to pick it up. I tested it at the store and it still didn't work. Something is wrong with my phone's wireless charging capability. Has anyone else had this issue with wireless charging on the at&tq G 3? Before I return the phone for another one, meaning because its been longer than 14 days I have to actually have a new one mailed it to me and then have a new screen protector put on, a reset up the phone, etc. I want to make sure its not some setting I'm missing or something else I'm not thinking of. Any help you can provide is most appreciated. Thank you very much.
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AT&T uses a different signal type for it's wireless charging. If you don't have the right type of power mat it won't work properly and might work only every now and then. As for your device being the problem, that is unlikely as the case itself is what allows you to charge wireless by adding the charging sensor
i know it might sound silly but...
I know it may be a silly question but are you guys using the charger that came with the phone? Its just that if you aren't it may be because the charger hasn't got enough ampage. I have the lg wireless charger and i tried using an older usb charger and noticed that it would charge a bit then stop. I tried it on the original lg charger and it worked a treat.
I decided to purchase a second lg charger just to use with the wireless charger and all is good.
Same problem x2
I experienced the same problem. While troubleshooting I found the case and charger worked fine on my wife's phone. Tried switching batteries with no change. AT&T replaced my Phone and it worked again for a week. Now wireless doesn't charge and even the USB and cable that had been working in the past don't work.
Very frustrating
Conflicting reports in regards to NFC on the higher-end Deluxe models. GSM Arena reports it's available, PDAdb, which i believe is more reliable doesn't even mention 'NFC'.
I believe this VERY common feature has been 'avoided' in this phone, absolutely foolish by ASUS as it's keeping me away from this phone. Can someone please confirm? Anyone know why this decision was made despite the fact they have the 5.5", 5.7" deluxe variants and the ULTRA, which isn't much better?
Thanks
RoOSTA
It is available BUT it is in the very top of the phone.
Most phones use the battery and have NFC centered around the middle of the back. The ASUS Zenfone 3 deluxe, and the ZTE Axon 7, have it at the top of the phone, around where the speaker is located.
I don't know WHY it was put there but I eventually found it with a bit of hair pulling...
Somethings need to be the top part of the back but you can also use the very top of the phone too. A little annoying as this isn't very well explained...
NFC sensor is on the front near the top of the screen.
Yes, it have NFC, in te top of the phone near the call's speaker
I used it all days with some nfc tags.
An awkward location to put the NFC. You cannot see the screen when it is contacting the other device.
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It is available BUT it is in the very top of the phone.
Most phones use the battery and have NFC centered around the middle of the back. The ASUS Zenfone 3 deluxe, and the ZTE Axon 7, have it at the top of the phone, around where the speaker is located.
I don't know WHY it was put there but I eventually found it with a bit of hair pulling...
Somethings need to be the top part of the back but you can also use the very top of the phone too. A little annoying as this isn't very well explained...
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Thanks guys. Can you show me a quick NFC tag scan in a short video please?
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Thanks guys. Can you show me a quick NFC tag scan in a short video please?
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Hey, so I sometimes get the NFC to work (unlike my zenfone 2) bit when I tap to send / beam a picture it goes to Google play and tries to install the gallery app. Anyone know how to send the picture instead?
jmoricone said:
Hey, so I sometimes get the NFC to work (unlike my zenfone 2) bit when I tap to send / beam a picture it goes to Google play and tries to install the gallery app. Anyone know how to send the picture instead?
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You "sometimes get it to work" ? Pretty crap phone if it doesn't work as intended...
roosta said:
You "sometimes get it to work" ? Pretty crap phone if it doesn't work as intended...
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I get NCF to work.. Did not realize the chip was in a different location than model 2. Model 2 is rooted and can send pics via beam with no problem. Version 3 when I try to beam tries to install the app. Don't need wise ass comments. Joined XDA for "real" advice. If I need bull**** comments, remarks, etc I would have just posted on ****ty websites. Real question for real answers. If you have nothing else to do shut the **** up
The NFC is located at the top of the phone. You could "image" it's using the 3.5mm jack as the center of antenna. (Although it's actually there..)
I use the NFC function almost daily for payment (for convenience store purchase as well as subway ride) and it works 100% of time. (never second time touch) The way I use it is screen facing me, only the very top of phone (basically where the 3.5mm jack is located) is touching the payment terminal reception pad.
Most of the payment terminal will even accept the phone lying flat, LCD up as long as the 3.5mm jack is located near center of the payment terminal's reception pad.
The reason why NFC is located at top of phone is that the back of this phone is made by one piece of metal. NFC signal will have trouble pass this metal barrier. Beside, I found it's easier to use as NFC is at top since can hold the phone 45 degrees (LCD facing me) instead stick the back of the phone flat to the payment terminal when making payment.
Also, the screen is not needed to be on when making payment (YMMV, may depend on APP). The sensitivity of NFC is even better then my cashless credit card. (I tested both at same terminal).
lssong99 said:
The NFC is located at the top of the phone. You could "image" it's using the 3.5mm jack as the center of antenna. (Although it's actually there..)
I use the NFC function almost daily for payment (for convenience store purchase as well as subway ride) and it works 100% of time. (never second time touch) The way I use it is screen facing me, only the very top of phone (basically where the 3.5mm jack is located) is touching the payment terminal reception pad.
Most of the payment terminal will even accept the phone lying flat, LCD up as long as the 3.5mm jack is located near center of the payment terminal's reception pad.
The reason why NFC is located at top of phone is that the back of this phone is made by one piece of metal. NFC signal will have trouble pass this metal barrier. Beside, I found it's easier to use as NFC is at top since can hold the phone 45 degrees (LCD facing me) instead stick the back of the phone flat to the payment terminal when making payment.
Also, the screen is not needed to be on when making payment (YMMV, may depend on APP). The sensitivity of NFC is even better then my cashless credit card. (I tested both at same terminal).
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Thanks for the info. One of the downsides of the body design I guess... Good to see its working for you and there's a way around it. I would've gone for this phone had root been available on it by now. Lack of IR is something I don't use all the time, but still find it important and am using on my V20...
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