The case I use has a magnet in it for my car mount. Will that interfere with wireless charger?
geekdadof3 said:
The case I use has a magnet in it for my car mount. Will that interfere with wireless charger?
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Try mounting your phone without the plate in the case. I used a slim case on my Note 5 and now Note 7 and they stick to my dash mount fine. The coils in the phone are enough to stick to a strong magnet.
I've had much success with the phone sticking to my magnetic mount without any case.
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So since the Nexus 4 doesn't slide right off the wireless charging orb at the angle it's on, it obviously either has magnets inside it or at least a metal plate of some sort, right?
I was thinking about pulling one of the plastic pieces off my dashboard, installing a relatively powerful magnet on the inside, popping it back on and just sticking the Nexus 4 to it to use as a mount. (I am aware it wouldn't charge wirelessly, that's ok)
Would that work? Or is there any reason this might be a bad idea? I just want to make sure a regular old magnet isn't going to damage it or something.
Thanks!
vitaminbooya said:
So since the Nexus 4 doesn't slide right off the wireless charging orb at the angle it's on, it obviously either has magnets inside it or at least a metal plate of some sort, right?
I was thinking about pulling one of the plastic pieces off my dashboard, installing a relatively powerful magnet on the inside, popping it back on and just sticking the Nexus 4 to it to use as a mount. (I am aware it wouldn't charge wirelessly, that's ok)
Would that work? Or is there any reason this might be a bad idea? I just want to make sure a regular old magnet isn't going to damage it or something.
Thanks!
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It'll work fine. I did it with my Nexus. I don't have pictures of the Nexus setup, but you can see my magnetic holder/charger for my GS4 here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2375924
Whilst viewing YouTube custom case reviews for Note 4 I've noticed some people using a thin metal disk sandwiched between their phone & the case with no explanation. What is the purpose? Does have something to do with nfc.
It's probably a Qi wireless charging receiver. Some folks extract the coil to reduce the thickness of the receiver.
I use a magnetic car mount that has a thin metal disk so it sticks to the holder.
Has anyone tried Otterbox Strada with a magnetic car mount?
Can the magnet work through 2 layers of case?
Any recommendations on a car mount for the Otterbox Strada?
A great case.
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Not sure, but be careful if you wirelessly charge while having the case. The metal plate for your mount can get very hot while wirelessly charging if it isn't positioned right.
ryanpm40 said:
Not sure, but be careful if you wirelessly charge while having the case. The metal plate for your mount can get very hot while wirelessly charging if it isn't positioned right.
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Yes I have the Samsung wireless charger and while it works fine the S8+ does get hot.\
The Magnetic car mount I'm thinking of does not charge by itself.
I would use the car charger and a cable.
Thanks
Anyone doing this (using a case with a plate in it and a strong magnetic mount in the car)?
I noticed some flip cases will wake the phone when opened so the phone prob has a magnetic sensor in it. I'm concerned a magnetic mount may keep the phone off!
WibblyW said:
Anyone doing this (using a case with a plate in it and a strong magnetic mount in the car)?
I noticed some flip cases will wake the phone when opened so the phone prob has a magnetic sensor in it. I'm concerned a magnetic mount may keep the phone off!
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Hi,
I'm using this kind of car support with my OnePlus 5 without issues till now. [emoji4]
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have been using magnetic mount on my car with multple phones in my Car for more than a year now, never had any issues.
The same here. I have been using magnetic plates with different phones (well not with OnePlus 5 because I'm still waiting for case ) and there wasn't any problems.
Yep. I use the Spigen magnetic car might (the round one). I use on my Nexus 6p and now on my OP5. I actually put it in the phone and cover it with a dBrand skin. Works perfect, no issues with phone and does not interfere with my God which I use 4 days out of the week for work, 2-4 hours a day.
I don't use a case with my phone's as I've never dropped a phone and like then naked, so the magnet is strong either the phone as a card isn't there to weaken the pull. With this setup, I have zero issues.
I've been using Tetrax Xway for years without any issues (including with my recent Oneplus 5).
Never got into wireless charging on my S7. Always had a magnetic mount on the vent with a metal plate between the phone and the case. Now that I'm hooked on wireless charging, I'm on a similar setup but with a wide ring magnet between phone and case so it doesn't interfere with wireless charging. My one issue is that when the phone is flat on a desk, it rocks just a little (and I like a thin case). So what I'm looking for is a thin case, with an embedded magnet (so it's a flat bottom surface) and where the magnet is in a configuration where it doesn't interfere with wireless charging (whether it's a wide ring, or a few magnet points spaced out, etc.) I've thought about digging into my case as a DIY but not there yet Pitaka MagCase looks like it would so the trick but it hasn't been released yet. Any out there that I'm just not finding?
Thanks!
And, this is on an S9 plus.
Can you post pics of your setup? I'm looking for a magnetic wireless car charger that holds up via the vent.
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thx for the tip.... now i want one too
https://www.ipitaka.com/collections/magcase-for-samsung-galaxy-s9
Search on Amazon for "Magnetic Wireless Car Charger, ELEGIANT Fast Wireless Charging Car Mount Phone Holder". Looks like it's now out of stock but there's dozens just like them. I went with something inexpensive to make sure it worked. And it did- fast charged on the mount as well as the Samsung official desktop wireless charger. Although the swivel ball joint on the vent mount was a little flimsy. I placed the magnetic ring such that the top of it was about 1/4" below the bottom of the fingerprint sensor (I spent a lot of time trying to figure out exactly where the coils in the phone were; you can take a good guess by knowing that the desktop Sammy wireless charger woks with both the phone standing upright as well as on it's side and that it's got two coils).
Even though the ring is very thin, it still adds a slight bulge in the middle and makes it "wobble" a bit. I don't have the right shop equipment to shave a circular channel on the inside of the case to place the magnetic ring
Found one made by Nillkin. Have to use their own charging mount (which makes perfect sense as it uses four small magnets at four corners of the mount). Reviews aren't great, it's standard (not fast) charging, and the I like my side buttons uncovered.
Xvida makes one as well (a little bulkier than the Pitaka) but S8 is the most recent they support as of now.
hey guys,
you might wanna hold off getting the pitaka magmount, I received info from pitaka that the s9+ position of the wireless charging coil of S9 therefore the position of the built-in metal plate is different from other cases, they are still testing there new wireless charging mount, it will come out later.
I will be getting a review unit of the case later and I will let you know how I feel about the case. cheers guys.
xzr3b0rnzx said:
hey guys,
you might wanna hold off getting the pitaka magmount, I received info from pitaka that the s9+ position of the wireless charging coil of S9 therefore the position of the built-in metal plate is different from other cases, they are still testing there new wireless charging mount, it will come out later.
I will be getting a review unit of the case later and I will let you know how I feel about the case. cheers guys.
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I have the iOttie magnetic mount/quick charger in my car.
It worked really well with my S8 and note 8.
I put the small metal ring inside the case on my S9+ and it was very finicky.
Sometimes it would only charge (not fast charge) and other times it wouldn't charge at all.
I found that by placing the ring up higher near the camera, it maintained position to quick charge the phone and hold it securely.
The qi coil in the S9+ seems to be a bit closer to the camera than the other devices I've used.
I hope this helps.
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Great- thanks- similar to my current setup- I'm just looking for a case where the ring is actually embedded in the case, so the back of the case is perfectly flat.
Looks like from another thread the S9+ MagCase has launched- not on Amazon yet but on the Pitaka site- would love to see a review to make sure it quick charges wirelessly (as opposed to not quick). Sounds like they had issues with magnet placement originally and that might affect it.
Nillkin makes one. It's on Amazon as well.
y2k1ltd said:
Nillkin makes one. It's on Amazon as well.
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Yes- thank you- the Nillkin looks great- and a lot less expensive than the Pitaka- but the case has full edges that cover the buttons which I'm not a fan of.
texasmax said:
Yes- thank you- the Nillkin looks great- and a lot less expensive than the Pitaka- but the case has full edges that cover the buttons which I'm not a fan of.
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Gotcha, it's not bad.