Posted By: Dart
Products that work - wireless charging - 12/21/17 04:46 AM
My factory refurb Nexus 7 tablet that I bought cheap for use in the Nieuport for data logging and navigation came with a short in the power input connector thingie; getting it to charge with the cable involves fussy positioning and wedging stuff over it to keep connection.
In digging around on the web to see if there was an easy solution to fix the connector - I read that it could be charged by induction. Voodoo magic.
Well, in a fit of frustration, I bought a Honeycomb 5000 for 35 bucks, plugged it in, let it charge up (it's also a battery), and laid the 60% charged tablet on top of it.
Nothing. Rotate it 180 degrees. Nothing.
Bah.
Tell the wife that magic isn't real and she looks down and says "little lightning bolt, reckon it's working. I guess it takes a second or two to kick in."
Son of a gun not only charges the tablet, but just as quickly as a cord does. So "thumbs high" on this tech.
In digging around on the web to see if there was an easy solution to fix the connector - I read that it could be charged by induction. Voodoo magic.
Well, in a fit of frustration, I bought a Honeycomb 5000 for 35 bucks, plugged it in, let it charge up (it's also a battery), and laid the 60% charged tablet on top of it.
Nothing. Rotate it 180 degrees. Nothing.
Bah.
Tell the wife that magic isn't real and she looks down and says "little lightning bolt, reckon it's working. I guess it takes a second or two to kick in."
Son of a gun not only charges the tablet, but just as quickly as a cord does. So "thumbs high" on this tech.