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Re: Photon Tear Down for + & - contacts for Inductive Touchtstone I tried + lead to 1st pin from the right with - lead on first pin to the left and the metal USB housing. It still does not charge the device.

Re: Photon Tear Down for + & - contacts for Inductive Touchtstone No luck. I tried wiring in a resistor to bring the voltage down to the exact voltage observed when charging with a USB cable. The contacts that I found earlier in the thread will not charge the battery even when the voltage is...

Re: Photon Tear Down for + & - contacts for Inductive Touchtstone I thought about the battery terminal idea too. If the battery does not have some sort-of overcharging chip (and I am not sure if it does), this may precipitate badness with overcharging a lithium ion cell. The other thought I...

There are a lot of cheap leather cases on eBay that intended for other, older phones that are roughly the same size as the Photon (like the Droid X). For example, I picked up the case below (that has a removable belt clip) for less than $7 shipped. eBay - New & used electronics, cars...

Make sure you download the latest drivers for your Wifi card. I have an fairly new Intel card in a laptop and at first it would not recognize ad hoc connections. After the driver update, all is well.

Re: Photon Tear Down for + & - contacts for Inductive Touchtstone The voltage is different. This could be an issue. I get 5.61 volts coming from the Palm Touchstone. The Photon reads 4.48 volts when charging.

Re: Photon Tear Down for + & - contacts for Inductive Touchtstone I did a little more work on this project and I hit a wall. I could use advice from those with more electrical knowledge than I have (which is probably just about anyone). I peeled off the back of the inductive case from the Pre...

I'm hopeful someone would verify where I found the positive and negative charging terminals are before I take a soldering gun to my new Photon. I want to mod the Photon to work with the back cover of the HP / Palm Pre and the Touchstone Inductive charging base (see Palm.jpg). The Motorola...

I am likely going to begin the tear down soon on the Photon for this mod. The easy part is finding the + and - contacts with a voltmeter. The hard part is soldering so you don't F up the phone. I have not seen anyone post a walk through yet for the Photon. Here is a reasonable walk through...

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