Nexus 4 Wireless Charging Orb Delivered

[PaulJManger]

My Nexus 4 charging Orb doesn't hold my phone in place at all. I have the Nexus 4 and it just slides right off the charger forced by gravity. I do not have any case on the phone and both are brand new as of yesterday. Anyone else have this problem? My orb is just tacky and you cannot really feel any sort of magnetic attraction, maybe just a slight feeling. Thoughts?

 

[ChromeJob]

No, the rubber on the front of the Wireless Charger is very tacky/sticky, combine that with the glass back of the Nexus 4, and it has a strong hold on the phone. But it is not held in place by suction. I would not recommend holding your charger upside down while the phone is attached, like in the image above. You might not have the same results.

I found yesterday that a N4 with the back shipping film still on would stay on the orb even while gently shaking. (Coworker wanted to see if it would work in a vehicle.) You're right, I think, no suction, but I can feel a magnetic pull even with the orb not plugged in (no power to the inductive circuits).

(Edit) Nope, nope, nope. Trying again tonight i find darned little evidence of a magnetic pull. That surface is super sticky....

My poetic bumper case does not work well with charging orb. Kind of just slides off. The glass back cant make contact with the orb, bumper doing its job! Disappointing, but oh well.

I can't imagine why. The bumper is only around the edge, right? The center of the orb is raised a bit and should still contact the back. Unless the bumper is really, really thick.

There deff is some magnetism going on. When i hold the phone close by i can actually feel the orb kind of pull the phone towards it. Not a strong pull but a pull non the less.

Likewise. And sometimes (with it plugged in) I feel a vibration when the phone sets onto the orb.

Figured out (sort of) my issue with charging/not charging. It was plugged into a Griffin dual USB travel charger, one of the older ones that is fine for phones but doesn't provide enough current for tablets. Switching it to the USB adapter from my iPhone 4 fixed the problem and it wirelessly charges fine now.

That said, there are two things that are surprising about this:

1) the Nexus 4 charged perfectly fine using that Griffin charger for 10 days. So, it looks like the orb requires more current than the phone.

2) this doesn't explain why the phone charged overnight to 100%. As I said in my first post, when I woke up this morning I had a fully charged Nexus 4. It was only after that when it stopped charging.

No big deal either way with these. They're non-issues going forward.

Read the fine print on your orb's adapter. It outputs 1800mA. Now read the manual. Now read the fine print on those other chargers. I wouldnt' expect a 5W 1A charger to fully supply the orb. I would not be surprised if the orb stopped working at some point from using a non-approved (< 1800mA adapter) while trying to charge the phone.

My Nexus 4 charging Orb doesn't hold my phone in place at all. I have the Nexus 4 and it just slides right off the charger forced by gravity. I do not have any case on the phone and both are brand new as of yesterday. Anyone else have this problem? My orb is just tacky and you cannot really feel any sort of magnetic attraction, maybe just a slight feeling. Thoughts?

Weird. I haven't had that problem at all with a brand new N4 and brand new orb.


Cleaning: Guys, trying using a inside out wrap of 3M Scotch tape to remove lint. I tried some lens cleaner liquid and a microfiber cloth, probably not the best thing for that surface. But tape should take the lint off. Or a lint remover roll like pet owners use?

FWIW, my phone stays on the orb with a Poetic Palette back shell. The phone lifts off easier, in fact, than "nude" with the glass back.

 

[ChromeJob]

... Cleaning: Guys, trying using a inside out wrap of 3M Scotch tape to remove lint. I tried some lens cleaner liquid and a microfiber cloth, probably not the best thing for that surface. But tape should take the lint off. Or a lint remover roll like pet owners use?

Better: a sheet of sticky paper from a pet hair remover roller. Works fab.

To finish off ... fresh can of compress air/computer cleaner.