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Originally Posted by sanjsrik
I gotta' ask, after all this modding, after all this voiding the warranty and possibly melting internal parts, is this REALLY worth it? You spend apparently $10 (however, you must also buy a touchstone base charging unit, how come THAT isn't part of the overall cost?) and you may have a charger that doesn't hold the phone in place.
Wouldn't it also help to put a magnet or something inside of the case and in the TouchStone charging base to hold the two in place?
Otherwise, seems a nice idea but not very useful in day-to-day.
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I personally don't think it would be worth voiding the warranty. However, if I could figure out how to wire up the induction coil to a micro-USB connector, then I wouldn't void the warranty (since there would be no reason to open up the phone)...
As far as the cost... the $10 is for the both the Touchstone base and the battery cover which contains the coil (link in first post is to Verizon Wireless online store)
As for putting a magnet inside the case... that's precisely what the induction coil is - an electromagnet. There's also an electromagnetic coil in the base (that's the basis of inductive charging). So the act of charging should hold the phone on the base with a weak magnetic field.