[Nexus 4 Accessories] delrazor:
Got a reply back from Moon. No mention of the AutoPad in his email. I've responded asking about the tests with the AutoPad as well as any fixes they may have applied to the CarPad that are additional to the unit I have. It seems they may be focused more on the CarPad at the moment, although the AutoPad sounded more like what we would need.

For reference, when using my test unit of the CarPad, while streaming music from spotify on mobile data, I got an average charge of around 2-3% per 10 minutes with the screen off.

While using navigation, it seems I'm not getting much of a charge at all, maybe 1% with screen on at lowest brightness over the course of a half hour, if the charger doesn't default to "charge complete" mode.

His tests seen below are with no mobile data active. I'm not sure if the screen was off or not.

I'm hoping the version he has now is updated with better charging modules in place, but I'm awaiting a reply to see what differences between my model and his model are.

Here's his email below:

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Hello!

Sorry I'm late in getting back to you. We've decided to purchase a Nexus 4 phone from Amazon in USA and, upon unpacking it today, we did the road test by placing the Nexus 4 into the CarPad while driving. We couldn't use GPS navigation on it because there is not yet any internet service linked with this phone due to the fact that Nexus 4 hasn't been released in Korea.

For the moment, you may review the results of our tests;

1. Start from 40% battery charging

Time Charging % Temperature in degree

00:06 40% 35

:12 46% 35

:23 50% 34

:30 53% 34

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10 min 5.4% 34.5

2. Start from 81% battery charging

00:07 81% 38

:13 83% 38

:17 85% 37

:26 88% 37

:31 90% 36

:36 93% 36

:39 94% 36

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10 min 4.0% 36.8

The above data is almost the same as a Galaxy S2. I am using a Galaxy S2 every day for both navigation and bluetooth. I don't detect any loss of battery charging while driving.

If we don't use a cigar jack with any voltage regulator, the charging rate should jump to 10% in 10 min but it consequently results in increasing temperature up to 50 degrees.

So I think 4~5.5% per 10 minutes is an ideal charging speed that is able to keep the battery power at least equal or greater than and without the device getting hot. It's better to be safe than sorry.

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He sent some pics and a video as well,

http://imgur.com/a/MZPti - images from his charging tests. the yellow meter is showing the temperature. keep in mind, he did not have mobile data available and was just simply charging without tasks of any kind (no streaming music or navigation)

Here's a brief video Moon sent testing the Nexus 4 on a few other wireless pads including the Owl CarPad.

http://youtu.be/v9_PwTnaZdE

I'll keep everyone updated as he responds.

I'm hoping I'll still be receiving the AutoPad this week, but I'm not sure if they decided to get an N4 and wait, or what. Never got a tracking number from him.

They may very well be focused only on the CarPad right now and that's why he hasn't mentioned the AutoPad yet.

Time will tell.

If anyone has any other questions about it, or would like me to test specific things, let me know.

Here's a gallery of other pics I took of the dock before I put it in my car. http://imgur.com/a/K29tM The pics were taken with my N4 using my old iPhone in the dock with the receiver case on. I'll take more the other way around soon.

I'm going to get a better test situation going soon which will have a lot of data to show per minute charging, mA input and more. Should have that up today or tomorrow.