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[Xperia Z Accessories] wakoautz:
Unbelievable! I just completed mine today using the same SE plug without having seen yours beforehand! I spent more than two hours to trying to make my own contacts until I found an old SE plug in my stash.

Mine's a bit simple--I just mounted the SE plug to a plastic sheet (cut from the casing of the phone's leather case!). The connector is kept in place through the friction between the plastic sheet and the rubber casing only. Unless you are lifting the phone, it seems pretty stable.
[Xperia Z Accessories] sfkaudi:
Sv: DIY quick charge system

What about an old wireless phone with dockcharter and modify this
[Xperia Z Accessories] jimsey:
I Did this with lots of my previous phones. And it would definitely be easy to.do with external charging contacts, but it means adding a case and bulk
[Xperia Z Accessories] jimsey:
maglock charger

I just tested my maglock charger idea

On the phone I mounted two x 6mm x 0.5mm disc magnets either side of the phone contacts using double sided tape with opposite poles facing outwards to ensure I don't reverse the polarity when attaching the charger.

for the charger cable, again I used an old sony ericsson CT75, adapter, modified to make the contact pins wider, removed the 2 prongs and attached 2 0.5mm disc magnets where the prongs used to be.

Like my DIY dock, it's not the neatest job in the world and will be refined over coming weeks with more discrete magnets, but i'm impressed that it works like a charm and has potential for car docks etc -

:cowboy:
[Xperia Z Accessories] fards:
that looks great!
[Xperia Z Accessories] danw_oz:
Great idea, however I would be cautious using magnets on the phone
[Xperia Z Accessories] jimsey:
Damage from the magnets is not really much of an issue with the strength of magnets I've used, the side plastic on the phone is a mm or so thick and the screen is a good few mm away from the bezel. I've used much stronger magnets when adding wireless charging coils to phones in the past without issue. I don't think i'll leave this as a permanent mod unless I can find a better use than overnight charging as I have a dock for that.

to improve the mod, my next thought is to replace the disc magnets attached to the phone with black magnetic tape so that it would be much less visible, or even better to somehow attach steel or magnetic plates to the phones contacts so that they sit within the recess, this would require some conductive adhesive though and is probably a bit too permanent for my liking
[Xperia Z Accessories] flamingsamurai:
My ghetto dock.
[Xperia Z Accessories] jimsey:
Nice work flamingsamurai, I like it, sometimes low tech is better!

I've been looking for spring loaded contacts on the web, but mill max(jtag type) contacts seem quite expensive for what they are, if anyone finds a cheap(pennies rather than pounds) source for spring loaded contacts please share, I'm sure others would be interested too.
[Xperia Z Accessories] purzeljessi:
Hello to all! I think the idea is really great! I would also like to build something. Unfortunately, I have no idea about electrical things. Is it possible with a old charging cable a docking station to build? I'd rather take an adapter, but I find not at Amazon.de. But if the cable would work that would be great. Do I then simply turn the pinch something apart? Can I make in trying my XZ broken?

Many many thanks in advance and have a nice evening! : Laugh:
[Xperia Z Accessories] jimsey:
Hi it's relatively easy to make a dock using wood, foam, cardboard, plastic or whatever you have available, you can then adapt an old sony charger cable to fit the xperia z pins

amazon.de link -

http://www.amazon.de/Ladegerät-Eric...r_1_18?s=ce-de&ie=UTF8&qid=1363206547&sr=1-18

or

http://www.amazon.de/Powermat-PMR-P...=sr_1_2?s=ce-de&ie=UTF8&qid=1363206678&sr=1-2

these adapters work better than trying to use non spring loaded pins, but you need to take the adapter apart and move the pins wider, after market adapters are much easier to modify than sony originals as they tend to clip apart quite easily, i found the sony adapter included with the powercube very easy to work with
[Xperia Z Accessories] antipesto93:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/180702028408?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2648

this came apart very easy
[Xperia Z Accessories] Roscobigfoot:
ive got an old SE cable, the pins are all in the right place and don't need moved but the clips are in the way obviously. How did people go about removing them? i got them down alot with a file but can't get them any further really...
[Xperia Z Accessories] jimsey:
On the cheap after-market cables , just snap open the adapter and the prongs slide out to the back, If you've got one of the original moulded sony adapters best you can hope to do is cut them off and file them down
[Xperia Z Accessories] antipesto93:
i cut the clips as low as i could with pliers, then to get rid of the left over stubs i used a sharp knife to "shave / cut " them down

rubbing it against a brick (no sandpaper lol ) also got it down abit
[Xperia Z Accessories] Roscobigfoot:
Ok then, the stumps on the side are as low as i can really get them, the left pin looks too short though but the right does make contact fine. The left one simply doesn't stick in enough :(

EDIT: after looking closely it looks like i accidentally files that smaller pin down slightly which is why it is so small :facepalm: urgh that's annoying
[Xperia Z Accessories] antipesto93:
Ok so I made mine using a "free" hardback book cover and foam + a hot glue gun

the connector i used is linked a few posts up

Didn't have any other materials at hand so its pretty messy !
[Xperia Z Accessories] Roscobigfoot:
Those 3rd party adapters are so much neater than the actual official SE ones due to being able to just simple take them apart while the SE ones are just solid molded plastic ;(
[Xperia Z Accessories] sevensheaven:
Just for the creative people here The xperia Z exacly fits in an CD cover So now you can make a nice looking one and use also camera,because it's transparant

regards stef
[Xperia Z Accessories] ~iPod~nano~:
that easy to find out the polarity...

grab a multimeter, set it to continuity testing. Plug your USB cable to the Z, and probe the outer shield USB CONNECTOR (yes, i mean the metal shield!) , and probe to the pogo pins at the Z. and there you got it, where's the ground...

Metal shield on USB is ALWAYS ground.

tried this before on my BB 8900.

my bad, i connect wrong polarity, and the phone just reboot. (I know exactly the polarity, but accidentaly I swaped the cable... )

EDIT: Sorry, I forgot read the post, I only read several and post this :D

And, my real question...

Can I stick something like rubber in the dock? (to the backplate of Z)

does that adequate to make the Z connected to the pins?

And how about the amperage transfered? Still 1500mA?

(check that in battery monitoring apps)

or, does it affect the charging speed?
[Xperia Z Accessories] fards:
hmm none of mine it doesn't... that could have been a neat way of doing it
[Xperia Z Accessories] RobertNL:
After seeing this thread i could not resist to make a connector and dock by my self.

First i took the Sony Ericsson connector, and removed the plastic pins. I found that the connection of the pins was flimsy and unstable for use in a dock, so i took the soldering iron some tin and a file after some tinkering around i made to nice fitting connectors for the XZ.

After that i removed the rubbery bit at the start of the connector so it could bend a bit further (need a 90 degree angle for the dock).

Going to fix the rest of the dock this Saturday (its based on a dock that i have laying around that i made for my HTC Desire and 7'' tablet).

Making it shorter and maybe give it a paint later (will post back when its finished)
[Xperia Z Accessories] antipesto93:
That looks amazing, must have taken ages!
[Xperia Z Accessories] argh2000:
Did it with guidiance from you all- A big Thank you!!

Hi Guys,

I've manage to make my own desktop charger after reading the thread here. Thank you to all of you.

Mine still looks ugly, but most importantly it works!
[Xperia Z Accessories] skyes113:
Here's mine. I'll eventually get a bumper so the originally dock from sony wouldn't fit hence i did a simple one.

Using some pogo pin that I bought last time for Galaxy Nexus but eventually did not use since I made the wireless charger with the palm touchstone instead.

Those who are interested in the pogo pin, I got it from rs-online for very cheap. (Part No: 7019950)
[Xperia Z Accessories] argh2000:
Nice one . Very neat and simple. Would you mind sharing the dimension ? I might want to duplicate your design for my next project( That if you dun mind?)
[Xperia Z Accessories] u38966:
Would it be possible to alter the charging cradle for a Nintendo 3DS? I have found a USB one delivered for $9 and wondered if it could be slightly altered as the dimensions are pretty close - 3DS (136.6 x 83) XZ (139 x 72) however I wondered about the juice would the 3DS be taking more charge than the phone or would this likely be the same? Dont want to do this if it could cause damage.
[Xperia Z Accessories] purzeljessi:
Today, thanks to your help, I built my first prototype. Later, I will build one out of wood.

Does anyone have any idea how can I extend the pins? I want to grow such a cable to a shell. I could load it on the go.

Thank you again for your help!: Laugh:
[Xperia Z Accessories] sevensheaven:
Look this is a normal cd cover and it fit's perfectly,so i will try to make a nice dock.
[Xperia Z Accessories] skyes113:
The part holding the phone will be (all in cm)

Back: 3.8*14.2 , Bottom: 1.1*9.2 and 1.1*4.2

For the part that's the base.

Base: 14.4*2.9, Front: 14.3

However it depends on the thickness of the acrylic you are using also.
[Xperia Z Accessories] argh2000:
Thank you for sharing. Will try to replicate :)
[Xperia Z Accessories] argh2000:
errmmm guys, just thinking out loud and some advice. Do you think it's possible to make wireless charging base on the tx/rx for Note II? Since both size are almost equivelant . Only am not sure of the +/- for the rx charging. But do you think it's possible? the rx will be at the back of XZ may looks ugly, but can always cover it with casing.
[Xperia Z Accessories] jimsey:
Should be easy enough, as you say just cover it with a thin case and make sure you get the polarity right. There is an after market wireless charger and case quoted in the accessory threads somewhere, but it was over £100, you could make your own for about £40 if you want qi tx and rx, and less than £15 if you go with powermat or the Palm touchstone mod.
[Xperia Z Accessories] argh2000:
Will get the Qi wireless charger and try it out. :)
[Xperia Z Accessories] RobertNL:
The Sony Ericsson cable did not fit as well as i hoped so i did order the pogo pins mentioned earlier in the thread. Did receive the pins today and added them to the dock. Did use the Sony Ericsson wire in the end as it did fit perfectly in to the dock and gave a nice place to attach the wires going to the pogo pins. Did lute all in place so that it will stick together.

It does need a bit more sanding and will give it some color but i think it looks ok for now :)
[Xperia Z Accessories] knutsmarcus:
DK26 Xperia Z dock - plus/minus

Hi,

Got the dock. Here is a photo. I hope it helps.

BR,

Knutsmarcus
[Xperia Z Accessories] purzeljessi:
AW: DIY quick charge system

Any of you know where I kind of pogo - pins can buy in Germany? I do not know what are the right and where the are. Thank you!
[Xperia Z Accessories] RobertNL:
Due to shipping they where quite expensive but they do work great. You do need a VAT number to order at RS-Online so do not hope that is a problem. Else i think you could get something similar at Conrad in Germany.
[Xperia Z Accessories] purzeljessi:
Oh, thank you, RS is like even in Germany. Are these the right ones? I just don't want to buy anything wrong.http://de.rs-online.com/web/p/leite...552267573743D373031393935302677633D4E4F4E4526 :D
[Xperia Z Accessories] RobertNL:
Yes thats the one. They come like the photo below.

Did cut them appart resulting in the middle pin beeing useless (but i dont care).
[Xperia Z Accessories] purzeljessi:
Thanks, I'll order it the same to me. But one question I have. It does not matter what I have to solder the pins to the red and the black wire? Or do I have three fit like on your image? Sorry that I have so many questions. I just want to do anything wrong because I have no idea about such things. Thanks for your help!
[Xperia Z Accessories] Nokia1234:
Wery nice! :cowboy:
[Xperia Z Accessories] jambotech:
Well I have been following this post and decided to make my own using an old Sony erricson charger and some plastic leaflet holder, polystyrene, glue, drill, Black leather look paper (from a jewellery bag) and some patients . :D
[Xperia Z Accessories] jimsey:
Hi, I just had a second attempt at a desk dock.

This time I've used black acrylic bent into shape, and the pogo pins as detailed earlier in this thread with a micro usb Jack to connect to any usb power source.

The pictures don't do it justice as it looks like a retail product, except for the sugru blobs to stop the phone moving.
[Xperia Z Accessories] flamingsamurai:
Really does look good now, best of the DIYs so far :good:
[Xperia Z Accessories] Hollowpoint:
Oke, here is my ghetto attempt at a dock :P
[Xperia Z Accessories] vibecatalin:
So, just to be sure, this is the right polarity? + on top and - on bottom?
[Xperia Z Accessories] jimsey:
Yes, that's right and thats a very helpful picture for future reference
[Xperia Z Accessories] shiruba2013:
re: Dock

I have the dock that came with my phone, but I don't have a voltage meter handy anywhere. What is truly odd to me is this though:

1. I can charge the phone from a USB cable connected to my Macbook

2. I can charge the phone by plugging the Sony charger directly into it

3. I can charge the phone via the dock using the Sony charger

but.....

4. I can't charge the phone by connecting the dock to my Macbook via the USB cable. It just doesn't show up at all.

This is all the more strange because my Acro HD has a dock too, and that one will work fine if connected to the laptop!
[Xperia Z Accessories] vibecatalin:
Maybe the dock has a circuit or something that prevents low amperage inputs, the UBS has only 500mA and the charger has 1500mA
[Xperia Z Accessories] Entropy512:
It may be that when the phone tries to pull 1500 mA or more from the Macbook, it trips an overcurrent protection.

Attempting to pull more than 500 mA from a PC USB port is a Bad Idea unless you are ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY SURE it's a high-current CDP. CDPs are very rare.
[Xperia Z Accessories] olokos:
Odp: DIY quick charge system

Please explain what's CDP cos all it means to me is cd player...
[Xperia Z Accessories] argh2000:
Qi wireless charging MOD

Hi Guys,

I've finally done my Qi wireless charging mod for my XZ. Below are the list of item use:

- Qi wireless receiver (for Samsung Note 2)

- Qi wireless transmitter

- Krusell leather casing

I modified(a very simple mod actually)Qi wireless receiver for Samsung Note 2 to raise the contact equivalent to the contact to XZ docking contact point. The below picture will hopefully be self explanatory.
[Xperia Z Accessories] cheetah2k:
seriously awesome!
[Xperia Z Accessories] argh2000:
Thank you. Hopefully this will inspire more creative ideas from everyone whom keen. :)
[Xperia Z Accessories] Hollowpoint:
Great idea! That gave me an idea too. How thick is that wireless charging base on the back of your Z? If not too thick, maybe that base can be 'burried' under one of those back glass protectors for the Xperia Z :eek:
[Xperia Z Accessories] argh2000:
not really that thick.estimated around the thinkness of a sim card.
[Xperia Z Accessories] tbela:
Very nice mod

Congratulation to your mod!

I planned to create something similar, but I have a receiver for SGS3. I checked the polarity by a multimeter (luckily), Unfortunately the S3 receivers polarity is reversed, not mathing the contact points of XZ as your note2 compatible receiver, probably because the S3 contact points are on opposite side than note2. S3 receiver - Note 2 receiver

I was close to fed it up, but your mod gave me a new inspiration! Thanks!

Another difficult thing to find a good looking, but not too tight case. My existing case is very tight therefore can not be upgraded this way, Any extra item or wire behind/around the phone made impossible the case to fit.
[Xperia Z Accessories] abyss71:
Hy, Jimsey, where you get your micro usb jack ?

cu

abyss71
[Xperia Z Accessories] jimsey:
It's from one of the adapters which came with a powermat powercube, ( i used the powermat kit to do wireless charging mods on my S2, S3 and notes 1 and 2)

anyway the powercube comes with about 6 adapters for different phones, so I disassembled one of the unused adapters and soldered the female micro usb to the charger pins for the XZ dock.

if you don't have a powercube ( they are cheap as chips on Amazon), there are also loads of universal type phone chargers which come with several adapters for different phones, and these usually have either a micro or mini female usb to attach the different adapters to the charger, my local petrol station has one on offer at the moment for £2.99, or most supermarkets stock them.

alternately you can buy female micro or mini usb connectors on ebay, or buy a micro usb extension cable and cut the male plug off and attach the pogo pins to the wires leaving a neat micro usb solution

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Micro-USB..._USB_Cables_Hubs_Adapters&hash=item4d03cb00aa
[Xperia Z Accessories] purzeljessi:
AW: DIY quick charge system

Hello to all. At the weekend, a friend of mine goes to Conrad. He can bring me from there pogo pins. Can anyone of you please tell what are the right ones? http://www.conrad.de/ce/de/Search.html?search=federkontaktstifte+
[Xperia Z Accessories] unixwise:
While all Sony charger are out-of-stock (my pre-order is still pending for delivery, no shipment info. could be commited by Sony Hong Kong), here's my version of DIY charger alone with some step by step guide. (Raw material is written in Chinese)

Altogether I've make up a Note2 stand for my beloved girlfriend.

Folk, enjoy!
[Xperia Z Accessories] mb29661:
Modified contacts and magnetic attachement.

Hi all.

There are alot of good ideas out there and I would like to share mine with you.

I was looking for a way to have magnetic attatchment of the charging cable to the phone as jimsey did in post #25.

However I wanted the actual contact to be magnetic.

This is how i did it.

Order magnets from supermagnete or somewear else, the price was just 5 EUR for 20 magnets.

Article: Q-05-04-01-G

Description: Block magnet 5 x 4 x 1 mm, ndFeB, N50, gold-plated

Order conductive silver glue price is similar to magnets.

Modify a microusb cable, attach magnets and solder the correct cable to them (polarity of the magnets is important, you dont want them to stick to the wrong contact on the phone).

Get to work!!! :laugh:

"youtu.be/UUDwCWDgCSM" Video of the finished result.

Pictures of the project.

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BR Martin Strandholm
[Xperia Z Accessories] heretic:
This is great! Wish I could do it to mine. Does the charging dock still work?
[Xperia Z Accessories] dionysus_zg:
What have you done the XZ connectors? Have you removed the original plastic and placed some magnets there?
[Xperia Z Accessories] mb29661:
The charging dock works just fine.

---------- Post added at 12:57 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:50 PM ----------

The small black plastic bit in the down left corner in the first picture is the part covering the connectors. Just lift it up with a needle and use a sharp blade to cut it. Then attach the magnets with the silver glue.
[Xperia Z Accessories] Ricky D:
Has anybody heated the back cover, removed it and retro-fitted a QI wireless receiver yet?

I've had a quick look at a couple of disassembly vids and a QI receiver should fit. I just have no idea if it'd work electrically if I hook it straight up to the battery.

Anybody?
[Xperia Z Accessories] eddietah:
holy smoke how did you do it dude :eek:
[Xperia Z Accessories] jimsey:
I think I'm going to wait for this sony one to be released, we cant buy it yet in the uk:

http://rounded.com/sony-xperia-z-l36h-wireless-charging-module.html

I think this is probably going to be neater than trying to use a coil from a nexus 4 or similar.

Presumably you'd attach the coil to the charger pins from the inside, I definitely wouldn't go straight to the battery as although it might some overcharge protection built into the battery, the charger pins and usb will be the safest option.

;)
[Xperia Z Accessories] alias_neo:
Made mine today, some MDF, and some spring loaded pogo pins U got off eBay to make a pogo cable for my N10.

Strangely,i thought the pogo pins were solid metal until I pressed one into the wood today and heard it spring back, really pleased to find that out cause my XZ just drops onto the dock easily.

I'm planning to cover it in some sort of vinyl to neaten it up but I needed a dock ASAP because of the stupid port cover.

Images attached, hopefully Tapatalk hasn't ruined them.
[Xperia Z Accessories] lhurtado:
Hi, I finally made one charging dock for me. I use cardboard to build a copy of the original and use the pins from a wireless phone charging dock. My wife are going to paint it. ;)
[Xperia Z Accessories] KP_:
Hi everyone,

I'm thinking of building a couple of these docks for myself. However, i would like to build something modular, with a female micro-USB plug connected to the pins, and using Sony stock chargers.

My problem is that female micro-USB plugs are a pain in the rear to find/get in my country so i'm wondering if i could use a regular USB 2.0 female connector cabled to the pins as part of the dock and a regular USB male - male cable to connect the Sony stock charger to the dock.

I have very little knowledge in electronics but i figure as long as the charger outputs the correct voltage/amps the cables are just conductors and should work fine, regardless of connector types.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated :) Thanks in advance
[Xperia Z Accessories] alias_neo:
Yep, that's absolutely possible, I used a miniUSB socket on mine, cause I have a bunch on my electronics cabinet, and because I have a ton of those USB mini cables that are no longer used except for PS3 controllers.

As long as you get the positive and negative the correct way around, and try not to make the cable _too_ long (as impedance will cause loss in power) then you should be fine.
[Xperia Z Accessories] KP_:
You're right about impedance. The shortest USB male/male i could find are 1.5m. If that's too long i could always shorten them manually :)
[Xperia Z Accessories] alias_neo:
Of course I'm right, I'm an Engineer :cool: lol

By all means shorten them, just make sure you have some shrink wrap handy, nothing worse than messy cable work :P
[Xperia Z Accessories] smax1991:
i am doing my dock using a old dock from my motorola milestone.. chanching it a bit and it will ne ok... i ll put some photos soon ;) :good:
[Xperia Z Accessories] alias_neo:
I'm still figuring out the mechanics of my MK2 dock cause I want it to automatically handle phone with or without case, got a few ideas.
[Xperia Z Accessories] st.batuhan:
Hi guys, i have a big problem, i guess i made a smt wrong with my xperia z, i tried to connect a cable to this pin and now z is not working. I guess there is a short circuit? Not charging ./ What can i do and what can it be?
[Xperia Z Accessories] alias_neo:
What did you connect and how? And how is it not working? Does it not charge through the pins, or does it not charge at all even through the microUSB?
[Xperia Z Accessories] st.batuhan:
I used w810i usb cable. Now it's working. I tried to hard reset for 15 seconds and after that i connect it again to usb. Now it's working :)
[Xperia Z Accessories] smax1991:
my dock, build from a motorola milestone dock :D :D... need to find a way to fix the phone when in charge and it is perfect :good: