[Galaxy Note II Accessories] sms2000:
I spend a lot of time imaging the best possible protection for my Note 2.

Those tasks are listed:

1. Best possible case.

2. Get rid of hardware keys usage.

3. No USB cable.

4. Wireless charge.

Solutions are those, but anyone are welcome to suggest anything better.

1. Genuine Otterbox Defender case.

Most of us know that hard case with built-in screen protector. Well done, Otterbox! You already saved my phones few times, Note 2 included.

2. No hardware keys at all. Possible or not?

In Note 2 we can activate the sleeping phone with GlanceView. This built-in feature makes me jump!

Other buttons are well virtualized with Button Savior or similar software.

OK, we cannot turn on the phone when it fully off. Let it that way for now.

3. No USB cable. We want to preserve the microUSB connector as long as possible.

Three sub-tasks:

3.1. Charging. See p.p. 4.

3.2. ADB. You can use wireless ADB, works pretty well.

3.3. File transfer. I recently discovered WiFi Transfer software and $2 is nothing too much.

4. Wireless charge.

This is definitely the most difficult task.

Let sub-task it also this way:

4.1. Wireless charging without the Otterbox Defender.

Easily done in many ways, usually with Palm Wireless charger, about $20 on eBay, and ready to use or self-made charging back cover/antenna. There are many topics on XDA and other forums, don;t want to bother you reading another one.

4.2. Making Otterbox Defender 'compatible' with wireless charging.

I decided to cut a circular hole in the back of the Defender Otterbox. The most difficult here is to correctly position the hole when we cannot be sure about as soon as no charging obtained through the thick plastic and rubber.

Now the tricky part. I could not make photos during the whole process, so going to try to explain the steps as detailed as possible.

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Step 1.

Obtain some cheap thin semi-hard case like this one:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/130793094841?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649

Put it on, position the phone on the wireless charger and make it operational.

Mark the plastic around the charger antenna.

Remove the case.

Step 2.

Use small scissors or knife to cut the hole in the plastic case. Put the case on the phone again and verify the position of antenna.

I wasn't sure in myself so had to buy two cases but succeeded with the first one.

Step 3.

Put the plastic case into the back half of the Otterbox Defender with the rubber on. So the plastic case with the hole is like a back cover of the Note.

Mark the circle around on the internal surface of the back half of the Defender.

Step 4.

Measure the diameter of the antenna. Mine was 55.4mm. I considered the radius about 28mm.

Use a kind of compass-caliper (if you finished your high school in XX century like me, you should know what is it) to draw a perfect 28mm radius circle on paper. Mark the center and cut.

Step 5

Put the paper disk into the hole so you can mark the center of the hole on the back half of the Defender.

Step 6

Cutting the Defender back half and rubber with 55mm head (I used this one: http://www.ebay.com/itm/150957856573?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649)

Watch you eyes, hands and other valuable part of your body. Keep kids and noncombatants off.

Step 7

Use a sharp knife to clean the hole from the plastic and rubber residue, also clean what left from the cutting. We will need the plastic disk and the rubber one also later.

Step 8.

Verify the charging is OK., I succeeded in the very first attempt.

Step 9. Unfinished.

Sorry, but this step is 'under construction'. The idea was to use the plastic and rubber disks as s cover for the hole when not charging.

Still in development stage.

Very chaotic yeah? And no photos.

Well, I was temporary disabled with one working hand (right) and one working leg (left). To much free time made me extremely constructive.

So I didn't risk to hold DSLR in my hand.

Now I'm more or less recovered even allowed to drive. So photos will be added ASAP.

Also I'm more than happy to listen any critics and suggestions how to do it better/simpler or why not to do it at all.