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[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] B1gC72:
Hey everyone,

Just received my Air Dock in the mail and I've had mixed results using my Galaxy Note 3 with it. So rather than buying more cases and QI adapters, throwing stuff at the wall hoping something sticks, I thought we could all band together to find the best setup. This should be a thread for people to post their experiences and post links to the cases and wireless charging adapters they are using with the Air Dock and their GN3.

For those of you unfamiliar with the Air Dock, it's a new Indiegogo backed vehicle mount that employs nano-suction and QI wireless charging. It essentially uses a bunch of tiny suction cups (and some magnets apparently) to bond to your phone with out needing any kinds of harnesses or clips. The only issue seems to be that this tech requires some specific stuff to function well. The back of the phone needs to be high gloss plastic for it to stick well and it can't be too thick (i think .8mm is the max for it to still charge). For phones with matte backs (like the Nexus 5) magnets are an option.

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLxxafY1ZBU[/YOUTUBE]

Here is the link to the website and plenty of videos and pictures for those who don't know about it: TheAirDock.com

Ok, so I'll start with my setup and experience and hopefully others will follow along to find the best combination of accessories to get the most out of this dock.

Phone: Black Galaxy Note 3 (Verizon)

-I tried it on the dock with no case and while it holds, I'm not very confident in it. I think it may be the texture of the soft touch back. Also there seems to be magnets in it, which I'm not sure there were supposed to be but they are responding to something in the phone

Case: Black Cruzerlite Hybrid Case for Samsung Galaxy Note 3

-Same deal, it sticks to it but it's not inspiring confidence. It's not a high gloss back, so that's probably the issue (bought it well before the Air Dock). The dock also comes with a magnet sticker to place between the case and phone, and that helps but I haven't been able to get it to register a charge at all with the case on.

QI adapter: Wireless Qi Power Receiver Car Charger NFC For Samsung Note 3 N9000 N9005 BC279

-I think this is the part that has created the biggest issue. It's only ever recognized the charger a handful of times, with and without the back cover on. And even when it recognizes it, it just flashes the "now wireless charging" dealy and then goes back to discharging immediately. I know that the adapter works because it charges fine on my desktop QI charging pad.
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] Jc003125:
It holds GN3 securely?
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] B1gC72:
Not exactly. If i put it on there with no case and like 15 degrees of back lean it holds decently. The backplate isn't as glossy as it needs to be to hold securely though. It's capable of it, they've shown it holding the various Nexus tablets.

That's kind of what this thread is about, trying to find out the best combination of accessories to make this thing work correctly.
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] oilfighter:
i'm still waiting on my airdock, but regarding the QI receiver insert charging/discharging deal, have you tried to rotate the airdock 90 degrees? I've ran across QI chargers where orientation matters.
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] B1gC72:
Hmm. I think that's worth a shot. The dock is weird in that the ball joint faces a specific direction, which is different than the prototypes I saw. And if what you say is true, mounting it on the windshield would make the dock upside down. I'll give that a go when I go to my car in the AM.
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] oilfighter:
an easier way is to not move the dock, and just rotate your phone 90 degrees (vertical vs. horizontal), and see if that helps with the wireless charging.
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] kms108:
The receiver you have is not a very good one, its rather weak, i had to add another ferrite or flexi magnet to it so that most of my other transmitter can detect it, but if nfc is a must, you have no choice.
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] B1gC72:
So I tried all orientations and no such luck. I think it's the QI adapter.
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] B1gC72:
Good to know. NFC isn't a must so could you recommend a better QI adapter for the thread?
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] B1gC72:
Would also like to report back on the docks performance today. I had my phone on it (in the case) all day with just a small amount of back lean. It held strong on the drive to and from bwork. I also went for some drinks after work and it held strong to and from along a fairly bumpy road. I still want to find a glossy back case but my confidence is growing in the nano suction as is.

I also wanted to report that I put my old Galaxy S1 in it (only phone I have with a glossy back) and it held just like it does in the videos.
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] kms108:
There is three

nillkin has one with qi/ s view function

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2605204

yijieneng

powerqi with copper coil (non nfc)

yijieneng and powerqi shown below.
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] rogue931:
Hi Guys,

Just to know if I'm the only one experiencing difficulties with my airdock :

I received my items 2 days ago (I have 2 as a friend also ordered one) and test them with 2 Nexus 4 :

Concerning the suction, it's definitily very very good with the N4 and no case, clearly, no risk to have the phone fall while driving !

So, that was the good news ...

The bad one is that the charging is very unreliable on both airdock pads, but with differents effects :

On the first one, it's very difficult for it to be seen charging by the phone, but when it does, it work for several minutes ... and stop working without apparent reasons ...

On the second one, I experiment the same kind of symptoms as described in the first post : the wireless charging is only seen by the phone for something like 1/2s, and then it's off ...

That's quite a disppointment as otherwise, it holds the phone just fine in the car and I found it very convenient. I hope I was just unlucky with mines, or maybe they suffer from transport (the package shows no evidence of it yet ...).

I contacted Greg, the guy from theAirdock.com to have his advices on the matter, but no answer so far ... I was wondering if I'm the only experimenting those issues ?
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] B1gC72:
You're not the only one, I had similar issues with my Note 3 (actually why I started this thread). I ended up contacting Greg as well and he recommended I purchase a Qi adapter from their site, which did make it function much more reliably. It's acceptable in my opinion at this point but I'm still not 100% sure it's going to charge or stay charging anytime I set it on the AirDock.

Bad news is, my solution isn't really an option with the N4 since (i believe) the wireless charging is built in. I do believe that the Qi charger in the AirDock is generally weak though since I tried about 3 different Qi adapters before finally buying the one from the AirDock site that worked. Otherwise it would do exactly what yours is doing (got both of the things you described with different adapters). I would say try to exchange your docks.

Something that works for me sometimes if it doesn't start charging right away is to unplug the USB cable from the lighter socket side and plug it back in. Also be sure that you are plugged into the 2.1A socket that it comes with, as i found it won't work with the standard 1A plugs most people have laying around.

I really love the concept of the AirDock and I'm glad I backed it but the build quality is certainly suspect. Mine is starting to fall apart after only a few months (the suction pad part is starting to separate from the housing, i can only assume because of how the phone has to be pulled to remove). I think this is par for the course with beta hardware though. Fortunately, customer service was very accommodating in my experience. Hope you're as fortunate.
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] rogue931:
Yep, actually, I found the thread on the N5 forum after I put my post here. And there indeed seems to be a few complaints with it

I had ne feedback from Greg sincemy email yesterday, but I figure they may be quite busy those days as many people seems to be receiving them.

Well, I hope he will provide a solution, because, for one of the two, with the same symptoms as yours, I can believe it's a problem with positionning, but for the other, the phone start charging for a few minutes and, without it moving, stops ... To me it sounds more like a loose contact somewhere inside the airdock ...

Well, wait'n see, they say ...

I will keep you posted of Greg's answer ..
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] tcrimsonk:
Any word on how this works with the Note 3's stock "leather" textured back? Is a case required for it to stay?

Also, has anybody tried it with the Samsung brand wireless charger cover? The Air Dock website suggests that the Samsung brand cover is the best wireless charger receiver available; even better than the ones that Air Dock sells.
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] paolosnz:
do you use the Magnetic Sticker?
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] 2xbass:
For the original poster, how did things work out for you in the end? I have a Nexus 5 and it works extremely well with the AirDock because of the smooth back and also because of the magnets. I'm thinking of going to the Note 4. On the AirDock site it does say the textured back of the Note may not stick too well so they recommend using the magnetic sticker. I have one that come with my AirDock and can't imagine putting that on the back of the phone case. I expect it would be pretty damn ugly.
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] tcrimsonk:
I thought for sure I had already posted this response. I ended up getting an AirDock and the OEM Samsung Wireless charging cover for my Note 3. It's been a good setup. I'm not using the ugly sticker. The magnets in the AirDock seem to hold on to some metal in the wireless cover. It isn't as good as a smooth backed device, but it works for the most part. I'm glad I bought it.
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] 2xbass:
That's good to know. Thanks for replying. One way to get a smoother back and increase the adhesion on the AirDock while avoiding the thickness of a case is to get a vinyl wrap although I'm not sure how they would go with the Samsung wireless back since it looks like the shape especially around the camera is slightly different. I have a D-Brand skin on my Nexus 5 and I really love it and it makes the back even smoother. I just got a Note 4 yesterday and have ordered a third-party Qi receiver coil so I'll see how that goes first. Looks like SlickWraps has some nice vinyl skins for the Note 3 and 4.
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] 2xbass:
Also want to report that yesterday I tried my Note 4 with the AirDock using the standard back. At first it did not adhere at all. However I noticed that surface of my AirDock charging pad was pretty dusty. For my Nexus 5 I had been relying mostly on the magnets to hold the phone there. So I cleaned the AirDock with a bit of water as they recommend and the Note 4 holds very securely now. I think if I add a vinyl skin or a very thin case I think it would be even more secure.
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] liongame:
Since i switched to Maclaw's CM 11 about a month ago and i had no trouble with the phone untill i updated to version 3/8 and the versions after that..the battery gets drained fast even when the phone is always underclocked to 200 MHz which never made an issue for me in terms of being a bit slow.

It used to drop just 1% every 15 min with heavy data use..a lot of the time it even lasted more than that! Now drops 1% every 5 min or less with the same heavy data use!!!

What went wrong?
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GXGOW:
It's just CM 11. Remember, it's still under heavy development, so it's not 100% yet. Don't worry, they'll get it fixed.

Sent from Tapatalk on my GT-I8190 running MaclawStudio's Carbon 4.4.2
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] liongame:
I do hope they do.

Does Carbon has that battery drain problem too or is more stable than CM?
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GXGOW:
My battery lasts the whole day with moderate use.

Sent from Tapatalk on my GT-I8190 running MaclawStudio's Carbon 4.4.2
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] larscn:
I have the same problem, but haven't tracked down what it is that that drains the battery other than Android system.
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] liongame:
I think i'm gonna give Carbon a go if the problem continues .

Yeah but something changed after that 3/25 version. I've updated to the latest version yesterday and will put it under test today; hopefully the problem will be gone.
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aronuser:
would be cool to hear if carbon made a chance then
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] larscn:
Got a lot better with Carbon without doing any more scientific research into what was eating my battery. If you still have CM installed, maybe a simple "top -m 10" in an adb shell will give a clue to what the power drain is. (I'm new to adb and forget how easy it is can be to have a linux shell on my phone. :silly:)
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aronuser:
hey thank you so far, i just got CM 2 days and i'm not sure about the battery drain so far. but if you found out what it was at you, please tell me. ah and btw. i heard skype has an issue with it, do you have it installed?

also: whats the differencte of CARBON from CM?

/edit: I tried the parameter, and it says 94% sorta is "system server" is this normal?
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demonijum:
I got problem with battery also with cm11. Drain so fast. I installed carbin, its a bit better. But also I order new battery (2450mh) because i think my old one is gonna die
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aronuser:
Hey all looks like i found a way!

check this, i just made a solution thread about it:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=51278758
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] liongame:
Please delete?

What happened to the thread bro?
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aronuser:
well i found out that my solution didn't really work. but i now have a new solution which seems to work, i got this from here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2683451 by factorexh

1. tick "set on boot" at governor and i/o of cpu, then set governor to abbysplug and i/o to sio

I set it like this and it seems to work but not 100% sure since it's the first day
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] liongame:
So i installed Carbon and left it for 2 days and the battery was better but then i flashed CM back and the problem was still there. So i flashed the Stock rom back, rooted the phone then installed CM...at first everything seems back to normal but later that day the battery little started draining faster!

I thought that maybe coz i disabled/froze some system and built in apps that it what caused the problem but now i made sure i didnt disable any app, only force stop some non system appsm j and found the battery still draining!m

I have only 4 things running in my "Running apps" section:

1- Settings

2- Greenify

3- Setcpu (underclocked to 200)

4- Smart keyboard trial

THAT'S ALL!!
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aronuser:
i don't know about that maybe your batt is demaged but still

CM11 the 20th 3rd 14th version mentioned a change about battery life.. they update the zip very often just check if the zip has another date in the name then flash it...

and try to change what i said above.. about stock i don't know how to help but i have my battery now for longer than half a day on and it's on 64 with display on mid-high
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] larscn:
How fast is the battery charging(with the original charger). If it charges from empty to full very fast, then it's probably a bad battery. Both mine and my wife's battery has died on us after just a year of use, so it seems like the sIII mini's batteries is not lasting much more than 400 cycles.
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] liongame:
It's the original battery, i havent changed it yet. I've just started using this phone like 2 or 3 months ago!

I'll see that governor trick, it may help. I'll update to the latest CM and see if there's any difference and keep you posted.

It charges from 20% to full in about 3 hours or a bit more. Is that bad? Original battery and charger.
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aronuser:
it's now 17:50 and i woke up at 9:00 and the batt is on 41% with that settings and newest of CM11 maclaw (btw. they update it daily as far as it seems)

also i heard skype can cause problems, but i don't have it installed at the moment
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] liongame:
Yeah, i've noticed. It's kinda a pain to keep downloading and flashing on a daily basis though.:rolleyes:

Do you have Wifi/mobile data on during those hours?

I dont have Skype nor Viber, Whatsapp, Facebook messenger and all those messenger apps.

Mind if i asked you if you disabled any apps? System or downloaded?

And what's your current LCD density? Mine is 200, i tried to go for 180 but the phone started acting a bit weird.
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aronuser:
i have standart lcd density of CM cause i don't see any use in alternate densities...

I have the "mini" gapps from maclaw and line messenger, xposed with multi timezone clock, moon calendar, status bar clock in lockscreen. and pimpmyrom and facebook and facebook-messenger...

thats all cause i just installed CM and didn't save the apps...

i had wifi and mobile both on most of the day yeah...

(no need to flash daily when you're happy with it ;) )
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] liongame:
Well..i used to be happy until CM started acting all crazy on me and now i have to download every new version hoping to find the fix in it. -_-

I've changed the governor and now i'll just wait for a day to pass then see if there's a change; of course i'll post an update on that. :)

Big thanks to you bro. :D
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aronuser:
ok hope it all works well, and curious about your update..thank you for clicking thanks bro! :D
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aronuser:
how did it went?

and by the way i now heard about battery calibration, you could try that too
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] liongame:
Well...

I've tried Operation Killjoy and Xposed Greenify but havent seen much of a difference sadly :/

Now i just have OKJ and trying to lessen my data use

I think my battery is bad even though i've only started using the phone 3 months ago

What's battery calibration?
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aronuser:
search in the forums for it, some say it's a myth, i think it made a little change, well~...

but still, i now ordered a 2450mah battery... lol for 10€ (around maybe 16 dollar)

i mean with such a battery you can have display always on full power and cpu on highspeed... so for that price it's worth it
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] liongame:
Hahaha, i've searched for it and it looks like one big superstition, bro. :laugh:

I think i'm gonna get an extended battery and end this battery saving headache once and for all. :D
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pushquares:
cm11 all Maclaw roms so far; battery

update flashing info

well i almost ordered a new battery after trying many maclaw (4.4.2) cm11 roms (cm, carbon, pac,++) and versions/updates; from beginning of februari until beginning of april...

i read lots of post of people saying that battery is broken if we have a problem. which is BS offcourse!

if it worked before it aint broken suddenly!

so i switched to 4.4.2 omnirom, which had no battery problem for me i thought. untill i installed titanium backup and maybe some other stuff.

went back to 4.1.2 (before cm11 i had faria v4 or v5, but i cant download them anywhere it seems!)

p.s. anyone here know where to get all the 4.1.2 kernels and such? like siyah kernel latest i8190?

anyway, i flashed trwp 2.7.0.0 away, with cwm 2.6....

and flashed virginity rom xxama2.

>>>BATTERY WORKING NORMAL AGAIN<<<

and yes, its a little slower then omni4.4.2 >> time for tweakting).. but omni wasnt faster then 4.1.2 fariah rom v4 or v5.

edit:

i am used to flashing and have all repair files needed, so i was comfortable flashing original pit before flashing omni4.4.2 (march editions).

after omni i cleaned only the basic, -NO- sd card deletion. it still works fine now, a week later.
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] queenhunter:
cyanogenmod 11 battery issues

I have the same problem too and mine is really bad from you guys it just power off it self i cant even say when my mobile power off it self....
[General Questions and Answers] Shurimu:
hello, i have a ps3 urban camo headset CECHYA-0078 and i wanted to turn the volume limit up so my friends can hear me, its set at 3 and its quiet i almost have to yell for them to hear me. Is there anyway i can i can go into the progrramming and "tweak it" so the sensitivity can go higher?
[General Questions and Answers] jhayjala:
I got bootlooped
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adiszep:
Hello

I live in Romania and own a I9506 from other country and in some poor signal areas the phone loses signal and emergency calls only appears while other i9505 holds the signal from same carrier (Orange Romania).

I would like if someone would help with a few modems to try and see if there is a difference in the signal quality.

Thanks in advance

Adrian
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adiszep:
So ... it seems that this device lacks the support ... Pitty for a device this powerful ... Wil sell and buy something else
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mar10o:
Well you can extract modems by yourself. Just download the software you want and extract it with 7zip.

We don't know what's you're on now.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Andrey765:
Try and flash the modem from the nordic countries( http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=26191 ). I have the phone too, but i don,t have that problems with the signal, also orange Romania. I bought it from Sweden.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adiszep:
Just flashed the nordic rom... will post if it works or not. thanks all
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adiszep:
Ok so the problem is this ... The phone does not connect to network on gsm mode ... if it's on auto lte/wcdma/gsm it works on wcdma. If i select gsm only it does not connect to network. On manual search it all goes ok finds all networks but when I sellect my carrier it says registering on network for about 3-5 mins and after that can't register to network error. On other phone it registers with edge speed.

What can I try ???
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] smokeyb111:
I figured out one reg edit...it was simple...it was the dit to stop the text message sent reminder.....

BUt now I wanted to try and put the inidcator for the caps lock and dot.....

I found the regedit, but what do I do...??? I'm lost. I'm using Mobile Registry Editor....

Thanks.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] vijay555:
smokeyb111: what exactly do you need it to "do"?

If you've made the registry hack, just list it here for our pleasure.

What problem are you encountering exactly?

V
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] smokeyb111:
Well I'm just confused......

Here is what I'm told to do to get the notification symbol when I use the CAPS lock and the dot.

You need to add the following registry data:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\Keybd]

"EnableIndicator"=dword:0x00000001

What do I do EXACTLY?

I'm using a program called Mobile Registry Editor. Can I get a step by step?

Or can someone enlighten me with a website or somethin......