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***If this does not belong here I appologize, and feel free to move this if necessary. I just figured the development community is most likely to take this "upgrade" on***

After seeing that someone used Palm's wireless charger on their non-palm phone; I decided to put one on my Droid Incredible.

***This was done to a completely stock Dinc. I did not use any special back, and the stock back gets to stay on (unlike in the other video that I saw)

Wireless Charging the Droid Incredible

**Disclaimer: This will void your warranty, and if you solder something wrong will probably break your phone. With that said I can in no way be held accountable for anything that occurs while performing this “upgrade” to your phone.

>>>>If anyone knows where I can buy that little void sticker that you will see in a picture below, please let me know! If we can get that sticker then our warranty is not voided by doing this.

Supplies:

1.Palm touchstone charger http://www.shopping.hp.com/product/handheld/categories/palm/4/accessories/FB300AA%23AC3

2.Palm touchstone phone back http://www.shopping.hp.com/store/product/product_detail/FB306AA%23AC3?

3.Micro USB cable

4.Soldering Iron (the finer the tip on this the better)

5.Torx T6 screw driver

6.Safe pry tool (or a small flat head screwdriver)

7.Very tiny insulated wires (I just pulled mine out of a USB cable that I cut up)

8.Electrical Tape

9.[Optional] Multimeter to test that you actually made a good connection

How To

(Images are of a higher quality (12mp) so I had to stick them in zip files to get them on here)

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1.The palm touchstone phone back has a sticker inside of it that encases the wireless charging receiver, so you need to peel this off. Once it is peeled off it will look like this (without the wires soldered onto it):

(Images can be seen in: Palm Receiver.7z)

2.Remove the battery cover and the battery then unscrew the back from your phone (please view a tare down video for details, there are plenty of them on you tube that I used for a reference.)

1.All you need is a torx t6 screwdriver and a safe pry tool, I used a small flat head screwdriver and it worked just fine. Unscrew the 4 screws around the sides and then carefully pry off every place that the battery cover clips on, as they also hold on the red back.

(Images can be seen in: Dinc Inside.7z)

3.Solder on some wires to the USB connector as shown in the below image without soldering onto the pins next to them. This is difficult and takes some time and patience, since these connectors are very small and close (note the polarity in the image, notated in red).

A.Also it is necessary to place a piece of electrical tape over the components right next to the connector (Green box in the image) as they will short out the power and make it impossible to charge your phone if you do not (I found that out the hard way and went back and fixed it).

B.One final note here is that I had to melt down the red phone backing inside to allow the cables to get past the case. See the green rectangle in the image above for where I had to do that. I just used my soldering iron and melted it down, it makes a pretty nice indention for the wires to fit through.

(Images can be seen in: Dinc USB.7z)

4.Now push out the rubber plug in the red phone backing next to the USB cover (this is encircled in Green in the image from step 2).

A.Run the cables that you just solder on through that so that they are sticking through to the battery compartment on your phone.

B.You can also stick on the palm receiver to the inside of your phone cover (note the direction and placement, as this is necessary to close your cover).

3.Note that I placed electrical tape over the wires. This was necessary to keep them from breaking off of the USB connector since the solder points are so small.

(Images can be seen in: Almost Done.7z)

5.Solder on the wires to the palm charger receiver and you are done. Now you just need to carefully place the wires towards the middle of the phone so that you can close the back of your phone entirely (this is another reason why the wires need to be small).

A.Note the polarity of the connection.

B.Also I put a piece of electrical tape over the connections on the palm charger receiver to protect them (not shown in the image).

(Images can be seen in: Wireless Charger.7z)