Touchstone coil hacked into HTC HD2, toasters next up for inductive charging [video]
It’s not the most elegant of mods ever, but you can chalk that up to the electromagnetic-blocking nature of the metal battery cover used on the HTC HD2. That said, this mod does show how to get a Touchstone charger working with pretty much any device (not just the HTC Evo 4G) so long as you’re willing to sacrifice the aesthetic attributes of its USB charge port.
Simply put, the mod works like this: strip a Touchstone coil and board out of a Pre or Pixi Touchstone back, wire it up to a compatible charging plug, and either secure it to the phone in some manner. The metallic nature of the HD2 does require that the back be left out of the equation so that charging can take place, but for the vast majority of other phones it should be little issue to jury-rig this setup so that the Touchstone coil is inside the casing. Video after the break.
Via: Lifehacker, Hack a Day; Source: YouTube
