We've been watching this discussion with interest for a little while now, and it appears that it's finally working. A gent who goes by infinitemods has hacked the back of his Evo 4G so that it charges from the Palm Touchstone puck, meaning you don't have to have anything actually plugged into th…
I purchased the kit to add inductive charging via the Palm Pre Touchstone base. After a few false starts, I think I have the sticker in the right place. This works well, but the phone frequently slides off the touchstone when a message comes in .... edit: and find an adapter.... forget it! ,have…
Forgive me if this is a terribly dumb question, but will the S6 work with the old Palm Touchstone charging puck? I have a couple sitting around and would love to give them a second life. Posted via the Android Central App ,If I could find a USB cable thin enough to fit in one of my Touchstones,…
Is there a way to mod the backplate on the Evo to make it work with a Touchstone? I'm guessing that Palm has a patent on the Touchstone so I don't think 3rd party manufactures would be making back that will allow inductive charging from a Touchstone to . ,While I'm not sure how that works on the…
This is the third phone I've installed a Touchstone mod on, the earlier two being the and . I think this is a little easier than either of those mods. As for longevity of a Touchstone mod, all three phones are still being used in my household and touchstone charging is still working on al…
Touchstone charging on Nexus S 4G with NFC preserved This is a follow up to an earlier thread I posted here: in which I moved the inductive charging coil from a Palm Pre Touchstone-compatible back into a NS4G to allow for inductive charging. At the time, I didn't appreciate that NFC…
Oh so very bad. :( Really, its such an amazing peripheral. ,Indeed it's. You can buy a dock to help ease the pain though. ,I haven't seen this mentioned anywhere yet, but someone has done what at least to be a mod to get the touchstone to work with an Evo. Don't know if it charges properly or…
Does not work. Just wanted to save some the trouble of trying to find if the palm touchstone works with the s3 wireless charging back. - Sent from my Samsung Galaxy SIII using Tapatalk ,Thanks!, I was wondering that myself. Guess I'm off to Hobby Lobby to get some copper foil tape and pulling t…
I have several old Touchstones laying around and wondered if I removed the base of the touchstone and plugged that into the SGSII if it would not only work but be safe for the phone to do so. Anyone know? ,im using my hp touchpads usb cord. ,I'm using 3 old Palm touchstone chargers with no proble…
Has any one did tis mod yet .. just wanted to know b4 i get my evo in a month thanks matash ,Could you provide a link? MIght be interesting to investigate. ,after my first faulty 3500 i had doubts about this battery. but after getting a non faulty one i got 15 hours of heavy use before i even…
My wife has an original Palm Pre and her contract allows her to get a new phone in April. She's only holding back because she's in love with the Touchstone. *sigh* She is open to a cradle .. and I see cradles for the EVO and the Samsung Epic ..is there just not yet a cradle for the EVO shift…
I have found threads on using the touchstone with the EVO but not the shift. Has anyone performed the modification to make the touchstone work with the shift? I am looking for pictures on the connection points. ,I want to work on this in a couple of weeks when a friend who is better with a sold…
I'm not sure how many are interested in this but I have 5-6 Palm Touchstones that I used with my Pre, FrankenPre 2, and GS3 before getting my new G3. Instead of switching to Qi just yet , I thought I'd see if anyone made a touchstone charging coil like they did for my GS3. Looking on ebay,…
Just finished the mod and it was so EASY!! No permanent modifications or soldering on the phone was required and the mod can easily be reversed. This modification allows you to charge your Galaxy Nexus on a Palm Touchstone charger in any orientation, in the car, in the office, by the b…
For those who want to skip to the pictures: I wanted to share my recent success with implementing wireless charging on my GS3. My mod is similar to android94301's post over on XDA. There are also many other GS3 touchstone mods, but mine might be the closest thing to stock functionality…
I just bought a s3. I am a palm pre owner with many touchstones. I see amazon has a back cover for 30 and it has mixed reviews of success. I see verizon makes one for Qi. I also see ebay has some with touchstones or just the insert. So my questions are as such. How difficult is it to gu…
Materials/Tools: Small phillips screwdriver small star screwdriver soldering iron/solder Wire cutters Xacto knife Electrical tape Multimeter Palm touchstone with wall charger and USB cable Donor Micro USB cable Two wires for the charging - I used the interior USB wires from the donor cable. Go…
If I was to install android on my tp would my touchstone still work and could I still get some sort of exhibiton mode. I love to put the tp on googlemusic and just throw it on the touchstone and it plays my music while doing a picture slideshow from photobucket. This might actually be the one t…
Anybody comfortable enough doing a hack of the GS3 battery cover to work with a Touchstone that you're willing to do it for -- cha-ching -- cash? ,Just order an extra S3 battery cover and a Palm Pixi Touchstone back . As long as you're patient, it's pretty easy. I soldered mine, as the tape meth…
This is an absolutely amazing mod! I can't tell you how much I've missed the touchstone since moving over from my FrankenPre2. Having it as a car dock was perfect. Unobtrusive and edly convenient. My issue has been that I have an Epic Touch, and the only mod allowing for the touchstone i…
Being a long time Palm/HP Pre user I am ready for an upgrade and am weighing my options between the Galaxy Nexus and HTC EVO 4G LTE. One thing I love about the Pre is the touchstone. I have not used a plug on my phone for months. I know I can modify the Galaxy Nexus and use the Touchstone, but…
Has anyone successfully used an old HP Touchstone wireless charger from an HP Touchpad work with a Nexus six? ,Won't work. Different technology. Wish it would. I have about 10 touchstone chargers. ,At one time i s planning pry my Prē 2 coil and attach it to my wife Note 2. Looks like qi charges…
I'm a former webOS user and I loved my pre till the very end - I also loved the Touchstone inductive chargers I had at home, work and in my car. It's one of the things that attracted me to the Nexus 5, actually. Well, I finally got my Nexus inductive charger and while it works fine, I'm a little…
Hello everyone, need your help. My phone will not charge with the cable so i am looking in to wiress charging with Palm TOUCHSTONE charging dock. But i have question about what type of case i need to purchase. Please see the link below and let me know if it will work. Or The cases i…
Since I already have a couple Palm touchstone chargers from Palm phones I used to have I decided to give this inductive film a try. Current price is $25 shipped. Palm touchstones are as low as $15 new. It comes with a clear bumper case which allows the back to be open but I won't use it. I…
Greetings, I wanted to see if there was interest in me posting some instruction on getting the touchstone inductive charging mod working for the skyrocket. I currently have the mod installed in my phone and working. If you are unfamiliar with this mod please see the link below. I used the…
It was one of the pre-made backs on ebay for about $28. Its a tight fit, but it locks right in place and WORKS! Charging rate is around 250 mA, which is a bit low, so it will take longer to charge than directly plugged in, but I charge overnight, so that's ok. Temperature is no higher than on…
well im getting ready to switch from my pre and its hard to give up my 3 touchstone chargers..really hard, this i think seals the transition for me :D of course we've seen that video on youtube but how did he do it? I'm thinking something along the lines of this ~ this is the transition of the…
Morning all, New to all this so bear with me. Have a newish one x and an old pre with touchstone charger. What are the chances of modifying the pogo pin connection on the back of the phone to accept charge from the pre charging coil? Has it been done already? Many thanks Sent from my HTC One X ,…
Since the SOD's have been fixed, I have decided to leave my touchpad in Android for a few days to see what kind of issues I run into. So last night, I put the touchpad on the touchstone. It entered exhibition mode and I turned off the screen. I noticed the screen came back on, but I was too fa…
Mods: Please put this in the most appropriate forum. I couldn't decide which one fit best. I'm dying to finish the Palm Touchstone inductive charging mod on this phone. I have the magnets in place and they hold the GN to the Touchstone in my car perfectly but I'm just plugging the USB cable…
so who's going to be the first to do it? :D its been done on the evo..cant be that much harder on the epic ,I cringe at thinking about this. I just went out and bought the dock. Charges through the PC and see if I can mount the sd card and whatnot through it. ,This is really the only thing k…
Item Description : Im selling my Sprint Palm Pre that i just got about a couple of weeks ago. I have always had it in an otterbox case, so you dont have to worry about any scratches. Its looks brand new. I even have the case it came in. I always have the pouch. So here's a list of items you'll ge…
looking at how to mod my photon for a touchstone back, ive taken it apart just not to sure where to solder..any help thanks ,I need to have a post count of 1 or greater to post links. Skip this post and go below. ,I am likely going to begin the tear down soon on the Photon for this mod. The eas…
Quick teaser for working Palm touchstone inductive charging on the Evo3D. The nub is movable in case I need to plug it in. With ESbrowser I can use SMB shares over WiFi though so removal should be far and few between. Works great - I'll do a quick writeup when I have a chance ,nice. i have 3…
So with all the Sprint users that I am sure that will be dropping their Pre for an Epic , how long do you think it will take before the first Touchstone mod is done? I would guess we will see it by Tuesday September 5th..... any other thoughts? ,Please, some genius out there...do this!! The u…
Got a couple of spare Palm Touchstones lying around? You can use them to inductively charge your Nexus 7: Full details in a series of 12 posts at Google+, start at for the full s…
After three years on a Pre , I have four Touchstone chargers scattered around my home and office, and I'd love to continue to use them for my upcoming S III. Unfortunately, I am the guy to try modding my phone, not even with the excellent pictorial step-by-steps folks post. So: Is he or…
Someone has already done a Touchstone Mod for the Note 2! ! ,I've seen a few of these already on Ebay. My only concern is that the Sprint version doesn't have the two prongs on the phone that would be used to connect the cover to it. I've seen a few of these already on Ebay. My only c…
I ordered a pre-assembled back off of eBay yesterday for $28, I wasn't interested in doing it myself, but I ended up finding one of these, and there were only a few left, so I bit the hook. So for those of you that have already modded your backs, what are you using for a case? I'm currently using…
So, I got my shiny new GNex on April 20th One thing I really miss though is the ability to use the Touchstone charging pucks. I had two of them, one for home and another for work, and loved parking my Pre on them to charge while I worked. Now, like many of you I saw the really cool thread on…
WebOS Nation Editor in Chief Derek Kessler remembers a simpler era, when Palm Touchstones ruled the land. About a month ago I picked up an LG Nexus 4. I've known Android for some time, but until buying the Nexus 4 I'd yet to actually own an Android handset. While Android has surprised me
Well now that iv got it figured out i decided to start a new thread so people dont have to go through pages of no information in the old thread..so heres how i got my epic charging via touchstone: I sanded down the the back cover so the inductive coil and magnets would fit and…
Hey guys, I was able to get one of the TouchPad's during the fire sale but just cannot get used to webOS. This item has been used for a few weeks but is still in perfect working condition. It comes with the 16gig TouchPad, TouchStone charger, and OEM HP Folio Case. I'm not looking to make a bu…
So i saw the palm touchstone mod done on the evo... So yeah, saw that. Wondering if it can be done with my Eris. Anyone know? Would really love this. My main concern is finding the wiring locations for where it gets soldered to. The guide for the evo is pretty good and points those spots o…
Just saw this today. The one thing I really missed when I went from my Palm Pre to my EVO was the touchstone wireless charger. I must admit that after a couple of months I was perfectly comfortable just plugging my EVO in to the charger. Today I saw that powermat has come out with their solut…
I have recently move from a palm pre to the LG, and I have a couple of touchstones that are just collecting dust. I have seen several people who have modded their android phones so they will allow hands free charging and I want to do the same. I have completed the simple part of the swap, th…
Just a heads up if you have the Wireless Charging back, the Palm Touchstones dont work. I found a cheap one on Amazon , so I thought id take the chance. It didnt work at all. I tried to move it around to different places to find the right spot, and it didnt do anything at all. Now to decid…
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Anybody did this mod for their new phone? I am contemplating on doing this but I want to see a consensus here :) I have been seeing tutorials for the galaxy nexus but none for the S3 Anyone have a tutorial link for our phone? Preferably the one that does not need soldering. Sent from my Samsu…
Here is my mod....nothing really New to add, as this has been done before....I usually keep a case of some kind on my phone and recently picked up a Speck Candyshell case for my S3....its dual layer with a soft rubber inner, so I trimmed out a section of the rubber layer and put the coil and magn…
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The other night I picked up my phone when it was charging and it was hot Anyone else having this problem I'm coming from the pre and had the same issue when it was on the touchstone sent from a EVO that survived a Apple attack... thug life ,Was the phone idle or were you downloading or st…
I bought a new back cover with the wireless charging in the back. It's the one from Ebay, see Android Central. So far so good. I am coming to android from palm/hp webos and have touchstones everywhere. This should be awesome! :eek: Sent from my SCH-I535 using Android Central Forums ,So it works…
I've only seen a small picture so far of the official car dock... but it only seems to show the front of it where the phone goes on. Where does the microUSB plug into on the dock? The back, the side, somewhere else? I'm a webOS refugee and have pre-ordered the GSII on Wirefly. I'm really look…
I bought a new rockfish charger at best buy, but my Sprint car charger I had for the pre seems to charge it? Is this OK to use the sprint one or should i use this Rocketfish to charge to EVO or no difference between the Pre charger and the charger for the EVO Please let me know thanks…
So how's it going for those that have used wireless charging stands or mats with their devices? I, for one, am extremely underwhelmed. I used to have a Palm Pre and loved the Touchstone and thought that I'd have at least a comparable experience if I got wireless charging accessories for the S6, b…
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I couldn't find a definitive answer from my search.. hence the post here... I enjoyed my Mobi TPU case for my Samsung Galaxy S3, love the "grippy surface" but am not too fond of its thick wall .. I bought another super slim case but only to find it closer to being hard plastic, making it…
Just got the Nexus 4 Wireless Charger. Having used the Palm Touchstone I'm very disappointed with this. My two main issues are: Screen doesn't stay on when phone is on the charger. I tried several different apps and can't get anything to work. I want my lock screen to always be turned on
I don't know about you guys, but I'm pretty excited for some officially supported wireless charging with the Nexus 4. Are these things proprietary, or can we use an old Palm Touchstone to charge one of these devices? ,I will be getting the wireless charger as soon as it's available. I hope th…
does this exist? Can you even hack it to support the touchpad touchstone from HP? It is an important feature for me. modded my s3 for the pre touchstone. Thanks!…
I'm thinking about upgrading from my Palm Pre to the Evo 4G and had a question about some of the accessories. I purchased the Sprint branded car charger back when I got my Pre, is it compatible with the Evo or will I need to get a new charger? I'm also looking at recommendations for screen…
I'm beginning to see various devices turn up with inductive charging solutions. For example, Duracell has a web add showing a couple of inductive solutions, Sprint also has a solution for inductive charging for a few devices besides the Palm Pre. It may be that the Duracell & Sprint solutions…
Hey everyone, after seeing the other thread about a modified apple watch stand, I decided to make my own little stand. Here I simply took an old Palm Touchstone Wireless charger and used it as a base for the stock cradle. I used a small piece of 3M automotive tape to connect the two. The next…
Hey everyone, after seeing the other thread about a modified apple watch stand, I decided to make my own little stand. Here I simply took an old Palm Touchstone Wireless charger and used it as a base for the stock cradle. I used a small piece of 3M automotive tape to connect the two. The next…
i am finding the wireless charging not to be at all what is expected .. it seems more like a hit or miss situation .. i am using the samsung wireless charger .. so it surely not a compatibility issue .. anyone facing the same ?? ,I have been a fan of wireless charging for a long time. St…
Anyone know an app that plays a notification sound when plugged into the charger? I would really like this feature as I have a modded phone to work with the touchstone. I would love to hear a notification sound so I know when it is attached charging on the touchstone. Thanks for any help! ,What a…
I don't see anything about it on the Play Store. The new one is supposed to be magnetized like the old Palm Touchstone, so I'm excited about it if it's anything close to the Touchstone. I used to use that in my car and it worked as wireless dock. If the magnet is as strong as that was and doesn't…
Hi there. I am an old Palm Pre user, and bought a Galaxy S3 SPECIFICALLY because you could hack it with wireless charging using the Palm Touchstone. I have a bunch of touchstones all over the house in my car, and didn't want to give this awesome feature up. However, upon purchasing the phon…
Anyone tried it? I am sure the hardware is the same as the TW S4's but I am not sure if the wireless charging is controlled by software? , Good question. I would guess it's software driven but maybe I'm wrong. Sent from my HTC One using AC Forums mobile app ,I got one of the Touchstone charger
I've already asked this here with no response but ill try again. Anyone using any sort of wireless charging? I'm eager to try it but need some direction. Like so much fonzy , I modded my phone to work with the palm touchstone puck and it works great. I have one in the car and one in each roo…
So, like many of you other GN owners I wanted a desk dock that uses the pogo pins to charge, and after seeing price tags on the UK versions I thought that even if VZW does sell a CDMA dock I wouldn't be spending that much. So I did some searching and decided to try to build my own. So far I have…
The title sums it up. Properly installed cm like always and it ran dry out of battery. Now I cannot charge it in anyway, and it won't turn on. Help! Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 2 ,I had this problem too. It was working fine, then I left it on the touchstone overnight to charge, the n…
What's the latest news? ,Supposed to be out in September. Or you can hack the touchstone coil from a palm pre back into the GSIII back and use on a palm touchstone. ,I wish I could. If anybody ends up doing that reliably, my housemate and I would both pay a decent amount for the service. ,I can…
Ok, I did search the forums, but couldn't find just this situation. My sister & I just ordered 2 new Sprint Galaxy Nexus phones. We're upgrading from the Pre-. The problem I'm having is, my sister likes to listen to Pandora during the day at work through headphones. Obviously, streaming that much…
I have 2 Touchstones with chargers. Will the palm pre charger work with my E4GT without damaging it? Thanks ,I've been using my Pre charger since the phone launched and all is still good. Sent from my Sprint Samsung Galaxy S II. ,I've used my Palm Pre AC and DC chargers with no problems. D…
I wish HTC had provided for this. Even as an aftermarket add on. It would have been the icing on the already excellent cake. ,I loved it on my Palm Pre, and I hacked the receiver from my Palm Pre over to my original Evo 4g and ran like that for a couple years, but now I don't see how I'm going to…
I'm looking for a Sprint back cover and I can only find Verizon/GSM ones on eBay. I remember reading that the Verizon one is non-compatible. I'll verify with my friends this weekend. Where can I get a Sprint one? Or should I attempt to mod one of the other ones? ,The first question is Why?…
I'm looking at cases right now but I'm wondering how wireless charging will work once it comes out. I don't want to buy a case if it isn't going to work with wireless charging. I've looked into bumper cases but I want something a little more protective. Anyone know more about this? ,Not much i
What is currently the best option for inductive charging? I'm coming from the pre, and have 3 touchstones. I know there is hack to use the touchstone with the Evo 4G, but don't really feel like getting my soldering iron out. ,Same here. The TS's are one of things I'll miss the most. , +1 on that…
Verizon has the wireless charging battery cover, and separate charging mat, on their website. Has anyone here tried this out yet? Does it work with a case/skin/silicone on, or does the mat and battery door need direct contact? Is charging time affected? Does it take longer to charge via the…
Has anyone gotten the wireless charging back for the Droid3 yet? Coming from a Palm Pre+ with a touchstone charger sitting on my dresser at home and another sitting on my desk at work, I loath the thought of going back to the life of plugging in a USB cord every day. -Suntan ,Thats kind…
Any ideas on how to covert the solar charger for a Replinish to a Wireless one like the Hp/Palm Pre? I bought the solar charger and I have an old touchstone back and want to make it work. Hope it is somewhat clear. I do not mind tinkering with the solar charger because I will not be return…
Here's a tease for you Palm Pre converts. I'll be back with a write-up tomorrow: ;) UPDATE: I posted the details here: -darren ,wow! ,Hell yeah! Please say you'll be offering your mod services. I'd pay! :) , Here's a tease for you Palm Pre converts. I'll be back with a write-up tomorrow:…
Hello all, Launch Sprint Palm Pre owner, finally made the switch to Android with a GSII since my Pre's battery can't even last half a day without dying. Will definitely take some getting used to a new OS, and I'll miss some of the multitasking abilities webOS had, but that ship has apparently s…
Something that webOS provides is Exhibition mode for the Touchpad, which allows for content . Is there anything like that that can be done within CM7 / Android? An app, setting, etc.? Either with or without being docked on a Touchstone…
Mods: Please put this in the most appropriate forum. I couldn't decide which one fit best. I'm dying to finish the Palm Touchstone inductive charging mod on this phone. I have the magnets in place and they hold the GN to the Touchstone in my car perfectly but I'm just plugging the USB cable…
I just got mine yesterday, I don't see the complaints on battery life mine seems to be excellent, esp. compared to my old Pre. I love this phone... man I thought I'd miss webOS but this is better in so many ways! My techie side has finally gotten an answer. ,I agree with you 100%. I've had th…
I was in BestBuy's phone section the other day, and while waiting the 20 obligatory minutes for an associate to notice me I happened across the Powermat section. There seems to be cases out for some Blackberry and the iPhone 3g with integrated powermat blocks. They of course take up the charging/…
I recently upgraded to a Samsung Fascinate and would like to sell my Palm Pre Plus. The phone its self is only 3 months old because I had to get a warranty replacement. There are a FEW minor scratches on the screen but the are only visible if you are intently liking for them and the light is at…
I am considering getting a HTC Shift for my next upgrade in May and I was wondering about the power cords. I now have a Palm Pre and I have learned the hard way that not all power cords are created equal. It takes a lot of juice to run the Pre properly and I was wondering if I could use the cords…
Been on PreCentral/webOS nation for quite some time , picked up a Galaxy Relay 4G few days ago. Looking for some pointers to get Touchstone modded on it, so I can carry on with the migration from my Pre 3. Anyone point me in the right direction on where I can post about this phone? Bit confus…
I feel like something of a dolt asking this. But, since I can't seem to figure it out. Where do I find the "Recent Apps" button. I have an Asus Transformer with Ice Cream Sandwich and the recent apps are pretty much in the same place as they should be. However, on my Nexus S 4G, I don't seem…