{"id":48578,"date":"2015-12-14T16:41:43","date_gmt":"2015-12-14T16:41:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/?p=48578"},"modified":"2015-12-14T16:46:18","modified_gmt":"2015-12-14T16:46:18","slug":"redditor-installs-qi-wireless-charging-on-his-nexus-6p","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/12\/redditor-installs-qi-wireless-charging-on-his-nexus-6p\/","title":{"rendered":"Redditor installs Qi wireless charging on his Nexus 6P"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-48599 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/pT4U51P-e1450111041555.jpg\" alt=\"pT4U51P\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" \/>Reddit user \/u\/rustid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Android\/comments\/3wkhwz\/they_said_i_couldnt_have_a_6p_and_wireless\/\">impressed the Android community<\/a> on Friday with his <a href=\"http:\/\/imgur.com\/a\/Gyf0Z\">latest project<\/a>: adding wireless charging to the Nexus 6P. The work doesn&#8217;t look the cleanest \u2014 thanks to protruding wires on the back of the case and an upside-down Wireless Charger notice \u2014 but it works, and that&#8217;s what counts.<\/p>\n<p>The enterprising Nexus fan chose to keep the coil on the outside of the phone due to the phone&#8217;s metal back, which of course would block wireless charging.<\/p>\n<p>He hasn&#8217;t noticed any issues with the installation thus far, and his installation method \u2014 drilling a small hole through the back of the case for the wires, then attaching to the USB header \u2014 allows the USB-C port to be used as normal.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/CnTI2pz-e1450111329395.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-48600 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/CnTI2pz-e1450111329395.jpg\" alt=\"CnTI2pz\" width=\"400\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/CnTI2pz-e1450111329395.jpg 585w, https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/CnTI2pz-e1450111329395-300x263.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/CnTI2pz-e1450111329395-450x394.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>The whole installation is kept safe under a Spigen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/google\/nexus-6p\/cases\">Nexus 6P case<\/a>, so it doesn&#8217;t look any different to a standard cased 6P.<\/p>\n<p>We don&#8217;t recommend that you try this yourself, as USB-C <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/by-type\/chargers\/qi-wireless-chargers\/qi-adapters\">wireless charging adapters<\/a> should be available before too long. That removes the need to drill through the back of the phone, and is an altogether safer affair. Still, we salute \/u\/rustid for his ingenuity!<\/p>\n<p>What do you think of the mod? Should we update our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/11\/does-the-nexus-6p-have-wireless-charging\/\">Nexus 6P wireless charging page<\/a>? Let us know in the comments below!<\/p>\n\n<!-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v. 2.0.27.4 -->\n<div class=\"quads-location quads-ad1\" id=\"quads-ad1\" style=\"float:none;margin:0px 0 0px 0;text-align:center;\">\n<div id=\"bari-widget\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reddit user \/u\/rustid impressed the Android community on Friday with his latest project: adding wireless charging to the Nexus 6P. 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