[plug] Odd pins on Android devices

[Leon Wright]

On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 8:34 PM, Tim White <weirdit at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have a Galaxy Nexus. It uses them for the car dock, and the desk dock (I
> only have the car dock). It can do audio over them too, not sure what else.
>

Cool! My Wife has a Galaxy Nexus, the firmware everyone in Australia is
stuck on is crap (4.0.4 is buggy and was on my Nexus S for a short time
before google released an update). She hated it till I loaded the firmware
straight from Google and now loves it. Regular OTA updates FTW!


>
> And doesn't the new Nexus have wireless charging?
>

https://play.google.com/store/devices/details/Nexus_4_Wireless_Charger?id=nexus_4_wireless_charger&feature=accessories

Yep, although not available in Australia. Must need to go through some
arduous government process to be certified as it looks to be powered via
the same micro usb port as the phone.

However it looks like our friends in China may be able to help us out!

http://www.ebay.com.au/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_sacat=0&_nkw=Nexus%204%20Wireless%20Charger&_sop=15


>
> Interesting, the Galaxy Nexus has 3 pins, some newer phones have 4. I'll
> have to see what the pin outs are
>

My HTC One X has 5 of them. The outer pins appear to be the charge points.

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