Just performed a similar mod with my Speck Candyshell case for my 1020, referring to this thread for details. Installation was a bit difficult, if not nerve-wracking at times, but hopefully it holds together (as I want to be able to safely remove my phone from the case and swap out with the Camera Grip that I also purchased). I'm skeptical of my own handiwork, and I wouldn't call myself dexterous either which is why I created this post (for those like me, who can't DIY for the heck of things
). Here's what I did:
- First I tore the case apart like in oldpueblo's video, bending one corner of the case back and getting a flathead underneath, slowly peeling away the plastic on top.
- Then, I removed the qi coil and the heat shielding (very very carefully).
- This was the tricky part - it took a day or two to figure out how to align the connectors (seemed a little more difficult with this case for some reason, but this is the method I went with). I stuck on the heat shield so that the adhesive side originally stuck to the coil faces outward (away from the phone). Then, using some double-sided tape, I stuck a large, square section over the coil (on the side opposite the phone), with a smaller section attaching the coil + heatshield to the phone. It's important to have a smaller section of tape on the side facing the phone so that later on, the pad will stay attached to the phone to make alignment easier, but when pressed into the case, stay in place.
- I then made sure that when the contacts were pressed firmly to the phone it charged when placed on the plate. Then, I stuck the pad to the phone.
- I then got a 1x1cm square of an old credit card (kudos to sadude69), and stuck that to the back, right underneath where the pins/connector are using some duck tape (I also put a small square of double-sided tape on that for good measure). This will apply additional pressure on the pins and keep the pins connected.
- Kudos again to sadude69, I placed the phone in the Candyshell case top-side first, and then pressed the phone into the case firmly. I then squeezed the case firmly around the area where the coil is placed, to make sure it stuck properly.
- Then, I slowly removed the phone from the case (top-side first) so that the double-sided tape facing the phone would slowly unpeel, and not rip the coil off with it. I then removed the double-sided tape facing the phone so that it wouldn't stick to the phone.
This is what it looks like now:
It seems to hold a connection okay (I've had it for less than a day), but to be honest my dodgy handiwork will probably mean something will break. Hopefully this thread helps some people with a similar case, as I found a few of the other methods in this thread didn't seem to work for me. Also, I tried putting the slab of plastic (that covers the coils and connections and faces the phone on the charging cover) back on, but it seems to interfere with the connectors and stops wireless charging. In the future, I'd like to figure out a way to put it back on without ruining the connection (I have a feeling that the plastic pulls the connectors away from the phone, stopping the connection from occurring) as it looks cleaner and will probably hold the connectors in place better.
P.S credits to sadude69 and oldpuebo for their posts on similar methods
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