CHALLENGE! I'm not a big fan of wireless charging on smartphones, but my buddy Ricky is. We hosted a two-part debate to argue out what's the more convenient way to charge your phone! https://youtu.be/VOnJcQjcjds?si=9wgmLeCHhSPpzPMq
Wireless charging vs FAST charging! What do YOU prefer?
One thing I learned this week while on Holiday: #Magsafe charging is almost entirely useless in hot climates: the phone gets hot when charging with my MagSafe power bank, even in cold England. But here in Egypt I get the dreaded ‘phone will resume charging when the temperature normalises’ (or whatever it’s called) after just a few minutes.
It’s literally impossible to charge the phone with my MagSafe power bank here …
Kupiłem ładowarkę indukcyjną (15W)do telefonu i coś mi nie pasuje pobór prądu. Podczas ładowania, na mierniku prądu (taki wkładany do gniazdka w ścianie) pokazuje mi pobór na poziomie ok 11.7W i to by się mniej więcej zgadzało, bo podpiąłem zasilacz 5V/2.1A (sprawdzałem także na takiej, która potrafi dać 18W i pobór jest podobny). Problem się zaczyna dopiero wtedy, gdy skończy się ładować (mam ustawione w telefonie, że ma kończyć ładowanie na 80%).
Ten miernik w ścianie pokazuje mi pobór na poziomie ok 5W (skacze między 4, a 7W, ale większość czasu skacze w okolicy 5W). Czy to jest normalne, że ładowarka nadal ciągnie tyle prądu, mimo, że ładowanie się skończyło?
I'm thinking about printing a flip-down MagSafe iPhone charger to mount under the kitchen cupboard. This is kind of the idea. I'm still working out how to route the cord. I'm imagining magnets to hold it in position either flipped down or flipped up, but haven't modeled those either.
I got back to designing the under-cabinet MagSafe iPhone charger today. I got the magnets placed. There are three button magnets in the red inserts. Now I'm thinking about how to route the cable through the yellow block, leaving enough slack for free motion.
I got the cable management figured out and made the magnet cassettes and hinge work, and I printed it.
Sadly, the magnets are not strong enough to hold the flap in the horizontal position. And it doesn't really snap into the vertical position the way I'd imagined.
So either I'll come up with a better idea, or this project is suspended. Too bad, I thought it would be fun.
I couldn't let it go. I added two new magnets with better mechanical advantage, and now the flipper stays up.
Now I need to find some screws, model some holes for them, and print the pieces in their final material. I'm thinking matte black PETG on a satin print bed. And keep the magnet inserts in red.
I should probably remove the old magnet from the non-flipping part. It's redundant now.
A longtime Mac OS Ken listener and friend has a really interesting Kickstarter running - solving a problem with MagSafe iPhone cases and accessories. Take a look and see what you think?
@LoneLocust@macosken Hi Eugene. I like where your son's head is at. Yeah, the constantly moving and swiveling of #MagSafe accessories, let alone them coming off, drives me nuts. It's what lead to this project to start with. We hope you give it a shot. Thanks.
I’ve been using #Spigen smartphone cases for years, was very happy with them. Sadly, my iPhone 13 mini clear #Magsafe#case kinda disintegrated after about a year.
So I got a #Torras case this time: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BN2Z5WM7 It’s really solid and, guys, the buttons are so satisfyingly clicky! The case came with a selection of black, red and yellow buttons so now I have my red phone in a black case with red buttons and I feel like a boss, not gonna lie
@daringfireball I disagree that “the #MagSafe Battery Pack is a flat-out great product.” I would slap it on my #iPhone 12 Pro when warned I had 20% charge left, and at best it merely paused the phone’s full discharge for a few hours, even with #iOS low-power mode activated.
Many times, however, the battery pack would cycle between delaying the phone’s death and switching itself off as the phone overheated, with or without an official MagSafe case.
The thing I don’t get in the whole “what happens to all the old lightning cables” discourse is how everyone seems to be ignoring that ever since it was introduced, lightning‘s connector has been so electrically/metallically fragile that for vast number of people, especially those living in humid climates, lightning cables are consumables that only last a few weeks or, at best, months anyway.
No, #Lightning was a proprietary bullshit solution and #Apple's #licensing as well as poor quality of it's cables and the tendency for said contacts to corrode made it worse than if they had just chosen to make a miniature version of #MagSafe with USB 2.0 in it.
Also no, Apple didn't invent #USBc and with their bs connector actively stifled it's adoption.
@sneak Even if we think that #Apple actually made an innovation with #Lightning, their shit quality cables that flake easily as they neither use BFR & PVC but also refuse to use Kevlar as sheath makes them bad.
I’ve had this power bank for almost a year, and it has a wireless function on it. Today, I used to charge my iPhone 12 Mini for the first time and this appeared. Apparently it’s a sign that this is a MagSafe charger, but it doesn’t seem to stick to the phone. If it isn’t #MagSafe, what does it mean? The wireless charger in the kitchen (which we bought at the Apple Store in 2019) doesn’t do this.
If I got it right, I can use it as #MagSafe travel charging hub e.g. in a hotel room for watch + phone (should be nice with the new #iOS17 standby mode), and then use it on the go as portable battery.
I wish someone would make a #unofficial#classic#ThinkPad#fanshirt with the mechanical drawing of the 7,9x5,5mm dc connector and it's mounting on a seperate connector instead of the mainboard vs. ghettohack that is #Apple#MagSafe and go full "Glock" Style with the tagline "Perfection" on it...