Former film student, reviewer, musician (Irish Traditional), US Coast Guard avionics tech and aircrewman (I got to play over the caribbean with a super expensive Westinghouse APG-66 F-16 radar system plus more), infopreneur, public radio producer, now software QA and BA, art museum volunteer, track performance driving enthusiast. Love gadgets, home theater tech, person-focused technology advances, hiking, cooking, eating, sleeping, dreaming. My income doesn't support my Criterion Collection aspirations. Things I don't love: technology that is faulty, gadgets with built-in guaranteed obsolescence, software that's poorly conceived or is hostile to the user, companies whose "business needs" outweigh their obligation of service to customers, bad food, selfish people. (I'd say I dislike egoistic, aggressive people, but sometimes I are one. We have seen the enemy....)
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Check your manual.
Unfortunately, Li Ion and Li Poly batteries (like in cell phones) can swell up when they start deteriorating. I’ve had several in phones and tablets start to swell as they got old, bending the backs and in one case even deforming the touchscreen.
A little warmth is normal for Qi wireless charging. Wireless charging pads and the devices should be designed for this.
A. Don’t leave it on the charging stand non-stop, as the instructions say. If you don’t use it, give it a top-off charge a few times a year to keep the battery healthy.
B. Introducing a layer separating the device from the charging pad may do more harm than good. It can cause the charging circuit to “work harder.”
There are a number of clip-on battery bases made for the Google Home Mini (1gen) which plug into the micro-USB connector of that model. I imagine it’s only a matter of time before these firms retool to create a base for the Nest Mini.
I’ve been tempted by them myself for the following use cases … taking out to the patio … on the go (and connected to a phone’s hotstpot) … in a large room where you want to relocate a Mini close by (and the Mini is easier to manage than its larger Home sibling). I myself have an outlet charger/base unit in my bathroom’s outlet — works great.
Different model car? Check hour car’s manual, or your Toyota dealer. ;)
Video is not playing from YT (YT issue? probably). Other than the iPod 5th Gen teardown, looking for other pictorial guides that can be used.
That’s beyond the scope of this article. Sounds like your cars’ nav system is broken and needs repair or replacement.
See my answer below. You just have to put the same number in the car and the phone when pairing a new phone. If the previous owner’s phone is still paired (it was in my CPO TSX when I took delivery), you can simply delete that phone from HandsFreeLink. Check your manual for specific steps.
A more complete description would help. If you mean you were trying to pair your phone with the Civic’s HandsFreeLink Bluetooth system, then you probably encountered the common authentication step that many systems use to ensure you have access to both. Try 0000. Ensure your phone is unlocked with Bluetooth turned on. You may get an alert asking you to confirm the Bluetooth pairing, perhaps entering the same code you enter on the vehicle. ;)
My NFC slider under Settings, Wireless & networks, More… also won’t stay. The phone has taken some abuse, so not surprised if something’s awry. BUT wireless (Qi) charging does work … I wonder if the NFC Board connector carries both of these, so if NFC is bad, but Qi charging is good, it’s not the board…? Anyone troubleshot and fixed these same symptoms?
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