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Originally Posted by cptobvious
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Originally Posted by SteveC90
hi cptobvious. I got your message and am happy to share how I removed the charger cradle and disassembled it to remove the bottom bracket. All you really need is a pry tool and a T6 screwdriver.
1) Use the pry tool to lift the charging cradle from the front. Once the front is lifted, you can simple lift the entire cradle out of the armrest.
2) There are four clips (2 on each side) holding the bottom to the charger. I just used a flat head screwdriver to pop them out and then remove the charger.
3) Now the trickiest part, disassembling the charger. For this, I stuck a blade (pry tool was a bit thick) in the open space where the bracket moves and pushed down to separate the top and bottom halves.
4) Now you have access to the two t6 screws that hold the bottom bracket in place.
Below are pictures I just took of the step by step process. Let me know if I can be of more help.
BTW, with this mod i can fit my massive Note 9 on here.
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Gentlemen (and I use the term loosely), SteveC90 is a frickin' genius!
I followed his original instructions for removing the cradle and removing the bottom bracket, which worked wonderfully. But, then, the inductive charging no longer worked, as apparently, you need a bottom bracket to get the slider to slide, which then activates the charging.
This is where the man, the myth, the legend, Mr. SteveC90 stepped in and saved my butt. I didn't have a 3D printer or anything like that, he actually sent me one fo the bottom brackets he designed, and voila!
Inductive charging is now working on my iPhone XS Max.
In the meantime, I am sending Mr. SteveC90 a bottle of Japanese whiskey as a small token of my appreciation!
Anyway, it works, if you're wiling to perform some minor surgery on your new baby.  |
Fantastic! Glad that someone was able to benefit from my modification. Always happy to be of assistance. (Looking forward to trying out that Japanese Whiskey)