Touchstone Mod Allows Users To Wirelessly Charge HTC Evo 4G

At this point everyone knows that heavy use of the HTC Evo 4G's WiMAX connectivity just calls for seeing the battery gauge to drop quickly. Anything that might help this situation has to be a good thing that everyone would want to fix, which is exactly why a YouTuber named infinitemods' made a DIY (do it yourself) hack to get the Sprint Evo 4G working with a Palm Touchstone inductive charger. It's quite impressive and it allows for easy drop-and-charge powering of the smartphone just like what you would get with the Pre Plus or Pixi Plus.

The inductive coil needs to be removed from a spare battery cover plate for the Pre which will run you about $46. The inductive coil needs to then be attached to the correct points on the Evo 4G's mainboard, more specifically near the battery connections but NOT directly on them, with four magnets around the coil to hold the phone in place on the Touchstone itself.

Although the mod does allow for quick and easy charging on the go, there are drawbacks. The magnets used to keep the inductive coil in place to hold the phone in place on the Touchstone mess up the Evo 4G's digital compass and the cover doesn't close exactly without reshaping a part of the case. Infinitemods has mentioned that he is currently in the process of making a tutorial as to how to hook up the inductive coil to the Evo 4G and to keep a look out for it. You can see a video of the mod in action below:

So what do you guys think of the mod? Will you be trying it once the tutorial is released? Share your thoughts and comments below!