iPhone 11 Pro Max won’t charge wirelessly

Brand new iPhone Pro Max 512gb, last night didn’t charge wirelessly.


  • No case on phone
  • Belkin charger that works on my XR


See the image attached, support claim it was charging but there wasn’t enough power getting through so the battery didn’t charge. Their solution was to turn off a feature that is in place to extend the life of the battery.


Im thinking I just need to return the device as it is clearly faulty, any one else had these issues?


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iPhone 11 Pro Max

Posted on Sep 23, 2019 11:58 PM

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Posted on Jan 5, 2020 10:46 PM

I have an 11 Pro and purchased the Ubiolab Charging Stand from Costco. I was pretty certain it was charging for about a week and then it stopped. I took the charging stand back to Costco thinking it was defective and purchased another. Unfortunately it would not charge either which made me wonder if it was never charging in the first place. I tried an another phone, a X I think, and it charged just fine so I assumed my phone was not compatible and was going to return the second charger until I saw these posts. I rebooted the phone and it now charges.


Apple, please fix this bug.

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Feb 7, 2020 3:19 PM in response to Mandrake990

Mandrake990 wrote:

I purchased the phone 2 months ago. Apple has not fixed this bug yet and seems not aware about this.

Apple please, wake up and do something. It's about your top of the line iPhone!


I have had two 11 Pro Max phones and both have charged properly whenever put on a wireless charger, 100% of the time.


Have you had your phone examined at your local Genius Bar?


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Sep 27, 2019 7:12 AM in response to MrWangsiPhone

There is the feature of the phone charging to 80% and stopping which is supposed to help with battery life. You should be able to go into Settings / Battery / Battery Health and switch off Optimized Battery Charging.


In iOS 13, a new charging algorithm will keep your iPhone at 80% when charging overnight. That algorithm will determine when you typically wake up and start the day, and restart the charging sequence to give you fully charged battery when you wake up.

Feb 16, 2020 4:49 PM in response to MrWangsiPhone

I have reached my limit with iphones. I receive the latest update two days ago on my 15 month old iPhone X 256, and woke up finding my phone became a brick. It was working fine last night when I put it on my charger. I have tried resetting the phone, Verizon tried resetting it and apple rep tried resetting it. After no one could get it going I was forced to purchase an iPhone 11 since the iPhone X 256 memory is the same $1;000. The apple rep said they could send it in and diagnose the issue for $549. Really??? And do what while it’s gone? It’s a freaking business phone. You’ve already cost me $1,000 more than I should have to spend. plus I had to buy a new otter box since you changed the lenses on the iPhone 11 pro which is comparable to my old iPhone X 256.


How much more freaking money does it take to get a working iPhone. If this new one craps out I’m buying an old flip phone and done with dealing with nonsense from a company that simply doesn’t care about the customer and only wants their money!


then I get the new iPhone 11 home only to find out it won work on my wireless charger.

Sep 27, 2019 1:00 PM in response to Fjacobs94

I am having the same issue with my iPhone 11. It worked fine on my Pixel Stand and then today it no longer works on any Wireless Charger. I updated to 13.1 last night. I tried the Reset All Settings and the Disable Battery Optimization and that doesn't fix it. I believe this is a software issue because I can get it to charge after a reboot but then once it's off, it doesn't work again. I have not tried a factory reset yet but I guess that's the next step.

Sep 28, 2019 7:16 AM in response to cjoppru

I just got the new iPhone 11 and had the same trouble. The night before I had no issues charging my XS on the same charging pad. When I placed my 11 down it made the noise and flashed the charge icon but then right after that, the icon was gone and the phone wasn’t charging. It died in the middle of the night and I had to plug it in this morning.

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