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 Sep 27, 2019 7:12 AM

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.

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Dec 16, 2019 8:34 AM in response to alexei163

interesting

have you powered down from the settings general menu?

I'd try that and charge with it off for awhile then reset all settings if that does nothing


Obviously there is a problem with so may people having issues - perhaps in a new update it will resolve.


I've found variations of powering down with assistive touch to doing it fully through menu to resetting settings or

turning off toggle all settings like airplane mode etc slowly then back on that or log out of cloud and back in usually fix most problems


I've had this problem you are describing but a restart and careful placement of phone solved the problem for me

Jan 27, 2020 5:55 PM in response to Judee Barone

Take your phone in for service.


My iPhone 11 Pro Max works every time on every wireless charger I've tried and so do those of other owners I know.


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Do note that not all wireless chargers are completely compatible with the 11 Pro Max, so be sure to look for a charger that explicitly states it is.


There are a variety of reasons for this such as charging coil placement and strength, and some chargers that used to work with previous devices no longer do (the Logitech Powered charging stand is one - but they also never claimed to be compatible with the 11 Pro Max.)

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