iPhone 12 Pro Wireless Charging Issues

Unfortunately, this change in this years iPhone couldn't have been anticipated by car companies. It's an issue most people will face. I understand you have Wireless CarPlay. Can it still work if you plug the phone into USB to charge and still use CarPlay?

Think about it this way, for the phone to charge in most wireless chargers in-car, the phone has to lay down flat. Even with CarPlay, there are times you want to interact directly with the phone. That's very difficult to do if the phone is laying flat. I use a Weather Tech Cup Phone holder for my 12 Pro Max (plugged in of course), which let's me touch the phone's screen if I need to more easily.

I have the iPhone 11Pro Max and a 2019 Kia Sorento and my phone does not charge wirelessly either. I also had a problem with connecting to CarPlay which no one could tell me why. My daughter suggested that I buy a new certified iPhone charging cord which was a lot more expensive than just buying a regular charging cord but it did fix my problem. The only issue I have with iPhone charging cords is they do not last no matter how well you take care of them and for the price they charge for their certified iPhone charging cords they should last forever. Not just a couple months. Apple: You should be ashamed at yourselves for charging so much for your crappy made accessories. Especially the charging cords that are junk.

For the price of iPhones you should not also have to buy a case to protect your phone. I bought the iPhone 11 Pro Max one year ago and it’s been having all kinds of weird problems front the start. I paid cash for my phone but iPhone would not replace my phone unless I allowed them to place a $1200 hold for 10 days on my bank card. I do not know about everyone out there but most people either do not have $1200 or can not have a 10 day hold on $1200 especially to replace something I just bought that wasn’t working properly. I even told them I’d drop the phone off at an Apple store that day. When they got confirmation then send me a new phone. They refused. I have always love Apple up until then. I spent over $1200 on this phone and I’m stuck with a dud.

I agree. If you look at the tear down images on iFixit, you will see that the charging coils on the iPhone 12 series are exactly in the center of the phone, same as with previous generation iPhones. So the position of the coils has nothing to do with this issue.

Ye, I have a dual charger for my 12 pro max and Apple Watch, my watch charges ok but My phone often won’t charge on this, and I have to resort to charging with cable.

This is rubbish considering the price of these dual chargers.

@ElPapa. That’s my point. Apple have clearly made the iPhone 12 series incompatible with a number of third party accessories - to make you buy their own. Which means it IS the iPhone. I’ll pass my NativeUnion chargers on to someone who can use them and stick with a cable, having already spent £1200 GBP on the device.

Previously, I noticed if my phone was down to 10% or less, the Belkan wireless charger would not charge. And this happened for weeks, then suddenly it charges at all levels. I can't say if I had an update, but I'm ok now. I did take my charger into T-Mobile and of course they said it was the charger. After playing with it, they saw the charger would charge all phones they had to test with (but not an iPhone). They then said, it's the expensive phone case they sold me. Nope, with or without the case on, it would not charge. I have the iPhone 12 Pro and Pro Max. Same issue with both, but as stated, they both now charge. Dunno.

Saying "Don't be so obtuse" adds zero value to your post. You were sounding like a fairly reasonable person up to that point, but your comment at the end costs you points. Maybe put a little contemplation into what it was you thought you would accomplish.

It is the same for me. I got my phone around Christmas, and now in March this problem hai started occurring. Should I take my phone to the Apple centre or wait for an iOS update?

Restarting the phone solves the problem for a couple of charges, and then it stops charging wirelessly again.

I just received my iPhone 12 mini and it charges then stops then starts again then stops. My 11pro did fine. I reset the one phone and it still continues to go off and on with the charging. Tempted to just return to my 11pro, only problem is I like smaller phones.

Folks, this is ridiculous to say the least. This is NOT a

charger issue. This is an Apple issue!!!  

What the heck are you doing about it Apple???

We spent $1000.00 for the iPhone12 and it can wireless

charge… REALLY???  

People, this is Apple’s issue not our chargers. They

are NOT remediating the problem. Maybe it’s just me, but everyone should be

fired up about this!!!!!!!!!!

The issue is bigger than that. They aren't fixing it and we

all paid for a phone that will NOT wireless charge. It's like buying a new car

and it will not steer. When we complain, the manufacturer says "yes, but

it drives in a straight line very well"

Apple does NOT care about those of us who have this issue

because they know many of us will NOT switch to droid or google phones because they

are junk. So it leaves us stuck. These issues did not happen when Steve Jobs

was alive. He would’ve DEMANDED that they fix the issue PRIOR to releasing it

even if it meant delaying the release date.

This is not the same company as it once was.

Get used to it everyone, it’s the new Apple way!

LarryMetos wrote:

The issue is bigger than that. They aren't fixing it and we

all paid for a phone that will NOT wireless charge. It's like buying a new car

and it will not steer. When we complain, the manufacturer says "yes, but

it drives in a straight line very well"

Apple does NOT care about those of us who have this issue

because they know many of us will NOT switch to droid or google phones because they

are junk. So it leaves us stuck. These issues did not happen when Steve Jobs

was alive. He would’ve DEMANDED that they fix the issue PRIOR to releasing it

even if it meant delaying the release date.

This is not the same company as it once was.

Get used to it everyone, it’s the new Apple way!

You don't mean the same Steve Jobs who told the world they were holding their phone wrong and whose solution was to give people a free bumper? You must be speaking of a completely different Steve Jobs. It's funny how he's been elevated into Sainthood when he was nothing of the sort.

hahahah... No sorry, I honestly forgot about that. He has not been elevated and he was not perfect for sure. My point is simply this - Apple needs to fix it and not release a phone that doesn’t have some of the most basic functions working. We have seven iPhone's ALL of them work on the wireless

chargers except for the iPhone12.