iPhone 12 Pro Wireless Charging Issues

Hello everyone,

I spoke with several Apple advisers before one of them told me that they have a list of compatible chargers so I am sharing that link.

https://www.wirelesspowerconsortium.com/products

I purchased a Geekera 3 referenced throughout. I have an older model that would not charge but the updated model works for me. I noticed a couple things. This particular model charges the 12 at 7.5W and specifically says not for iPhone 12 mini. It works on my mini but it has to be oddly askew of center to work.

So my conclusion and recommendation is find a charger on the list above and buy a newer model that states it will work with your model of the 12 phone. Some on the list will charge at 15W.

Good luck all and thanks for all the suggestions!

That is not at all true.

"Qi chargers" are not all the same - for example stand-type Qi chargers almost always fail to work with new iPhones because they hold the phone in a certain relationship to the charger's Qi coil, and the position of the coil changes between models; by comparison, puck-type Qi chargers usually work with all phones.

So a great example is I have stands from Logitech and Belkin that worked with my iPhone 11 Pro Max but don't work properly with my 12 Pro Max:

Belkin for one openly states that it is not compatible with the iPhone 12 family - but they are coming out with a new stand that will be.

Your NANAMI docks are another great example - they hold the phone in a precise relationship with their charging coils, and the coils in the iPhone 12 phones aren't in the same place they were on previous iPhones; the position of the coil in the phone is not part of the Qi standard.

On the other hand, I have a Mophie Qi puck that I bought for use with my iPhone X that still works perfectly to charge my iPhone 12 Pro Max:

I have MagSafe chargers as well, and I prefer them for their additional functionality but don't have to use them.

My two Belkin's pads have no problem but a wireless car mount from iOttie do have some issue. I guess it is about misalignment of the coil as I need to find a specific position to let the wireless charging work in my car though there is no problem with other phones.

I am having the same problem. Iphone 12 pro wont charge, ipad pros and older 8 will. Iphone 12 pro does charge on my anker car mount. I bet its the magnets for mag safe charging. Old phone had a magnet for hands free driving and it would never qi charge.

the charger in my car is more powerful than the one by my bed hence it will charge this phone. Atleast that is my assumptions at the moment.

I was just on with Apple support and it seemed to me that the person who I was talking to had not heard about it, but they pointed towards software issues. Much like to some of the comments here, I have two Belkin Wireless charging pads. They worked fine when I got the phone on Friday through last night, where it just did not work.

I have a Belkin wireless charger, and when I got my phone last week, it had no issue charging it. I’ve been charging it on that since, until today, when I tried to, and it wouldn’t work. I moved outlets, unplugged the dock from the cord, took the case off my phone, etc. Nothing worked. Very irritated.

Im having the same problem. My Xs charged fine on my Scoche wireless charger in the car as well as the other wireless charger I have on my night stand. My 12 pro has not been charging at all. If I reboot and place it on the charger it will start to charge on and off, but not consistently. I am beyond frustrated because I don’t have many cords in the home that aren’t being used by other devices so I have been using wireless exclusively for nearly a year until now. I hope apple addresses this issue.

I’m having the same problem with my 12. It won’t charge on any wireless pad I have (3 different brands). My wife’s iPhone 8 Plus charges fine but my 12 won’t charge at all. Any help would be appreciated!

Same thing here on iPhone 12 pro and Anker charging pad. Worked fine for a week then nothing. Pad works fine with iPhone XS. After restart, the 12 works again. This points the finger directly to software.

Same issue with iPhone 12, 4 different wireless chargers from Anker, Ravpower, Seneo - all work flawlessly with my old XR, my Wife’s XR and my kids pixel. But with iPhone 12 it is intermittent at best. This is so frustrating

Same issue here as well. Worked great charging overnight. Took it off this morning and now it won’t read. The wireless charger in the car didn’t work either. A restart let it work again but a little ridiculous to have to restart the phone every time to charge. Hope apple fixes this stat!!!! Not happy

Same thing here, my iPhone XR charged fine in the wireless charging tray in my BMW, the iPhone 12 doesn’t charge and gets incredibly hot to the touch, like hard to hold it hot. Something wrong with these new phones, I suspect it’s to do with this MagSafe thing.

My new Iphone 12 would not charged wirelessly on a charger that always worked with my iphone 8 plus and still does. I read answers from this post that said to restart the iphone. Once I did that it would charge. However the next time I put it back on the charger it would not work. So now the only way to use the wireless charger is to restart it every time I want to use the wireless charger. Seems like this is a software issue and Apple should fix it. If anyone has the same problem or another way to fix it please let us know. Hopefully Apple will fix this problem. Especially since the Magsafe charger seems to damage the iphone silicone case, which I have and other issues.

First, I have to preface my comments by saying that I have my 12 in an Otterbox Commuter case, which should not have an issue since I've had the same style case on all my prior iPhones.

After reading some other articles on this, one of the things that I'm trying (and I've tried the resetting with mixed results) is turning off the Optimized Battery Charging feature under Battery Health. So far I haven't run into issues (but it's been less than a day).

In my case, my charging issues are with wireless charging in my 2020 Tiguan and my Ubiolabs charging station at home. Both were working without issue on my X, but have been intermittent at best with the 12.

Also, I use a Tzumi wireless charging pad at work and it has worked fine with my 12 even before I made any changes.

I'll post updates on my workaround after some testing.

I hope they find a fix for this soon.

Same issue with me. Spoke to a Verizon IT guy on the phone who told me to go to my nearest Verizon to exchange it. Guy at the Verizon store grabbed another customer’s iPhone 12 pro who was in the store and his was working...little put off by that. Not sure if it is in fact a phone thing or a software thing.