iPhone 12 pro won’t wirelessly charge

So I'm not sure if maybe this could be an alternative explanation, but I used to use the charging pad integrated into the base of my HP ENVY 32 AIO, and with my new iPhone 12 Pro Max it no longer charged reliably, constantly disconnecting and reconnecting, while the charging light blinked orange.

And this is where a possible explanation comes in, that maybe is the cause of malfunctions with other chargers as well. Because when I read the explanation for the blinking light on the HP charging base, it said the following:

"Blinking amber: Metal object detected around charging area. Not charging."

So it seems that the MagSafe ring is what stops the charger from working, as it has a build-in security 'feature' to stop it from, I guess, heating up metal too much. Therefore charging any iPhone with MagSafe is no longer possible, unless, maybe, because now and then it DID still work, you place the phone juuuuust so and the distance to the ring surrounding the coil is acceptable to the charger.

Either way, is seems that Apple's claim that the new iPhones will still work with all existing chi chargers unfortunately is just not true. :-(

I don't recall where Apple ever used the words "backward compatible." Apple said it is Qi Wireless charging capable, which it is. Can you point out where Apple actually used the words backward compatible?

Not ALL Qi chargers are created equal. There are single coil. Dual coil. Stand. Plate, etc. Some don't have QC3.0 bricks. Some which do, have lower watt bricks. You need one with at least 18W and in the case of MagSafe, it won't work unless it has a 20W brick.

Why you're still having restart to get your phone to charge suggests to me, it's either an alignment issue with not getting the coil aligned well with the new phone, or it could be a lower watt brick, which just doesn't output enough power to reliably charge your phone consistently.

What I do know for sure is that replacing my older chargers as I wrote above solved my wireless charging issues.

I have found that I have to have my iPhone 12 Pro unlocked and the screen on for it to charge on my Qi wireless charger.

if it’s in sleep mode when you try to start charging, it will not charge.

It will stay charging while it goes into sleep mode once it is charging.

Hi , I was having the same problem with my iPhone 12 Pro not changing! I found that the atoni AT1436 , the bottom of the charger slides down , Slide it down so the area is kinda in the middle of the phone , now it works just fine!

ti460 wrote:

I can’t believe that this problem persists for more than half year now. @AppleSupport: When will this problem finally be fixed?

Apple Support isn't here, isn't reading these posts and won't respond to you here.

Have you updated your phone to iOS 14.5 yet? Reports of charging issues seem to have reduced to pretty much nothing since 14.5 was released.

If it doesn't help, and you've read many of the suggestions in this thread, contact Apple Support directly for help. You didn't do that on this user to user only forum.

Hi folks,

I have this issue with two out of three of my wireless chargers.

I discovered today (after trying to get the phone to connect with the charger for 5 minutes) that unplugging the charging unit for 30 seconds and plugging back in, it started charging the phone!

This also affected my charging using MagSafe charger. Issue reported to Apple. Fixed with forced restart so far.

Mine does the same thing, but works when the Apple case is removed

This pervious post worked for me with a 12 mini. I now sit it on a small eraser in the stand and it charges fine, but without it it doesn't charge at all.

Downloaded 14.2 yesterday, and my iPhone 12 Pro started wirelessly charging again, when it restarted, but now it has stopped accepting the Qi charge, again. I now suspect that it was the forced restart that got the function restored, albeit temporarily, as was the case before the update was released and installed.

UPDATE: Just realized that the QC3 brick had been removed from the circuit, now that it's reinstalled, everything seems to be working, once more.

You should Force Restart your iPhone.

We have had iPhone 12 and today I got my iPhone 12 Pro Max and it is able to charge wirelessly on every Qi wireless charger in the house. That's 3 chargers and it charges on all 3. All are different brands purchased from Amazon.

Just look at the charging brick. If the brick is QC3.0 it will say so right on it. I remember seeing others post that they couldn't charge their new iPhone 12 with a Belkin Qi Charger. They tried another charger and it worked fine. It could be something with the Belkin, which honestly shouldn't be since Belkin owes its success to selling accessories for Apple products. But see if you can try a different Qi charger and it your phone charges, it's not the phone, it's the charger.

It's the charger and it likely only has one charging plate in it. Is the new charger you purchased one which includes at least an 18W QC3.0 charging brick and dual charging plates in it?

One of our chargers wouldn't charge either phone, so I bought two of these and they're fantastic and the phones charge perfectly on them. They also charge our Apple Watch and there's a plate to charge my Jabra Elite 85t charging case and it has an 18W QC3.0 brick and dual chargers in the main stand for the phone. Not exactly inexpensive, but it works and it works really great.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B083S8418Z/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Barryng, that seemed to resolve it, I think. I have sat it on an eraser and it charges fine now. Here's hoping. Thank you for the advice. Saved me going through the whole painful Apple thing.

Many thanks

Can you tell us exactly hat charger you bought? The issue I have found is that with my Otter box case on my iPhone 12 Pro Max it will not charge on my wireless charger in any of my vehicles....but if I take just the out part of the case off it charges fines...do you have a case on your phone?