Can’t get my MagSafe charger to work in my car?

same problem as jeagle22

Hi guys

HELP....

so I have a MagSafe genuine Apple charger for my car, I have brought a brodit magsafe holder / cradle for this purpose , the issue I’ve got is that it is still not charging.

1, new MagSafe works on 240v but not 12v

2, brought An expensive cigarette lighter still no joy.

I gave taken it out of the holder and attached to the phone and still nothing.

I believe no magnet in place to effect charging issues.

so I’m stumped.

cheers guys.

I have the same issue. I was using a magnetic holder, but after reading this I stopped using a magnetic holder and it still does not charge. I am using a $100+ power inverter and using the Apple 20W charger. It's interesting, the power inverter fan comes on when I'm charging my phone using the lightning cable. However, with the MagSafe charger, the fan remains quiet.

I have called Apple Tech support, they sent me a a new MagSafe charger, but I have the same issues.

Thanks I’ll look into this one whilst doing a bit more research.

it does rather become expensive, I love Apple but seriously Apple get a grip

think out the box pls especially designing a puck but no in car charger or genuine MagSafe Apple holder for a car, instead they create a magnet wallet that really only properly works with no cases on the I phone.... only my opinion....

Hi again.

I brought a Ainope 37w super fast usb c car cigarette charger from Amazon and tried that still no joy.

are you saying the one you brought is a better and more powerful one ? also does it depend on the car you have ?

The one I bought works great as long as I don’t use the magnet mount. I tested it today for about 40 minutes. Never stopped once. When on the magnet mount it stops very often. Have you used any kind of draw tester to see what the output actually is with that one? I can confirm without magnet mount it works great. With magnet mount it acts up no matter the brand it would seem.

Yes, that’s correct, I’m using the Apple MagSafe mount stuck on with an adhesive strip to the ball jointed mount of an existing Studio Proper car mount. I have a usb-c extension cable that plugs into a Mophie dual usb-c/usb-a car charger. I only received it yesterday but after the set up not working previously, hey presto!

So my Mophie charger came today and still no joy.

there is power from cigarette lighter so I know it works, I then attached cable from cigarette usb c port to iPhone 12 that works, but it just isn’t charging my puck.

When you attached the cable was it direct? I have a usb-c extension cable but I made sure it was PD compatible. All I can say is that with all of those components my setup works perfectly. I’ll get some pictures and post them later.

If folks are interested, I went ahead and posted the plastic spacer I made for you on my etsy page. https://www.etsy.com/listing/937486995/iphone-12-magsafe-charger-automobile

This fixed my magsafe charger puck issue, and Smiley's above. I connected it to the magnetic mount with double stick adhesive.

Hope it's ok, Smiley, I used the photo you sent me for the listing for now. :D

If you don’t have the magnet problem and have the Mophie charger and still no joy then I’d be questioning the MagSafe puck and returning it to Apple for a replacement. I’ve fitted my setup in two separate cars and both work. Good luck either way!

Something else has occurred to me, and apologies if you’ve already mentioned it in this thread, but what phone case, if at all, do you have fitted? Did you say the MagSafe worked via a mains connection indoors?

I am using Apple leather case on iPhone 12. Works with Aukey and MagSafe as long as there is no magnet behind. I used the mount referenced above and works as expected now.

USB C Car Charger, AUKEY 21W Car... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08336XQR9?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

I can’t speak to other ones.

PD is ‘Power Delivery’, it’s some kind of technology that I’m not going to pretend to understand but the cable I got from Amazon....https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08HYZJDZF/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_fabc_SVI9Fb9A1T12G?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

I’m sure there are others but that’s the one I chose.

Hi guys. Finally I fixed the problem. Yesterday, I tried several times to connect MagSafe through usual Sony Car Adaptor, but that were unsuccessful attempts. Today I bought a new adapter with next parameters: Baseus Car Charger - PPS 30W Max / PD3.0 / QC4.0+ / SCP / QC3.0 / AFC and it works!!! But if you use original silicone or leather case for your Iphones 12 Pro or Max, there is unpleasant news - after charging you'll have a trace of the contact of MagSafe Charger with the case of the IPhone. I regret that I didn't read reviews about this. It would seems that I was happy to solve the problem, but there is another one arose. Disappointed....

I was having a problem where my magsafe charger would stop charging after I started the car. I would have to unplug it and plug it back in to get it to work which was really annoying. Doing some research I discovered that the magsafe has a safety feature that trips it if it's getting a bad power source. I surmised that the voltage drop when my car starts must be tripping the magsafe charger off. The solution I found was to use a battery pack that can output to the USB C while also charging itself through another port. Since doing this I haven't had a problem and I have the added benefit of having a portable battery bank ready to go if I need it. I've included a link to the one that I bought. It charges itself through micro USB while simultaneously powering the magsafe through USB C. Hope this helps someone.

USB C Power Bank, 26800mAh Portable Charger USB C, Charmast Slim Thin 3A High-Speed Battery Pack Type C with 3 Input & 4 Output Compatible with MacBook, iPhone, Samsung, Pixel More https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07P5ZP943/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_21RWZY0ZYBFMY0V5J957?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1