iPhone 14 Pro - Wireless Charging not working with slim standard case and standard QI charger

iPhone 14 Pro - Wireless Charging not working with slim standard case and standard QI charger!

I suspect it is a design flaw that iPhone 14 Pro cannot be charged on flat surface chargers (std Qi chargers, cars, furniture etc). I think the charge coil is located next to the large camera bump and that a slim 0.4mm camera case and the camera bump make the gap between charger coil and coil in phone too wide. I hope that this could be resolved with a SW update but I can not risk being stuck with the phone for 2 years on contract so I will return it for now. Note that my 4 wireless chargers worked fine with my iPhone 12 Pro.

iPhone 14 Pro, iOS 16

Posted on Sep 30, 2022 12:47 AM

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lobsterghost1

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Posted on Oct 4, 2022 7:47 AM

It is true that the charging coil in the newest phones (actually since iPhone 12) with MagSafe, repositioned the charging coil. And it's true it made some older chargers not work well with the newer design. Apple can't release a software update and the coil isn't going to be repositioned. So what do you do? Exactly what I did and move over to MagSafe charging or don't use older Qi chargers and instead plug your phone into charge. I made the switch a couple years ago now and every charger I use is MagSafe. MagSafe is amazingly simple and flawless in its ability to align the charger with the coil in the back of the phone.

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rosiei

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Jan 20, 2023 8:32 AM in response to lobsterghost1

So I buy a car and pay EXTRA for wireless charging as I didn’t want to have a wire trailing everywhere , and also had the whole dash built around the wireless charging to now be told sorry but tough luck. Not good enough

Jan 20, 2023 8:37 AM in response to rosiei

rosiei wrote:

So I buy a car and pay EXTRA for wireless charging as I didn’t want to have a wire trailing everywhere , and also had the whole dash built around the wireless charging to now be told sorry but tough luck. Not good enough

Then complain to the car manufacturer. And you're free to go to Samsung, which for many people has the EXACT same issue. I have a friend and his S22 (or whatever the most current flagship Samsung model is) won't charge on the charging plate in his 2021 modern car.

Ps: as users only here on this user to user only forum, we really don't care what phone you choose for yourself. Buy whatever you think best meets your needs.

Dogcow-Moof

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Feb 16, 2023 9:06 PM in response to Jack Ryu

Jack Ryu wrote:

This is something that is not acceptable from a company like Apple 📱.

Apple did nothing wrong.

If your wireless charger doesn't work with your iPhone 14 family phone, it's the fault of the charger manufacturer.

Dogcow-Moof

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Mar 1, 2023 8:00 PM in response to Luchok

It shouldn't matter; I never unlock my phone before placing it on any of my chargers.

However, the fact that your charger is connected to a computer may indicate to the phone you are trying to connect for communications rather than purely for charging, and so that's why it may require you to unlock it.

Mar 2, 2023 4:33 PM in response to lobsterghost1

I can't find a magsafe wireless charger that is vetted for the 14 pro max. Not even apple has it on their website (it works with the 14 pro / no mention of the 14 pro max). So where did you get the one that works with yours?

Oct 10, 2022 12:23 AM in response to lobsterghost1

LoL, why not go back to wired phones to avoid charging ;-)

Oct 27, 2022 5:24 AM in response to Dogcow-Moof

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jmdaniel

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Oct 27, 2022 6:17 AM in response to lobsterghost1

I'm returning the case to Amazon, and have three others coming; one of them is bound to work.

Dogcow-Moof

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Nov 4, 2022 6:17 PM in response to lobsterghost1

Precisely.

Nov 4, 2022 6:42 PM in response to wjbatlanta

Nope. I don't need to wonder or ever even have to worry. I made the full transition to MagSafe and charging is not now, nor in the future an issue for me.

Nov 6, 2022 12:37 PM in response to Dogcow-Moof

DogCow

We are discussing the iPhone 14 Pro here. I have no knowledge about the Pro Max

Please use different thread for Pro max

Dogcow-Moof

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Nov 17, 2022 11:52 AM in response to peggydew

Explained in the post above yours.

Your experience is why Apple offers a return policy; not every device is right for everyone.

Nov 28, 2022 1:17 PM in response to BigBens-007

I don’t know if you got this message.Please get back to me

Fontano

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Dec 5, 2022 3:26 PM in response to lobsterghost1

2023 Model cars are not “older” chargers. And in some of these designs, using mag chargers are not an easy option

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