iPhone 15 pro not charging on wireless charger in my cars

It’s all GM cars that got screwed up when Apple dropped iOS 17.1.1 to fix BMW’s charging pad. Apples making deals with Ford putting Apple Maps in the F-150 EV but hasn’t acknowledged that all GM cars and trucks in-car wireless charging broke with iOS 17.1.1. I have a 2024 Buick Encore GX Avenir and my iPhone 14 Pro Max charged wirelessly and so did my iPhone 15 Pro Max until iOS 17.1.1. I love Apple and have all their products and never had a complaint about anything until now. I hope they fix this. P.S. I had my truck in the dealer for 3 days and they ran all kinds of diagnostics and nothing was wrong/no updates were pushed to the cars. 3 other iPhones on different iOS charged in my truck and 2 Android but when I went to go pick my truck up, my iPhone 15 Pro Max charges for 10 seconds and cuts out. What’s the point of wireless CarPlay?

It’s iOS 17.1.1. I had my 2024 Buick Encore at the dealer and all other phones but my iPhone 15 Pro Max charges for 10 sec and stops. My sister tried her iPhone 15 and it wouldn’t charge either. The dealer found nothing wrong. Something in iOS 17.1.1 fixed BMW’s problem and rendered GM’s wireless charging pads useless with iPhone 15’s.

Most car charging pads won't work with an iPhone 15 Pro or Pro max. The camera bump makes it almost impossible for the phone to remain connected to the charging coil in the cars charger. You can say this is a failing from Apple, I suppose. I say most car manufacturers didn't design their charging mats with a lot phones on the market in mind. MagSafe is another consideration that most car mats aren't necessarily going to work with. We have two iPhone 15 Pro models (15 Pro and 15 Pro Max) and in my Genesis GV70, the 15 pro will charge on the charging mat in my car. My iPhone 15 Pro Max won't. There is no one standard all car manufacturers adhere to when it comes to their charging mats. So I just plug my phone in to charge if I need it to charge and I don't spend time worrying about it.

This isn't limited to Apple. I have a coworker who just got the new Samsung S24 and it won't charge on the charging mat in his car, which is a modern car.

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My Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max won’t charge on the wireless charger in my VW Golf mk6. Very frustrating! I thought it was the size and how far the camera protrudes but after researching it looks to be a fault in IOS. Come on Apple!

It is NOT iOS. It is the unfortunate design of the charging pad in your car. In my car, my 14 Pro Max would not charge and now my 15 Pro Max won't charge. But a 14 Pro and now 15 Pro will charge. And it's entirely caused by two factors:

1. The poor placement of the charging coil in the charging mat in the car, relative to the MagSafe coil in the phone.
2. The depth of the camera bump, which makes it more difficult for the phone to lay flat to engage with the charging coil.

iOS has nothing to do with this.

For me in the Tesla 17.2.x fixed it but it broke again with the last update unless I take it out of the case. I think the MagSafe cases are causing an issue for me. If out of case no worries but if in the MagSafe case it won’t charge. And… yes I have tried a different case but all my cases for the phone are MagSafe.

It has nothing to do with the the placement or thickness of the lenses. iOS 17.2 fixed a majority of the problems being experienced with the iPhone 15. Submit feedback to Apple through Apple Feedback which uploads the logs in your phone. It might just be a little tweak Apple has to still do. If you want to waste time bringing it to the dealer, go right ahead but if there was an issue that was from the car manufacture, they would issue an update.

Same issue with the Anker Wireless Charger I have in my Ford. I think it's NON Magsafe chargers. I have an actual magsafe charger on my desk (not apple branded) and my 15 pro charges fine on it.

Have a 2024 Nissan pathfinder and phone 15 pro max with this issue. Really annoying. I bought two wireless chargers for the car and same issue. Turn off the optimization and it works fine. If they would just give us a control center button to switch charging modes that would at least help some. I also have a 2018 ford explorer with the Apple charger and that works fine but it was a pain to use as I had to get a spigen holder for it.

I have the iPhone 15 and I have the same issue. I think it is because of the camera as the lens protrudes beyond the shell causing a gap between the phone and the charger. I have a case n order and hoping that solves the issue. 🤞

You may want to double check with GM, there have been posters that have mentioned there is a firmware update for many GM vehicles as well.

Again, check with your dealer; there have also been updates to late model GM vehicles that are needed to form a complete solution.

do you have case on if so take it off and try it again

Thanks, I found that the problem was the charger. I tried some others and they seem to be working. I'll test it tonight

Make sure you report it. They do look at these discussions but make sure you report it. Most GM cars wireless charging went down after iOS 17.1.1. It fixed BMW’s issue but screwed up GM. Some other guy posted on here that a desktop charger was doing the same thing, charging for 10 seconds and stopping. It’s frustrating.

the new IOS 17.2 fixed that issue