Wireless charger trouble with iphone 14 models

[Rjacks258]

Hey, anyone having any issues with iPhone 14/14 pro charging wirelessly? I went from an 8 plus recently to 14 pro, my wife from an XR to 14. Being that said, The cameras protrude past the phone back, they don’t sit flat on the wireless charger on Lux packages. Therefore the result is very inconsistent charging. On/off/on/off basically. I wonder if there is a spacer or something that would allow passive charging for phones with cameras like this. Anyone?

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[WhiskeyCity]

My 14 Pro is in a case which makes the back flush with the camera. I have good luck charging when the phone is all the way to the Left, that's the sweet spot. If it moves to the right a little, the charging will disengage. It's touchy, for sure, but it's like that on my other wireless charging pads I have around the house. It has to be in the EXACT RIGHT SPOT to charge.

Good luck,

WC

 

[SPITmadFIRE]

I've had a variety of phones in the Lux wireless charger, different models and sizes from the last two years, including my current iPhone 14 Pro -- none of them "charge" for more than a minute or two. The charger seems to initiate the charging process with the phone, the phone recognizes this and shows that it's "charging" but the actual percentage never increases. Every minute or so, the wireless charger stops, then turns back on about 30 seconds later, starting the process over. This happens with or without a case, no matter where the phone is in the wireless charger.

There have been other similar issues posted to the forums in the last year or so, I think it's just a well known common issue at this point. Either Ford's wireless charging firmware is junk, or the wireless charger itself is junk. Who knows.

 

[Rjacks258]

My 14 Pro is in a case which makes the back flush with the camera. I have good luck charging when the phone is all the way to the Left, that's the sweet spot. If it moves to the right a little, the charging will disengage. It's touchy, for sure, but it's like that on my other wireless charging pads I have around the house. It has to be in the EXACT RIGHT SPOT to charge.

Good luck,

WC

Appreciate that. Mine is too in a case, but the cams are still further out. I will mess with that position. In the house I still use cords to charger, and the only wireless charger we have isn’t a pad, but more of a puck so all our phones fit fine.

 

[Ducati1098]

I don’t have this issue at all. I can put my 14 pro in and it charges every single time and never disconnects.
That being said, It doesn’t charge very well and gets hot, but it still says it’s charging the whole time.

 

[Rjacks258]

I've had a variety of phones in the Lux wireless charger, different models and sizes from the last two years, including my current iPhone 14 Pro -- none of them "charge" for more than a minute or two. The charger seems to initiate the charging process with the phone, the phone recognizes this and shows that it's "charging" but the actual percentage never increases. Every minute or so, the wireless charger stops, then turns back on about 30 seconds later, starting the process over. This happens with or without a case, no matter where the phone is in the wireless charger.

There have been other similar issues posted to the forums in the last year or so, I think it's just a well known common issue at this point. Either Ford's wireless charging firmware is junk, or the wireless charger itself is junk. Who knows.

Nah, not sure it’s a Ford issue but more so a phone issue. Mine does exactly that, what you describe. But the iPhone 8 plus and iPhone XR never had an issue. Matter of fact I was worried because those two phones got hot, never stopped charging and the % went up very quickly.

 

[Paul Gagnon]

I've had a variety of phones in the Lux wireless charger, different models and sizes from the last two years, including my current iPhone 14 Pro -- none of them "charge" for more than a minute or two. The charger seems to initiate the charging process with the phone, the phone recognizes this and shows that it's "charging" but the actual percentage never increases. Every minute or so, the wireless charger stops, then turns back on about 30 seconds later, starting the process over. This happens with or without a case, no matter where the phone is in the wireless charger.

There have been other similar issues posted to the forums in the last year or so, I think it's just a well known common issue at this point. Either Ford's wireless charging firmware is junk, or the wireless charger itself is junk. Who knows.

I have had the same issue with several different iphones too. My theory is that because the charging pad is flat, any time the phone jiggles it loses connectivity. If I hold it in place it will stay charging but that defeats the whole purpose of a wireless charger. I've gone back to using a cable and just use the wireless charger as a cubby hole now.

 

[Rjacks258]

I don’t have this issue at all. I can put my 14 pro in and it charges every single time and never disconnects.
That being said, It doesn’t charge very well and gets hot, but it still says it’s charging the whole time.

See, I’ve experienced this too. What I described above and the other dude. But not so with old phones. But my 14 pro will connect/disconnect.

 

[Rjacks258]

I have had the same issue with several different iphones too. My theory is that because the charging pad is flat, any time the phone jiggles it loses connectivity. If I hold it in place it will stay charging but that defeats the whole purpose of a wireless charger. I've gone back to using a cable and just use the wireless charger as a cubby hole now.

That’s what my wife did, since it is HER daily. I have to move 74 things to put my phone there

 

[SPITmadFIRE]

I have had the same issue with several different iphones too. My theory is that because the charging pad is flat, any time the phone jiggles it loses connectivity. If I hold it in place it will stay charging but that defeats the whole purpose of a wireless charger. I've gone back to using a cable and just use the wireless charger as a cubby hole now.

+1 my wireless charger is just a cubby hole for storing my phone while it charges from a regular 10W wired charger now

 

[Ducati1098]

See, I’ve experienced this too. What I described above and the other dude. But not so with old phones. But my 14 pro will connect/disconnect.

Interesting. I know a lot of people have experienced similar things where it has to stay in one spot to charge without disconnecting. Somehow I can literally throw mine in there anywhere and it’s charging. Even so, unfortunately I’ve stopped using it just because it doesn’t actually charge very well and just overheats mine.

 

[Rjacks258]

Interesting. I know a lot of people have experienced similar things where it has to stay in one spot to charge without disconnecting. Somehow I can literally throw mine in there anywhere and it’s charging. Even so, unfortunately I’ve stopped using it just because it doesn’t actually charge very well and just overheats mine.

My 8 got almost too hot to touch. But still charged. Although in the truck, wired to USB C, they charge faster than wireless and A. Not sure of her old XR, if it got hot on wireless.

So basically issues are: phone too hot, but charges - phone charges inconsistently - phone doesn’t charge.

I’d lean more to the phone side as an issue since we had phones that did charge. Although heat was/is an issue. But the 3d 14’s don’t sit right.

Damn you mods love to edit everything

 

[Bigmoose]

Basically the ford wireless charger is junk. It’s not designed for a modern phone. The gap between the coils is too far which results in poor charging and overheating. I’m sure some ford engineer thought the engraved mat on top of the wireless charger looked pretty, but all it does is increase the gap.

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