danaleighton
Member
OK folks - I made a service appointment for this, in case it was s defective part. The service chat rep said he has issues with charging when his phone slides around, and maybe to put a block under it.. Mine had the problem when stationary, and so I pushed back, and asked for a mobile service call.
Mobile service rep checked the lights and also gave me a 1/4 inch strip of dense foam weatherstrip to put at the bottom of the (refreshed) center console. I tried it and it worked! Before, it would start charging, and it would reliably disconnect from charging in 30 seconds. I had no problem with remaining on charging for a 1-hour trip home. I think something like this weatherstrip from Lowe's might work. He said there are people who 3D print spacers for this issue, and it looks like there's someone on Etsy selling them. I will likely get the one from the Etsy seller, but the foam weatherstrip is working for now.
This is for a iPhone 12 Mini, with the Apple leather case. I haven't tried it without the case or on my wife's 12 Pro/Max yet.
Mobile service rep checked the lights and also gave me a 1/4 inch strip of dense foam weatherstrip to put at the bottom of the (refreshed) center console. I tried it and it worked! Before, it would start charging, and it would reliably disconnect from charging in 30 seconds. I had no problem with remaining on charging for a 1-hour trip home. I think something like this weatherstrip from Lowe's might work. He said there are people who 3D print spacers for this issue, and it looks like there's someone on Etsy selling them. I will likely get the one from the Etsy seller, but the foam weatherstrip is working for now.
This is for a iPhone 12 Mini, with the Apple leather case. I haven't tried it without the case or on my wife's 12 Pro/Max yet.