Phone lights up on acceleration

[Noflash]

On brisk starts or firm braking my phone lights up on the wireless charger. Most of the time the battery percentage flashes as well. Anyone experience this and/or have a fix? It's kind of distracting.

Phone is a Pixel 5. Y is a 2022 LR.

 

[pl8dlikafiddle]

Is this a serious question?

 

[maximus96]

simple fix, disable lift-to-wake on phone

 

[cgell]

Maybe the phone is lifting off of the charger and the charge stops/restarts? Not sure about the Pixel, but the iPhone screen turns on each time charging starts. Never had this issue, but maybe my phone is heavy enough to stay planted (I also don’t floor it often).

 

[Woggon]

My iphone does. I assume it’s due to my hard acceleration.

Never had that happen in another car, because I’ve not had a harder accelerating car.

It makes me smile. Every time.

 

[CaptUAL]

On brisk starts or firm braking my phone lights up on the wireless charger. Most of the time the battery percentage flashes as well. Anyone experience this and/or have a fix? It's kind of distracting.

Phone is a Pixel 5. Y is a 2022 LR.

My phone winds up in the back seat durring MSP launch operations 🤣

 

[Xero]

It’s likely that your phone lifts off the charger for a split moment and stops charging due to the coils separating too much (hence the battery % showing). Then settles back down and charges again.

 

[DaDoc04]

Yup... Happens all the time with my pixel6p

 

[Noflash]

It’s likely that your phone lifts off the charger for a split moment and stops charging due to the coils separating too much (hence the battery % showing). Then settles back down and charges again.

I tested this theory by lifting the phone slightly up and down off the pad and it didn't light up.

It almost seems like it's getting an electrical boost from the pad when I accelerate. But I guess that doesn't explain why it lights up when I decelerate.

 

[Tdriver]

The phone has a sensor that triggers on sudden movement like when you pick it up. Normal.

 

[Geech72]

Put your phone case on backwards; no more distractions

 

[Jbiddy]

wow

 

[tm1v2]

Yes the wireless charging pads are insufficiently bolstered for hard driving.

I sent my phone flying off once or twice in my M3P, though more from cornering than acceleration. Now I put my phone in the cupholders or other more secure location for really hard driving.

Mostly I just don't push the car quite that hard anymore after exploring its limits early on. Also I have a bigger, heavier phone now that stays put better (went from Pixel 3 to Pixel 6), well enough for twisty roads where there's no room for getting too aggressive.

 

[PecuniaNonOlet]

Could be the power cable connecting the wireless charging pad is loose.