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I just did the wireless charger install in my S for the iPhone 8 plus... works great! This was the most helpful guide I found, and it made for a perfectly clean stock look.
e-FTW
New electron smell
If that will unfold then it looks like it will probably fit. It's cheap enough that it would be worth trying.
Yes we can close the cover and aside from the small LED light that you really have to look for it's not obvious anything is modified.
JPP
Active Member
Minor technical note for those folks who use a magnetic phone mount (like this one Magnetic Phone Holder (Slimline))...
In CA we are required to keep our phones on some kind of mount (not hand held). I have this mount in both of our S, and we have used them with our iPhone 7s. The new iPhone 8 & X have Qi charging (...Apple catching up). If you mount the thin metallic adhesive plate to the center of the back side of your new phone, you will interfere with wireless charging. So I had to change the location of the thin adhesive disc to the upper end of the back of my new iPhone X.
In CA we are required to keep our phones on some kind of mount (not hand held). I have this mount in both of our S, and we have used them with our iPhone 7s. The new iPhone 8 & X have Qi charging (...Apple catching up). If you mount the thin metallic adhesive plate to the center of the back side of your new phone, you will interfere with wireless charging. So I had to change the location of the thin adhesive disc to the upper end of the back of my new iPhone X.
K-MTG
Sunshade Captain of TMC
Does anyone recommend any card case (i.e keep card for Model 3) and still wirelessly charge my iphone?
Yeah, I had to do the same, more or less as high as it will go without getting too close to the camera. To date I've tried 7 options for inside the car, many of which are compatible with our existing phone mount but none have offered a great experience. Still searching. Here's where I have my disk:
JPP
Active Member
Hi Pete---
An additional note or 2...
I don't like to stick the metallic disc onto the back of my iPhone (really hard to neatly get it off later). I do use the Apple thin leather case on my iPhone (covers the back and sides). So I just set the metallic disc onto the back of my iPhone (now X) at the desired location (...maybe a bit lower down that you have yours) and snap the leather case onto the back side. The case is tight enough to hold the disc in place without needing to use the adhesive.
I did see your note on your site about getting a larger disc and magnetic plate for the heavier iPhone X...need to do that. With the heavier phone and the offset disc, it is less secure on the mount especially when driving over bumps.
Thanks.
eye.surgeon
Active Member
As a further FYI, I removed the metallic disc off my iphone 6S without any marks using a plastic automotive trim removal tool and an alcohol pad on the tip of it. It was on there for 2 years and left nothing behind.
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JPP
Active Member
And a final further note, I actually stick the disk to the inside of the case I'm using, rather than to the back of the phone, the pic was just to show positioning
...then the surface of the disc can abrade the back side of the phone (with microscopic movement). That's why I keep the side with the backing paper over the adhesive towards the phone (...especially with the iPhone X glass back) and the metal face towards the leather case.
eye.surgeon
Active Member
Those using metal disks on the back of the iphone X, even moved towards the top, does it get hot when you use wireless charging?
mspohr
Well-Known Member
Everyone here seems to be very compulsive and is going to extreme lengths to implement wireless charging. I, OTOH, am lazy and of the KISS persuasion.
I just bought two QI chargers (one for me and one for my wife) and set them flat on the floor of the center console.
This works great and is easy. No fiddling. Just set the phone down and just pick it up. Always stays in place.
Installation time... about one minute
I just bought two QI chargers (one for me and one for my wife) and set them flat on the floor of the center console.
This works great and is easy. No fiddling. Just set the phone down and just pick it up. Always stays in place.
Installation time... about one minute
barjohn
Member
Make sure you get an adapter for the 12V socket to use as you need a minimum of 1A. The USB sockets on the Tesla are only 500ma on the front and 750ma on the rear. Not enough power for even slow wireless charging. I tested the sockets on my S using an inline meter and variable resistive load, increasing the load while monitoring current and voltage. Above 500ma the voltage starts dropping quickly which means the current draw is exceeding the capability of the source. I had nothing plugged into the other outlets when testing (one at a time). I have seen posts claiming 1A from these but that is not what an accurate meter and test load shows.
