Tesla wireless charger sux!!!!!

[Edwin Man&Gun]

Any solution please advise coz spending arm and a leg to get this matchbox is becoming a nuisance.

 

[brancky3]

What kind of phone? My charging pad was flawless with my Android (S21) but it's not great with my iPhone (14 pro). I was thinking of putting a magsafe charger in the arm rest for emergencies.

 

[MIM1]

I have Iphone 14 Max and does not charge great .

 

[HSATD]

The large camera bumps on recent phones mean the coils are too far apart for any of these phones to charge laying flat like that.

If you've got an iPhone, hands down the best charger out there right now is the Magbak. Works great, great materials, looks like it belongs in the car. It's also not cheap at close to $100...but after trying multiple cheaper models and even trying to make my own it's the way to go.

I'm still looking for something that can replace the charger that's in the console. I'd love a stand that could wedge into the current holder and hold the phone vertically under the car's screen. There's room. I don't have a 3-D printer or I'd be trying stuff.

 

[brancky3]

The large camera bumps on recent phones mean the coils are too far apart for any of these phones to charge laying flat like that.

That's not my problem, my iPhone actually charges but then it overheats and stops. Not sure, like I said, my Android never had an issue.

 

[Tdriver]

Plug it into the cigarette receptacle if you want a good charge. Wireless charge are all slow and inefficient.

 

[Grabthar]

Agree with @brancky3 - no problems with 3 different models of Android.

 

[LoudMusic]

The large camera bumps on recent phones mean the coils are too far apart for any of these phones to charge laying flat like that.

This is my hesitation for getting a new phone

 

[Edwin Man&Gun]

Tesla failed in all aspects, don’t really make any sense that they dropped the ball here.

 

[brancky3]

Tesla failed in all aspects, don’t really make any sense that they dropped the ball here.

There must be a tough hurdle to get over because almost every automaker fails at the same thing. Our Mach-E's is trash, I hear Rivian's is trash, Tesla's is trash (for Apple).

 

[rhinOC]

My phone used to shut down from heat in my Taycan as well as a Corvette I had. I’ve had zero issues charging my iPhone Pro Max 14 in my model S. I wish the phone had current limiting during charge. There are some charging optimization settings you can toggle. Also, you can make a shortcut that when the phone connects to the car’s BT will switch the phone to low Power Mode and dim the screen, but you might want to delay the shortcut from enacting for a literal few minutes in case you want to look at the phone for a bit after getting in the car. You could just tell Siri to turn on/off low Power Mode if you don’t want to automate it. Sorry to be so wordy.

 

[CaptUAL]

With the minimal silicone case on iPhone 14 Pro, charging works fine in my 2021 MSP.

 

[Edwin Man&Gun]

Is there a way to make the wireless charger work? Change the hardware? Older MYs are able to replace this with a aftermarket but with MYs 2022 seems not possible?

 

[Bikeman]

OK, here's my haibrained theory about this. The Tesla charging pads might have been designed to work with their old 12v accessories battery (Cig lighter and usb-c outs). Those batteries were replaced with the newer 15.5v Lith-Ion battery at the beginning of 2022 in all Teslas. Could the new 15.5v power for all accessories be overpowering the phone charging pads, and heating up the iPhones too much?

 

[ntpphong]

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09GF4LPVM/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1. I have been using this for couple months now and it's great for facetime as well. Magnet is strong enough to hold the phone during spirited driving.

 

[brancky3]

OK, here's my haibrained theory about this. The Tesla charging pads might have been designed to work with their old 12v accessories battery (Cig lighter and usb-c outs). Those batteries were replaced with the newer 15.5v Lith-Ion battery at the beginning of 2022 in all Teslas. Could the new 15.5v power for all accessories be overpowering the phone charging pads, and heating up the iPhones too much?

No. All cars run 14-15v anyway.

 

[CapsEngineer]

OK, here's my haibrained theory about this. The Tesla charging pads might have been designed to work with their old 12v accessories battery (Cig lighter and usb-c outs). Those batteries were replaced with the newer 15.5v Lith-Ion battery at the beginning of 2022 in all Teslas. Could the new 15.5v power for all accessories be overpowering the phone charging pads, and heating up the iPhones too much?

My iPhone over heats in my 2021 MY when I'm charging it. I only notice it when I'm on trips longer than 1.5 hours and streaming from it. Otherwise I don't see the over heat message.

 

[Tha_Ape]

My Samsung Fold charges fine, even with a pretty hefty case on it. With my 2017 Prius Primes wireless charger, the case prevents it from charging (too big).

Also have an iPhone 12 from work and it charges just fine in both cars. Not sure if it's a problem with the Max or if it's your wireless charger

 

[laservet]

Galaxy S20 in a very thin case, have the spacer so phone drops all the way down in the cradle. Charging comes on and off, over and over again, and running Waze the phone's battery slowly goes down to zero despite the on and off wireless charging. I made a service request, the tech found it would not charge his phone. The USB port unit and charge pad were both replaced under warranty but the charging still cycles on/off/on/off. If I plug in a charging cable to the port into the bottom of the phone, my phone will not sit in the cradle either upright or sideways, so that's not a good solution. Not sure where to go from here.

 

[rhinOC]

I thought I saw a tweet a couple of weeks ago where someone was asking Elon for a fix to the phone charging problem by offering either an Automatic or manual way to turn off the inductive charging and Elon said “okay.” I’m pretty sure I saw this.