HARDWARE FIX for hot phone charging issue! New wireless charger has a built-in heatsink

[Beetlebug62]

Sometime in September, I thought whatever software update we got, fixed the overheating issue for me. Of course, it was the same time I got a new iPhone 17 Air, so, I wasn't sure if it was the update or the phone. Either way, I no longer have overheating issues.

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[TexasRaider]

Sometime in September, I thought whatever software update we got, fixed the overheating issue for me. Of course, it was the same time I got a new iPhone 17 Air, so, I wasn't sure if it was the update or the phone. Either way, I no longer have overheating issues.

Can you please share how you arrived at this conclusion?

 

[Beetlebug62]

Can you please share how you arrived at this conclusion?

Well, my phone no longer feels too hot to touch, and it charges, so I came to the conclusion that it works now.

 

[HaulingAss]

Well, my phone no longer feels too hot to touch, and it charges, so I came to the conclusion that it works now.

I think Apple fixed the wireless charging over-heating issue when wirelessly charging on non Mag-Safe induction chargers. Small misalignments cause overheating from standard Qi wireless chargers on iPhones and this has been documented by users thousands of times on non-Tesla chargers.

In other words, it's not a Tesla problem, it's an iPhone problem. My Android phone works great (and it's going on 8 years of daily use on the original battery).

 

[CyberGus]

I added a silicone liner to the phone tray, and it reduced the phone heating significantly.

I can't say if that's due to the thermal insulation provided by the silicone, or if the extra thickness changed the alignment with the coils

 

[turns2stone]

I think Apple fixed the wireless charging over-heating issue when wirelessly charging on non Mag-Safe induction chargers. Small misalignments cause overheating from standard Qi wireless chargers on iPhones and this has been documented by users thousands of times on non-Tesla chargers.

In other words, it's not a Tesla problem, it's an iPhone problem. My Android phone works great (and it's going on 8 years of daily use on the original battery).

It's not an iPhone problem, it's a '3rd party hardware problem'.

Any charger that doesn't line up to the iPhone's charging coils is going to cause it to overheat. Doesn't matter if it's in a Tesla, Honda, or some mis-aligned Qi charger on a hotel nightstand.

 

[HaulingAss]

It's not an iPhone problem, it's a '3rd party hardware problem'.

Any charger that doesn't line up to the iPhone's charging coils is going to cause it to overheat. Doesn't matter if it's in a Tesla, Honda, or some mis-aligned Qi charger on a hotel nightstand.

It sounds like the new iPhones are less sensitive to exact positioning (or else they have moved the charging coils to be more compatible with typical Qi charging stands). From what I'm hearing, they act more like most Android phones now when charging on Qi charge stands. That's a welcome change and about time!

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