Very disappointed with the mag safe charger

By Siobhan, 21 March, 2022

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I've always wanted to try out the mag safe stuff, so bought an Apple charger. It's currently charging my phone at a very trickling percentage point. I had to remove the mag safe case because it wouldn't charge with it on. go figure since they are both from apple itself. It's getting incredibly warm plugged into the wall adapter which when I use the USBC cable that came with the phone, it's charging much faster. I don't even know if i'll keep it.

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By Siobhan on Friday, March 25, 2022 - 09:11

I also have the 20wt power brick they had me buy so that it'd charge a decent speed/ I have an iPhone 12. Not the mini or pro or max, just the plain twelve. I normaly am happy with apple stuff, just have no idea why this is just so crap. Thanks for the comment. I think i'll return it and figure out another wireless option.

By Brian Giles on Friday, March 25, 2022 - 09:11

I love my MagSafe battery pack, but I'm wondering if there's something up with the iPhone 12's and the wireless charging hardware in them. I had 2 12 minis replaced within a month because they just stopped charging wirelessly (thank goodness for Apple Care). They both wouldn't recognize my QI charger and my MagSafe battery pack would show 0% even though the battery was fully charged. When I took them to the genius bar, they gave me a MagSafe charging puck to try, and the first iPhone would start and stop charging intermitently, and the second one wouldn't even recognize the MagSafe charger at all, even with the diagnostics they do.

My current phone is working well... knock on wood. I've got an Apple silicone case on my phone and being able to pop the battery pack on the back is awesome!