Does the wireless charging pad charge enough?

[Paul john]

8 hours ago, nlee said:

I gave up on the wireless charging pad a long time ago. Instead I have a MagSafe phone holder/charger that delivers 15w (but you also need to make sure you have a suitable cigar lighter style adapter  that can output sufficient for the charger to output the full 15w - it will usually have a usb c connection marked as PD if the plug isn’t hardwired to the cable). Generally always arrived with 100% phone battery after a half decent drive, although it could still be a bit flaky at times with a google pixel, but that’s the phone that is a bit sensitive to any wireless charging. Been using an iPhone for a few weeks now now and it’s been perfect.

That’s always using wireless AA adapter (now a wireless ACP adapter)

Edit, before someone says a pixel isn’t MagSafe, I was using an aftermarket case that made it MagSafe (from Peak Design, the holder/charger is also from Peak Design - not the cheapest but I like their camera camera gear and you get what you pay for)

Agreed, i do the same. The Toyota Qi charger is sensitive to the magnets in the phone / case so therefore launches the overheat “help help there are keys on the charger” warning unnecessarily. 

[dkp001]

On 9/11/2024 at 6:29 PM, Nick72 said:

Sadly that's half what my phone is capable of. 15W on wireless. 45W on cable. 

I rarely used the charging plate on the last RAV because I always plugged it in for AA. When I did use it, my battery was going down rather than up. The phone consumed more power than was going in. 😂🤷 But this may not be the case in "super duper" 3 button press 7.5W mode. 😂

I only ask because I'm considering a wireless AA adapter. So for long trips I can just throw the phone on the pad and I'm net positive at the destination in terms of state of charge. No cable plugging in shannigans. And short trips I don't have to take my phone out of my pocket but still have AA.

I took a less high tech route... I have an AA wireless adapter plugged in all the time but keep an usb/usbc adapter and short lead plugged into the cigarette lighter socket and plug the phone into that for longer trips and it charges faster than it gets used...  I was a little concerned as to whether the charge had woukd keep up or whether there coukd be any interference with the AA.

[Nick72]

38 minutes ago, dkp001 said:

I took a less high tech route... I have an AA wireless adapter plugged in all the time but keep an usb/usbc adapter and short lead plugged into the cigarette lighter socket and plug the phone into that for longer trips and it charges faster than it gets used...  I was a little concerned as to whether the charge had woukd keep up or whether there coukd be any interference with the AA.

Did you try the 3 press trick on the wireless pad, which I note is different to my previous R4 PHEV. It's a smaller area. 

The 3 button trick boosts it to 7 or 8W. Still pitiful but better.

[dkp001]

1 hour ago, Nick72 said:

Did you try the 3 press trick on the wireless pad, which I note is different to my previous R4 PHEV. It's a smaller area. 

The 3 button trick boosts it to 7 or 8W. Still pitiful but better.

No... I'm not great at reading manuals so hadn't spotted that - I will give it a try

[Nick72]

7 hours ago, dkp001 said:

No... I'm not great at reading manuals so hadn't spotted that - I will give it a try

Found out somewhere on YouTube. Never knew.