Wireless charging in 2025

[93civej1]

So I just went from a 20 sport to a 25 rubicon. You would think these days they would have thrown a wireless charger in there somewhere. Unless I’m just blind and there is one?

For those who have added one, can you show me what you did and how you did it??

Thanks

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[Hootbro]

https://www.jeepgladiatorforum.com/...nctum-wireless-charging-console-review.75782/

 

[ShadowsPapa]

So I just went from a 20 sport to a 25 rubicon. You would think these days they would have thrown a wireless charger in there somewhere. Unless I’m just blind and there is one?

For those who have added one, can you show me what you did and how you did it??

Thanks

What my wife and I have run into is that the wireless charging pad that works for my Pixel doesn't work for her Samsung phone. We've run into that in the past - bought a charging pad for home thinking it would work on any of our phones, or work with our next phone only to have to buy yet another charging pad.
I'd rather put in one I know for a fact works with my phone instead of fighting the various "standards".
A guy I used to work with was a professor who taught computer science in a college. He said the best thing about computer standards is that there were so many to choose from. Yeah, same for charging.
Maybe - one of these days............ but then Apple has their way, Samsung has theirs, Google has theirs........

OTOH, my son's EV Porsche has a wireless charging pad that seems to work with more than one phone brand.

 

[Janster]

Same feedback as @ShadowsPapa ……

It’s the same problem in other cars. The phones never fit the pads and if they do fit, they’re functionality is inconsistent with the phone case you’d have installed.

Those pads take up too much room. How many people actually keep that area free of clutter?

You’re better off IMO buying a phone mount/holder and using a short cable to plug for charging.

 

[jmf243]

I have an iPhone with MagSafe and use the Bulletpoint Rubigrid system with their MagSafe wireless charger. I believe they have a non MagSafe wireless charger as well.

https://www.bulletpointmountingsolu...int-magsafe-compatible-wireless-phone-charger

 

[ShadowsPapa]

I have an iPhone with MagSafe and use the Bulletpoint Rubigrid system with their MagSafe wireless charger. I believe they have a non MagSafe wireless charger as well.

https://www.bulletpointmountingsolu...int-magsafe-compatible-wireless-phone-charger

My question would be - will it work with all phones from the last 2 years or so?
If like the charging pads we have at home - it won't work with all of them.
I wish there was a "try before you buy" or a list of phones it will and will not work with.

 

[Deleted member 57233]

My question would be - will it work with all phones from the last 2 years or so?
If like the charging pads we have at home - it won't work with all of them.
I wish there was a "try before you buy" or a list of phones it will and will not work with.

MagSafe is Apple's charging standard. Qi works with everything else including iPhones up to 12. Apple is really the only one that doesn't work with the Qi standard anymore, but that is how Apple has always operated.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

MagSafe is Apple's charging standard. Qi works with everything else including iPhones up to 12. Apple is really the only one that doesn't work with the Qi standard anymore, but that is how Apple has always operated.

No Apple devices in this house or our vehicles - except my wife's old iPod as she loves her music. But that stays in a speaker most of the time.
Apple resisted the EU's effort to move to the USB C standard for all phones, etc. (smart of the EU, IMO)

 

[Deleted member 57233]

No Apple devices in this house or our vehicles - except my wife's old iPod as she loves her music. But that stays in a speaker most of the time.
Apple resisted the EU's effort to move to the USB C standard for all phones, etc. (smart of the EU, IMO)

Then you need a Qi charger, not a MagSafe charger.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

Then you need a Qi charger, not a MagSafe charger.

Which still begs the question - would it work with both of our phones because the pad I use in my shop won't work with my wife's Samsung phone (that's why it's in my shop).
There doesn't seem to be a real standard.

I have the Bullet Point phone mount on the dash (but then I'd have to wire things in)

Since the 24s and 25s use WiFi for screen mirroring it would be handy (but since I never run WiFi I still have to turn it on, then off when I leave the truck.)
They just don't make it easy!

 

[Deleted member 57233]

Which still begs the question - would it work with both of our phones because the pad I use in my shop won't work with my wife's Samsung phone (that's why it's in my shop).
There doesn't seem to be a real standard.

Yes, Qi works with all Samsung, Google, LG, China brands, etc. Qi is the industry standard everyone except Apple uses. Either the charger you have isn't Qi certified, or your wife has a case that is interfering with it.

Just adding if your wife has the Samsung 25, then you need a Qi2 charger and the special Samsung phone case to wirelessly charge it. The Qi2 charger will also charge older Qi phones and MagSafe.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

Yes, Qi works with all Samsung, Google, LG, China brands, etc. Qi is the industry standard everyone except Apple uses. Either the charger you have isn't Qi certified, or your wife has a case that is interfering with it.

Just adding if your wife has the Samsung 25, then you need a Qi2 charger and the special Samsung phone case to wirelessly charge it. The Qi2 charger will also charge older Qi phones and MagSafe.

She has the Samsung Z Flip4
Mine is a Pixel 7 - and of course because of how things go, it's already an antique.

 

[Deleted member 57233]

She has the Samsung Z Flip4
Mine is a Pixel 7 - and of course because of how things go, it's already an antique.

Both of those are Qi phones, the flip needs to be folded to charge on a Qi charger. You can actually charge the pixel off the Z flip and vice-versa if you turn on power share.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

the flip needs to be folded to charge on a Qi charger.

Seriously? That sort of defeats the purpose of a charging pad so you can still have the phone in use while charging. Interesting.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

Yes, Qi works with all Samsung, Google, LG, China brands, etc. Qi is the industry standard everyone except Apple uses. Either the charger you have isn't Qi certified, or your wife has a case that is interfering with it.

Just adding if your wife has the Samsung 25, then you need a Qi2 charger and the special Samsung phone case to wirelessly charge it. The Qi2 charger will also charge older Qi phones and MagSafe.

You know your phone s**t !

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