AT&T No wireless charging

[jkarwow]

Just brought my Priv home from AT&T store. No wireless charging and not compatible with my AT&T microcell. Looks like the much awaited Priv is going to be returned.

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[shashankmittal]

The Priv specifications page says it supports Wireless Charging (available in the United States only). You should probably call BB support and check. Maybe it doesn't support the wireless charging technology that your wireless charger supports. Priv supports dual mode Wireless Charging capable for Powermat (PMA) and Qi.

Regarding the microcell, did you call AT&T and check with them?

 

[jkarwow]

AT&T support, while attempting to get the microcell to work, confirmed that they are not showing wireless charging for this phone. Tried with 3 different Qi chargers.

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[shashankmittal]

Maybe you received a bad one? You should call Blackberry Support and check with them to be sure.

 

[freedomx20a]

Guys the only way to get wireless charging on the Priv is to buy it off Blackberry.com

all carrier versions are 100 dollars less in canada and dont have that feature.

$899 unlocked CAD + has wireless charging
$799 LOCKED from all carriers DO NOT have wireless charging.

I think this is a canadian thing only. not 100% sure tho. probably to keep the price down at carriers.

 

[jkarwow]

Looking closer at the att Web site there is no mention of wireless charging.

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[shashankmittal]

I ordered mine unlocked from the BB store, hopefully it will arrive tomorrow. I'll confirm about wireless charging.
But what freedomx20a has said, could be true for US phones.

 

[jkarwow]

Blackberry support confirmed my Priv does not have wireless charging from AT&T. However the quickstart guide that came with the phone, from AT&T, indicates it does. Way to launch a product.

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[raino]

Guys the only way to get wireless charging on the Priv is to buy it off Blackberry.com

all carrier versions are 100 dollars less in canada and dont have that feature.

$899 unlocked CAD + has wireless charging
$799 LOCKED from all carriers DO NOT have wireless charging.

I think this is a canadian thing only. not 100% sure tho. probably to keep the price down at carriers.

Canadian carriers are selling a different model of the Priv (STV100-3.) AT&T and ShopBlackBerry NA are supposed to be selling the same model, STV100-1.

From the user guide:



I wonder if the -1 only has PMA, which is AT&T's favored wireless charging offering... users are saying Qi is present as well. See CB thread link below.

 

[jkarwow]

Confirmed AT&T is the STV100_1

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[raino]

Here is a person on CB saying that Qi charging works in their case: PRIV on AT&T - BlackBerry Forums at CrackBerry.com

OP, I recommend you get yours replaced, if you're interested in having this phone with the wireless charging feature.

 

[geekaren]

I wonder if the AT&T Priv uses PMA wireless charging instead of Qi...

Edited: Oops, just saw Raino's post above.

 

[jkarwow]

Mine could be bad. I will give att about a week to fix the microcell issue. If they fix that I will do an exchange.

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[raino]

I wonder if the AT&T Priv uses PMA wireless charging instead of Qi...

Edited: Oops, just saw Raino's post above.

I think AT&T/the PMA pays BlackBerry just enough to include their standard, but not enough to keep Qi out. So BlackBerry gives them PMA charging in the AT&T model, but also makes it Qi-compatible

 

[thecurryman]

I have an att priv and I just tried to wireless charge and jr worked flawlessly. I suggest replacing your phone?

 

[jkarwow]

Cool, Qi or PMA?

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[jkarwow]

Bottom line. After much playing around my AT&T Priv DOES have Qi wireless charging. It is just very picky on alignment.

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[citystars41]

I just tried mine on my powermat and it makes the noise that it's charging but doesn't show any signs of charging.

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[fraliex]

I have the AT&T Priv and I am using my Qi wireless charger. I did have to move the phone around to get it lined up with the charging pad.

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[jkarwow]

The charging spot is in the lower half of the phone.

Is your powermat PMA compliant? I believe the originals were different.

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