Samsung wireless charger problems (color)

[Jay G63]

I enjoy the white ones so much i picked up a brand new one for $21 off ebay. That makes 3 for the house.

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[Gary02468]

Correct me if I am wrong but I am pretty certain the issue is actually the way wireless charging is handled that you are seeing drain overnight, so if you put phone down at 9:00 and it takes three hours to charge it will run its full cycle by 12:00, the wireless charge sync then shuts it's self off when light goes green, now your phone is sitting in standby mode from 12:00am till when ever you get up and take it off the platter.

So assuming you are losing roughly 2% per hour and it sits idle not charging for 6-8 hours you would potentially pick up your phone in the morning and be at 88% battery roughly.

I think the issue is that once the wireless cycle ends it requires the phone to be reseated to start wireless charging again, the phone will not sense it's low and try and keep it topped off.

That may be what's happening with some of the chargers, but if so it's a defect. I have the free BB charger (black) and it's been working fine. I use it overnight and I wake up to a green light and 100% charge.

 

[maf113]

I got the black one free with my phone. It worked fine with a temporary gel case I had on it until I got my UAG case. Due to the thickness of the UAG case, I imagine, it is hard to get it in the "sweet spot" to work. The screen comes on, pings and displays that it is charging then go out. A few seconds later the screen comes on again and it pings. If I get it just right on the thing it will charge during the night reaching 100% before morning. If I take the UAG case off and put the gel case on it works without problems.

 

[kj11]

Went to best buy to exchange mine today and the guy at the Samsung experience desk told me it's a known issue. He didn't even want to give me another one to try, but reluctantly did. I'll give the new one a go tonight...

 

[cgarnes323]

I found the answer to this problem by accident BEFORE it got bad.

REMOVE YOUR CASE.

I dont think they took Otter cases (or any cases) into consideration when they designed these chargers. Took mine off and the blinking issue went away. Something to do with the distance from the charger and the phone. That extra several millimeters of distance your protective case puts between your phone and the charger makes for a poor connection and causes a condition that worsens over time. It works when you first buy it but its inevitable that you will begin to have this problem.

Solution 1

Remove case whenever charging.

Solution 2

Just use a regular charger.

 

[Rick Briner]

I have 3 totally different wireless charges that are different brands at it is doing the same thing on all 3. All 3 were working fine when purchased. It seems to be a bigger issue than just one specific charger or color.

 

[Jay Gamblore]

I've tried using air plane mode, daydream mode as suggested. I've removed any other possible interference from the area and tried with no case to no avail. I'm giving up on wireless charging. Get your act together samsung.

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[Not Quite Right]

I have the black charger from best buy and it's working fine ...

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[nickdeck]

I'll chime in with my experience. My Note 5 is about a month old, AT&T version.

I tend to read up on these things obsessively. I'd seen a lot of inconsistency in reviews about the Samsung Fast Wireless charger, so first tried the Choetech fast charger. It worked fine for a couple of weeks, then started having problems initially making a charging connection. (I'm using a thin clear gel case, very minimal.) Since I'm interested in wireless charging mainly for the convenience of just plopping the phone on the pad and being done with it, I sent the Choetech back.

I then ordered and received the Tylt VU from Amazon. Not a Fast Adaptive charger, but convenient design, well thought of in the forums, and expensive. Again, worked well for a few nights. Then it started the routine of "charging paused", "charging" (BEEP!), over and over randomly. Basically, it was losing connection and reconnecting. While I was sleeping.

I emailed Tylt, and received a prompt reply from a nice lady, saying that they'd be happy to exchange my unit for an updated unit. I told her that if she could assure me that the updated unit would solve the problem, I'd be happy to do that. Otherwise, I'd just send my unit back to Amazon for a refund. She replied that she wouldn't be comfortable with assuring me that the updated unit would solve the problem, because it's so new that it hasn't been released yet, and they don't do refunds, only exchanges. I said "thanks, but no thanks."

So, I'm sending the Tylt VU back to Amazon for refund, and will finally give the Samsung Fast wireless a shot. I am not, however, hopeful.

I used a Nokia wireless charger with my old S4 for a year and a half with no problems, but I'm afraid that wireless charging with the Note 5 is not yet ready for prime time.