Topher06

Any TGT owners experiencing overheating of your phone while in the charging compartment?

AdamKTexas

I have a 2023 turbo and have this same issue. My phone, a galaxy s22, gets super hot and loses charge. What phone do you have? I have a feeling it's my case.

matthewr87

No case on either my phone or my wife's phone and they both get hot while wireless charging in that compartment. Wireless charging creates a lot of heat. Ideally they would have created a vent to allow AC air to enter to help cool the phones. As it is the extra heat is going to kill the battery of the phone prematurely so I only use it to charge my corporate phone which I don't care about.

Vapordan

It’s not just Porsche. Same issue in wife’s benzo.

David0413

Same here. Phone got hot and actually lost 2% on a 20 minute drive. Highly recommend buying a USB-C cable, it will charge to 100% without extra heat in 1-2 hours depending on phone

BTurbo

Drive faster with windows down and it cools off !!

TGT is made to go fast...not charge phones.

Topher06

Good to know it is not an isolated problem.

WaltB

I remember reading that the 2024 air-conditions the cubicle now to mitigate the overheating.

Lucid Moment

Yes this is an issue, same in my TGT, and both my Audi's. I prefer to plug in using usb-c. Also does not seem to charge as quick as through a port.

Schnave

The overheating issue has been widely reported for multiple phone brands and in many different vehicles; not just iPhones in Porsches.

1. CarPlay and Android Auto navigation is extremely demanding for the CPU. This generates heat.

2. Qi charging also generates heat because of the inefficiencies of inductive charging. Even though the Qi standard is “relatively” efficient, it only transfers about 30 to 60 percent of the power from the primary coil in the charger mat to the secondary coil in the phone. The rest of the power is converted to heat.

3. Misaligned coils generate even more heat as induction currents begin to form in metal components of the phone. Induction cooktops use the same principle to boil water.

4. Placing the phone in a small, enclosed space amplifies that heat until the phone’s thermal protection shuts it down.

Eventually, Qi may be replaced with a new technology that will allow wireless charging anywhere in your vehicle (or home). Radio Frequency Lensing will send concentrated beams of energy that intelligently find and recharge your phones.
https://guru.inc/technology/
https://www.mtt.org/app/uploads/2019...Liam-Kelly.pdf

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