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On the home screen if you have the phone widget up it tells you if its charging with a little icon.
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Yes, my issue is that it stops charging when using waze. This didn't happen in my F97. Not to mention, at the end of my journey it is much more difficult to fish my phone out of that restricted space than it was in my F97. By no means do I want to appear to complain about my overall upgrade, but there were a few things that I feel the F97 did better. This is one of them.
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03-18-2021, 11:14 PM | #28 | |
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It’s really not the biggest deal in the world and don’t mean to diminish the values for others. Someone asked why plug in and mount the phone vs using the wireless charger and I shared my thoughts and experiences. For me, the plug and mount method works. For others the wireless is fine. To each their own. Good point on the Home Screen charging status. I guess I’m old school and always like to confirm a charge as soon as I put the phone on the charger. Just my OCD Cheers! |
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I've never had to unlock to connect etc - just seems to connect as soon as I get in the car regardless. However, I do echo everything else you mentioned. Placement isnt ideal. You can't easily tell if its charging, and so on. Generally I only ever use it if I really need to, otherwise I slip the phone into one of the cupholders as its so much easier! lol I have my display key in a silicon case and I tend to put that on the wireless charger instead most of the time just to keep it topped up. But again, the light isnt at the best position, as you mentioned - why they didnt place it on the bottom side so its in clear view I dont know!! |
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03-20-2021, 07:46 AM | #31 |
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I also use the ProClips vent mount. It's excellent except one minor annoyance: The upper piece that went in the gap of vent trim will slowly slide out (like in a week), even though I have put on adhesive as the instructions suggested. Looks like the upper piece doesn't have any hook to hold it in place (like my previous ProClips). Talked to support and they agreed it's by design, and sent me a new mount replacement.
My suspicion was the ProClips wireless charging phone mount is too heavy (it's quite bulky). So I bought a $20 MagSafe phone mount. And to adapt I got the ProClips Garmin ball mount, which fits perfectly. Now I get to use MagSafe to both hold my iPhone in place magnetically and charge it at 15W (vs 7.5W using Qi), very satisfied. Plus I haven't noticed the mount sliding out again. One downside of the current setup is you lose some adjustment freedom. So the phone is not facing me directly but on a slight angle. I can read the screen just fine but need to lean over a bit for FaceID to see me. Realized I didn't have a photo in my phone. Will snatch one later today. Edit: Added a photo. The mount can only rotate a little. This is as much as it can facing towards the driver.
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Not sure if that might help or not with the vent mount but might be worth a try |
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One other add for a reason to have the phone display handy/mounted is that I can’t ff/rew songs within the song via any buttons in the car for CarPlay. I can skip ff/rew but not scan ff/rew. It’s nice to have the phone available if I want to quickly slide the time bar while it’s on the Home Screen to jump to a spot in a song. |
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do you use Waze when it's overheating? this is a known issue. if so, one way to mitigate this is to plug directly versus wireless charging. OTW, misalignment shouldn't cause overheating since it won't be charging
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Haven’t had any overheating issues with Waze and overheating when plugged in, just wireless charging. |
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IIRC Belkin is a only magnetic mount but doesn't charge right? I got a much cheaper MagSafe mount that also charges at full 15W. I think it's a better buy but YMMV.
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One more reason for preferring the phone mount and not use the wireless charger: can’t ff/rew scan in CarPlay. I can skip songs but I’m in another car this week with wireless CarPlay no in both my X5 and this car, you can’t ff/rew scan with any of the car screens/buttons. You can ff/rew skip to next or previous songs, just not scanning within a song.
In my limited trials (a whopping 2 cars now ) it seems like a CarPlay issue. Either way, since I use that function fairly often, the only way to scan through a song is to use the timeline bar on the Home Screen of the phone so it needs to be accessible to do this. Just adding to the functionality reasons for the values of dealing with a phone mount for anyone reading the thread. And for the folks that think I’m simply vehicle bashing and nitpicking, it’s quite the opposite. I absolutely love my X5. First BMW and really enjoying it. But no car is perfect and while some of these issues are direct BMW decisions on the wireless charger placement, a lot of this is CarPlay limitations. Just sharing opinions and thoughts to help folks not complain about the car. . .just saving some flames |
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it can scan while connected to CarPlay but doesn't work smoothly. using either the steering wheel buttons or radio head unit, I can hold down for about 5 seconds, hear the music shuffling, let go of the button, and it only scanned 1-2 seconds worth. obviously, the longer the hold, the longer the scan; I held about 15 seconds and can see the time tracker go ahead about a minute.
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i went with the ProClip for my existing 15W MagSafe car charger, which clipped onto the ProClip's Garmin ball mount (#215165). the ball mount greatly limits the charger's rotation compared to the mount that came with the charger. i have the charger at max tilts up and left and would prefer more both ways so it's square with my face when i look at my iPhone. still, i can read texts and emails from my seating angle. i have more peace of mind now there's no strain on the vent slats; it's also closer to reach.
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