[Davyogg]

Does anyone know if the wireless phone charger can be switched off? It’s the best place to keep your phone but constantly charging will make it really hot!

[lnlyssg]

You may be able to disable it with coding, there's a setting that you have to enable when retrofitting wireless charging so in theory you could turn it off that way:
Body Domain Controller (BDC_BODY3) -> WcaWirelessChargingAblage-> WCA_ENABLE

[paulockenden]

Just put the phone upside down if you don’t want it to charge.

[Davyogg]

I’ve been placing it at an angle to lift it up a little, just thought it might have an ability to be switched on and off..

[Chrisspencer]

You can disable it in the settings menu

[The_Tok'Ra]

Originally Posted by Chrisspencer

You can disable it in the settings menu

Care to expand on that? Where is that in the ID7 settings menu, or is that only in ID8?

[K20C4]

As someone else mentioned, you can place the phone face down to prevent it from charging. If you orient it correctly you can still use the digital key with it face down.

[Charlie (Wessex)]

Originally Posted by Davyogg

I’ve been placing it at an angle to lift it up a little, just thought it might have an ability to be switched on and off..

I have to lift my phone up to get it to charge, but I guess that's a Google Pixel 7 Pro piss poor design. I started off thinking that wireless charging would be good, but it's not as good as wired and sometimes can't keep up with using Waze.

As Chrisspencer points out, it can be disabled in settings. It's somwhere under the Car settings (iD7)

[MisterG]

Originally Posted by Charlie (Wessex)

I have to lift my phone up to get it to charge, but I guess that's a Google Pixel 7 Pro piss poor design. I started off thinking that wireless charging would be good, but it's not as good as wired and sometimes can't keep up with using Waze.

As Chrisspencer points out, it can be disabled in settings. It's somwhere under the Car settings (iD7)

Its piss poor on iphones too....
I normally resign to plugging into the armrest socket and leaving it in there.

[The_Tok'Ra]

Personally, I've always avoided phones that have the ability to charge wirelessly. It tends to overheat your phone which is not good for the batteries longevity, and while wired charging is typically over 90% efficient these days, wireless charging at best is typically around the 70% mark.

[Scrupix]

I’m also interested, but I did not find any option in ID7 to disable from settings, maybe I miss something 🤔

[Chrisspencer]

It’s under settings, general settings then scroll down and it’s under data and devices

[bmnut]

Originally Posted by Chrisspencer

It’s under settings, general settings then scroll down and it’s under data and devices

Had this model of car for over two years now and I did not know that!
'Every day's a school day' !!!
Thank you for sharing that!

[330Stevie]

Originally Posted by Chrisspencer

It’s under settings, general settings then scroll down and it’s under data and devices

Does this also turn off the external aerial boost?

[Scrupix]

So checed earlier and with my ID7 I don’t have such thing, I only have the options from the attached picture🙄

[The_Tok'Ra]

Originally Posted by Scrupix

So checed earlier and with my ID7 I don’t have such thing, I only have the options from the attached picture🙄

Yes, I see the same thing. No ability to disable the wireless charging pad.

[ramparts]

You can only turn off the notification, not the pad itself.

As others have mentioned, place the phone face down if you want to use the spade without it charging