They aren't doing it because they're cheap, they're doing it for liability reasons.
If it will not charge a modern phone why bother. I have at least 35 years experience in adapters and cable fixes. This is something in the 21st first world century that should not be that difficult to remedy. However at least the cubbie holes fit my phone until you have to plug it into something. It's bad enough that they couldn't have sync4 wireless android auto. FORD is begine the times with tech for this vehicle, as are alot of manufacturers.
Iām surprised as well that they even try. Too many different phone sizes and no real standard between power input and requirements. I bought a Carlinked adapter and use that unless I plan to be on the road for a few hours. For me that works perfect. At some point they will switch everything to sync 4 or higher but I donāt see the charging pad issue getting resolved until a standard is created for where the input is and how much is required.
Were you using the USB- A or C? If using the A try and use the C and see if you notice a difference. Also iPhones stop charging when they get too hot, and my iPhone 12 often gets too hot if Iām driving and I have the phone in the passenger seat in the sun. Iām in Florida so itās pretty hot.I noticed the same thing today doing some driving out of town. I took off about 10am. There wasn't much charging going on while it was plugged in and that part about 7pm looks like I lost power. I remember checking and it was about 39% and after I drove around for a few minutes and checked again, it was at 38%. I started suspecting an issue shortly before that and kept monitoring it.
My battery usage is showing Geico App used a lot of battery today. I signed up for DriveEasy to try and lower my insurance premium so that's probably adding some to it.
This is a big difference to my mom's CR-V. I can get in around 50%, drive an. hour or so with Maps and Music playing through CarPlay, and be at 100% when I get there. The same thing would happen with my Accord but I used a 12v plug adaptor.
I tried a USB-C cable I had laying around (bought it awhile back but don't really have a need for it). My iPhone stayed above 95% today. I tried to stress it out using Maps and watching YouTube (I was listening) while connected via CarPlay.
This is the way.
Ok, I don' t know if I'd like this.
If you're not driving you can simply unplug it if you need to look at it, right? For me, the phone screen is too small to view without reading glasses which aren't effective beyond arm's length. So putting the phone on a mount isn't an option for me; I would still have to take it out of the mount and hold it to view.
