BMW's wireless charging could destroy iPhone 15
A user who charged an iPhone 15 Pro with a BMW car's wireless charging pad reported that ``iPhone's NFC chip was broken.'' It has been pointed out that wireless charging may have affected the hardware, and users who reported damage were forced to replace their devices.
Warning: BMW Wireless Charging May Break iPhone 15's Apple Pay Chip - MacRumors
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According to this user, the device that was wirelessly charged went into data recovery mode with a white screen, restarted, and then the NFC chip stopped working. When users open the Wallet app, they receive an error message that says ``Apple Pay could not be set up'' and are unable to access various setting items such as adding a card or enabling Apple Cash. The user apparently tried reinstalling iOS 17.0.2 and restoring the device to its factory settings, but neither of them fixed the issue.
The user contacted support and received a replacement device. Initially, the user said the cause was unknown, but after other users pointed out the problem, they came to the conclusion that ``the BMW car may be the cause.'' As a result of being careful not to charge it in a BMW car, the same problem has not yet occurred with the replacement device.
The device owned by the user was 'iPhone 15 Pro 256GB'. In addition to this user, at least five others have reported the same issue, including a user who owns an iPhone 15 Pro Max 1TB. There are also comments that ``the problem did not occur with the iPhone 14 Pro,'' and it is thought that the problem is unique to the iPhone 15 series.
The user who first reported the problem received a comment from an Apple Store repair person saying, ``It appears the NFC module was defective.'' Other users reported getting answers such as 'A hardware issue with the Apple Pay sensor has been identified.'
The users' cars that experienced the problem were models such as the X5 50e and Toyota Supra equipped with BMW's wireless charger, and both had problems related to BMW's charger. On the other hand, there seem to be differences depending on the car model, with users who own BMW's 'X1' and 'X3' reporting that they had 'no problems.'
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