Quick fixes: how to fix a MagSafe that isn’t charging your phone

Samar Haddad / The Verge Issue

Your MagSafe charger suddenly isn't, well, charging.

Quick fix

Do a hard reset.

The full story

Wireless charging is great, but it quickly becomes a confusing mess if you plop down your phone for some juice and notice nothing happens after a few minutes. If your iPhone 12, 13, or 14 is suddenly not charging with a proper Apple MagSafe charger or compatible third-party charger but still charges fine with a wired Lightning connection, it's possible there's something going on in the MagSafe software handshake within iOS.

Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge If your MagSafe charger suddenly stops working, don't panic - it may be fixable.

I've had this same scenario happen to my iPhone 12 Pro Max, where MagSafe...

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