Can You Put Your Phone Face Down on A Wireless Charger?

“Can I charge my phone face down on a wireless charger?”

You may have a cool case or use a magnetic car vent mount which requires you to put a metal plate in between your phone and the case, so you wonder if you can wirelessly charge your phone on a wireless charger.

See the answer below.

Table of Contents:

• Can You Put Your Phone Face Down on A Wireless Charger
• Which Wireless Charger Allows to Charge Phones Face Down
• How to Charge a Phone Correctly on A Wireless Charger

Can You Put Your Phone Face Down on A Wireless Charger

No, you cannot charge your phone face down on a wireless charger. All phones that have the wireless charging feature have the charging coils on the back, and only with the phone back connected to the wireless charger, will your phone get charged.

Most Qi wireless chargers in the market are pads or stands. So you need to put your phone with screen facing up or place it in portrait or landscape with the back on the stand.

We recommend Yootech, Anker, Samsung, CHOETECH and Seneo, which are the best Qi wireless chargers to charge a phone based on our tests.

Is there any wireless charger that can charge your phone face down? See next.

Which Wireless Charger Allows to Charge Phones Face Down

Some manufacturers want to work out the solution – they try to create a wireless charger to charge a phone face down. But the principle is the same – the phone back needs to be connected to the charging area of the wireless charger. So the wireless chargers that can charge a phone face down would look like this:

The wireless charging area is built on the up side, so the wireless charger can charge a phone face down.

But this is only a concept. As far as we know, this kind of wireless chargers hasn’t yet been for sale in the market.

And it’s not that helpful and practical, since you cannot use the phone during charging. And you cannot put any metal materials on the phone back.

How to Charge a Phone Correctly on A Wireless Charger

You cannot wirelessly charge your phone face down on a wireless charger. To get your phone charged correctly, you need to put your phone correctly.

For a wireless charging pad,

• 1. Connect the wireless charging pad to power supply.
• 2. Put the wireless charging pad on a level surface.
• 3. Put your phone on the exact center of the wireless charging pad with screen facing up.
• 4. Your phone would start charging immediately and correctly.

For a wireless charging stand,

• 1. Connect the wireless charging stand to power supply.
• 2. Put the wireless charging stand on a level surface.
• 3. Place your phone back on the exact center of the charging area in landscape or in portrait.
• 4. Your phone would start charging immediately and correctly.