Summary: Are you facing overheating of your iPhone? Getting a warning message, ‘iPhone needs to cool down before you can use it. This post shares the causes, immediate measures to be taken, and the best ways to fix overheating issue in iPhone.
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A lot of iPhone users are disappointed by the issue of overheating. Reports from around the world are pouring in with complaints about the overheating of various iPhone models to the extent of the warning message, ‘iPhone needs to cool down before you can use it and even explosion.
The Apple brand is looked up to as analogous to high quality. But the bitter truth is that Apple, too, is not immune from the technical glitches.
So how to fix the issue?
This article deals with the causes, immediate measures to be taken, and the fixes for the overheating issue in iPhones.
The impact of overheating iPhones varies in its severity. Sometimes the phone gets too hot to touch and won’t cool down even after placing it in a freezer! Overheating during use can lead to severe functional problems in the iPhone. The device might shut down, become unresponsive, or be very slow.
It is found that the iPhone gets extremely hot while performing activities that put heavy pressure on the CPU, battery, or GPU. Thus, working on intensive applications like Waves, Google Maps, Facebook videos, Safari, or playing 3-D games, etc., for a long time can result in overheating.
iPhones are designed to work at temperatures ranging from 0ºC to 35ºC. So when stressed, iPhone generates heat like other machines, which is normal. But if your phone remains hot most of the time or gets overheated especially when put under immense operational pressure, this could be a severe problem.
Once you find your iPhone getting hot, please take it to a more relaxed environment. If the device is in the scorching sunlight, move it to a shade and wait for a few minutes to gradually dissipate the heat. If your iPhone continues to remain too hot to touch, immediately do the following, as per your situation:
| CAUTION NOTE: Never put your too hot-to-touch iPhone in a freezer, refrigerator, or in front of air conditioners to cool off. The sudden temperature change and moisture in such an environment can damage the device’s internal components.. |
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If these immediate steps do not reduce the temperature of the iPhone, deeper troubleshooting is required to solve overheating iPhone problem.
Methods to fix overheating iPhone ProblemMethod 1: Withdraw recent software permissions.Method 2: Do not play games for more extended periods. Method 3: Update iOS. Method 4: Do ‘Reset All Settings on iPhone. |
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Background Refresh automatically refreshes your installed apps in the background. In overheated iPhone or battery situations, it is advisable to turn off background refresh. You can selectively stop background refresh for not much used or unimportant applications to prevent your phone from getting overheated. It is advisable to quit all apps and wait until the iPhone cools down.
Go to Settings > General > Background App Refresh.
Games are addictive, but playing them for longer overuses the device’s CPU and battery, turning it hot. So avoid playing graphic-intensive games on iPhone for long durations to prevent overheating iPhone.
Updating the iOS can also help you overcome the problem of the iPhone getting hot.
Go to Settings > General > Software Updates > Download and install the update available.
Post the iOS update, it is typical for the iPhone to remain hot for a while, especially when plugged in overnight.
If the iOS update fails to resolve iPhone overheating problem, try to ‘Reset All Settings’ on your iPhone. It does not delete saved data like emails, texts, videos, music, photos, etc., but only removes personal preferences for Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Privacy, General, Sounds, Brightness, Wallpaper, and Notifications.
Go to Settings > General > Reset > Reset All Settings. Next, enter the Apple passcode, and the iPhone starts to reboot.
| CAUTION NOTE: Before performing “Reset All Settings on your iPhone,” note down your Wi-Fi passwords, network configurations, and preferred settings that you would lose after the procedure for future use. |
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As soon as you discover the iPhone overheating issue, stop the heavy data usage and CPU-intensive activities to reduce the stress on the device. Next, protect your phone from sunlight and other heat-generating environments. Finally, follow the abovementioned methods to maintain the average temperature and fix the overheating iPhone issue.
Remember to back up your iPhone data before troubleshooting your device, as you might lose your iPhone data if you face data loss while troubleshooting; use Stellar Data Recovery for iPhone.
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Hello, Thanks a lot,
I have an overheating issue with my iPhone 5s. It was overheating continuously after doing the above steps, I opened it and disabled the battery connection as I was scared it could explode.
it instantly starts heating up the moment I connect back the battery even when the iPhone is off.
Please help me.
Hi MD, we provides useful methods to fix overheating iPhone problem in our blog you can read and fix this issue!
Besides the above methods, you can also restart your iPhone. also, you can check the battery use and background apps. Moreover, deleting unwanted apps is also preferrable. Of course, the best way to fix iPhone overheating is using the professional iOS system recovery tools like this passage tells, for example, stellar and TunesKit.
Thanks Larence!
I had an issue on my iPhone 7 in the past few days, when I play a game on my iPhone or opening some apps freezing and hanging issue occurred my phone. What possible solutions to fix this?
Dear Fazel, I suggest to you, Please update the latest iOS on your iPhone. If the issue will the same contact the nearest Apple store. Thanks!
I had an issue with my iPhone 5s overheating and battery drain issue. Could you give me some advice what should I do?
Hi Russell, if your iPhone is under warranty or 3 years old. It may need a new battery make an appointment at Apple store for checking or contact Support.apple.com.
I had a problem with my iPhone 6S overheating also when turned off. I found your blog and fix the overheating problem. After following the ways as you mentioned in this post. Thank you very much for giving such a useful information!
Hi Kenneth, Thanks for reading our blog and keep watching for next update!
I had using my iPhone for more than 1 years, but now it has started giving error, as it shuts down automatically and overheated. There can be many things that can result in malfunctioning of my iPhone, so I consulted stellar data recovery to know the reason. The specialists helped me a lot. Now the device working fine! Thanks.
Hi Tamara, Thanks for your feedback!!
Great Article! Finally found a helpful post on this topic! Thank you so much!
Hello James, Thanks for your appreciation.
Hey, I use iPhone 6 plus. When I talk to anyone on a video call. My iPhone 6 plus getting hot after turn off. ? Please help.
Dear Megan,
Make sure the background app refresh is turned off. And limit the number of apps using location services.
1. You first need to completely drain the battery by leaving the phone on, unplugged, and streaming video content.
2. Charged the battery at least 12 hours.
3. Restart your iPhone.
Awesome Post! There is a big problem with iPhone. Thankful to you for giving wonderful Information how to cool down overheated iPhone.
Hello Ron,
Thanks for the nice words. Keep checking our other blogs on iPhone also, you definitely found them informative.
I had the same issue with my iPhone 6 overheats during play games and very slow after close the game application. Thanks for the tips!