Iphone getting hot quick

Hi,
My iphone 4s gets really hot in 5 minutes when playing with games or using apps...
I want to know if this is normal for the phone and if it harms the battery???

It's normal. The iphone 4s and ipad 3 both have fast CPUs that does tend to get hot. Just the battery alone will actually make the phone hot too, since battery usage makes the battery warm and thus the phone warm. (this is why people sometimes wrongly think that their ears get hot due to dangerous waves from the phone, when it's actually heat from the battery.)
So, nothing to worry about.

Similar Messages

My New iphone 5s gets hot quickly when using GPS and downloading apps/movies. Is this normal? My Iphone 5 never did that!

I Have had my IPhone 5s for less than a month and have noticed that it gets very hot while downloading apps/movies and while using GPS. (not at the same time) Battery life is also disappointing! Normal?? My 5 never had this problem!

Hi anthonym73,
If you are having an issue with your iPhone getting hot you may want to read this article for some guidance -
Keeping iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch within acceptable operating temperatures
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
Best,
Brett L

My Iphone gets hot and it will shut off. Is anyone else having this problem?

My Iphone gets hot and shut off. I was talking on the phone about 10 minutes and it was hot to my face, Is anyone else having this problem.

I have the same problem. But my goes off with no reason. I don't even talk on it

HT201401 iphone gets hot and battery dies quickly

Anyone know how to fix an Iphone that gets hot and dies quickly??

Welcome to the forums. It is only common courtesy to search the forums for answers to your question before posting. Your issue has been addressed ad nauseum. You can search this forum using the box in the upper right hand corner of the page, or simply look in the MORE LIKE THIS box to the right.

My Iphone gets hot and wont hold a charge for more than 8 hrs

My Iphone 5c gets hot even when i dont have a protective case on it but it is worse when it is charging. The battery will only hold a charge for at most 8hrs, i have taken it into the store and they always say nothing is wrong with it. I find that hard to believe since my old iphone that was 2 years old lasted longer. I have already turned my backlight down and turned off notifications. Any ideas?

Charging has always been recommended without an iOS device in a case...many of those do not allow heat to dissipate.
Turn down screen brightness, turn off things you don't need, like Bluetooth if not being used, change the Mail push timing so it is less frequent...all things that use energy should be stretched out to save battery time.

MacBook Pro getting hot quickly

I bought a MacBook Pro in November, and it seems to get hot very quickly. It is usually just sitting on a desk. It sounds like the fan is working, but I don't know a solution. I have a Speck case on it, but I don't think that would be an issue? Is this worth taking to the genious bar? ...I have AppleCare

It terms of heat retention, the Speck case is not doing any favors for your MBP. It will tend to hinder the dissipation of heat from the aluminum body of the MBP.
Download from the Internet iStat pro and install it. This will tell you the internal temperatures of your MBP and the fan speeds. When you believe that the MBP is 'hot', look at 'Activity Monitor' to determine the applications that are open, note them and then post back the data.
Note that your MBP does have heat sensors located inside that will shut the MBP down before any heat damage can occur. At this time, a trip to the genius bar is probably premature.
Ciao.

IPhone Gets Hot While Recording HD Video?

Anyone else experienced this? I started checking out the video recording features and after 1 or 2 minutes recording the phone started getting hot on one of the sides.
It wasn't anything alarmingly hot but i wanted to know if it's just my iphone or if it's normal for the iPhone 4 to get warm when recording HD video.

My second replacement phone (which I believe was a refurb) experienced major overheating. I had the phone a few hours. I recorded 2 videos about 30 seconds each, I played Real Racing game about 10 minutes and took a call about 1 minute long. Put the phone in my holster and felt a burning in my side. Pulled the phone out and it was extremely hot. I touched a few people with it and they were shocked how hot it was. I called Apple and told them what happened. They told me this was a very serious issue. They asked me a few weird questions. The next day a brand new phone was delivered. Keep your eye on this. If it happens again and gets really hot then call Apple.

Iphone getting hot while using 3G

My iPhone4 is perfectly normal while using wi-fi internet connection, but it gets extremely hot while using the 3G internet services. Can anyone help me out?

It is normal for the phone to get hot when your using data such as YouTube videos, streaming music etc.. And as for the left speaker not working, the left speaker is a microphone, the right one is for sound. Don't worry, everything your iPhone is doing is normal.

WHY THE IPHONE GETTING HOT WHEN USING 3G PLUS WITH DATa?, WHY THE IPHONE GETTING HOT WHEN USING 3G PLUS WITH DATA?

why my iphone 4s getting hot when using 3g plus with data?
then my phone left side speaker didnt work when i list songs?

It is normal for the phone to get hot when your using data such as YouTube videos, streaming music etc.. And as for the left speaker not working, the left speaker is a microphone, the right one is for sound. Don't worry, everything your iPhone is doing is normal.

IPhone gets hot on long-ish calls

Talked to my sister yesterday - about an hour - using the iPhone. Call quality fine, but the back of the device got seriously warm, not burn warm, but definitely uncomfortable warm. A) has anyone else run into this? B)this makes me a little wary of buying a cover, as I don't want to overheat it.
G4 iMac/Intel iMac/4GB iPhone Mac OS X (10.4.10)

Jeev13
The phone also gets hot while surfing the web and while charging too.
I bought one of the silicone back covers for the phone and made the mistake of leaving it on while using the phone for calls, surfing the web, viewing images, listening to songs and charging the phone the whole first day I got it. My iPhone worked fine at first, then all sorts of weirdness broke out.
Now calls almost never have sound coming from the earpiece, WiFi is unreliable, enabling bluetooth freezes the phone in its tracks, screen re-draws and menu navigation freeze when entering or exiting Settings.
We live and learn.
I took the silicone cover out to the workshop and drilled 87 holes in a grid pattern across the whole bottom of it. Hopefully this will help dissipate some of the heat. I'll use the cover if I'm going somewhere, but not if I'm using the phone or it is charging. A phone repair is in the works.
All the best

Iphone gets hot

Since the 2.0 update my iphone gets pretty hot after 5 to minutes 10 of calling and also when i for example play a game from the app store it gets hot and a brighter spot appears on the screen
Is this a known problem? and can this be solved?

but the thing is i want iphone 1 and not the 3G. I bought mine in Germany when it was officially unlocked so my guess is when i send it to Apple the will replace it with a 3G phone and that would suck!

Iphone getting hot,temperature hot..to the touch

Recently I had my iphone getting really hot... and it reminded me of the dell lap tops which had the batteries getting hot and at times burning right in front of your eyes ..I wonder if Apple is waiting for the first Iphone to explode becouse of the heat which I think is caused by a cheap battery very much like Dells batteries.... is Apple going to recall these Iphones...anybody?.

A french teenager has sustained an injury to his eye after his girlfriends iPhone shattered. The boy was sitting on his terrace with his girlfriend when her iPhone 3G began to make hissing and crackling noises. The boy then took the iPhone and said that he felt something enter his eye.
“It was about 30 cm from my face when I felt something like a grain of sand enter my eye. It could not have been anything else but a piece of glass or plastic.” Apparently the lithium-ion battery may have been the reason of the fault according to a American Commission set up to study the occurrence.
Many other incidents like this have occurred, one happened earlier in England but with no injuries. A 11 year old girl was carrying an iPhone when it started to heat up and crack. Her father grabbed it off just in time to throw it before it exploded.

Iphone getting hot got replacement and this one is doing the same thing

After having it since November 2011 my iphone 3GS started getting hot to the touch last week and would not come on in any way. I went in and it was under warranty so they gave me a replacement and now this one is doing the same thing. UGH! Why?

Yahoo services have been having problems today, so I don't doubt that mail is one of them. They are having trouble updating the Weather app as well.
What is wrong with your voicemail. Remember that voicemail is a carrier function. The only thing Apple has to do with it is how it is retrieved. Can you describe your problem a little more clearly than "totally screwed up"?

Iphone gets hot and games

dear all
My iphone5 gets when I am playing games, specially injustice, can any one please help me with this issue?
how shall i tackle.
thanks

So the overheat thing is not very popular no...?
Anyway it did get hot very hot but. Like you said playing on it whilst charging it. There's a lot going on really isn't there. Thank you anyway add me on Facebook [email protected]

Iphone get hot when on charge but wont charge or connect to itunes??

For the last few days my iphone has been playing up. First of all the screen went funny. I had a bright white screen to start with, then it changed to the apple symbol stuck on the screen for awhile, the screen wouldnt turn off and felt very hot. I tried doing the reset (home + on button) quite alot but it just flashes off then back to the apple symbol, Iv plugged it in to the charger and to the laptop but no joy. The battery finaly went flat so all that comes up on the screen now is the empty red battery symbol, when I plug it in to charge the red battery symbol stays on the screen but doesnt charge and gets very hot!!! Its a 3gs what can I do?? Any ideas??

Hi,
I have the same trouble. After reading many internet sites around this subject I found the following solution.
Although apple explained that it is not necessary with the lightning connector to use it in a special direction this seems not to be true.
I have just turned my connector by 180° and it is working again.
Hopefully this direction does not fail too. There are only 2 possibilities

Iphone getting hot quick

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for