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Edge1978

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My aunt got an iPhone 12 pro max and she said whenever she plays candy crush and only candy crush her phone gets extremely hot. She said her daughter called her as she was playing and she couldn’t put the phone to her face it was that hot. She plays other games on her phone but candy crush is the only game that makes her iPhone hot. I couldn’t find anything on this.

Has this happened to anyone else?
 
My aunt got an iPhone 12 pro max and she said whenever she plays candy crush and only candy crush her phone gets extremely hot. She said her daughter called her as she was playing and she couldn’t put the phone to her face it was that hot. She plays other games on her phone but candy crush is the only game that makes her iPhone hot. I couldn’t find anything on this.

Has this happened to anyone else?
I don’t play Candy Crush but a couple years back I was playing Neko Atsume and the same thing happened anytime I opened it on my iPhone 8 Plus. I just had to give up the game. It never stopped and I never found out why. I guess you can go to the App Store and post a review of the game and mention it. That sometimes gets a response from the developer. Or see if they have contact information for the company and someone may get back to help you solve it.
 
My aunt got an iPhone 12 pro max and she said whenever she plays candy crush and only candy crush her phone gets extremely hot. She said her daughter called her as she was playing and she couldn’t put the phone to her face it was that hot. She plays other games on her phone but candy crush is the only game that makes her iPhone hot. I couldn’t find anything on this.

Has this happened to anyone else?
This seems to be an ongoing issue with A14 and unoptimized games,the phones get super hot.

Hopefully the developers can sort it out, as suggested above it will be best to leave a review in the App Store to make them aware.
 
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My aunt got an iPhone 12 pro max and she said whenever she plays candy crush and only candy crush her phone gets extremely hot. She said her daughter called her as she was playing and she couldn’t put the phone to her face it was that hot. She plays other games on her phone but candy crush is the only game that makes her iPhone hot. I couldn’t find anything on this.

Has this happened to anyone else?
Not an iPhone but my Mom play King games including candy crush on her 2020 iPad Air and games from that developer freeze and have to force closed. So maybe the issue is that games are not optimized yet of iOS 14.
 
I had noticed the same issue - instant heat when playing candy crush. I have updated the app through the App Store and issue appears to have gone.
 
I havent experienced it myself but I seen some Youtubers say the phone get very hot while gaming on the 12 Pro Max.
 
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