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iPhone 12 Pro Max iPhone 12 Pro Max overheating while using camera app

Have you ever experienced this problem with your iPhone 12

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    Votes: 9 36.0%

  • No

    Votes: 16 64.0%
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Bluesky2011

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Dec 25, 2012
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I have purchased my ip12 pro max for two weeks and just noticed a problem. When I use camera app to take photos continuously for about five to ten minutes ( 300pics in 5minutes - normally I often press shutter button rapidly to catch the best shot), my iphone start overheating. It is very warm and prompts with the “Flash is disabled”, the screen start dimmer and could not reach the highest brightness. It only reach full brightness after you leave it cooler.

I don’t know if this issue is normal or not. Anyone have the same issue?. If not, can you try to take 300 photos in 5 minutes outdoor where the phone is full brightness to test it. I would appreciate it if you could do it and give me a result. Thank you.
 
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Same problem here except I record videos. The 11 Pro Max I had before never had this problem under any situations.

So this is a serious step back from 11 Pro Max. And the A14 is supposed to be more efficient. Guess that applies only in lab conditions.

I had to wait minutes before the screen brightness comes back before I can see content on the display properly.
 
I don't know how common it is but I record and have never had my 12PM heat up. Not even get warm in the slightest way.
 
firedept said:
I don't know how common it is but I record and have never had my 12PM heat up. Not even get warm in the slightest way.
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Recording indoors or outdoors under the sun? Or under sun but in shade? What’s the temperature where you live?

I use mine outdoors and it overheats ALL the time when recording more than 5-10 minutes.
 
teohyc said:
Recording indoors or outdoors under the sun? Or under sun but in shade? What’s the temperature where you live?

I use mine outdoors and it overheats ALL the time when recording more than 5-10 minutes.
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I live in San Diego, California area. Always hot here. I video while hiking in the mountains. 90% of the time I am in direct sunlight. I can video anywhere from 5 minutes up to 30 minutes without my 12PM heating up. Temps are currently low 70's during the day.

I hike anywhere from early morning to late afternoon for a few hours every weekend when off work. Plus I walk for a couple hours every night during the week. Cooler temps at night at the moment. Low 50's.
 
teohyc said:
Same problem here except I record videos. The 11 Pro Max I had before never had this problem under any situations.

So this is a serious step back from 11 Pro Max. And the A14 is supposed to be more efficient. Guess that applies only in lab conditions.

I had to wait minutes before the screen brightness comes back before I can see content on the display properly.
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This is exactly what happened to me. I had 11 pro max before and never experienced this problem. I’m so disappointed with A14.
I don’t know if this is only happening to 12 pro max or with all Iphone 12 lineup. Waiting for more confirmation.
 
firedept said:
I don't know how common it is but I record and have never had my 12PM heat up. Not even get warm in the slightest way.
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Did you record video or take photos with your 12PM. Try to press the shutter continuously when taking photos. Your device would get hot faster when taking photos than recording video.
 
Bluesky2011 said:
Did you record video or take photos with your 12PM. Try to press the shutter continuously when taking photos. Your device would get hot faster when taking photos than recording video.
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I'll give it a try tomorrow. I have already taken well over 1000 photos and my wife has on her 12PM as well. We have done numerous large videos of our cats. We are both avid camera users. Neither of us has experienced the warming of the phones that this thread is about. But I will let you know tomorrow on our hike how it went with shooting photo's instead of video.
 
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When I record indoors, the phone does not overheat.

When I'm outdoors (30 to 33°C or 85 to 90°F), and overheats with video recording after some time.
 
Just noticed this yesterday for the first time. Thought it had something to to do with updating to iOS 14.3 as I hadn’t had this problem before. Mine dimmed the screen and got hot within 1min of recording video. Outside and about 32degC
 
Bluesky2011 said:
Can you please try to take 300 photos outdoors in 5 minutes to see if it overheat. It will be very quick. Thank you
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What's the use case for taking 60 photos in a minute?

Timelapse? I've tried. Overheats.

Outdoor conditions: 30 to 33°C or 85 to 90°F
 
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teohyc said:
What's the use case for taking 60 photos in a minute?

Timelapse? I've tried. Overheats.

Outdoor conditions: 30 to 33°C or 85 to 90°F
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That’s how I take photos of moving objects. I like taking multiple photos then choose the best shot.
Anw, thank for your test. I also test my friend’s 12 promax and it has the same issue. Hope it can be fixed by software update.
 
Okay so it was 82F here today. Went hiking in the mountains. 95% of day spent in the sun. Did burst photos. Did multiple rapid shooting of scenes. Did video. I tried everything to make my phone hot or overheat and could not successfully do it. It got slightly warm but I'm not even sure if that was from shooting pics or being in the sun. I really tried.
 
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firedept said:
Okay so it was 82F here today. Went hiking in the mountains. 95% of day spent in the sun. Did burst photos. Did multiple rapid shooting of scenes. Did video. I tried everything to make my phone hot or overheat and could not successfully do it. It got slightly warm but I'm not even sure if that was from shooting pics or being in the sun. I really tried.
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Well you’re the Fire Dept. your iPhone wouldn’t dare overheat!
 
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firedept said:
Okay so it was 82F here today. Went hiking in the mountains. 95% of day spent in the sun. Did burst photos. Did multiple rapid shooting of scenes. Did video. I tried everything to make my phone hot or overheat and could not successfully do it. It got slightly warm but I'm not even sure if that was from shooting pics or being in the sun. I really tried.
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It would be disastrous if normal usage of the camera to take photos can cause overheat.
 
The 12PM has a overheating issue. It will show using wireless qi chargers and power intensive apps. It is a little better with ios 14.3, but it is still there. Im betting that magsafe magnets have something to do with it.
 
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Bluesky2011 said:
I have purchased my ip12 pro max for two weeks and just noticed a problem. When I use camera app to take photos continuously for about five to ten minutes ( 300pics in 5minutes - normally I often press shutter button rapidly to catch the best shot), my iphone start overheating. It is very warm and prompts with the “Flash is disabled”, the screen start dimmer and could not reach the highest brightness. It only reach full brightness after you leave it cooler.

I don’t know if this issue is normal or not. Anyone have the same issue?. If not, can you try to take 300 photos in 5 minutes outdoor where the phone is full brightness to test it. I would appreciate it if you could do it and give me a result. Thank you.
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I had no problems with the 11 max but from day one the 12 has overheated quickly and the screen dims to zero. Worse with Raw Pro as obviously the computer is working harder. Had a two and a half hour session with Apple. They ran a series of diagnostic tests that showed that hardware was okay. Ended up doing a factory reset but the problem remains. I suggest that you pressure Apple . There is an obvious problem with the new chip and computational demand. I was happy with the 11 but the 12 Pro max camera , although good, seems to be useless unless you live in Alaska or Antarctica.
 
Mine started doing this. I was recording in doors and then all of a sudden the flash was disabled and it quit recording and got very hot. Hope there is a fix coming for this.
 
teohyc said:
Outdoor conditions: 30 to 33°C or 85 to 90°F
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You're near to the maximum operating temperature of the phone:
Apple said:
Operating ambient temperature: 0° to 35° C (32° to 95° F)
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Of course there's going to be less capacity for it to cope with internally-generated heat from the processor if the environmental temperature is that high.
 
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