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iPhone 4 Experiences 'Self Combustion' Aboard Just-Landed Aircraft
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Phone should be turned off at landing
Why did the phone overheat? Every time I take a plane, the flight crew advises everyone to turn off the phone completely even if it has airplane mode. Sounds to me like someone was not following directions.
That's what he gets.
Why did the phone overheat? Every time I take a plane, the flight crew advises everyone to turn off the phone completely even if it has airplane mode. Sounds to me like someone was not following directions.
That's what he gets.
Just what we need!
More reasons for aviation authorities to tell us not to use cell phones on planes.
But seriously people like to complain about not being allowed to use cell phones on planes. If one person were using a cell phone, there's absolutely no effect it would have on the plane. On the other hand, I might see it as plausble that there might be some small amount of interference if EVERYONE were using their cell phones on the plane at once.
This one time, my wife was reading her Nook on a plane, when some guy said to her that she was going to crash the plane with that thing on. I told him he should learn how these things work before opening his mouth. He just looked away. I'm guessing he didn't expect anyone to stand up to him.
Let's just say, for the sake of argument, that something like an iPod Touch might cause trouble if it were transmitting, searching for a wifi signal (although I expect it's completely passive while scanning). A Nook or Kindle, the ePaper models, are basically as OFF as they can be while you're reading a static page. The eInk requires no power at all to maintain an image. And then when you hit the next-page button, for a brief instant, it's using a tiny amount of power to refresh the display. Wifi (this one is not 3G capable) isn't even switched on unless you ask it to do something that requires it.
More reasons for aviation authorities to tell us not to use cell phones on planes.
But seriously people like to complain about not being allowed to use cell phones on planes. If one person were using a cell phone, there's absolutely no effect it would have on the plane. On the other hand, I might see it as plausble that there might be some small amount of interference if EVERYONE were using their cell phones on the plane at once.
This one time, my wife was reading her Nook on a plane, when some guy said to her that she was going to crash the plane with that thing on. I told him he should learn how these things work before opening his mouth. He just looked away. I'm guessing he didn't expect anyone to stand up to him.
Let's just say, for the sake of argument, that something like an iPod Touch might cause trouble if it were transmitting, searching for a wifi signal (although I expect it's completely passive while scanning). A Nook or Kindle, the ePaper models, are basically as OFF as they can be while you're reading a static page. The eInk requires no power at all to maintain an image. And then when you hit the next-page button, for a brief instant, it's using a tiny amount of power to refresh the display. Wifi (this one is not 3G capable) isn't even switched on unless you ask it to do something that requires it.
Being a prick can make anyone explode
Makes you wonder why go with glass on back when it could very well puncture the battery when broken?
My 4s got hot when:
I left it recording a movie in the picture app and then just shut the leather case.... It felt pretty hot... I opened the case and saw myself on the screen and realized that it was 'recording'. I stopped the record and it hasn't done that since...
It works perfectly since.. and the battery seems to last as long as my old 4
My 2c...
I left it recording a movie in the picture app and then just shut the leather case.... It felt pretty hot... I opened the case and saw myself on the screen and realized that it was 'recording'. I stopped the record and it hasn't done that since...
It works perfectly since.. and the battery seems to last as long as my old 4
My 2c...
This is my friend. It happened to him on friday and pasted it on his facebook not long after it happened. The phone was actually still off as he was still sitting in his seat on the aircraft as it had just landed in sydney. It just started smoking in his hand and getting really hot and then self combusted in his lap. pretty crazy, the stewardess ran for a fire extinguisher he said, normal protocol.
This just in...Bill O'Reilly claims that the burning iPhone was the direct result of an attempt to destroy President Obama's real, Kenyan birth certificate...
The inside of the cabin, where the passengers and crew sit, is pressurized (though not to the same level as found on the ground) to prevent popped ear drums and other more severe unpleasantries. I doubt pressure change played a significant role in this.
I thought that the, erm, tradition was something like "not guilty until proven otherwise". You're doing it wrong: if you don't know for a fact that the makes and models were not repeated, you shouldn't be accusing/insinuating/babbling idly.
Just lucky this happen in Australia, if this was a US flight, the plane would have been grounded, everyone interrogated and the owner of the iPhone treated as a terrorist until a full investigation had taken place.
Genius: Sorry, it looks like the fire sensor went off. this definitely looks like fire damage. It will be $200 to replace this for you.
I'd vote for RedGlowOfFieryHell-Gate!
(hey, maybe with such a name it would finally take off...)
Looks like the steve jobs commemoration logo, if so this phone has been modded which could be the culprit. But maybe it's just my eyes deceiving me