Iphone 4 gets very hot.

[gc15]

This happens usually when the battery gets low, around 50% and lower and im playing a game, not a very heavy running game, for example angry birds or jetpack joyride, but it also occurs when i use twitter or facebook at times as well. It also just occurred while i was just checking twitter and instagram while it was charging and it felt very warm. I have had this phone for over 2 years now, and i know im in for an upgrade, but is this normal? Im trying my best to hold off on the next version of iphone, but i honestly dont know if i can.

Other problems i have, is the slowness of the device running on the most recent software, crashing, and freezing. My lock button is stuck so i cant reset my phone and sometimes notification center doesnt even pull down. Would a full system restore solve some of these problems? Would you guys upgrade now or wait? Just curious.

 

[imeth]

U waited this long, if u posted this last sep, I'd say upgrade but now just wait for the 5s it will totally be worth it.

 

[Mrbobb]

Not guarantee is gonna fix it, but I would do a full back up, do a RESTORE, reload your Apps and at this point am sure you have more than a few you haven't use for a while so you can just not load then, then re-sync your lib. Hopefully that clean the cruds out.

 

[darricksailo]

This happens usually when the battery gets low, around 50% and lower and im playing a game, not a very heavy running game, for example angry birds or jetpack joyride, but it also occurs when i use twitter or facebook at times as well. It also just occurred while i was just checking twitter and instagram while it was charging and it felt very warm. I have had this phone for over 2 years now, and i know im in for an upgrade, but is this normal? Im trying my best to hold off on the next version of iphone, but i honestly dont know if i can.

Other problems i have, is the slowness of the device running on the most recent software, crashing, and freezing. My lock button is stuck so i cant reset my phone and sometimes notification center doesnt even pull down. Would a full system restore solve some of these problems? Would you guys upgrade now or wait? Just curious.

I would also recommend doing a full restore. If it's software problems, this should help

 

[aarif2012]

Buy early, enjoy early.

 

[hamiltonDSi]

The battery is fried.
Happend to my 4 also...it was getting really hot then stopped working...I replaced the battery and everything went back to normal.

 

[macandmercedes]

Battery

Looks like it is the battery that is acting up, you would have to replace it ASAP. It may give you more trouble in the foreseeable future.

 

[HitchHykr]

I don't want to hijack this tread but I have similar symptoms with my 4s.

I took it to an Apple Genius and she ran some diagnostics and the battery checked out OK. Could the diagnostics be wrong? The battery goes down from 100% to less than 10% in less than 3 hours. I'd hate to spend the money to replace the battery if it's something else causing the issue.