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iPhone 7+ getting too hot?
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Same here. My girlfriend was hot when I first met her, but it evened itself out over time.
We're you able to swap it out? This morning my wife's phone was hot and showed the message to let it cool down.
Didn't need to. She said it stopped getting warm. If it starts again I will make an appointment and take it in.
I wonder of this problem is with all the phones or just some of them.
A phone should not get hot unless your are playing games or watching video.
Just texting, e-mail, light apps should not make it hot.
Is this normal to happen ok day to day use of the iPhone
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Does it still get warm with daily use
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Did it fix it
Smartphones, tablets, notebooks and laptops should not get hot doing simple stuff. Unless you are playing games or watching videos it should not get hot.
There may be OS problem if the CPU is running full speed for
simple stuff.
Just texting, e-mail, light apps and light internet use should be cold to the touch.
Sounds like this could be problem with these new phones if lot of people are saying the iPhone 7 is getting really hot.
Sounds like this could be new problem when phone is charging it is overheating when it is charging. As other people have had same problems.
I know my older phone use to get some what hot when charging.
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[doublepost=1475015959][/doublepost]Mine only gets hot when I am playing a game, or watching a streaming show on NetFlix, which I am assuming means those two high performance cores were really going at it. Doesn't get hot at all while charging.
Ugh! First phone got warm after a minute of use. Genius appointment said it's normal and wouldn't swap it out. Chatted online and they sent an express replacement right away. Even commented how weird it was they didn't replace it since I have apple care. Second phone, same issue. Brightness at 100% and viewing instagram for a minute already makes the home button and bottom bezel get warm. Doesn't seem normal to me. I understand heavy use, but after a minute of light use?! Not good.
Were you restoring? Because these devices always get hot in restoration.
No. during restoration, heavy use, gaming, video playback, it makes sense. But I have the AC on and literally just surfing the net in bed, one app open and the bottom area is already warming up.
I really hope this is a software issue.
I laid mine on ice pack while restoring, stayed nice and cold.
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A lot of people? Is that like the couple dozen on here out of millions.
Mine got hot during restore as it was working hard downloading my music, photos, apps and I had it plugged in.after that only time it gets warm is if I have screen turned up 100%, charging, and doing something intensive.
I have heard people in past iPhones could have heat issues if an app hangs up and powered the radio constantly. Or get caught in a loop. They usually cured it by deleting and re downloading the app fresh. You can many times detect the offending app by looking for unusual run times when you look at battery in settings. Hit the little clock on right side to give you screen and standby times for each app
With that said, if you have a cell in battery that is defective, that has heated up phones in past. But Apple can detect that by running diagnostic if you are worried.
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