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iPhone Air My air overheated!
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Keep your phone out of direct sunlight while charging. Problem solved. It has happened to me with the 16PM, as well as the 16e. No reason to return your Air.
It’s honestly not obvious. Your phone went to emergency mode. Normally, it would be in two stages, going to “charging on hold” first.
iPhone Air was my phone I was rocking over the 17PM. until today.
It was in my pocket and was extremely hot against my leg all of a sudden and then I took it out and could barely hold it. It was so so hot.
It didn’t even have anything going on.
It was in my pocket and was extremely hot against my leg all of a sudden and then I took it out and could barely hold it. It was so so hot.
It didn’t even have anything going on.
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I don’t have an air but bought the spigen essentials cryomax magfit charger for my pro.
It was only £22 on offer at Amazon. Honestly I’m shocked how well it works as the phone actually feels cold.
When you take the phone off it, you can actually see a cold (wet)spot where air condensates on the charging/cooling plate.
It was only £22 on offer at Amazon. Honestly I’m shocked how well it works as the phone actually feels cold.
When you take the phone off it, you can actually see a cold (wet)spot where air condensates on the charging/cooling plate.
If you live in the south and your car doesnt have ac every iphone will do this fast lol, the mini would do this when i first got in the car until the ac ran long enough to cool off
My 15 Pro is okay connected by cable to Carplay using Waze, I have not yet seen overheating.
Car does have AC however.
My car has active cooling wireless charging and never had this issue
AC cannot do anything to A direct sunlight . If some users use the phone while fast charging in direct sunlight in locations where outside temp are over 40C....chemistry happens
Unless your car's phone mount (like mine) attaches onto a vent's fins so that the phone is right in front of the vent, in which case the AC air blasts over the back of the phone and keeps it cold even in direct sunlight.
So that’s all the context you can or want to provide? Was the sun shining, was it shining on the phone or just your (dark colored?) car, was the car hot itself, is it a fast charging cable, since when do you use the phone, do you have any settings that your phone only uploads to iCloud or whatever when charging, etc
I am not putting any blame on you, it is very frustrating when this happens and it seems this shouldn’t happen at all anymore.
But you’re not really making a case here when you just say it overheated while charging in a car, because that’s not uncommon at all, unfortunately.
I am seeing this almost all the time when I do intense gaming or I'm wirelessly charging.
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What was the weather like when it happened and was it exposed to the sun at the same time? If not too hot outside and in the cabin, I would be concerned, as if it overheats while plugged in it would absolutely cook up with wireless car chargers.
I would get these alerts every now and again on iPhone 7, iPhone 11 and 12 mini when my iPhone was mounted to a windscreen in a warm sunny weather, so you need to see whether shifting your Air position could help. If you can, try using it with a CarPlay in your surroundings in similar weather doing the same stuff and see if it helps? Your Air screen will be off then, so using way less power for the screen, etc.
Less room for heat to spread out since all components are in the plateau and body is all battery, plus a brighter display.
The Vapor chamber doesn't solve overheating, but but allows the heat to no longer be centered in one area. It allows the heat to expand, allowing for continuous power over long periods. Rather then short bursts leading to the device to thermal throttle and overheat.
Rather then the device overheating in 1hr of heavy video, it now 4+ hours.
Return for what? Pros do this also.
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