My iPhone gets so hot, why?

It gets a little warm when recharging a really low battery. This is normal. However, if it's really hot, the phone is stuck in some sort of process, sucking power and running down the battery, which then gets too hot for comfort. To fix this, reboot the phone by holding down both the home and power buttons for a few seconds, 10 to 15 secs, until the white apple logo appears, then release. Put the phone down on a surface to help cool and it should be good in a few minutes. Do this anytime the phone seems to be warmer than usual. I hope this helps.

StarRBD,

Were you charging it inside a case? If so what kind of case?

Many cases will insulate the iPhone and prevent it from cooling normally, especially during heavy use or charging.

Hope this helps,

Nathan C.

StarRBD,

While it may get warm during charging, if you are concerned about it being too warm, I would recommend making an appointment at the Genius Bar at an Apple Retail Store if there is one near you.

Hope this helps,

Nathan C.

If your phone is still getting hot and battery draining what seems quickly.

Mind doing me a favor. Go to Settings. Then Usage. At the bottom note the Send/Received size amounts.

Check again in about 20 mins. And jot down those values. Then post them back here.

Note this is if you are NOT using WiFi currently and only using Edge.

I suspect a process is running (stuck) in the background and is constantly processing (odds are a stuck email check, some web page previous browsed to...who knows really). If this is the case, then your numbers will be jumping up on data transfer as it stuck in a loop trying to do something (others have seen this).

Now you can also just skip all that and just do a true reboot and see if the probem goes away over the next day.

A reset/reboot is:

Go to Home Screen
Press and Hold Home Button
Keep holding and press and hold Lock Button
Keep holding Both
You will see Slide to Turn Off (Don't let go to slide, just keep holding)
The phone will turn off (in time, but screen will look like it has some white lines)
Keep Holding
When you see the Apple Logo, you can let go.

Turning off via the Slide to Turn off while good and fine to turn off, is more like the Sleep Mode on a computer. Thus any locked up issues in memory remain when you turn back on. A reboot as described is like doing a real Turn off and Turn On on a computer.

I feel a reboot will fix your problem (if not a hardware issue, which if it is, they will replace the phone).

I had the same problem. The Genius's gave me another phone also. They said they have seen a couple like that.

StarRBD,

Indeed it can be a physical issue with the iPhone, but it is also good to try and eliminate other possibilities.

Thank you for letting us no how your issue was resolved,

Nathan C.