iPhone hot to the touch
My Phone:
16g iPhone 3G with 3.0 update. Autolock set to 1 minute. Less than 25% of capacity used. No restrictive cases that might "smother" the phone.
What happens:
I plug in my iPhone 3G to charge it, set my alarm to wake me in the morning, and lock the screen (I see it go blank). I place it on the side table by my bed (not covered by anything). 5~7 hours later, I awaken to my phone hot to the touch and no longer with the screen locked. When I say hot, it's as hot as the bottom of any laptop can get that's been on and resting flat on a table. The battery meter has only a small sliver left and it's red. The amount of charge is between 10 and 20% because I get the low battery warning.
The first time this happened, the phone was unresponsive and the screen had a burn in mark, kind of like a halo, almost like the article about the white iPhone 3GS' discoloration on the back. I held down the power and home buttons in order to cycle it as it wouldn't respond to anything else. The second time this happened, I just turned it off to allow it to cool down for about 10 minutes. If I can take a correct guess, both times the phone felt like it was around 80 degrees Fahrenheit. I'm thinking about buying an infrared thermometer to check the temp next time this happens, because I'm sure it will.
How often:
This has happened twice so far. Once with the old (recalled) charger and another just last night with the new one. I've also tried using different usb cables and I also plugged the charger directly to the wall. This does not happen when I charge through USB over night (without the computer going into sleep/standby). This has NOT happened prior to updating to 3.0. I charge the phone every night since my normal usage brings the battery down to about 10-20%.
My 1 year warranty expires on July 20th. I'll be taking it in soon, but I just wanted to post to see if anyone else had the same problem...
16g iPhone 3G with 3.0 update. Autolock set to 1 minute. Less than 25% of capacity used. No restrictive cases that might "smother" the phone.
What happens:
I plug in my iPhone 3G to charge it, set my alarm to wake me in the morning, and lock the screen (I see it go blank). I place it on the side table by my bed (not covered by anything). 5~7 hours later, I awaken to my phone hot to the touch and no longer with the screen locked. When I say hot, it's as hot as the bottom of any laptop can get that's been on and resting flat on a table. The battery meter has only a small sliver left and it's red. The amount of charge is between 10 and 20% because I get the low battery warning.
The first time this happened, the phone was unresponsive and the screen had a burn in mark, kind of like a halo, almost like the article about the white iPhone 3GS' discoloration on the back. I held down the power and home buttons in order to cycle it as it wouldn't respond to anything else. The second time this happened, I just turned it off to allow it to cool down for about 10 minutes. If I can take a correct guess, both times the phone felt like it was around 80 degrees Fahrenheit. I'm thinking about buying an infrared thermometer to check the temp next time this happens, because I'm sure it will.
How often:
This has happened twice so far. Once with the old (recalled) charger and another just last night with the new one. I've also tried using different usb cables and I also plugged the charger directly to the wall. This does not happen when I charge through USB over night (without the computer going into sleep/standby). This has NOT happened prior to updating to 3.0. I charge the phone every night since my normal usage brings the battery down to about 10-20%.
My 1 year warranty expires on July 20th. I'll be taking it in soon, but I just wanted to post to see if anyone else had the same problem...
iPhone 3G, iPhone OS 3.0, 16g
