iPhone 12 Pro Overheating

Mine is in for repair at a local center this Tuesday, i cant believe how many people are reporting this issue but Apple seem to think its the battery. Maybe they bought a stock of poor quality batteries to rush the handsets to market and they are now proving to be unreliable ?

I have the same issue with my iPhone XS. It was a perfect phone without any issues for 1.5 years. The moment I upgraded to iOS 14 it overheats, battery drains, faceID stoped working. So it must have something to do with the software upgrade.

Just my 5 cts worth.

Yes man, right here with you. Phone is over heating in the car. From GPS and streaming a audio book over YouTube. Need to take the case off and hold out the window to cool down or put up against the AC vent and blast it. Then it will let me use my phone again. Also noticed the screen flashing at night when I’m watching a movie or YouTube. The screen will flash white faintly. It’s annoying and will probably trade this iPhone 12 Pro Max for the 13 right away. I still have my 11 pro max that’s a champ. I’m a 2 phone guy.

I’m fuming... the software update did not help!!! This device is still overheating like crazy! I’m currently trying to watch a news channel online, but after less than 30 minutes watching this device is so burning hot that I can’t hold it in my hands/palm. My fingers are burning up trying to write this, so I’ll keep it short: This iPhone 12 Pro device that I’ve purchased is faulty from the start and I will not risk my health or property by using a device that just might go up in flames. I demand a replacement (with hopefully a functional device) or a full refund. I will contact the seller and return this and will also dmenad an explanation from Apple Support again. The software update was supposed to fix yhe overheating problem. It did not. This just won’t do!

I started this “iPhone 12 pro max getting hot” thread. My only issue with the heating up is while charging with the new USB-C cable. I’ve noticed if I charge it with my prior phones plug and regular USB to lightning cable it does NOT get hot.

It never seems to get hot while using it(and I use it a LOT). I think it’s a great device. I jumped from a 6 Plus to the 12 Pro Max.

I live the size and the speed is great. But it should not get as hot as it does with the charger system meant for it.

Ya know?

Hi I’ve had my 12 pro for about 3 months and have noticed the overheating. Which stands out more then any is the use off Alexa app . I’ve currently put Alexa camera in home with all usually Alexa dot/show but every time I go into Alexa app it seems to overheat

What do you mean? Of course it’s too hot, if it’s so hot that it is painful to touch and/or hold, and if it shuts down apps and functions. Like shutting off the torch, forcefully auto-dimming the display and disabling the camera flash. When these happen, the device is useless. And these happen daily. The other night I could not fall askeep because the palm of my left hand was aching due to the heat that had transferred to my hand from the overheated device while I had held it during a call over Facetime. I had to end the call as I could not hold it anymore due to the heat and pain that it caused! And my hand still kept aching for quite a while afterwards.

My phone is set to max brightness and auto brightness turned off and out of nowhere the screen will dim and the back of the phone gets extremely warm. This happens when i’m just browsing Instagram or facebook. Only one app open and no charger plugged in. It’s been happening since I got the phone and no update has fixed it. Literally just happened to me before I posted this. Also I have my background app refresh turned off, so this is definitely some type of hardware issue i think.

Yes me too on my iphone 12 pro..

get heated about 45 degree centigrade, when measured with infrared thermometer.

This happens after using the camera for video recording with flash..

never expected this from apple!!!!!!!!!

It's normal for your phone to get warm when it's doing something like streaming video or FaceTime. Warm is expected as the battery is working much harder. If your phone is warm, it would NOT be cause for alarm. If your phone is too hot to touch, that is not normal. And if your phone is too hot to touch, it should display a message on the screen it needs to shut down to protect itself. If you're not getting such a message, the chances you are interpreting warm as overheating, which it most definitely is not.

Exactly! This just isn’t acceptable! It’s deceiving customers into buying an expensive, incomplete product that isn’t functioning properly. Apple shouldn’t have released it before proper qtesting and quality control. This is, as I say, unacceptable. I think everyone who is experiencing these same issues with the device - even after doing what Apple Support has advices would fix the issues (but didn’t fix them) - should demand to have it replaced or refunded and not give up. We as customers have been mislead and sold a defective product.

updated immediately to iOs 14.4 hoping that the problem would be fixed on my iphone 12 but i'm really disappointed since the problem still persists!! it doesn't have much overnight battery drain compared to ios 14.3 but the heating issue is still there!! used the facebook messenger app (just chatting) for 20 minutes and lost about ~10% lmao thought it would've been the perfect time to upgrade but i'm really disappointed with my iphone 12 right now!!

iphone 12 A2404 128GB, iOs 14.4 (18D52)

I am using my 12pro for almost two months. I am facing the heating issues as well. I have only a few applications opening. Sometimes i was only using for 15 minutes and the upper back will be too hot to touch. I will need to shut down the phone and wait for a few moments and turn it on again to solve the problem. But after a few more usage, the heating problem happens again. It's been bothering me for two months. I am now using the ios 14.4. Please help.

Same here- this is my second iphone 12 Pro- Gold in 10 days. Went to apple store, they saw issues and gave me dome refurbished phone. Still having issues, low battery life, overheating, scanner app does not work to scan menu... went to apple store today they cannot find issues- so solution was to erase my phone and start like i never had iphone before?!!! hello ... my 80 apps that i put in folders and setup are gonne? how would i remember what i downloaded 5 years ago... seems like apple problem, not mine...🙏 finally called t-mobile asking for label to return this crap version of iphone 12 pro, which sadly is dissapointing.... after so many years of trust in iphone product they cannot make it right.... so T-mobile will ship me new phone, hopefully the new one will work without issues🙏

The term "overheating" is being abused in this thread. A phone which is actually "overheating" displays a message on the screen the phone needs to cool down. It has circuitry built in to protect the phone and will even shut the phone down to avoid actual overheating. A phone getting warm is not overheating.