iPhone 12 Pro Overheating

I have iphone12 mini got it from Christmas as a present.. the phone is getting extremely very hot while on videocall it is really scary that the phone might explode. And the phone was having a warning to shutdown to cool it down..

got i phone7 before this so ibackup and transferred to this phone i was thinking maybe that’s the problem. So I restored to factory settings and start the phone as new device but still the same problem!!!!

apple please fix this problem

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.

Phone display dims to below 50% despite being set to maximum brightness. No this is not auto brightness. Whenever phone cools normal operation resumes. My iPhone 12 Pro Max overheats in under 60 seconds using Google Nest.

My phone just turn off because was overheated, and the problem was not the charger ,because i used the same charger the whole week! i bought the iPhone 12 pro max last week because my son wanted upgrade his phone and we got the bogo promotion! That's my first iPhone , and i am very disappointed ! Probably i will return the iPhone and back to samsung!! iPhone has too many issues. Its ridiculous a $1200 phone doesn't come with charger!!!

This is the exact issue I’ve been experiencing. I have had the phone since it’s release (12 pro max) and it has been fine up until yesterday. It heats up when doing the most menial of tasks, even to the point where I have to put the phone down to cool. Seriously not impressed as I dropped over $2k (NZD) into this phone. I hope to hear soon what this issue is and how to resolve it.

I’ve been having the overheating issue since I got my 12 pro max and finally solved it. The phone would always be warm, even more so when I was actually using it but nothing showed up in the battery history significant. I restored a few times and reset all setting but after a lot of digging I discovered a bit with I cloud, particularly I cloud for windows creating a sort of never ending sync, so I turned off iCloud for safari, deleted the local bookmarks, uninstalled iCloud for windows and then turned iCloud for safari back on and no more hot phone, works for me, so hopefully it may help some of you.

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’ve had my iPhone 12 mini going on a month now and it is over heating as well. I say ‘overheating’ because I’m pretty sure the phone has heat going through it because it’s running and there are a lot of moving parts but the phone is hot to the touch. I believe if I was to let it sit on my skin it would definitely burn my skin badly. Luckily, I don’t have this issues with the new iPad Air

It does come with a charger(wire) but it doesn’t come with the wall adapter(plug in) everyone seems to have a problem with the phone getting hot while charging and while simply using the phone it’s self

Actually, i have found a solution - tough partial and applies only to those in similar circumstances. I had, as part of my Norton subscription, downloaded on my iPhone 12ProMax the app and activated, as it suggested,the VPN. Well, my phone started with the overheating and battery drainage issues, even consuming up to 65% battery by 10 AM!!!

Once I removed the VPNs, all went back to normal. no overheating, and now it is 5 pm and i still have 70% battery despite normal use of the phone (calls, texts, internet searches, etc)

So I hope this helps someone

BesT of luck

Hi guys,

do this test for me to see if this temperature is normal. Play a video on Facebook for an hour sitting on a table (not charging) and next play a video and place it under your pillow. Check the temperature even the flash light won’t turn on. Any other phones don’t need air to cool.

You assertion "other phones don't need air to cool" is false and completely wrong. ANY activity that drives a Lithium iON battery to work harder, which running a video for an hour surely does, makes the battery work harder, causing heat. This is the physics of batteries and completely normal. When you deny the device air movement, such as putting it under a pillow causing the heat to build up further is most unwise and honestly potentially DANGEROUS.

I hope NO ONE tries your not very wise experiment. It is not a measure of anything and in fact could cause harm to peoples phones or even cause something worse if they do this.

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!

Thank you, I will. I already have a case number from my last call with Apple Support. So aI’ve already been in contact with Apple Support directly. That’s why I’m so upset - they told me the software update would fix the problem. It did not.