iPhone 12 Pro Overheating

That’s how it’s supposed to be. I’m getting rid of this iPhone 12 and I can’t stand this any more.

Ive told everyone I know about this issue and have saved them from purchasing this indoor only phone.

Totally agree with you - glad I made the downgrade to the 11Pro, although it did cost me more $$. But like you, the frustration with the 12 was making me crazy... anxious to hear about your next move - have been following your comments for weeks..

Hi All,

Am also facing same heat issue in my iphone 12.Its new and just am using almost 1 week only but most frequently getting heat. :-(

Apple should investigate about this issue even my iphone 6s plus not facing issue like this..

Overheating is heating above normal. My 12 max shouldn’t be warm or heating up at all. I’ve owned every iPhone since I first purchased the 3s way back, and none of my past phones have gotten warm or heated up.

im very frustrated because this is a persistent issue and it’s my second iPhone 12 that has been heating up.

my first purchase was the smaller iPhone 12; I returned it because of the overheating issue, and got the 12 max.

now I see all the complaints, I might have waited til apple worked the kinks out before trading in my perfect XR!

I just hope this OVERHEATING issue is resolved quickly. Apple has always been able to fix or replace every issue I’ve had……so far.

Did you ever get it? From what I’m reading I hope not, my 11 pro still dims and overheats. I play games, take photos, read emails same things most of us do on their phones. I can’t even take pictures out in the summertime because the screen dims so much I can’t see it. Very disappointing

Update for my 12 promax that I thought was overheating I reckon it was overheating however seem to venue initial set up when it was working very hard trying to download the 200+ gigabytes of storage information from the cloud since that day the first day of owning it I've had no overheating issues.....

I have the same issue, if i am out of AC temperature my phone start over heating, i got message overheat warning in morning when i was driving my car AC was not working which causes my iphone to overheat.

My 1phone 11 mini overheated when not in heat more than 5 minutes. I was using GPS when I noticed it wasn’t giving me next steps and when I looked it said it needed to cool down

this is not cool - I needed my directions

I just got the phone. Is it time to return it before my 30 days is up

I’m wondering if I should run over my iPhone 12 Max Pro? There is nothing allowed to run in the background. I have converted over to 4 other podcast apps in order to avoid a fire by using Apple podcast app…my phone is seconds away from bursting into flames at least 50% of the day; the other 50% it’s just hot, not burning. If Apple tells me one more time to turn off apps- I will have to respond with Go F yourself. I didn’t pay another $1400 18 months after last phone to be burned every time I pick it up. Apple should be ashamed of themselves. This phone is a piece of sht.

You mean the iPhone 12 Pro Max is made to work inside a 20degree Fahrenheit cooler- for 5 minutes maximum- yes- in fact this phone overheats inside a beer cooler- within minutes. Well done Apple! Fine product with a poopy camera that can’t be used because phone will catch on fire. Podcast- don’t even think about it.

Because the phone is faulty and Apple has yet to fix this problem. They just keep telling people to turn off all background apps. Fine- but that means you also can’t ever open any apps- because then the phone has to work and it will overheat within minutes. This is the worst phone I’ve ever owned. Truly a piece of garbage. Apple- you are going to lose me- and then everyone I know, and my private practice and my family- burn victims have a hard time finding jobs…you gonna hire all us burn victims?

I found a new use for all my face masks- if I pile 2-3 of them as a tent over my phone while I’m driving- I can see the VERY DIM screen to navigate- so that’s good. Recycle your masks!!!! iPhone tent!!!

20 People!!! That’s not a big sampling for an appropriate study. Seriously, this thread doesn’t hold enough people of an appropriate study in comparison to the amount of iPhone 11 or 12 model owners . Yes, there are people not having issues. One polled all of them. Return it or bite the bullet and go buy something else. Apple will not miss you and they are after all electronic devices. Email Tim Cook. Stop complaining. Trust me, I have had some pretty big Apple issues that I take up with Apple not here. If this is your biggest problem in life your a darn lucky person these days.

There are probably some who do not experience the problems we "complainers" are mentioning. But until you have been to Apple a few times for "resetting", "display adjustments", and diagnostic testing and merely told by them to change your screen brightness or close apps ( you should be able to run apps) and that this is a way to protect your phone (when in fact your have a phone that cannot be used outdoors in sunlight), until you have had a replacement (or two) that continues to behave the same, until you have bought the 12 ($$) and then had to buy a downgrade model ($$) so you can just have a phone that connects to your other Apple devices, until you cannot take pictures, until you cannot read Maps because the screen is too dark, or until you have your phone completely shut down due to overheating..... -- Until you have experienced that, it is understandable that you think some of us are over-reacting.

For completely unrelated reasons;

i haven’t been able to use any of the following features on ANY Apple features;

location services, so obviously any of the features that allows. There’s many. No Books, no apple, no health App features ( that I can really use) no Photos, no Files or Folders App, I have an unmentioned amount of swapped devices, both phone and iPad since 12/2019. I still can’t use any of those features.

im confused is this a technical support forum or a complain about Apple forum because if this is case I can start list all the things I’ve had wrong right here.

The word “overeating” was never used. I used the word complaining. I’m not going to provide links to a dictionary. You figure out the difference between the two words.