Loud crackling noise then iPhone 12 shut off

Good news everyone, still happens in 2022 🤓

just had the bajeesus scared out of me when it crackled and then the bottom half of my screen was discolored, and I couldn’t do anything for a few seconds and then it reboot with the apple logo and everything and now it seems ok

nice to see no changes have been done to stop it from happening on the 12 max pro after 2 years haha

Just had exactly the same issue, except no screen issues. Just had a crackling noise, screen went black, then turned back on with Apple logo. I did note that’s the startup was a lot quicker than it would normally be after it turned off.

What in the name of the wee man!

legit just thought my phone was about to burst into flames and disintegrate in my hand 😰!

loud zap/crackle ⚡️ noise and then pretty confetti 🎊 horizontally flying all over my screen! thankfully rebooted and is currently ok 👌🏼

Saaaaame. Ugh. It happened today to my iPhone 12 Pro, about 4 months old. Was on weather app and CRACKLE BUZZ REBOOT. No weird colors/pixelation and it came

back up almost immediately. No issues since but totally bizarre. Sounds like a non-issue?

Same thing just happened to me. I have an iPhone 12 Pro Max, bought on the day it was released, so not quite 2 yrs old. I was playing an app. Same as all others, staticky, crackling noise followed by reboot. Amazing Apple not addressing this thread as so many have experienced that problem.

This just happened to me. iPhone 12 Pro Max using the Amazon app and suddenly a LOUD crackle noise (**** near dropped the phone!) and pinkish/purple static across the top of the screen and then it went black. After a bit the Apple logo came up (that was a relief!). Seems okay now. There is an entry for it in the Settings/Privacy/Analytics & Improvements/Analytics data.

Exact same thing happens to me I was also on tik tok scrolling when my phone cracked then shut off and little confetti like purple things came in my screen near the charging port side of my phone I have a iPhone 12 and have had it for about a year and months. I can’t help but think this is due to my storage being full but I’m not sure.

This is the second iPhone 12 mini I’ve had but the first time this has happened. I was on the phone with my partner and playing sudoku. Phone not hot. Phone on charger. About to go to bed, went to speak, phone made the LOUD noise, gave me multicolored confetti glitches, froze, then shut off. Honestly sounded like the hacking sound effects in movies. Hey Apple, funny how you haven’t answered this thread.

I Phone 12 pro

i had the same issue was scrolling through Facebook and you get sub videos from Tim Tok usually 3-4, the video if it makes any details was of a guy opening a basket with an unsustainable lizard in it then my phone made a fizzle electrocution sound and then the video had a cracked blue glaze and the phone when blank and turned off

I am not entirely sure it was a technical fault rather than someone gaining or hacking my phone love to hear from Apple what it is

This just happened to me too. I was in the middle of crushing a level on candy crush saga, made loud crackling noise, purple/blue pixels, shut off and rebooted. startled the crap out of me. had this phone since feb of last year and its never happened before. (Pro Max model)

Happened to me ten minutes ago. So scary!! Loud noise and then a static-y looking screen before shutting off. I was playing a game on my phone... Apple Support wasn't really able to do anything other than say that if it happens again to contact them. Very weird.. I honestly wonder what happened.

Just happened to me I was playing a game and it made a very large crack noise and then turned off I thought my phone broke or the battery popped but no I can’t find the reason or the cause to this but now I’m scared to charge my phone please someone tell me the cause of this

i reported the same problem earlier has anybody noticed after this problem has occurred during the charging the battery seems to be getting a lot hotter? ……going to Apple Monday to ask them to run an analysis on my phone it doesn’t feel safe anymore

Ok so this just happened to me too. Scrolling through FB for a while. Heard a loud electrical crackle and the phone rebooted. Very odd. Once rebooted the phone doesn’t feel hot but I did try to take a photo with flash and got a “too hot” message. IOS 15.6

Spoke to Apple great news is they ran a diagnostic over the phone no need to visit now registered a case have a case number just in case!

The diagnostic came showed the phone is ok thank god.

I did get the feeling even though they were surprised at the issue it’s not the first time they heard of this problem they do know this is happening I kept pointing them to this site to read some of the peoples comment but seem to ignore me