Iphone 13 pro overheating

Just to update this. It was the Bluetooth causing it to overheat and drain the battery much faster than normal. After turning off the Bluetooth and allowing it to cool down, it's now cool to the touch even though I'm still running the hotspot and the battery is draining much slower now. Before the battery life meter showed a discharge rate on the scale at a 45-degree downslope but now it's almost a level discharge on the scale. It's been eight hours since recharging to 100% and I'm only at 65% on the battery with using it as a hotspot all day surfing the internet and streaming videos.

So, I consider this problem solved and may be a problem with others running their Bluetooth antenna like it was for me. I'm just so glad I'm not going to do a factory reset because that would be an all day event getting everything set back up and reinstalled the way I had it plus syncing my iTunes library would take another eight hours or more.

This problem started up again and it was the calendar and other apps running in the background so I went into settings and changed everything to manual update for the calendars, e-mail, and turned off most of the apps that had running in the background checked.

Now the phone is back to normal barely gets warm when charging and only needs to be charged once a day while being used as a hotspot instead of several times a day.

Checkout those background apps, especially calendar, turn them off or change to manual update like I did and you should see an immediate difference with how your phone behaves.

Sounds like your problem may be an update related problem that was fixed shortly after you posted this. You may want to check your calendar settings as well and change to manual instead of fetch or push. The calendar, Bluetooth, and background apps was my problem. After turning them off or changing to manual, the phone started working fine again without overheating or rapid battery drain.

Hey!

This is my first iPhone, the 13, I am a little overwhelmed by the issues.

I was wondering why would this be a premium phone if it can not manage heat?

How does it separate itself from other phones out there when its doing the same thing?

I am facing similar issues and also when on FaceTime for less than 5 minutes.

kamrun128 wrote:

Hi, is it sorted for you? Im having the same issue, after few mins of fb browsing or looking at any live video for just a few mins the upper part has become hot.

That is normal, unless the phone shuts down and displays a message saying the phone needs to cool down. Anything using energy generates wasted heat. It’s the 2nd law of thermodynamics. If you are browsing using mobile data, especially if it is 5G, and watching a video at the same time or downloading content that requires a lot of energy, and thus produces a lot of heat.

I solved my overheating problem by turning off all the apps running in the background, with calendar being the main culprit of running continuously until draining the battery.

Go into settings and change the mail, calendar, and other apps to manual instead of fetch or push notifications. After doing this my phone doesn't overheat anymore and I only have to recharge once a day and I use it as a hotspot all day long. With all these background functions turned off, the phone doesn't get hot despite being used as a hotspot all day long surfing the internet and watching YouTube videos and livestreams.

Bluetooth is also a huge power drain and if you're not using a Bluetooth peripheral make sure this is turned off also.

When your phone is properly configured you won't have these overheating and power drain issues even on 5G which is what I have.

Same case for me evne here in July 2022.

Light use can make the device pretty hot sometimes and it definitely has an effect on performance. Sometimes the app I’m using becomes unresponsive, even the whole phone can become unresponsive and I have to reboot it.

I’ve had iPhone since number 3 or 4. Never had any issues with any of them, until now. I have the iPhone 13 pro & it overheats ridiculously. Almost impossible to use outside, even when the weather isn’t hot or sunny. Such a dark screen to the point it’s unusable.

Nothing to do with the functioning of the screen, but I also find this phone is making my hand hurt even when typing a quick message or scrolling through the internet. The more ‘square’ corners make it much more uncomfortable to use than any other iPhone I’ve ever owned. I wish I’d stayed with the 12.

Apple refused to exchange for a different one too. ☹️

OMG i have the same issue. I actually went to apple store and express my concern regarding this. They said its normal, maybe because of the weather or the application I’m using, he checked my usage and it is fine I’m not using it excessively. So he advised me to make my connection as 4G, remove the background app refresh. AND STILL MY PHONE IS OVERHEATING. He even told me that I can’t compare my iphone 11 promax to this because it has different technology. I thought I made an upgrade :(

Do you use Bluetooth? That will cause it to overheat also regardless if your earbuds are on or not, as long as Bluetooth is turned on, it will drain the battery and cause the phone to heat up. Check your calendar also and change it to manual instead of fetch or push notifications. I use my phone all day long as a hotspot on 5G and it doesn't overheat anymore after turning all these background activities off.

I can see turning Background App Refresh off. But Bluetooth, by design is extremely low power and couldn't possibly contribute to a phone being too warm. Bluetooth in turned on on all my devices 24 hours a day and there has never once been a heat issue with it. EVER.

I was having the same problem with the Calendar app until I turned off the fetch and push notifications to manual only; sounds like the Mint app might be doing something similar because my Calendar app was working constantly in the background enough to kill my battery after a few hours when normally I get a full day's charge while using as a hotspot plus it doesn't get hot from using as a hotspot either.

Yeah I’m using my airpods most of the time so my bluetooth is always on. I’m just so sad that I thought I made an upgrade. Using 4G for my net, turning off background app refresh which is helpful, and now you are suggesting to turn off my bluetooth. This is stressing me out and now my health battery is on 97% given that its is only less than 6mos old phone. My iphone 11 promax is better than this :(

The advice to turn off Bluetooth above is simply, flatly, wrong. As I mentioned above, the Bluetooth radio on iPhone is extremely low energy and is not using much power at all. Thus, it cannot be the cause of heat generation.

It’s not only the cooling down issues though. The weight and uncomfortable shape of the phone makes for very painful hands and wrist. Also I’ve never had any phone that has a screen go so dark when outside. I couldn’t even see the screen whilst sat in the shade the other day.