iPhone 14 Pro Max overheating

Past couple days my iPhone14 Pro Max has been overheating. I have restarted it 3 times in the past two days.

iPhone 14 Pro Max

Posted on Oct 9, 2022 10:19 AM

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Posted on Jun 7, 2023 1:46 AM

One of the main reasons why your iPhone 14 Pro/Pro Max is getting hot is because of the use of power-hungry apps. Certain apps use more resources than others, and this can cause the device to heat up. Apps that are known to be power-hungry include games, video streaming apps, and GPS navigation apps.

To Overcome this problem you can do the following 

~ Close Power Hungry Apps 

~ Update Your Phone to Latest Software 

~ Disable Background refresh 

~ Use an external fan or cooling device 

~ Reduce screen brightness 

~ Disable location services 

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Feb 17, 2023 3:53 PM in response to fuaty63

A few years ago I used IPhone XS when I was used Caplay it very good never overhead..but unlucky I change new IPhone 14 pro Max when I drive use Caplay listen music is usually overhead, I touch the phone very hot ..

I continue with support Apple they make appointment for me go to Apple Store Saint Catherine Montreal to change another phone ( I buy only a few months it mean I have garantie)

but so disappointed they tell me overhead is normal ? They don’t want to change new phone for me , They tell myrestore is to be good ..!!!

until now when I use Caplay the phone very hot !

I don’t know what to do ?

Oct 12, 2022 12:35 AM in response to RuckU2

My iphone 14 Pro Max is overheating!!! ;-( when dping simple things like browsing the web, and when charging, none of my other iphones have ever done that? I have tried all the fixes, and it was temporary and came back, there is so much on the net at the moment about people complaining why isnt apple doing anything about it? IOS updates dont fix the problem either??? Its an expensive phone!

Oct 27, 2022 10:11 AM in response to RuckU2

I’ve owned a iphone 14 promax within days of its release. It’s been overheating shortly after. It happens often; it doesn’t prompt me

to shut down but it does give me the warning of too hot, not charging. I’m using the leather case sold by apple. I’ve owned iPhones my entire life and this is definitely not normal. I’ve never had a phone hot all of time for no reason. It’s happening as I’m typing this lol

Nov 20, 2022 9:55 PM in response to RuckU2

I upgraded from 11 Pro to 14 Pro and it’s a great hand warmer for the Winter! Not normal and I went to Verizon today to get a new one. On back order and I had to pay $112 sales tax for them to ship a new 14 Pro to my house. The Verizon guy said the overheating is a hardware issue and a few customers have returned their phones as well. I never had this issue with 11 Pro and it’s not normal. The battery drains by 40% in 2 hours. This one is a dud!

Jan 3, 2023 7:47 PM in response to mclark311

Hi. I must clarify I have the iPhone 14plus which has experienced the overheating problem. I haven’t filed a complaint yet since there is some improvement. I have noticed a connection to the amount of apps open especially with things like Audible, Netflix, photos etc. but really with the power of this latest model phone and with a high storage capacity this shouldn’t be.

Jan 5, 2023 7:22 AM in response to RuckU2

I have the same issue. Today i called Apple they made some test on the phone and said phone is OK. But i know it’s not. I am charging without using the phone at the same time and phone is stopping the charge due to overheating.


Generally i plug in the charger at night, and at morning when i unplug battery is %100. But the phone is hot as ****. Normally it was stopping the charging.

Feb 6, 2023 12:40 AM in response to Unonimous98

The bottom line is still if it heats enough to become an issue, it will shut itself down.


We're not talking about an iPhone 14 Pro Max shutting itself down due to heat when running Maps or Waze.


No dismissiveness, but also an acknowledgement that "runs hot" is in the hand of the beholder so to speak; that's why there are temperature sensors built into the phone.


As far as more powerful chips running hotter despite newer heat dissipation systems, all you need to look at is the Intel CPU world along with the GPU world; systems with newer CPUs and better heat sinks still often run hotter than their predecessors.


Feb 22, 2023 5:55 PM in response to RuckU2

I recently purchased an iPhone 14 Pro Max 512 GB Thus far the phone is overheating and gets very hot while charging with normal use while connected to cellular networks and Wi-Fi. I went to the Apple store. They instructed me to wipe the device which I did that did not fix the problem I still have the issue I believe my buy device should be replaced. However, the Apple Store keeps telling me that there is no problem because it’s not failing any diagnostics I need help from Apple’s supervisors and or management to get my phone replaced.

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