iPhone 7 Overheating

I got my iPhone 7 Plus on 9/27 and at first everything was fine. Then it started dropping calls. Later in the day the battery starting draining really fast and I couldn't get it to charge. That is when it started to overheat. I turned it off for an hour and it still was hot to the touch and the battery drained by 20% and it was powered off. Every time I try to charge it the phone overheats. I had all apps closed down and just had it in my purse when I grabbed the phone it was red hot and once again I had the temperature warning. I even tried upgrading to 10.0.2 and it didn't fix it. The only time I could get the phone to cool down was when the battery finally drained completely. When I tried to charge it again it got hot. I am very disappointed with this phone. Worse iPhone I ever owned.

Reboot the phone via Power button and Lower Volume button. Also, are you working from a backup file? If so, I'd recommend keeping the backup on your computer, but restore it brand new to see if it's fixed. I've been having heat issues and battery draining quicker than my iPhone 6 despite the 7 having more processing power and battery life... Will try to let it sit it out for a couple of days, then will restore as brand new phone. If all else fails, am returning it. Good luck.

I bought my iphone 7 two days ago. it is getting very hot, i mean hot not just warm when mobile data is on. Hot enough to make me uncomfortable having it in the pocket. As soon as I switch off mobile data, it cools down pretty fast.

I Was having the same problem.

somehow resetting all settings kinda fixed it.

im not sure tho, I've yet to heavily use it and see how hot it gets.

But i notice it gets really hot when i use FaceTime video.

I have had the same problem. When I got my iPhone 7 Plus towards the end of September, I had it plugged into my computer and was restoring from the cloud onto my phone. I noticed it was getting extremely hot. Not warm, HOT. I immediately called Apple. The tech said that it could be due to the fact that the processor was working hard and for a while to restore everything from the cloud to my phone and it shouldn't do that anymore once everything is restored on the phone and I use it everyday. She asked me "how hot" it was. I told her that when I put it up to my face, it was extremely hot, I couldn't hold it in my hand long. She then said 'well if you put it to your face will it give you a burn?" (That question started getting me mad considering we're talking about a BRAND NEW $900+ phone and she's talking what degree of hot the phone was) I told her I didn't hold it to my face long enough to find out but I felt that had it been in the case I bought, it would have started to melt it. By then, it was done restoring and I did notice it starting to cool down. She took notes and said that it's all on record if I have the problem again. I did notice 2 days ago when I was just using it to check mail & go on FB that it was starting to heat up again. Not quite as hot as when I first got it, but it was warmer then it should have been. If it does it again, I'm either calling them up again or going to Apple store for another phone. Now that I'm seeing how many others are having this problem, I'm getting very mad.😠

I Have IPhone 7 plus 128gb and I noticed overheating when I used YouTube. Also my battery drained very fast. Updated to latest iOS and restarted phone couple of times. Switched off refreshing of apps in background as it seemed it was using battery when app left open. But with new phone of this range that should not happen. My iPhone 6 Plus was working better. I think it might be the same problem what Samsung note 7 had but just not that bad. I did not see this problem mentioned on apples support page. No wonder, people would stop ordering.

Thank you. I have my new IPhone over one week now and the overheating problem did not occur anymore. Not sure what made that. My battery is better as well. I have to mention that I switched off apps background refreshing and restart my phone couple of times. I did not delete YouTube but I will if the overheating starts again. I did not have problem during charging of my phone even from not genuine apple cable ... just for info here.

Let's rank your symptoms in order of importance:

1. WiFi greyed out

2. Phone getting warm

It's a little like saying:

"I've got this itch on my back that I can't reach."

"By the way, that shark just bit off my foot"

The first indicates a serious hardware problem with your phone. Anything else is irrelevant. You should start here: If Wi-Fi is grayed out or dim on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support

I called apple and they went on and on with the same old technical gibberish that they usually use. But ask to get an appointment at the Genius Bar and they will change your phone for free after going on and again with the same gibberish that apple care did. Or you can go to a specialist on iPhones and get a retrograde done to your phone. Usually cost around 20 to 40$ to get done but at least you'll get battery protection back.

hightree621 wrote:

Why is my I phone 8 getting quite warm

Because processing data generates heat. The more work it is doing, the warmer it will be. Unless the phone displays the message that it is overheating and shuts off it is normal. If you are charging the battery it will also get warm. And if you use it while charging the battery it will get warmer. The things that generate the most heat are:

• Using mobile data or voice with a very weak cell signal
• Playing games with interactive hi-rez graphics
• Using the camera
• Having the brightness way up
• Combinations of the above

I have noticed similar problem too. I had played around with my Settings on the phone and after a while my phone got so hot. And then when I listened to Music, the battery started draining so fast. For each song, like 3-4 % were down. Not sure if all of this model has this problem. I get this problem even when I use Facebook App

I am also having this problem. I JUST got the phone activated YESTERDAY NIGHT! I am on the phone (not even playing with it or using any apps) and it's super hot!! I wonder if Apple is going to fix this!!!! I paid way too much money for this phone for it to be overheating not even after a full day of use (I was i clinical all day so I haven't even touched my phone).

I have exactly same overheating issue on my iPhone 7 plus. I received iPhone yesterday and During restored all data to new iPhone 7 plus. There was a lots of overheat issue. However, now my iPhone is not much working but still hot. Something going on here. I have to visit apple store to check what is the real issue.

Just got my Iphone 7 plus 128GB yesterday afternoon. I was in the process of restoring my setting from the Icloud and left the store because it was taking longer to restore. The reps said once your home and connected to the WIFI, it will continue to restore from there. I got to my car; plugged in my cable charger. I have noticed within 5 minutes or so, the back of the iphone near to the camera lens heats up (warm). I said, "a $938.00 brand new iphone behaving as such rightaway!" cannot be right. When I got home, i tried charging the phone via the wall charger, and it also heats up. I need to bring this back to the apple store ASAP. feeling a bit disappointed. I hope Apple could find a way to fix this... I hope its not a hardware issue like it had to my Iphone 6 plus' (touch screen IC's issue).

Same issue, just received mines a few hours ago. By the time I finished setting it up, the phone was extremely hot and the battery drained. Put it down for a bit, which cause it to cool down. I could feel it heating back up as I type now. I see I'm not the only one.