iPhone 13 mini Hot iPhones are a software problem with iOS 17.

[flashflooder]

I've had my 15PM get very hot once since launch day. Came from a 12PM that would also occasionally get very hot.
This issue is being overblown, like most iPhone-related issues.
If you can feel the outside of the phone getting hot, it's doing its job of transferring heat away from internal components.....

 

[Phineasgage1848]

That's odd because I also use a 13 Mini & haven't had any heat issues from iOS 17. What apps specifically are you having issues with?

Instagram, Google Maps, Apple Maps.

 

[Phineasgage1848]

After a full iOS update the system performs a large number of background operations that tasks the A-series SoC and this is why battery life often drops during this period. I would also expect the SoC to generate more heat as the cores would be working at a higher sustained load running all these tasks. New app updates might be triggering the same.

If it is still running hot after a couple of days after updating to iOS 17 and your apps have updated, then I'd start to become concerned.

This has been happening since it released on the 18th. All my apps are up to date.

 

[Violent_Noir]

I’m on 15 PM and I noticed heat and battery drain from TikTok so I deleted the app.

Phone was better the first 2 days without it on my phone.

Today’s my first full day without the app. No heat issues which were never a big issue on my phone but my battery still seems to be draining faster than the first 2 days.

 

[FunkyTang]

I will answer you this. Introducing a"feature" to stop charging at 80% makes no sense at all. Add to the reviews saying the phone runs exceptionally hot, which in turn does affect battery health. If you put those two things together I am pretty sure at least one person on this forum knows whats going on.

Time to start charging with the old 5W.

 

[winxmac]

I’m on 15 PM and I noticed heat and battery drain from TikTok so I deleted the app.

Phone was better the first 2 days without it on my phone.

Today’s my first full day without the app. No heat issues which were never a big issue on my phone but my battery still seems to be draining faster than the first 2 days.

Did you also delete your account?

 

[kkh786]

It seems the Instagram app on iOS17, even if just left open in the background is generating heat.. have tested this on the iPhone 13 Pro and my new iPhone 15 Pro.

Can someone who has had no heat issues just leave the Instagram app on for 10-15mins in the background and confirm? Do you get a notiecable heat increase?

 

[SugarDaddy]

A reboot of the wife's 15 Pro solved the issue. Strange but true.

 

[Eurekas]

My iPhone 12 Pro is overheating like wild since I updated yesterday-- please tell me they are working on a fix

 

[throAU]

After upgrading to iOS 17 my 13 Mini gets unusually hot while running specific apps (mapping apps in my case). I’m convinced the “Titanium iPhones are too hot” issue is software related and will be corrected by a ”bug fix” update from Apple.

Anyone else experiencing a warm/hot device that was previously fine before iOS 17?

Agreed, my mini was pausing charging due to heat whilst I was charging it via cable on a road trip.

It wasn't that warm in the car.

 

[sack_peak]

After upgrading to iOS 17 my 13 Mini gets unusually hot while running specific apps (mapping apps in my case). I’m convinced the “Titanium iPhones are too hot” issue is software related and will be corrected by a ”bug fix” update from Apple.

Anyone else experiencing a warm/hot device that was previously fine before iOS 17?

Whenever a new iOS version comes out I wait until after New Years Day to update so bugs like these get squashed before I use it.

The Security Updates of iOS 16 protects our data from hackerman.

 

[RobbieJayOne]

After I installed 17.0.0 on my iPhone 12 Pro Max it started to get too hot to hold. This never happened before. I quit all apps, took off cover, etc. when I was trying to charge it was very hot again and I received a message that my phone can’t charge when it is that hot. After installing 17.0.1 or 17.0.2 the overheating stopped. I didn’t think of this angain until my sister told me that a lot of the new iPhone 15’s are too hot. Most users aren’t comparing their hot older phone to their hot new phone, so I can understand where they would assume that it’s a specific iPhone 15 material/hardware issue versus the iOS 17. I hope it’s not a material/hardware problem because I really want to upgrade! 🙏😊

 

[LIVEFRMNYC]

This one guy shot some video and tried to make some edits and the phone became so hot he couldn’t even hold it:


Oops… I messed up as it’s a new phone! 🙃

15PM

I shot 4K pro res 60fps straight to external drive for 20mins and 4K pro res 30fps to internal drive for 15mins. The phone got hot both times, but not nearly close enough where I couldn’t touch it. It also cooled down within a couple minutes at room temperature.

So him saying that his phone got so hot he couldn’t touch it no longer because of the titanium frame, is nothing but speculation. Cause mines would have got just as hot if that was the case.

 

[SBruv]

I will answer you this. Introducing a"feature" to stop charging at 80% makes no sense at all. Add to the reviews saying the phone runs exceptionally hot, which in turn does affect battery health. If you put those two things together I am pretty sure at least one person on this forum knows whats going on.

Say whut now?

 

[Tsepz]

I wouldn't say "heat" but my 14PM gets warm from time to time since iOS 17/17.01 and not so with iOS 16.

I would say pretty much the same about my 13 PM.

 

[Phineasgage1848]

Apple confirmed! iOS 17 bug in addition to a few third party apps overloading the CPU!

 

[Fat_Guy]

Hardware issues are expensive for Apple.


Software fixes are cheap so they go this route. I have a 14 PM and had no issues with any apps in all versions of iOS 17. This is specific to the 15s and good luck having Apple admit it’s a hardware issue…

 

[htnt7919]

Hardware issues are expensive for Apple.


Software fixes are cheap so they go this route. I have a 14 PM and had no issues with any apps in all versions of iOS 17. This is specific to the 15s and good luck having Apple admit it’s a hardware issue…

Iphone 14 pro max does not have 17 pro chip.

 

[Phineasgage1848]

Hardware issues are expensive for Apple.


Software fixes are cheap so they go this route. I have a 14 PM and had no issues with any apps in all versions of iOS 17. This is specific to the 15s and good luck having Apple admit it’s a hardware issue…

No it’s not limited to the 15s, read my original post or many of the others on non-15 devices that also had the issue.

Just because you didn’t have the issue doesn’t mean no one else did. Get over yourself.

 

[Phineasgage1848]

17.0.3 fixed the heat issue on my 13 Mini! Anyone else?

 

[Wags]

Hardware issues are expensive for Apple.


Software fixes are cheap so they go this route. I have a 14 PM and had no issues with any apps in all versions of iOS 17. This is specific to the 15s and good luck having Apple admit it’s a hardware issue…

Many have had heat issues with the ip14’s. Mine can get very warm where the cpu is located using certain apps. It’s a big deal now because of the new release and bad press apple getting.

 

[Nikhil72]

My 15 pro max was getting toasty but not hot pre update. Better but not flawless post update. Then I deleted the Uber app and noted a few things. Got 2 h 25 m use browsing on WiFi which only took up 20% battery, AND a the phone didn’t drain even an additional percent overnight during my (******) sleep (up with a stomach bug hence the browsing and sleeping). That is impressive to me and hopefully it sticks

 

[Friscochris]

17.0.3 update installed and I haven’t felt heat all day unlike every other day I’ve had the phone (since launch). Looks like it’s g2g with the update.