iPhone X Overheats And Gets Hot – Fixed

Have you noticed that your iPhone X’s back gets hot just after an hour or two of usage? Then you’re not alone. In this guide, we will help you solve this issue in the best way possible.

Ever experienced the situation where you’re playing your favorite app on Apple, or surfing through your favorite Social Media Platform, then all of a sudden, your iPhone X gets extremely hot. We know it will really cause you to be alarmed, considering the phone is new to the market, and on top of it, you spent $999 on it (what a hefty amount!).

With its brand new glass screen, a super fast A11 processor, an AR technology that you’ll surely love, this monster is certainly a work of art. Yet, reading this kind of articles and guides that relate to how hot it can get and how much its battery drains fast, makes you regret purchasing it. A lot of users complained that their iPhone X suddenly overheats in the middle of usage or while it’s charging. In this guide, we will explain to you the possible reasons and the resolves to prevent the overheating issues of your iPhone X.

Why your iPhone X Overheats and Drains its Battery so Fast

Generally, there’s an internal and external reason that results in your iPhone X to overheat rapidly. The first one is putting your iPhone X under a direct sunlight or in a closed car. This acts will surely increase the temperature and make your iPhone X hotter. Another thing, the pocket cling to your body plays a part as well, so keep in mind that you should not leave your iPhone X in a hot situation.

The internal reason for a hot iPhone X is mainly because your iPhone X’s processor is simply overloading. One great example is when you’re playing processor-draining games like Pokemon Go or watching a 1080p-4k Videos on Youtube. These acts alone can raise the temperature of your iPhone X coz it taxes your A11 processor while doing them. In addition, the glass case is an awful insulator that preserves all the heat inside your iPhone X.

Steps on How to Stop the Overheating of your iPhone X

Now that you know what causes your iPhone X to suddenly overheat, the next best thing to do is performing plausible iPhone X overheating resolves until you cure this disease. Physical ways such as removing the phone case, preventing yourself from using your iPhone X when it’s charging, are in fact much easier to perform, so its best that you attempt them first before doing the steps we’ll be catering below. If those don’t work, perform these steps:

Method #1: Perform a Hard Reset/Reboot on your iPhone X

If you observed your iPhone X’s battery draining really quick and overheats whenever you’re using it, the first thing you can do is to force restart your phone then reset everything to its factory setting.

If you want to know more about how to perform it, read these articles we have for you and follow each step carefully and precisely:

• How To Hard Reset iPhone X
• How To Factory Reset Apple iPhone X

Method #2: Eliminate the Background App Refresh

Disabling or deactivating the background app refresh has made a big difference for a lot of iPhone X users to cool their overheated iPhone X down. To do this, head to the Settings app > General > Background App Refresh then deactivate it once and for all. Or, you can
Turning off background app refresh has made a big difference for some users to cool down overheated iPhone X. Go to Settings > General > Background App Refresh and switch it off. Or you can selectively  choose which application to utilize mobile data in the background

To dive deeper on to the process, read this quick guide:
• iPhone X: How To Turn OFF Background Apps

Method #3: Deactivate your iPhone X’s Airdrop and Bluetooth Feature

Given the fact that your Airdrop and Bluetooth feature is always ON, your iPhone X shall always be active and the processor is constantly running, hence it makes some sense as to why your iPhone X gets extremely hot. In order to deactivate or disable these features, just sweep down your finger from the top right “horn” of your iPhone X’s screen then press to deactivate it.

Method #4: Reset all of your iPhone X’s settings

Generally, rebooting system settings can resolve most of the glitches, and expectedly it can work with your overheating iPhone X issue. Proceed to the Settings app > General > Reset > Reset All Settings. Once done, your iPhone X will be restored to default settings.

Method #5: Erase all the Large Apps on your iPhone X

Force quitting an application doesn’t necessarily fix the overheating issue of your iPhone X, so pretty much consider completely erasing the programs that take up too much of your CPU usage. If you want to know which are the apps that drastically drains your CPU, navigate through the Settings > Battery, then browse for the app which has the highest battery usage.

Method #6: Download the Latest Version of iOs

Know that new updates to your software always includes software improvements and bug fixes. If iPhone X overheating problem frequently happens, Apple will then attempt to fix it in its newest iOs version. Either iTunes or OTA enables you to download the newest iOs 11 version.

Method #7: Repair your iPhone X’s iOS System

In most of the situation, when your iPhone X is not in use and still overheats, you have a software issue. The best thing to do is to perform a full repair. We highly suggest you taking this process with ReiBoot as it won’t affect all of your files and data.

In most of the cases, when your iPhone X is hot in use, you have a software problem. An ultimate solution is to give it a full repair. I shall recommend you taking this process with ReiBoot as it will not affect all your data.

Sync your iPhone X with ReiBoot after installing it then proceed to  Fix All iOS Stuck > Fix Now and Download IPSW files to fix the corrupted system. When the repairing method is complete, your iPhone X will reboot with no more issues with it.

Conclusion

Now that you already learned the possible reasons as to why your iPhone X overheats and how to fix it, your total user experience should be better and your fears about your iPhone X being heavily damaged should be gone in the wind. If there are things that confuse you with this guide, don’t hesitate to message us and we would love to hear your thoughts.