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Overheating iPhone 3G’s reported

Tuesday, Aug. 5 2008 | Author: Mel

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A number of reports have been leaking in that the iPhone 3G is prone to overheating. One forum poster reported that he left his iPhone on his pocket when he fell asleep. He reportedly woke up with a burned leg. The guy reported that he quickly pulled out his phone and saw that a part of the plastic cover melted. The strange thing here is that the phone was not enabled to push emails and he also disabled the “blazing 3G speed” setting.

One comment I’ve read said that this is prone to happen if the auto-lock function of the phone is not activated. Whatever the reason for overheating though it is not a good sign.

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Category: Gadgets, General
Tags: Apple, iPhone 3G

6 Responses for "Overheating iPhone 3G’s reported"

To iPhone, or Not to iPhone - Brian Dusablon

August 23rd, 2008 at 10:29 am
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[...] about overheating, unfair (and illegal?) advertising, poor developer interactions, and more, are a bit [...]
Smash

August 28th, 2008 at 8:00 pm
2

Not even about 20mins i picked up my Iphone 3G and it was burning up hot, I could feel the heat before i picked up the phone off of my bed, and dumb me, I put it to my ear and well lets just say, i wish i had gotten the instint (sprint).
I guess Steve Jobs needs to do a recall between the frequent dropped calls,over-heating phones, and 12 day waiting period, i had to go threw so far….i hate it.
Ash

October 28th, 2008 at 2:04 pm
3

I noticed my phone started to overheat ever since I put a screen protector on the screen. Has anyone observed this? Also, the phone doesn’t auto lock..so this is what causes it to overheat.

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keyla

March 28th, 2009 at 12:42 am
4

my iphone started overheating when I bought a cover for it..now I have problems charging the battery..
sometimes I leave my iphone charging and when I check it..I find it turned off with no battery and really hot.. really strange :S its really frustrating.

has this happened to anyone?
jimmy

June 13th, 2009 at 7:07 am
5

it happened to me with my ipod touch when i left it on the charger overnight
Mike

June 22nd, 2009 at 1:04 pm
6

My New 32 iPhone 3GS battery barely lasts a few hours and in standby mode! I have turned off push ect….. And Gets HotT. Could I have A Faulty?