iPhone X getting extremely hot and throttling hard. Any tips?

Submitted by btk79 t3_zqsxtv in iphone

My iPhone X, 256 GB, is throttling hard due to processing demand (I think), because it gets hot as hell when I am multitasking on Google Maps and WhatsApp for example. It’s actually driving me nuts and I don’t know how I didn’t throw it on the wall yet lol.

It doesn’t help that I live in a city that is constantly between 30 and 35°C. I uninstalled everything that I don’t use and my storage sits between 140 GB used.

Any tip would be appreciated besides:

  • move to another country
  • buy a newer device
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dskatter t1_j0zparr wrote

How’s the battery health?

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btk79 OP t1_j0zpffd wrote

I just asked him and he’s fine, thanks. Just kidding 89%, replaced it a year and a couple months ago. Original battery at the Appel store

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milanooo99 t1_j0zqr42 wrote

oh maybe the iphone still indexing

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btk79 OP t1_j10pkbe wrote

Hmm maybe that makes sense? If I delete most of my storage would it help? I’ll do an experiment

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btk79 OP t1_j10xhcu wrote

Update just deleted a lot of things, will se if things improve

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milanooo99 t1_j113cv2 wrote

im just missing with you lsn there is simple fix i always do open all the apps and leave in app switcher and leave it dont close any app or turn off your iphone just for one day try it maybe it well fix your overheat

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[deleted] t1_j10vlhv wrote

Try this to see whether the cpu is actually running 100% all the time

https://apps.apple.com/nl/app/cpu-x-dasher-z-battery-life/id1359763765?l=en

It also states the thermal condition.

It will give you an idea whether it is running maximum all the time.

If you have an iCloud backup, as a last resort I would just reset the device and try to restore from iCloud. Maybe an app that is acting weird.

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btk79 OP t1_j10vzm4 wrote

Wonderful! I also deleted a bunch of files as someone states that maybe my device was on load indexing everything (made sense for some apps). Gonna see if it works!

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btk79 OP t1_j10zoui wrote

Hey, I just installed it and the widget and I am getting good insights. It seems that the CPU isn’t the main problem, but actually it’s the memory. It’s always sitting above 97% usage. Any tips if there is something in the device that is ramping it up?

As I just freed a lot of storage usage now, I am going to test it a little bit more this way to see if I see any improvement. Tomorrow if I don’t see benefits I’m going to turn some things off (my widgets, the earth wallpaper that has my location on most of the time, etc).

Photo of memory usage

https://i.imgur.com/tLSCEty.jpg

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[deleted] t1_j11ca8d wrote

Well, iOS just use all the available memory, but that’s okay, it just allows the apps to have access to all.

You can open the app and look under processor, it will say thermal state. It can show you whether it keeps getting hot as you experienced.

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MisterSegundus t1_j0zrhim wrote

Get a new phone. That is literally your only option at this point. Why would you be using an unsupported phone now?

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Nikolaaaa_ t1_j0zrs5x wrote

Wtf? Iphone x is supported what are you talking about? Or maybe you are just sarcastic

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btk79 OP t1_j0zzkuz wrote

MisterTerceiros trolling hard 👽

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