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Marty80

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Sep 17, 2015
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Hi all

In my time owning iPhones since the 3G. I have never experienced any issues with my iPhones.

However today when I plugged my iPhone 12 Pro Max into the wall outlet. It sent me a notification that charging has stopped due to the phones temperature being higher than normal.

Is this normal as I have never experienced this before.
 

Andeddu

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Dec 21, 2016
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Hi all

In my time owning iPhones since the 3G. I have never experienced any issues with my iPhones.

However today when I plugged my iPhone 12 Pro Max into the wall outlet. It sent me a notification that charging has stopped due to the phones temperature being higher than normal.

Is this normal as I have never experienced this before.
Were you using your phone at the time? If you were using the phone on something graphically intensive the phone may have stopped charging to protect its circuitry.

If your phone is hot it is normal for it not to charge when plugged in.
 

Marty80

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I believe I was just surfing the web, and walked away from the phone. When I returned to the phone, I already had the notification.
 
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floral

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Jan 12, 2023
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So the phone does that while surfing the web? That doesn't sound like a very intense task... It sounds like something's wrong :(
 

Frankfurt

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I have experienced that in some cars running CarPlay and Waze. Under such load iPhone can get hot and shut off charging or shut off completely (the latter especially with wireless charging). Happened last to me in a Mazda rental car.
 

Andeddu

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No it’s not too hot handle, but it’s in a silicon case.
Might just be a one off with your phone indexing or doing something intensive in the background. I wouldn’t worry at all. If it does it consistently there might be a problem, however.
 
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Mikeske

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I had that happen a couple times when I had my phone plugged in my car using with CarPlay. What I discovered was the center console cubbie was 102 degrees using my digital thermometer. This is where I used to put the phone as it was easy spot to put the phone as it was right next to the USB port. I got a longer charger cable and use that and moved the behind the gearshift on the car. For me issue was resolved.
 
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