Why Your Phone Is Overheating Frequently And How To Solve It

 

When a phone gets hot it slows down. In some cases, it may automatically shut down until it has cooled down. Don't want to miss an important call?

Let's look at how to fix an overheating phone.

Why Is Your Phone Overheating?

Before continuing, it's worth taking the time to examine what is hot, and what is not. Your phone under normal use should not be hot. If it is, you have a problem.

However, don't interpret warm as hot. A slightly warmer feel after playing a game for 15 minutes is normal. But if your phone displays an overheating alert, or you find the device is surprisingly hot to the touch, then you should investigate.

You've probably already closed a few apps or restarted your device to troubleshoot. Maybe you've even Googled a few error messages.

Almost every time, you'll come across a collection of the same old reasons for your phone overheating:

• Your display brightness is too high
• Your Wi-Fi has been connected for too long
• You've been playing too many games (often with the additional "it's not a game console" advice)

But these reasons are limited to older phones. No smartphone on the market today should overheat for any of these reasons. If your brand new Samsung phone is overheating, it's probably due to other causes.

Of course, the brand of phone you use doesn't matter – if you want to know what causes your phone to get hot and how to stop it, keep reading.

Apps Can Cause Phone Overheating Issues

Keep asking yourself “why is my phone overheating?”

Well, it might be due to one or more apps. Perhaps you've installed a new app that doesn't run well with your phone. Maybe an app you use regularly has been updated and the new version is causing Android to overheat.

Automatic app updates are useful, but sometimes they cause problems like this.

You have two solutions:

• Uninstall the app in question
• Check for an update

As soon as the app is uninstalled, restart your phone, and wait a few minutes before checking it again. If the phone is still hot, try a different solution below.

You Left It in Direct Sunlight

Environmental factors can cause your phone to overheat.

Leaving the phone in direct sunlight is a common issue. Your phone will almost certainly get too hot if mounted on a car dashboard on a sunny day, for example. In such a scenario, use your vehicle's air conditioning system to help cool the phone.

In other scenarios, keep the phone out of sight and away from direct sunlight. If you really need to use it, try and keep the phone in the shade. When you're done, prevent your phone overheating by storing it somewhere cool.

Check for Malware

Malware on your Android device could cause excessive heat. After all, malware developers aren't interested in the health of your device; they just want your data.