Apple blames iOS 17 bugs and apps like Instagram for making iPhone 15s run hot::Apple says iPhone 15 and 15 Pro phones are getting too hot, but says it’s a software problem in both iOS 17 and third-party apps that is already being addressed
What nonsense pitchforking is this? It’s not “blaming” if it’s true. It’s right in the article that instagram pushed an updated version to try and resolve.
Apple BLASTED for overheating issues on the iPhone 15. Apple SLAMMED Instagram for bugs. Consumers FLAILED by headlines
I’ve had no issues with my phone even feeling warm, and I don’t use Instagram. People are talking about so many different issues I’ve not experienced, thought maybe I’ve just been lucky.
15 pm here and I also don’t use any of the social media apps (except voyager). No heat issues.
It’s clearly iOS 17 and it’s compatibility with old apps that ran fine on 16. People have been reporting heat issues with Instagram since 17 beta 1.
If it was the A17 or the Titanium frame, it wouldn’t be impacting the base 15, which is the old A16 and aluminum enclosure. Also people wouldn’t be able to reproduce on older phones and iPads with iOS 17 / iPad OS 17.
Every major Windows, Android, iOS release has some apps that shit the bed and are incompatible with a big n.0 release. This is more of the same. Apple needs to step up their QA game, and this should be yet another a reminder of what happens when you jump into a new major OS update on week 1. The risk of broken 3rd party apps is high at that time. Always has been.
Apple: Deflection Champion for many years running.
How is saying it’s a software problem with both the apps and the OS itself that they working on a fix for a deflection? This is nothing like the holding it wrong thing.
It’s gotta be at least partly hardware if it even -can- overheat in the first place. You should be able to peg the hardware at 100% and have it throttle itself if it’s getting too hot. The individual apps are never to blame if the phone is capable of getting too hot by running specific software.
That depends entirely on your definition of “too hot”. I’m sure if it gets hot enough to threaten to harm the hardware, it will throttle. “Too hot to be comfortable to hold” is a much lower and more subjective number.
That’s what was happening. Apps were stuck and consuming resources; there was no hardware failure. All limiters worked as expected.
Phone still gets warm at 100% utilization and thermally limited. What do you expect, no heat emission whatsoever?
This is insane. The hardware for a handheld device should have limitations from giving you literal first degree burns. It’s 100% Apple.
Finally, Apple stresses that there’s no risk to safety or to long-term performance of the iPhone as iPhones and other iOS and iPadOS devices have built-in protections to prevent overheating. If the temperature inside the iPhone increases beyond the normal range, it protects its components by regulating the temperature.
Is there a source for anyone getting literal first degree burns?
If it’s a purely software issue that’s very good to hear. Should be way less problematic in the long run, than a hardware design flaw.
Well I don’t have instagram and my 15 PM hasn’t gotten hot, so… confirmed!
My phones used to be hot all the time, even when idle. 8 years ago when I decided to drop Facebook for good, I noticed my phone was no longer hot. I have no clue what they do in the background, but they are killing your battery.
Now, I always set my phone to battery saving mode to prevent this from happening with other apps. No funny background stuff allowed in my phone.
