Nowadays, many smartphone users face heating issues. Some of their phones get hot while playing games or using the internet. Some of their smartphones are also experiencing a temperature increase issue, even when performing normal browsing, watching videos, or using social media apps. The smartphone heats up while performing tasks; it's common, but if it heats too much, it can affect your phone's battery life, performance and more.
Many factors can increase your phone's temperature, most of them are related to how you have been using your phone, and sometimes your phone may heat up without doing any heavy tasks. Some smartphone users also noticed that their phone started overheating after a software update. These all make smartphone users worry that something is wrong with their phone.
The good thing is that most of the heating issues are caused by simple reasons which were also fixable more easily, especially when your phone is not very old. In this article we are going to share the common reasons behind this heating issue and how to fix it. So, without wasting much time, let's find the issue and fix it.
Why My Phone Gets Hot & How To Fix It?
Heavy Usage & Background Apps
If you are using your smartphone for gaming, video recording, heavy multitasking, etc., then it increases your phone's processor usage, which can naturally heat up your phone as your smartphone's processor keeps working continuously.
Some of the apps may also use your phone's RAM, CPU, Storage, Internet, etc., without even opening that app, which makes your phone's temperature increase. To reduce the heat of your phone, make sure you don't allow any unwanted apps to run in the background of your device, and also give a short break while using your smartphone.
To stop an app that is running on background:
- Open Settings App
- Find Apps option, then click on it
- Click Manage Apps
- Click on the app that is running in the background
- Click the Force Stop button
Charging While Using Phone
If you use your smartphone by putting it on charge, then your phone can heat up; it's common because when you put your phone on charge, your phone's battery heats up and if you are also using your smartphone, like gaming, watching videos, browsing, etc., at that time, the phone overheats.
If you are fast charging while using your phone, it can heat your phone more than normal charging because, to fast charge your phone, the charger sends high power to your phone, which increases battery heat more than normal charging.
The best way to avoid overheating while charging is avoid using your smartphone while charging, and always try to use the original charger of your phone.
Mobile Data Usage & Poor Network Signal
If you are using mobile data for gaming, streaming videos, browsing, downloading files, etc., for a long period, then it can increase your phone's temperature because mobile data uses more power when compared to WiFi.
If your area have poor network signal, then your device keeps searching for a better network signal. This increases the load of your smartphone and causes heating even when you are not performing any heavy tasks on your smartphone.
To avoid temperature increase at this network issue time, try usinga Wi-Fi network if available, avoid staying in a poor signal area for a long time, and if the signal is still low, try enabling and disabling flight mode in your smartphone. To enable and disable flight mode, swipe down from the top of the phone's home screen, then it will show the control center find airoplane icon, and click on it.
High Brightness & High Temperature Environment
If you are always using your smartphone at high brightness, then it can increase your phone's temperature because the display is the most power-consuming part in a smartphone, and if you set the brightness level to high, it increases power usage and heats up your smartphone.
Also, if you're in a high-temperature environment and you're using your smartphone like browsing, streaming video, etc., then the external heat will mix with your phone's internal heat and become harder to cool down naturally and cause overheating.
To fix these issue avoid using your phone at high brightness level this descrease power usage of your phone, and also if you are in a high-temperature environment, then try not to use your phone or try moving to low temeperature environment, which reduces external heat.
Battery Issue
If you notice fast battery drain or a battery bulge in your smartphone, then it may be the reason causing overheating. The degraded battery requires more power to provide the same performance as before, this cause overheat. This type of phone's battery condition makes your phone overheat even in normal usage.
At this condition sometime, you may notice that there is too much heat on the back side of the phone where the battery is installed. To fix this issue, the only way is replace the battery from an authorised service centre. The battery replacement also helps to avoid issues like a phone blast.
Malware & Virus
Your smartphone may be overheating due to running harmful apps or running malware in the background of your phone, which also slows down your phone as it uses your CPU, RAM, Storage etc at a high level without your knowledge.
Malware can enter your phone by installing apps from unknown sources, clicking suspicious ads on websites or installing mod version of any app. These types of apps may collect your data in the background without you even knowing, which create extra load on your system.
To fix this, if you know which app is causing the issue or you installed mod apps, then uninstall them. If that doesn't work, try resetting your smartphone. To reset your phone, follow the following steps:
- Open the Settings app on your phone
- Find the System or System & Updates option, then click on it
- Find the Reset option, then click on it
- Click Reset Phone or Erase All Content
Conclusion
The heating is not always a dangerous sign; sometimes it may be caused by how you use your phone, like heating is normal while gaming and doing other heavy tasks on your smartphone, but don't ignore it if your phone gets warning signs like heating when even doing a normal task and if your phone is also heating quickly.
I also recommend keeping your phone always up to date because sometimes the heating issue may be caused by software bugs. As i told you above the most of over heating issues are fixable by ourself like avoid using of phone while charging, reducing background apps, checking network signal, maintaining display brightness etc.
If the issue not fixed and still your phone heating quickly then don't ignore visit a authoriused service center because ignoring this issue can cause performance issue, battery issue or sometime if it caused by your battery it can even blast your phone. Hope this article help you to fix the heating issue, if you like this article then don't forget to checkout our other article on category Tech Fixes.