Why is my phone overheating so quickly ? Reasons to prevent it

Usually a phone get hot due to overuse or while playing and having many active apps running background. Unfortunately there is no single reason that why is your phone is overheating so quickly. But 90% of the phones are overheating due to the apps which are running background or for a malware infection and while doing heavy gaming also. But getting a little hot is a usual thing in a smart phone.

The main problem arises when the phone get overheating so quickly. It heats up to a certain point that you cannot even hold it for a second. There are number of reason for overheating issues and in this blog we will discuss all the problems for which mobile usually heats. And we will discuss the ways to prevent the phone from overheating.

Table of contents:

Reasons why a phones get overheating so quickly.
Ways to prevent the phone from overheating.
What is difference between hot and warm.
Apps to detect the temperature of the phone.

So now we will discuss about the reason which a phone is overheating so quickly.

Every time, you’ll come across a collection of the same old reasons for your phone overheating and i.e.

Your display brightness is too high
Your Wi-Fi has been connected for too long
You’ve been playing too many games

But these are not the only reasons for reasons for your phones to get overheat.

Reasons why a phone get overheating so quickly

Overheating can cause by Buggy Apps in your Phone

Automatic app updates are useful but sometimes the new version is causing your Android phone to get overheat. To rectify it you can make the app uninstall and restart your phone.

Intensive Camera Use Can Overheat Phones

If the device is left recording for prolonged periods with high resolution can make your phone overheat.

Leaving you phone in Direct Sunlight

Leaving the phone in the dire ct sunlight can affect the battery cycle of the phone and it will make your phone too hot. Keeping it in the car and leaving it can make your phone hot also. This is because of the green house effect.

Too many background apps

As you minimize your one app to check out another, and you are not actually turning off previous one and you continue to do the same with other apps. This means you all your apps in the background and the harder your system has to work to maintain them the more heat will be produced.

Playing high graphics game for a long session

Paying gaming on a smartphone makes the CPU and GPU to run faster which causes them to generate a lot of heat. Doing excessive gaming session won’t kill your phone but it will seriously damage your phone.

Watching videos for a long period of time

Watching videos on Youtube and Netflix for a longer period of time make your phone very heat. This is because of the screen which is running for a longer time and due to which the GPU runs faster for a longer time which will produce more heat.

Malware can heat your phone

Since malicious apps are usually unoptimized pieces of code, they uses your phone’s CPU and memory, throttling them and generating a lot of heat. One of the amin reasons is cryptojacking.

Mining cryptocurrency takes a lot of processing power, and miners are often torn between the cost required to mine the coins and the market value of the coins themselves. The hacker takes over a system’s processing power and uses it to mine cryptocurrency without informing the user.

Your Case might overheat your Phone

As many cases are made from plastic or those made with leather make the phone overheat. This happens because when the phone is insulated, it keeps the heat inside and cold outside.

To prevent this you can take out your cover while doing heavy task.

Phone Overheating When Charging?

This happens when your charging cable is damaged. It will directly affect your phone’s battery and draining of the battery will be fast and your phone will get overheat very fast.

To prevent this you can:

Replace the cable and mains adapter
Repair the charging port

What is the difference between hot and warm?

Generally a phones internal temperature is between 37 to 47 degree celcius which is considered as normal. The ideal battery revolve around 40 to 50 degree. It also depends on the location of the phone where you have kept. The 50-60 degree the phone remain warm. It happens when you quick charge your battery. It might be hotter sometimes.

When your phones internal temperature reaches 95 degree celcius or above your phone get overheating. Your smartphone will alert you and if you get their warning your phone will not operate until the phone has cooldown.