If your iPhone 11 Pro Max overheats for no reason, or if it overheats abnormally when it remains in charge, you will have to do some checks. Indeed, this sudden overheating could be caused by a much deeper problem with your phone. Thus, you will understand in this article the reasons why your iPhone 11 Pro Max overheats excessively, as well as what you can do to avoid this kind of problem.
If ever your iPhone 11 Pro Max overheats excessively, restart it
Remember to restart your iPhone 11 Pro Max at the slightest problem. Indeed, restarting your phone means resetting the components, which can tire when you haven't turned your iPhone 11 Pro Max off and on for a while. So turn off then turn on your iPhone 11 Pro Max and try to see if the overheating malfunction continues.
Overusing your iPhone 11 Pro Max can cause your phone to overheat extremely
When using your iPhone 11 Pro Max, it is better to avoid opening a multitude of applications at the same time, while opening HD video clips and playing a game for example. This kind of use can indeed cause your iPhone 11 Pro Max to overheat.
Excessive temperature of your iPhone 11 Pro Max: avoid exposing your phone to extreme heat
If your iPhone 11 Pro Max is ever left in direct sunlight in a car, or simply placed on a coffee table under a hot lamp, it will be completely normal for it to overheat, or even stop working or to turn off. Your iPhone 11 Pro Max is supposed to be able to work in temperatures between -20°C and 45°C, but such temperature variations are not recommended.
Shut down most power-hungry features to prevent your iPhone 11 Pro Max from overheating
AirDrop and Bluetooth, for example, are going to be two functions that consume a lot of energy. If you don't need them right away, uncheck these services to avoid unnecessary overheating of your iPhone 11 Pro Max.
If ever the storage of your iPhone 11 Pro Max is going to be saturated, it may overheat
If too much information is going to be contained on your iPhone 11 Pro Max, it will have difficulty managing them all, and will then start heating up. In this case, you will need to examine the storage space of your iPhone 11 Pro Max then if you observe that there is not enough memory space, you will have to free up space. You will have to save your videos, images and music on online storage spaces for example. Also be sure to regularly empty the cache of the browser you use with your iPhone 11 Pro Max, erase browsing history, apps you no longer use, temporary documents, etc.
Background apps are causing your iPhone 11 Pro Max to heat up
The various apps that run in the background on your iPhone 11 Pro Max, such as Instagram, Spapchat, Plans, Google Maps... will make your phone work, even if they are not going to be opened directly. They could therefore be the cause of the fact that your iPhone 11 Pro Max is overheating. You will therefore have to deactivate them. To do this, all you have to do is press the Home screen key on your phone and then drag all the various tabs up.
Plastic security cases can cause your iPhone 11 Pro Max to malfunction overheating
Plastic will remain a material known for its insulating properties. Thus, when you equip your iPhone 11 Pro Max with shells made of this material, it will have difficulty dissipating heat, and may thus start to overheat unusually. It will be better to equip yourself with safety shells in a different material in order to avoid this kind of problem.
If ever your iPhone 11 Pro Max overheats abnormally, check iCloud services
Chances are that your iPhone 11 Pro Max is overheating a lot because your phone's iCloud services crashed or it got interrupted during the process of backing up or restoring data. Indeed, this kind of event can cause several problems on your iPhone 11 Pro Max, such as the fact that it overheats for example. You should then check the iCloud services of your iPhone 11 Pro Max by following these steps:
- Go to the Settings section of your phone
- Go to iCloud Services
- Follow the steps that appear on the screen of your iPhone 11 Pro Max
Si your iPhone 11 Pro Max heats up when charging, see our article.
Abnormal overheating of your iPhone 11 Pro Max: a reset may be useful
It is possible that a reset of your iPhone 11 Pro Max will allow it to work better afterwards, without encountering overheating malfunctions. However, be sure to copy your data beforehand, because after the reset, all the information on your iPhone 11 Pro Max will be erased. If the overheating malfunction of your iPhone 11 Pro Max remains, you will have to go to an Apple Store (provided with your product's warranty) or to a repair center approved by the Apple brand.
In case you are looking for other solutions on your iPhone 11 Pro Max, we invite you to browse the other pages in the category: iPhone 11 Pro Max.
