In the event that your iPhone 14 Plus overheats without you understanding why, or even overheats in an unusual way when it remains in charge, you should consider a number of checks. Indeed, this unexpected heating may be linked to a deeper problem with your device. Thus, you will understand with this article the reasons why your iPhone 14 Plus overheats excessively, as well as what you can do to avoid this kind of problem.

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In the event that your iPhone 14 Plus overheats excessively, restart it

Remember to restart your iPhone 14 Plus at the slightest problem. Indeed, restarting your device allows a reset of the components, which could tire when you have not turned off and on your iPhone 14 Plus for a long time. Turn off then turn on your iPhone 14 Plus and try to see if the heating problem persists.

Overuse of your iPhone 14 Plus will sometimes cause your device to overheat

When you use your iPhone 14 Plus, it is better to avoid opening a large number of apps at once, while opening small HD videos and playing a game for example. This kind of use will sometimes cause your iPhone 14 Plus to overheat.

Excessive temperature of your iPhone 14 Plus: avoid exposing your device to high heat

When your iPhone 14 Plus is left in direct sunlight in a car, or simply placed on a coffee table under a hot lamp, it is quite common for it to overheat, even stop working or stop working. turn off. Your iPhone 14 Plus will be expected to be able to operate in temperatures between -20°C and 45°C, but such temperature ranges are not advised.

Turn off most power-hungry features to prevent your iPhone 14 Plus from overheating excessively

AirDrop but also Bluetooth for example, are two functions that consume a lot of energy. When you don't need them right away, uncheck these functions to avoid unnecessary heating of your iPhone 14 Plus.

When the storage space of your iPhone 14 Plus is going to be full, it will tend to overheat

If too much information is going to be contained on your iPhone 14 Plus, it will have trouble processing them all, and will therefore start to heat up. In this case, you will need to check the storage space of your iPhone 14 Plus and then if you find that there is not enough storage space, you must free up space. You can save video clips, photos and music to storage spaces on the internet, for example. Also be sure to regularly empty the cache of the browser you use with your iPhone 14 Plus, erase all browsing history, apps you no longer use, most temporary files, etc.

Background apps are causing your iPhone 14 Plus to heat up

The different apps that run in the background on your iPhone 14 Plus, such as Instagram, Spapchat, Maps, Google Maps... will make your device work, even if they are not directly open. They could therefore be the cause of your iPhone 14 Plus overheating. You will therefore have to deactivate them. To do this, all you need to do is press the Home button on your device and then swipe up all of the various tabs.

Plastic security shells could cause your iPhone 14 Plus to heat up

Plastic will remain a material known for its insulating capacities. Thus, if you equip your iPhone 14 Plus with shells made of this material, it will have difficulty dissipating heat, and will sometimes then 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.

When your iPhone 14 Plus is overheating in an unusual way, check iCloud services

There will be times when your iPhone 14 Plus overheats a lot because your device's iCloud services crashed or it was interrupted during the process of copying or restoring data. Indeed, these kinds of events could lead to a number of malfunctions on your iPhone 14 Plus, such as overheating for example. You will then have to examine the iCloud services of your iPhone 14 Plus by proceeding as follows:

  • Go to the Settings section of your device
  • Go to iCloud Services
  • Follow the steps that appear on the screen of your iPhone 14 Plus

Si your iPhone 14 Plus heats up when charging, see our article.

Unusual heating of your iPhone 14 Plus: a reset may be beneficial

It is possible that a reset of your iPhone 14 Plus will allow it to work better afterwards, without encountering difficulties with overheating. On the other hand, be sure to store the data upstream, because after the reset, all the data present on your iPhone 14 Plus will be erased. If the overheating problem with your iPhone 14 Plus remains, you should go to an Apple Store (provided with your product's warranty) or to an Apple-approved repair center.

In the event that you want other information on your iPhone 14 Plus, we invite you to take a look at the other articles in the category: iPhone 14 Plus.