Your Smartphone may be overheating!!! Keep an eye out.

My router is overheating in this hot weather. I have to switch it off a couple of times a day until it cools down, which is a nuisance.

I think people often take technology for granted, throw their phones or ipads onto soft furnishings or leave in the sun, never thinking for one moment they can overheat. Especially children/teens! They know no different, take it all for granted. They have to be taught about batteries that recharge, how they work, and how they can overheat.

I never charge any of my things overnight, they don't take long to do during the day.
A couple days ago a house and all the contents were destroyed in a Somerset town when the sons Xbox overheated. The family lost everything other than the clothes they had on.

Cools down even

I listen to podcasts on my phone and it definitely overheats when its in my pocket in this weather. I turn it off when it feels hot and it soon cooks down

I’m at DD’s, my smartphone was charging overnight plugged in near a front window, resting on a sofa arm. That room gets the morning sun and I noticed when I picked the phone up at only about 8.15 that it already felt very hot!

Recently there was a house fire a couple of miles from where I live.
The elderly lady who lived in the house could be heard screaming for help, but the fire was so intense that no-one could help and she died.
On investigation it was found that a phone, left on charge overnight had exploded, causing the fire.

I always charge early morning when I first wake say 4 am and go back to sleep for an hour or so, then it’s all done
Never had it overheat though

Thanks for that I charge over night next to my bed. I won't do that again.

nanna8

I have noticed this from time to time and also with my iPad. I have also heard of fires starting connected with iPhones so I suppose it is good to turn them off for a while if this happens

Last year, my son was visiting. He went out to do some shopping and I settled down for a nap - only to be woken about 40 minutes later by a constant beeping noise which I didn't recognise.

I stumbled around the house still groggy from sleep trying to locate the noise - to discover it was a smoke alarm at the bottom of the stairs.

I could smell smoke... on investigating, I discovered he'd left his mobile phone on a sunny bedroom window upstairs

- and the battery had ignited. It burned the woodwork, but fortunately had not spread to the curtains... by the time I saw it, it was flaming away.

I'd never heard the smoke alarm in action before, which is why I couldn't initially locate the sound.

Thank goodness for smoke alarms.

I have noticed this from time to time and also with my iPad. I have also heard of fires starting connected with iPhones so I suppose it is good to turn them off for a while if this happens

I have to say, it was pretty scary to lose my SIM card and network because I thought my SIM card had overheated and died! Surely that means you lose your phone number? Anyway, I was a bit anxious for a while there.