iPhone 15 overheating: Apple plans a fix

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Apple has confirmed it: the overheating problem affecting the iPhone 15 and 15 Pro is the result of a combination of iOS 17 bugs and third-party applications.

The good news: the problem is not hardware, and it does not come from the titanium chassis. The other good news is that fixing the bug will not affect system performance.

New iPhones “difficult to hold”

As the first iPhone 15s arrived at their owners’ homes, Apple’s social networks and support forums began to be flooded with messages about overheating problems on the new models. For some, the problem occurs when the iPhone is charging. Others point to the use of applications like Instagram.

In response to these alerts, Apple explained to Forbes that it was normal for an iPhone “to be hotter during the first days after a configuration or a restoration”. The company adds that it has “found a bug in iOS 17 that affects some users and will be fixed through a software update”.

So good news for the new iPhone 15 owners, some of whom reported that these high temperatures made their iPhone “difficult to hold”.

One bug can hide another

Regarding the fix for the bug that affects iOS 17, Apple assured Reuters that it would not reduce performance. Specifically, the new A17 Pro processor will not need to be restricted, so performance will not be affected.

But there is also another bug. This one “involves some recent updates of third-party applications that cause an overload of the system”. Facebook Instagram and Instagram’s parent company, both Apple and Meta, have pointed the finger at the Instagram app. Meta claims to have modified the application in an attempt to prevent this from happening.

What makes this bug particularly interesting is its origin: Since Apple tightly controls the way applications access hardware, it could be a bug in the Xcode platform for iOS 17.

Source: ZDNet.com