I think some of you are missing the point some people are trying to make. With the recent release of this new version, they have noticed their phones are hotter than normal. Which means that some people out there don’t want their phone to get ruined because of some app. It’s not worth it to them yes waze has every right to use all the hardware apple put on there but at what cost. A lot of people will stop using waze to save their phone from over heating. Is it really worth losing all these people because waze decided to change the way their app works? I for one use a vent mount so I’m not worried. I did have mine sitting on the dashboard but then I started getting the overheating message. So then I went out and bought a vent mount. Not everyone will do that.
Not everyone has noticed a “heat increase.” I have not. It’s the same as always.
I don’t have any scientific evidence, but I am also not noticing any difference with my iPhone 4 and the latest release of Waze. If the battery is low and needs to be charged while Wazing and listening to streaming music my iPhone is warm/hot to the touch. The thermal protection is not shutting is down so I am not at all concerned.
If the thermal protection shuts down your phone, it has been protected. Apple shuts down the device before damage occurs.
If you are constantly having your iPhone shut down do to heat issues, you need to take corrective action. Put it in a different place in your car where it’s not in direct sunlight, turn on your AC, don’t leave your iPhone in your car when it is parked in the sun, position your iPhone where cool air from the AC is blowing on it, don’t charge the phone in the car (charge it in a cooler environment), or limit which applications you are running when the operating environment is hot.
The iPhone 4S should not be used in an environment where the temperature is higher than 95 degrees F. If you car (or anywhere else) is hotter than that and you are running your iPhone you are operating it out of specifications.
I guess Apple does not care to have phones work properly in the central US. :lol:
Yep, it’s amazing that we buy smart phones by the millions that are not designed to work in summer conditions in many areas of the world. Obviously the iPhone can work in places that are hotter than 95 degrees F…
The other thing that Apple says can contribute to this issue is 3rd party cases. A case on the iPhone can trap the heat in and further complicate this problem. Maybe the Wazers who are having issues with their phones shutting down are Wazing in a hotter than specification environment, have a case on their phone, running power sucking applications as well a charging at the same time. This is not specifically a Waze issue.
I am seeing a lot of excusing, both on the side of Waze, and the side of Apple, but what I’m not seeing is any help with this problem. I’ve used other navigation software on my iPhone, while streaming audio, and driving in Central Florida, with no issues. I started using Waze, and all of the sudden my phone is hot to the touch at the end of any drive when I use Waze.
If this is an issue caused by Waze, I want to know if anyone is working on a fix. Opinions on optimal iPhone operation in summer conditions are not necessary.
If you search the web you will find thousands of users taking about iPhone getting too hot for their tastes. The heat comes from electrical transfer. When you consume and charge simultaneously, that will increase the total energy and the resulting heat. Waze is not causing the phone to heat up, but the many activities you have Waze performing will consume a lot of energy and the result is a hot phone. It may sound like Waze is causing it to heat up, but anything doing all that Waze is doing will cause the same result.
Check out this particular link for information about how to reduce some of the other power consuming elements in the iPhone to further reduce the total power consumed and therefore lower the heat generated http://zen-arch.blogspot.com/2011/05/why-is-my-iphone-getting-insanely-hot.html
Also consider if you turn on every feature shown on the Waze map, you are adding data transfer activity and increased resulting heat. Consider turning off some of these features if the other steps in the above link don’t help. You say your other GPS application did not get this hot, but I don’t believe any other GPS application transfers anywhere near the total amount of data that we see in Waze. If you want all the extra information available in Waze, then consider other options to keep the phone cooler. Many of us use cell phone mounts that attach to the car’s air vents to keep more air flow on the case.
I hope you find a solution that works for you and you can still get all the extra benefits from the value-added data you get with Waze.
Use airdock iphone holder, turn on your AC, it will be cool.
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(Note this highly advanced hack also works for overheating Android devices).
Do you use case for your iPhone? I notice that it actually makes it worse.
I don’t have an iphone.
But I do have a Galaxy S and the Galaxy S 3 international, 4 core CPU.
Waze is the only app on my GS3 that makes it get hot, games streaming everything else even GPS programs don’t make it hot, even while charging.
I don’t think it’s the app itself but the processing of the map, too many points many for a phone to handle?
Or too many GPS checks and it’s just cooking the phone.
I’ve wondered, how the iphones handle waze, if they handle it better or worse.
I just can’t see why a my phone that gets 1900+ in geekbench tests could be getting warm just from using waze, GPS doesn’t use data unless you have a aGPS phone, and the data rates is very small to be honest unless you have a map push.
I have an iPhone and have never noticed it hot or had a warning or have it shut down. I use a dash (not vent) mount, and live in the South East US with torching heat.
The only time that I have ever even felt it warm was after long trips where it’s on for hours at a time, but its still far from hot.
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I just starting using Waze a couple of weeks ago. I have two Garmins that we have used for over 3 1/2 years. Compared to my iPhone 4S (yes, it does get hot when I am using Waze), the Garmin would really heat up and even shut itself down a few times due to the heat. That was an almost-dedicated device (I used to play MP3s through it, too), getting so hot it shut down. I live in Florida and spend a lot of time in my car.
I am normally running Waze, MyTunes Pro and recharging at the same time. My iPhone gets hot, but that activity is a lot of processing. Don’t forget that until we had iPads and smartphones, our computers all came with cooling fans constantly blowing air over the processors.
My experience with Waze doesn’t seem to go back far enough for me to have used it with multiple versions yet. However, I was not surprised at my iPhone heating up because of my experience with the Garmin.
Love the app.
I have a couple of road trips coming up and I will try running Waze without the cover, to see if that helps the thermal issue.
I keep mine out of the sun for sure and also try to put it in front of a vent you cannot easily damage your iPhone from heat it will just shut off.
Try keeping your phone out of the sun, especially on warmer, sunny, summer days. iPhones are super-sensitive to direct sunlight, and the glass front and back of iPhone 4/4S just further traps any sun-related heat it takes on. The metal back of iPhone 3GS and iPhone 5 is a little better at reflecting heat, but they are still pretty sensitive to direct sunlight. If you have a dark case on your iPhone, it’s just like dressing it in a sweater, and it will be even more sensitive to overheating in the direct sunlight.
If you suddenly find yourself lost with an overheated iPhone, pull over and hold it up to one of the vents with the air conditioner turned on and directed at the vent. Once the phone becomes operational again, I’ve found that keeping the air conditioning on will keep the phone operable, even in the direct sunlight under the windshield. Without ambient air conditioning in the car to cool it, however, it is difficult to use an iPhone for navigation purposes without sacrificing a safe view of the screen or the phone having a less than optimal view of the sky.
My 4S shut down in August with the “too hot” warning, but I had no AC and was caught in traffic. Only happened once.
iPhone 4, iphone 4s and iphone 5 are all get hot during any GPS (map) usage for long period of time.
None of these phones shut down on me yet. I have used each phone for a long period of time with Waze. They do get hot but that’s about it (for my experience)
In addition, the way the GPS works on phones at least iPhone(s) is different than the stand alone GPS devices like Garmin. iPhone(s) uses your cellular data along with your GPS to create that extra heat.
Hello,
Me and my wife are using iPhone 4. We are active waze users for a long time (using it at least twice a day for about an hour each time). Both of us, are using the internet radio while driving and sometimes making some calls.
Our iPhone never got too hot. Not even in my antique car without the air conditioner. Not even while charging the whole time.
Recently I got my iPhone overheated (it was hurting to touch it). For more then a month, I was forced use waze only before I was heading to my destination and to shut it down while I was driving (sometimes stopping by to check the road ahead and then shutting down the app again).
I thought that it is the summer heat that doing causing the problem. But My wife’s iPhone is getting too hot as well (ans she loves to keeps her car at 18-20 Celsius while driving, and her iPhone is not at the sun).
Both iPhones were recently “reupdated” (7.1.2 is the last iOS for the iPhone 4) to the last iOS version, not jailbroken and not running any other apps, besides the radio and the phone itself. Both of them has new batteries.
The overheating problem occurs for a several months for now…
Does somebody facing the same problem?
Is there is any solution?
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