iPhone in Sun

[Alexander]

Right now I'm by the pool in hot GA weather. About 30 minutes ago I was listening to the iPod on my phone when it stopped and said "Temperature - you must wait for your iPhone to cool down before using it". It would only let me make emergency calls. It took about 30 minutes for it to cool inside, so my advice is to keep your phone under a shirt or something so you don't run into this problem.

[Hondamaker]

I placed mine under my towel when I was laying at the beach cause you know how black colors suck in the heat! And plastic and glass both are good heat conductors.

[jarofclay73]

Right now I'm by the pool in hot GA weather. About 30 minutes ago I was listening to the iPod on my phone when it stopped and said "Temperature - you must wait for your iPhone to cool down before using it". It would only let me make emergency calls. It took about 30 minutes for it to cool inside, so my advice is to keep your phone under a shirt or something so you don't run into this problem.

Wow. I'm in Hawaii and have never had that problem yet. Also, I'm a little anal-retentive and I like to keep my iPhone 3G shielded from the sun so that may be a good thing. :smile:

[kisstine]

I have noticed that when I have mine out at the pool with me three dots become visible in the top left corner. Temperature sensor? I've never had it overheat, but I do keep it under a towel with just the speaker poking out.

[Hondamaker]

I have noticed that when I have mine out at the pool with me three dots become visible in the top left corner. Temperature sensor? I've never had it overheat, but I do keep it under a towel with just the speaker poking out.
Those are the proximity/accelerometer sensors, I believe.

[kisstine]

Those are the proximity/accelerometer sensors, I believe.

Why can I only see them when I'm outside? Is the black just more transparent in direct sunlight?

My 3G is still, happily, naked; my v1 was always in a case, so I've never really looked at the phone itself so much.

[Alexander]

I have noticed that when I have mine out at the pool with me three dots become visible in the top left corner. Temperature sensor? I've never had it overheat, but I do keep it under a towel with just the speaker poking out.

Two are proximity, one is auto brightness, I guess the temp. one is inside?

[itsabouttime]

Right now I'm by the pool in hot GA weather. About 30 minutes ago I was listening to the iPod on my phone when it stopped and said "Temperature - you must wait for your iPhone to cool down before using it". It would only let me make emergency calls. It took about 30 minutes for it to cool inside, so my advice is to keep your phone under a shirt or something so you don't run into this problem.

Whoa, I never knew it had that feature, pretty cool, keeps us from frying our iPhones I guess. :2cool:

[kisstine]

Two are proximity, one is auto brightness, I guess the temp. one is inside?

Well, it's good to know that it has the ability to shut itself down before the overheating becomes a serious problem. Guess I'll continue to be careful though; I don't want to wait half an hour without being able to use it while it's cooling down.

[Alexander]

Well, it's good to know that it has the ability to shut itself down before the overheating becomes a serious problem. Guess I'll continue to be careful though; I don't want to wait half an hour without being able to use it while it's cooling down.

True that, I had to wait in the pool house for it to cool, missing valuable pool time. My advice for if it over heats: Restart the phone when it feels warm (if it's giving you a warning), and it'll be good as new.

[Mrsmaris]

wow thats a pretty cool feature!

[pjw]

I think its new for 2.0 I was editing the springboard.springs this morning and I saw those warnings. I dont remember seeing them in the past.

[z28black98]

I put mine in the freezer when I get that message. Nothing a nice 10 minute venture in the freezer door won't fix! (sarcasm)

I have never ran into that issue. I have never let it sit in a car in the sun with the windows up or anything like that. I also never let it sit out in direct sunlight. Interesting find..

[Alexander]

So here is some basic questions:

1) Does iPhone 3G have a special temperature sensor V1 doesn't?
2) Is the temperature warning screen new in 2.0?
3) If so, do V1 iPhones that updated to 2.0 simply not make use of it?

[Youngbinks]

Dang I haven't gotten this message poolside or beachside in Florida. Though I haven't tried with the new 3G, only with the v1. Thanks for the tip Ally.

[kisstine]

My v1 got HOT. It was in a black iSkin revo case and I always set it on the dashboard when I was driving because it got the best reception there. On afternoons when I made a long drive, that thing was HOT when I got where I was going. I also had it on the beach in Hawaii all day, every day for two weeks recently; never "overheated". If there *was* a temperature sensor, there definitely wasn't a warning.

[mlass]

People just don't understand the damage you do to a lithium ion batteries outside the enviormental requirements.

Lithium-ion batteries can rupture, ignite, or explode when exposed to high temperature environments, for example in an area that is prone to prolonged direct sunlight

Li-ion chemistry is not as safe as nickel metal hydride or nickel-cadmium, and a Li-ion cell requires several mandatory safety devices to be built in before it can be considered safe for use outside of a laboratory.

Li-ion batteries contain safety devices that protect the cells inside from abuse, and, if damaged, can cause the battery to ignite or explode.

Watch a Video
http://www.valence.com/technology/safety_video.html#

Environmental requirements



http://www.apple.com/iphone/specs.html

Operating temperature: 32° to 95° F
(0° to 35° C)
Nonoperating temperature: -4° to 113° F
(-20° to 45° C)
Relative humidity: 5% to 95% noncondensing
Maximum operating altitude: 10,000 feet (3000 m)

[BigCiX]

Whoa, I never knew it had that feature, pretty cool, keeps us from frying our iPhones I guess. :2cool:

me neither

[projectdarkside]

I think its set in their so you dont end-up burning yourself like that one guys iPhone did...
-but also so if you happen to leave your phone outside exposed to the sun, you dont have to worry about coming back to your iPhone just to find that it had melted to the ground:tounge:

[Alexander]

People just don't understand the damage you do to a lithium ion batteries outside the enviormental requirements.

Lithium-ion batteries can rupture, ignite, or explode when exposed to high temperature environments, for example in an area that is prone to prolonged direct sunlight

Li-ion chemistry is not as safe as nickel metal hydride or nickel-cadmium, and a Li-ion cell requires several mandatory safety devices to be built in before it can be considered safe for use outside of a laboratory.

Li-ion batteries contain safety devices that protect the cells inside from abuse, and, if damaged, can cause the battery to ignite or explode.

Watch a Video
http://www.valence.com/technology/safety_video.html#

Environmental requirements



http://www.apple.com/iphone/specs.html

Operating temperature: 32° to 95° F
(0° to 35° C)
Nonoperating temperature: -4° to 113° F
(-20° to 45° C)
Relative humidity: 5% to 95% noncondensing
Maximum operating altitude: 10,000 feet (3000 m)



Okay well, I'm dumb.