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.

[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.

[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.