iPhone 15 Overheating? I Figured Out The Instagram Problem!

[@iPhonedo]

Hello. in case you missed it, watch the first video, where I covered many things that you may wonder: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hme7Y41_oL55qbM Also check out and follow me on threads: www.threads.net/@ayfondo

[@mr_shift]

Hey @iPhonedo, awesome vid, and I confirmed your findings. My Instagram account, when logged in, results in the same overheating in my launch day iPhone 15 Pro Max! I am currently checking other apps and, thus far, I'm suspicious of the Mastodon app. Let me know if you'd like me to get specific data.

[@Ins1r]

Relax, just some cryptocurrency mining! To be honest I live in Russa and every time I drive near miliary zone my Iphone runs dry in several hours. May be your account just connected to person who supposed to be not USA citizen?

[@electrosound4595]

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[@behindthebuild8016]

I’m just here patiently waiting for your iPhone 15 pro max review…..Even though I own one…. Strange times…

[@JohnSmith-pn2vl]

i wonder if this will stop at some point, maybe some ai stuff scanning all pictures?

[@LandenPurifoy]

This story is HEATING UP!! 😂 I can't wait for Instagram to stop melting my phone 😭

[@Karan_Thakkar]

Your excitement is tangible lol, I totally know that feel when you're stuck finding the root cause of a problem and you finally find it in an obscure place!

[@Flamamacue]

Especially when it's a hot (lol) button topic for a trillion+ dollar company's most important product launch - in which misleading headlines about "overheating iPhones" could cost 10's of billions of dollars - when it's actually a rogue app causing the issue. Apple should be slinging him some coin

[@marwanthe2oooth]

Dude...how is it you're the only one who figured it out when most other channels gave us scraps? You should have 6 million subs not 600k...

[@xs1228]

💯

[@maxdpt]

I LOVE how this video is put together like, it feels so raw. Finally finding the problem!

[@enterprisecreations1492]

Every one else hoping on the fear mongering train, and here we have this channel actually doing the research and work to solve a problem. This is one of if not the best tech channel on YT. Hands down.

[@aaronraley]

I think it might be related to allow access to the microphone/camera. I disabled access to those for instagram and it stopped overheating. I then un-installed instagram anyway :D

[@avonbarksdale2506]

spyware is spyware lol the little toggles don't mean shit

[@iPhonedo]

Mine are off too. Here are my full settings: Location: Ask Next Time - Precise Location: Off Photos: Limited Access Microphone Access: Off Camera Access: Off Siri Search: On Notifications: On Live Activities: Off Background app refresh is off for Instagram and Threads Cellular Data: On Accounts logged in: 3

[@aaronraley]

@@iPhonedo oh thanks for sharing! Maybe it was a fluke when i turned those off. I only have the one account (based in US). I didn’t test for very long, I don’t use the app much and removed it after watching your last video 😅

[@KyleK68]

Here 10 months later and I’ve just started having this issue and it’s DEFINITELY instagram. The app itself is also incredibly slow when I try to type comments

[@farhan.882]

I literally just had this issue. It’s crazy how slow this is for a brand new £1200 phone! I bought mine literally a month ago

[@BillyDj]

Thanks @iPhonedo , I'm one of the people who shares your finding about instagram overheating problems on my channel and people saying thanks to me when they should thanks to you. So on behalf some of my viewers who thank me, I would like to thank you for your hardwork finding all of these problems about instagram apps overheating. Thank you for your generousity sharing this to us.

[@georgekontus6730]

Yeah I had the same issue, the moment I uninstalled Instagram, the phone cooled down. Thank god!

[@HausOfMontague]

My 14 Pro started to heat up a lot when using Instagram. I googled and found this video. Then tested on my Pixel 8 Pro and it stayed cool for the entire time. I have multiple accounts as well. So yeah it’s something in iOS/Instagram combo for sure. On Android I have no issues.

[@Jo_sings]

Heating issues and also Instagram taking more storage before iOS 17 it’s been 345-453MB after iOS it’s been 1.4-1.86GB

[@FastRedPonyCar]

Not sure if this is related but if you go into settings -> Instagram -> Disable background app refresh It will improve battery.

[@iPhonedo]

Mine is always off.

[@Omar-kw5ui]

One could really make an argument that Meta is trying to purposley make the iphone / ios experience worse for apple users so they switch to android. This is most likely because Apple's privacy restrictions block Meta's tracking which is their revenue generator. I wonder if someone could find code in their apps that attempts to ramp up the GPU to drain battery.

[@StudioBrock1337]

The company who actively undermines the cohesion of Humankind attacking a corporate rival? Checks out.

[@JC-tg5xx]

For real, is apple privacy that amazing?

[@AakarshanB]

Android is just as good at security if the user is not a doofus.

[@khoanguyen0001]

​@@JC-tg5xx It’s not as good as… say GrapheneOS. But it’s definitely better than Google-infested Android OS, which is the one that shipped with Samsung, motorola, etc., devices. Apple provides many privacy-focused feature like Private Relay (a dumbed-down version of Tor), Hide My Email, Lockdown Mode (which turns off a lot of JavaScript features), etc.

[@davidbelecci6970]

Except… Instagram on Android is a very shitty experience, with awful camera performance.

[@sonarun]

I had battery issues with iOS 17 on my iPhone 11 Pro Max. And a Metronome app was eating battery in the background like crazy! I didn’t even know I opened it and it was draining battery and heating the phone up. So it might be a combination of iOS and apps that’s causing the issue.

[@demon6937]

​@@NomadicByNatureeven if you have the most quality battery if it is draining more than it should the behavior would still the same

[@iPhonedo]

Would you share the link for the metronome app?

[@sonarun]

@@iPhonedocheck your “Held for review” comments. I sent some links but I think they were automatically held. I also added a link to a screenshot of my battery usage that day.

[@Steve-tu8eb]

What app were you using to monitor CPU usage in this video?

[@shashankyadav3755]

My iphone 15 pro still heats and drains battery quickly while using instagram even after updating it to ios 17.6.1

[@josecanciani]

Theory: if it mostly happening to KZbinrs, it may be due to the amount of comments, mentions or messages they receive. It would be nice to monitor network connections, maybe we can spot an api call that’s repeating endesly.

[@RE30RN]

Hmmm not having any of this issue on my iPhone 15 Pro and even on my iPad Pro when I doom scrolling on Instagram. But that's crazy how one app can cause all of these overheating problem

[@skypphire]

Thank you for taking your time to find things like this for the community!

[@ZayyanAjaz]

The most underrated tech channel on youtube.

[@henq]

What is the name of the CPU load (and more) charting app?

[@NotTheLarryDavid]

Seems to be Lirum Device Info

[@TheFinalCutBro]

He figured it out!

[@LeftThumbBreak]

Is it the account or the particular content in the account? I tend to guess that some heavy algorithm is getting loaded for particular content. Can't think of much else that would push the processor that hard otherwise

[@DougForce]

Good find - likely an update will resolve - one they figure out the issue…..

[@GavinThornton]

I don't have an iPhone, or use Instagram, or really care about the overheating. Just watched the video because of your excitement and interesting detective skills!

[@sasislm]

He is 100% right..instagram using more cpu. I’m tested on iPad Air 5

[@derek1049]

10:05 - Love it! Well thanks for figuring it out for us.

[@simulacrae]

Wow you're right. I used instagram for a while on my 14 Pro and it got weirdly hot as well.

[@LuisGuedes]

Whats the privacy settings? Are they different from each account?

[@AmmarMalik]

Damn, 2% battery health in 2 weeks has got to be a record.

[@gimax4689]

Loved both the videos! Cant wait to try this !

[@ECan38]

liking and commenting for better reachability. Thanks Abi for figuring it out. I got bugging for the heating issue on my new phone as well..

[@yashargarrett1789]

That's a really good point however it might not be the whole picture.

[@Paullebbon]

Apple. I have spent weeks trying to solve battery drain issues, heat issues, app issues etc....... but I just switched from Samsung S23 Ultra to the iPhone 15 Pro Max and even though I am having the same old problems I still have a dumb smile on my face each time I look at my Natural Titanium beast! Love your videos man, drink some tea and forget those trolls!!!

[@husseinmasri901]

Could it be that your account recenct posts are mostly reels so instagram is trying to load them all while other accounts can have less taxing media that loads faster or something? or maybe the amount of engagement is higher on one account... idk

[@luisnomad]

I am using iOS 17 since beta 2 and I never experienced any overheating while using Instagram. And I use it to edit videos with the reels editor. Using iPhone 12 PRO Max.

[@General_M]

Maybe Instagram is trying to download a ton of data in the background or try to cache it. Sorta like how my phones all get pretty toasty when I log into Outlook on a new phone and it starts downloading dozens of GBs worth of work emails.

[@Norp-i7m]

That has to be it.

[@iPhonedo]

But then why is it not happening on my other two accounts?

[@egeotomasyon]

Have you checked the wireless network traffic? Maybe it is transferring data in the background. For example, sound data received from the microphone.

[@mhaustria]

This video made me lough so much, thanks for doing that. I feel you with all the comments I read.

[@skyd34th]

my 15 pro also heated up very quickly due to instagram, but after the next instagram update it stopped so much

[@xsimonsimx]

My iphone 13 running on iOS 16 went dead when I scrolling Instagram while charging. Ended up repair my motherboard in independent repair shop as Apple authorised service provider only advise to to change the whole rear system that cost 60% of a new phone!

[@SaimYilmaz]

Abi iPad’de kullandığın CPU uygulaması hangisi?

[@eUploads]

What kind of tracking have you agreed to on the different accounts? Are there differences?

[@brianb6603]

Excellent as Usual!!! Fortunately, I don't use instagram... but Excellent research!

[@petermclennan6781]

Nice work. Now hurry up and make the iPhone review video! I can't wait.

[@jonathanboice]

I don't know by one difference I noticed between the two accounts is the number of reel / videos in the page is drastically different, so maybe their is some preloading and buffering being done by instagram that is coursing the spike in performance, and if instagram video format is not one the built in video decoder supports, then it will shift that processing to the CPU for processing.. and so if your page is Manley reels, stories, and groups with video... if might be triggering the issue... but just a guess and observation.

[@ralphwoodard609]

Fantastic blog Afondo. Loved every minute of it and thanks for the information. By the way, I have had no heating problems.

[@MobilAvenue_]

Well done for finding the issue and thank you

[@RawkustvOfficial]

Everyone complaining now but you gonna love this new instagram feature in the winter

[@iapplethis]

As a software developer Im confident its a combo of ios 17 + insta + the specific data in your profile

[@iPhonedo]

What can it be? I'm ready to dive in deeper. I have two identical business accounts, ayfondo and iPhonedoTR. One of them burns the phone no matter what phone I choose, new, old, freshly installed etc, the other everything works just fine. All notifications, settings are identical.

[@TheFlareMind]

@@iPhonedo could it be that Instagram on iOS 17 isn't optimized well perhaps?

[@eliz_kilic]

Great work figuring out. And awesome video as always. (Also thanks for the shout out)

[@bunkermagnus]

Makes you wonder what the difference is between your two instagram accounts, have you compared the account settings, for instance commercial instagram vs non commercial etc?

[@5wingerone]

I’m pretty interested where this is going.

[@SniperMayer]

@iPhonedo just out of curiosity are both of these accounts set up the same way? Is one of them an OG instagram account or facebook login or is there any correlation?

[@MrVeeBlog]

Perfect. I'm glad you figured this out.

[@aramistech]

Thank you for your video, once I removed instagram and threads from my iPhone 15 I have not had any heating up. I could not even get on a phone call because of how hot my phone would get.

[@DoctorMustafaSaad]

Dude well done! That would take us to another question: any other app that is acting weird like instagram? Can't be only Instagram! Elinize sağlık!

[@01bigtrev]

What’s that iPad battery monitor? Pretty cool

[@boira_dani]

Not only Meta is stealing your data, its stealing your energy also!

[@SPISheste]

If we're looking at the bigger scope, what would this mean for ppl who bought the 15 and 15 pro? AS IN their battery capacity are clearly hurting from this, but no clear source to point it at

[@fauzanazhima]

Instagram have different experiences for different account. I have old account, since the start of Instagram. Created another account and it's really really different, everything is different.. So I agree that instagram might be giving out experiences based on the account.

[@English_is_easy1234]

I simply Love your excitement ❤️😍

[@TheFlareMind]

Glad I discovered your channel.

[@EyeCanShootFL]

Its not just instagram. And my 15 pro max with the original 17 as well as the new beta that was just released. They wre talking about instagram being the issue 2 weeks ago - and thought they were right but it happens in tiktok, facebook, and not even using instagram.

[@emck68]

hey love your video on iphone 17 over heating what is the cpu monitor app your using i did a search on the app store but there is a lot of options…

[@heyspookyboogie644]

Hasn’t instagram had issues with cpu usage and reels before? Wonder if it’s trying to preload a bunch of reels and so it depends on how many it’s trying to do at a time? Seems like the account wouldn’t matter as much as the content/codecs.

[@philipweiner1248]

i just deleted intstagram till u make a video when its fixed.. i had my iphone 13 mini go really warm on me in the last days also. now i know why..

[@Spix91]

Try to turn off Instagram data collecting as much as possible. Does it change?

[@klrktsr]

What do you mean by saying that your battery life has degraded because of this? Is this on the new Iphone?

[@iPhonedo]

It degraded the battery on my iPhone 14 Pro Max.

[@andyH_England]

Heat damages phones. That is why I always say to lower the settings to keep the heat under control if you play games. Or use active cooling.

[@aaronkoch77]

Is it not always a Meta app?

[@shellyt2906]

What are you opening up that is showing you this in the blue with the activity graph?

[@micleeso]

So this shows the Apple series chip is not effient enough to sustain any significant processing in the iphone package. This clearly demonstrated a prolong series of CPU utilization results in overheating the phone within minutes. I see a CPU throttle implemtation due to heat coming soon.

[@timisfresh]

What if i told you that my iphone 14 pro is running on ios 16.6.1 and its not overheating or having any of the issues being experienced since the iphone 15 and ios 17 came out? Theres the flaw in your testing there, you didnt compare software versions, probably because you rushed to update all your devices and apple doesnt allow their devices to revert softwares unless from a backup. Cannot rule out current software if you havent experimented with other versions! Hope you lead the people in the right direction with your testing in the future!

[@narutobroken]

What app is that that you were using to monitor the CPU?

[@JasonCongdon]

Check and compare the settings between users. What are the chances that one account is syncing one way or the other as soon as you log in.

[@sadikkadom9566]

Thank you for your insight and determination!!!

[@TechOutAdam]

A lot of people gonna be HEATED they blamed the hardware itself lol

[@TheProVideo]

Is it just me who doesn't have this problem? My phone doesn't heat up when I use IG.

[@Skapo]

iPhones overheat like crazy. I haven't had a single iPhone in the last decade that doesn't overheat in even mildly warm ambient temperatures. I have lost SO MANY CLIPS this way.

[@dougmorato]

To me, the Safari Instagram seems to run smoothly. Maybe the app doesn’t support ProMotion as Safari does?

[@bekhruztursunboev6765]

It happens with the older iphones as well, I use iPhone 8+ and it starts draining battery like nothing else. I guess it's the algorithm tryna keep us locked in the app that starts working and it starts using the muscles of the phone.

[@HGKaya]

I want someone to investigate the background processes. What is getting processed, is it just incompotence or something malicious going on, are some accounts tagged and under surveillance? Otherwise, i expect everyone to be hit, not some particular users. Are the settings on both accounts the same, especially related to advertisement and technical feedback, what is the network usage during that, facebook, meta, instagram, whatever they are called today, has pretty bad record regarding personal information. When it comes to giant corporations, always assume the worst.

[@rtm6930]

I would isolate it to wifi and monitor the data traffic between the two accounts.

[@macbitz]

So it's a particular setting or combination of settings in Instagram. It's not an app I'd trust.

[@radn0x]

Maybe its because all of these social networking apps are filled with third party SDKs for analytics, ads, ab testing, you name it. My guess is they dont even know yet what's causing the issue

[@danielcronk1848]

I wonder what results you would get by running your test on the web version of Instagram.

[@philraphan8818]

interesting Video. I appreciate your time and effort. My iPhone 15 Pro Max heats up to 106 deg F after sitting on my Qi charger in my Car, an EV6. It also does the same thing when it is in the front or rear pocket of my shorts. I don't use Instagram. 106 deg is not too HOT to handle, but this is my 1st iPhone that exhibits this behavior. FYI, I am located in South Florida............should should not affect the phone. It exhibits the same behavior in my house??????????? Peace, PhilR

[@admkcdn]

My MacBook Pro (m2) is overheating while running an Xcode project on the iPhone 15 Pro :O

[@tucompaivan]

How is holding the phone wrong blocking the antenna is a user error, now is user instagram account is the user error?

[@iPhonedo]

Haha select users experience the new Instagram heat feature

[@Death_Mark7]

This is entirely related to application's CPU usage. It's probably trying to load too many posts and content in background and tiring device.

[@JasonMorrisphotocinema]

it is identical for me. I have an iphone 13 pro max and IG is completely burning up my phone

[@kurokishizx]

what the best iphone then?

[@volkantugcu]

My 15 pro max IOS 17.0.2 device does not heat up on Instagram. It only overheats when making phone calls. I use Vodafone e-Sim in Turkey. I don't know how much of an impact this will have, but I wanted to mention it as information.

[@otumar]

Could it be something to do with how instagram caches? The cacheing activity is different for each account, that’s why when both accounts are logged in, it is still causing the phone to heat up? Just a thought.

[@jforester7]

If it's IG and not the iPhone, shouldn't it be doing this on Android devices then too?

[@MoMo-cz3vr]

Apple apps and android and completely different… two different operating systems so no

[@MartinHsueh]

Thank you sir for this revelation!

[@thisisrael]

Your account that didn’t heat up has less stories on highlights, I think it can have to do with that ?

[@shubus]

Happily I'm not on IG so no worries here! Great detective work so standing by to if IG or Apple does anything about this.

Apple release today iOS 17.0.3 and they re saying this update for abnormally high temperatures (for new devices)😅