I have some news that should resolve the overheating issue that has been plauging a percentage of iPhone 3GS owners since its release.
I personally have not experienced this issue, however I have a very reliable source who claims that they have solved the issue thanks to some internal knowledge of a known issue during production. It apparently has do do with a corrupt software image when the 3.0 OS was flashed onto the devices during production.
The resolution is to reflash the iPhone via iTunes by doing a full restore with a downloaded image direct from Apple. The trick here is not to restore from your iPhones' backup in iTunes as that will only restore the corrupt image onto the phone again. To eliminate the problem you must have downloaded the full update from Apple, restored the iPhone to factory fresh with it and then manually reinstall all of your applications and data.
This is no doubt very time consuming, however I have been assured that this will solve the issue completely and is a known issue within Apple. I would be interested in hearing from any reader who has tried or has had sucess with solving the overheat issue with this process as I have not experienced it yet.
iPhone 3Gs Overheating
I had this issue and called Apple last week. The Tech had me restore the phone back to the original software when received. Then he had me restore the backup of my information. So far that has worked. My iPhone was getting very hot and now it barely gets warm. It is good to finally know that it was not just my phone. He asked a lot of questions and I felt like he did not believe me at first.
I've heard many people
I've heard many people experience this problem in the past week - and I've heard about this same solution. I haven't felt it on my phone yet, though many people I know who are feeling the heat try this, and have no luck - hopefully there will be a more clearer solution.
-Angelo
iphone 3gs overheat
hi guys, i have tried this method & i got problems with wifi & current location. the wifi did not work properly. when you hit the current location on the map, its points me somewhere else.