BenchReady — Heat events: workload, cooling and recurrence
Standard Pixel 7 (2022), stock Android · 2.0.0
Document naturally occurring heat restrictions or shutdowns and the safe later result.

MODEL FIT
Open Settings → About phone and confirm Pixel 7. Check Android version and security update locally. Pixel 7a and Pixel 7 Pro are separate models.
Android 14 December 2023 update or later for Repair Mode. Other checks: stock Android with the named settings available.
Excluded: Pixel 7a; Pixel 7 Pro; Pixel 6; custom Android ROM

PREPARATION
[ ] No swelling, smoke, melted port or physical damage
[ ] Cooler ventilated area available
[ ] Existing Settings app only after the phone has cooled
[ ] Keep any existing backup accessible to you.
[ ] Keep credentials and personal files outside this record.

GUIDE
1. Record the observed restriction: slowed charging, disabled camera/flash, connectivity restriction, warning or shutdown. Do not infer a temperature from touch alone.
Sources: https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/3333708?hl=en; How your phone protects itself
2. Choose the activity already in progress, such as camera, navigation, hotspot, setup or charging. Keep sun or enclosed-space exposure as a separate condition.
Sources: https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/3333708?hl=en; Warm activities; Keep phone from getting too hot
3. If too hot, disconnect power when safe, move to a cooler place and stop using it until cooled. If it shut down, let it cool before restarting.
Sources: https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/3333708?hl=en; What to do if too hot; protective shutdown
4. After cooling, look for Battery → Battery diagnostics → Phone is very warm. The source lists Pixel 6 and later, but if this installed OS lacks the option, record unavailable.
Sources: https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/3333708?hl=en; Check device temperature
5. Observe ordinary cooler use without recreating heavy load. Recurring shutdowns or unexplained restrictions should go to Google with workload and charging context.
Sources: https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/3333708?hl=en; Continued shutdown: contact Pixel support

EVIDENCE TO RECORD
Observed effect: Not recorded
Activity before event: Not recorded
Environment category: Not recorded
Temperature guidance option: Not recorded
Original ordinary-use event — Historical observation; do not repeat a harmful condition: Not checked
Later cooler ordinary use — No warning; normal handling; same basic function: Not checked
On-device temperature guidance — Only if available after cooling: Not checked

STOP CONDITIONS
Stop using and charging equipment with swelling, casing separation, smoke, a burning smell or suspected battery damage. Do not open or press on it.
Set damaged accessories aside. Do not open mains adapters or force connectors.
Do not erase, reset, flash firmware or bypass a lock as a default diagnostic step.

OUTCOMES
Comparison recorded: Keep the heat-event context and return to normal behavior. A normal later observation does not establish long-term battery health.
- Observed restriction and activity already underway
- Power connection and environment category
- Cooling response, later recurrence and diagnostic option availability
Complete the missing preparation: Continue cooling out of direct sun with active use stopped. Do not start diagnostics while the device remains too hot.
- Wait for a comfortable cooled condition before checking settings.
- Observed restriction and activity already underway
- Power connection and environment category
- Cooling response, later recurrence and diagnostic option availability
Discuss the recorded result with support: Tell Google about recurring shutdowns or restrictions in cooler normal use, including whether power was connected.
- Observed restriction and activity already underway
- Power connection and environment category
- Cooling response, later recurrence and diagnostic option availability
Keep the unknowns in your handoff: Cooling or a later normal-use period was not observed, so recovery remains unknown.
- Tell support whether the phone cooled, restarted or showed available temperature guidance.
- Observed restriction and activity already underway
- Power connection and environment category
- Cooling response, later recurrence and diagnostic option availability
Stop powered checks: Stop using or charging damaged equipment. Do not open or press on the phone or handle hot or smoking equipment. Contact Google or an authorized provider; use local emergency help for immediate fire danger.
- Report swelling, casing separation, smoke or damaged ports as hardware danger rather than an ordinary heat event.
- Observed restriction and activity already underway
- Power connection and environment category
- Cooling response, later recurrence and diagnostic option availability

SOURCES
Help keep Pixel from getting too warm: https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/3333708?hl=en (Temperature; How phone protects itself; Too hot; checked 2026-10-13)
Fix Pixel battery drain: https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/6090599?hl=en (Battery diagnostics; Battery usage; Updates; Still have issues; checked 2026-10-13)
Pixel 7 safety and regulatory guide: https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/12164747?hl=en (Safety warnings; Repair and service; Charging; checked 2026-10-13)
Use Pixel Repair Mode: https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/14266732?hl=en (Learn how it works; Access; Exit; checked 2026-10-13)
iPhone temperature management: https://support.apple.com/en-us/118431 (Device gets too warm; Charging On Hold; Temperature warning; checked 2026-10-13)

This is a blank guide. Use the website to save observations and export an importable record. No physical repair has been verified.