An update on thermal issues affecting Lumia 950s/950 XLs: An | LumiaWOA Announcements

An update on thermal issues affecting Lumia 950s/950 XLs:

An issue has been discovered with several driver components on 950s and 950 XLs leading to overheating issues and bad thermal behavior, as well as battery life decrease.

This issue is caused by the following components:

- The WLAN driver (WiFi) (high impact)
- The Battery Driver (minor impact)
- The Automatic Brightness service (high impact)
- The Automatic Rotation service (medium impact)

In order to prevent the thermal issues from occurring, and if you do not mind the loss of functionality, it is advised to:

- Disconnect from any WiFi network on your device
- Open Task Manager, go to advanced view, services, open services (bottom), find Mobile Auto Rotation Service as well as Mobile Ambient Light service, and disable both of them
- Do not use the device always plugged in to a power source

If you follow above's steps, and turn off the device for some time once it is cold, and then turn it back on, your device will be:

- Extremely cold
- No thermal issues, no power throttling
- Responsive
- More battery life

Updates will go out at a later date once more time has been found to develop fixes, for all of these issues