Hi, I have a HTC desire, its nice but it gets hot latley when playing games like angry birds for a bit when the battery drops to 20% or so, and I plug in in.. it starts doing reboot cycle.. I think it only happens until the phone cools down.
I know the only real fix for this is a new mainboard, but I am not under warrenty..
any suggestions on how to live with it, or work with it.. someone told me a bad sim card or sd card might do this to the phone... I have already put 2.3 on it and factory reset and such...
thanks
How old is it? In the eu the warranty is 2 years.
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Wow, good to see im not the only one. I have the same problems, and depending on the rom they get worse or better. im running CM7 now and i have little problems, but when i was running the ICS beta it happend a lot, both on and of the charger and in my pants pocket or out.
If its overheated and i take out the battery i can smell a sort of molten plastic / overheated electronics smell.
for me it was the same - main problem is motherboard.
in the end service center exchanged for me motherboard and now this problem is gone.
but before this exchange i did following:
* decreased max cpu speed to 576-768MHz (via SetCPU)
* in one of old kernels I was able to manipulate with CPU voltage level, so i was decreasing it for all freq. which was used by me.
* charging only via PC usb ports - when it was able to be fully charged and not overheat
but the proper way would be only to bring your device into service center...
I would also suggest decreasing the max speed
might be that sleep mode doesn't work entirely as it should in some roms, not making the CPU frequency drop enough when the screen is off.
And your device might be getting old and wear is starting to show.
If it's actually damaged, replacing parts may be the only solution
This is a known problem for the first devices. The solution is to change the motherboard, of course at the service center.
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Hi, I have a HTC desire, its nice but it gets hot latley when playing games like angry birds for a bit when the battery drops to 20% or so, and I plug in in.. it starts doing reboot cycle.. I think it only happens until the phone cools down.
I know the only real fix for this is a new mainboard, but I am not under warrenty..
any suggestions on how to live with it, or work with it.. someone told me a bad sim card or sd card might do this to the phone... I have already put 2.3 on it and factory reset and such...
thanks
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You need to pick a good firmware I worth Runnymede AIO V 5.0.1 Special Edition-> Base Runnymede 1.22.461.2 Official Sensation sense 3.5 Android 2.3.5 [CM7/r2] [STOCK] [AD2SDX] [A2SD] [BEATS] [RCTWEAKS] [Aroma Touch Installer]
no problems found! the same problems arise Earlier.
How did you void your warranty? Rooting or installing custom does not void hardware warranty. At least I got my pvt1 motherboard replaced even when I had rooted and used superglue to fix some broken plastic under back cover.
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Ya, the phone is just out of warrenty, it really is only 1 year in Canada.. no ifs ands or butts...
But the phone only seems to do the reboot loop when I play angry birds when the battery is low and or when I play angry birds when the phone is charging ..
I think it happend once in google street view...
in other words intense apps... that make the phone warm up and then the sensor tells the phone to restart to protect the processor from overheating, but when the phone reboots the thing is still hot so it keeps rebooting.. only solution is to take the phone battery out and let it cool..
I guess this problem could get worse but it doesn't happen with normal web browsing at this point. I might have to live with it until I find someone to replace the mainboard cheaper than HTC wants.. otherwise not worth it.
I guess lowering the CPU max might be great so it doesn't overheat in the 1st place, I will try that.
I don't really understand rom, I have 2.3 gingerbread, is there something else I can change to perhaps get a better radio signal on this puppy ?
THanks GUys
I have this problem, although until recently it only when trying to use it as satnav.
I'm glad to hear it's a known problem though.
I contacted my provider and they said perhaps the battery is getting tired and causing it to reboot due to lack of power. I pointed out that it was the other components near the sim & sd card slots that were getting hot, not the battery, so they sent me another one. I did buy another battery too and that has made no difference either. As soon as I rooted the replacement phone it started getting warm too. I'm also pretty sure that the "replacement" was a refurbed one, since the optical joystick doesn't always respond and when typing msgs sometimes the vibe feedback stops working mid-word.
It's very frustrating not being able to use it for navigation any more (although it works happily with My Tracks for recording routes).
However since I've rooted it, I don't think I'd get away with requesting another replacement phone. I've tried installing other rom's that might run cooler, but when I do they always lock at the HTC splashscreen and I have to restore nandroid backup.
Hello,
i'm new to XDA developers. Should i buy this phone? I'm thinking about it these days but i'm not sure if it is worth. Thanks for your answers.
The same Problem on my Phone! While charging i can not use my Phone.
My solution: Don't touch while charging. :-(
I think I have same problem...my Desire in regular use get worm at 35% and at 38% burns my hand...and what is wors,for 15/20 min. regular use(not havy or gaming) temp. rise from 28% to 37% but something confuse me...last night I play 3d games for an 1 hour and at 20 min. I put it on charger and continue to play games and 40 min. later temp. is 40% and stil no reboot but butom side of phone(not battery...front side (buttons and screen) and back side) is so hot that I can burn my hand on it. I put statistic that battery indicator show(time,%,temp.). So is it like that to you guys? Is your phone have that heat thing for 15 min. of regular use?
Its pic of last night 3D gaming and its all statistic of temp./ % / time...
setCPU sorted this issue for me
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setCPU sorted this issue for me
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Ok, sounds promising. Can you elaborate on that a little bit please? What settings did you use etc?
Ahhhhh.... My gf phone having this issue.. and i think the problem is the sdcard, class 2 and use it for a2sd..
But, i tried to unroot the problems still happen, even without sdcard, the best way for me is leave this phone.. :-(
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If still in warranty, call HTC.
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simply installed it, and it had it run at lowest speed on idle so it could remain cooler
(you can check the settings on it to see what it runs on idle and modify to your needs anyway)
I have similar problem like yours. I suspect the problem is come from SIM because there is no this kind issue happened IF turn to flight mode or tool out the SIM.
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My desire is getting too hot/warm near the bottom area and keep rebooting.
It is t-mobile UK version.i have debrand my desire to wwe 2.10.405.2
boot loader 32.44.00.32 by using gold card.
I check with htc they told me that the warranty of my phone is valid only in UK,than in frustration i just open the back panel of my phone and put some small pieces of aluminum foil over the heat sink to absorb some extra heat but that did not work and i don't understand what to do and i closed it again.
i cannot use my phone for more than 15 mnts bcos it getting so warm and rebooting.
if i remove the bettery and keep it for some time to get cool than it work fine but after some time same problem.
pls pls somebody help me
It appears this is a problem with the system board. Mine does the same.
Mine is usually when using GPS or on heavy data usage, the only thing that can work is to use SetCPU (device will need to be rooted) and set the phone to run at around 600MHz.
But I'm guessing you bought a 1Ghz phone to use it as that, mine will be going back to T-Mobile UK very soon.
Check your serial number (mine starts HT03) they appear to have problems up to HT07.
Agree - had to swap my girlfriends' Desire because of the same issue.
heat issue affects me too! So getting over the constant restarts!
Agreed on the heat issue - Mine is being affected as well and is also a T-mobile. it's serial number is within that range you mention: HT06MPL......
running 2.2, base 32.49.00.32u and kernal 2.6.32.15.
The problem only started affecting me when using the GPS until I realised it happened with any application that I use. Music, pics, browsing and even simple texting. And having a rubber cover probably doesn't help much either.
Whats the chances is getting it exchanged/repaired if purchased through topbuy.com.au? Best get onto it.
Thanks for the advice on the SETCPU app - I may purchase and monitor usage.
My phone has the same problem, it keeps rebooting all the time when it was warm. I bring it back to the dealer, and two weeks later i got my phone with new system board.
So, the problem solved..
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than in frustration i just open the back panel of my phone and put some small pieces of aluminum foil over the heat sink to absorb some extra heat but that did not work and i don't understand what to do and i closed it again.
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Putting aluminum foil on a device which was already overheating was definitely not the brightest thing to do. :/
Mine gets hot too around usb, but only during charge. It is only natural that CPU when stressed outputs greater amount of heat, but restarting definitely points out it is flawed too.
i can get by in mine, im waiting for vodafone to stop stocking htc desire, so i can get free upgrade to desire HD MWAHAHAHAHA
For some reason my HTC at the bottom is getting very hot and rebooting because of it. I pulled the battery and with the charger in and battery out its still overheating. With just the battery it is also overheating and now it's not charging.
No software changed so it has to be hardware, can anyone tell me if their Desire gets hot at the bottom with charger in and battery out? If so I might be able to try a new battery (the current one isn't getting hot at all). Phone was bought second hand so I could be stuffed!
Cheers, Andrew
Sometimes with hard use (many downloads at the same + 720p streaming and charging) the battery take over 45C. But never reeboot. So i think you have a battery failure, or even worth, a motherboard failure.
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I'm gonna go with what you said.
Doubt its the battery (not ruling it out though).
My desire kept rebooting when I used GPS / Wifi or mobile data. I just took it back.
Hope you're still under warrantee.
Nope, last phone I buy without one.
It's basically dumping all power including that in the battery into heat, I presume the GPRS chipset has failed as I lost signal. Battery drained extremely fast and now wont charge as the full 500mA from the USB is going into heat.
New mainboard time. Finding one though...
i doubt its a motherboard problem.
more just a problem with heavy use. maybe try not to do 10 things at the same time.
it is still a mobile phone afterall.
Err no, liquidmonkey it doesnt work like that.
IF its overheating to the point where its constantly rebooting, then its a hardware failure. All this stuff about putting phones in the freezer is a load of rubbish, just like the old Xbox 360 towel trick. If its overheating - its faulty.
just got my Desire back from vodafone, new mainboard, i already tested in sunny Lisbon (27c) working in the sun, for navigation in the car with google maps navigation, *
the old one, in direct sun lite it would not stay on for 5m.
Now it is ok!
and since it is a new mainboard and IMEI, i have a renew 2 YEAR WARRANTY . thx voda... lol
but that's not all, they also changed my screen from a SLCD to a OMOLED ???
and i don't think that's ok!
when i delivered my desire to vodafone, they lent one other htc desire to me, it also was amoled, but it add much better viewing angle, and less tending to blue.
my new screen was a very poor viewing angle because the colors tend to much to the blue when i tilt the phone, it also is very bright, does not have as much definition as the SLCD, and i think the one voda lent to me ad also better definition, but at least the black is really black and color very vivid!
do you think that what i have *seen, 3 different screen's in 1 week, and considering the characteristics of my new screen, are normal for amoled screen? ?
thx in advance (sorry for the inglish)
hi guys ! its a overheating problem 100% didnt find a fix yet...
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hi guys ! its a overheating problem 100% didnt find a fix yet...
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Mine will get very hot if charging whilst playing video or using GPS but I think its only rebooted once.
I have bigger problems with my other phone, in comparison the desire really is a cool phone.
I guess you could try under clocking it if you have problems?
im sad and afraid because from the last week my phone is still rebooting after 10-20 minutes of 3g connection.
It's enought to surf with browser to see it reboots on it own.
It happend with ALL RADIOS from 32.44.00.32U_5.09.05.30_2 up to the latest radio!!
I tested also different roms: Insert coin, RCMixHD 2.0, ReflexS, Leedroid GB 3.0.0.7, Oxygen 2.1.3.
this is output of "adb logcat > test.txt" from powering on phone up to his reboot.
ROM: InsertCoin stable v1.0.8 and radio 5.11.05.27.
Bravo PVT1 Amoled S-off.
http://www.mediafire.com/?2m3r2bxpn9iglw3
My telephone is broken?
Why heats up then reboot?
mine is with tmobile just now for repair for the very same reason.
from your log there doesn't seem to be anything apparent near the end of the log so it looks like its not software related error - I suspect CPU overheating and just bombing out before software realizes whats going on.
so...i have to send it for repair?
HTC service in italy is a pure shi.....-diplomatic mode on:- is poor service
Very slow and without service center in our country.
Solved:
It was an hw truble, htc service has changed motherboard and apparently seems to work good now.
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PVT1??
I wonder... I had a PVT1 also and the same thing happened, got warranty repaired, I'm now PVT4.
Does anybody else know if it's just PVT1 Desire's that suffer this problem?
yes last series of many desire and hd2 also got same problem.. only board swap is the solution
Where did you find that the device heated up most because mine gets really hot but not experienced reboots.
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Where did you find that the device heated up most because mine gets really hot but not experienced reboots.
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Pretty much the area above where the charger/usb cable goes in. You can feel it on the back cover where the SIM and SD card are positioned underneath. Since I've had mine replace I've noticed the heat alright but no corresponding reboots as I got before the repair.
RoryHa said:
Pretty much the area above where the charger/usb cable goes in. You can feel it on the back cover where the SIM and SD card are positioned underneath. Since I've had mine replace I've noticed the heat alright but no corresponding reboots as I got before the repair.
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Me too; still gets warm in the same place (although nowhere near as hot as it did) but post-repair it was fine.
Until it wiped itself (literally - everything bar the bootloader, just gone) and had to go back again a few weeks later.
Have decided if it breaks in some manner again I'm going to drive over it in despair.
HI, I have the same issue ,but what really bothers me is if i need to flash the RUU rom before sending back to htc. I tested it with previous version (froyo) rom , and the problem just disappeared. So I wonder htc service will accept my request if the problem won't happen with an offical rom?
i have the same problem and it's already in repair since 3 weeks. Hope i get it back some time soon...
I flashed the original RUU before sending it in. Just in case..
RoryHa said:
Pretty much the area above where the charger/usb cable goes in. You can feel it on the back cover where the SIM and SD card are positioned underneath. Since I've had mine replace I've noticed the heat alright but no corresponding reboots as I got before the repair.
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After repair my desire is back pvt1 again and heat however in 3g connection but stressing phone or not is stable with no reboots.
Edit: i noted during charge my phone heat but again, no more rebbots
Only pvt4 devices have not temperature problems?
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I flashed the original RUU before sending it in. Just in case..
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I did the same also before sending back to warranty... not sure if HTC would accept a phone for warranty repair without official software.
Hi,
when weather is pretty hot, when use GPS or high 3g drain app like watching tv my phone reboot on it's own.
it seems to happen when battery temp reaches 35°c as well
when weather is very hot sometime it enter into bootloops and need a battery pull to let it cool down.
i know how to see battery temperature :
adb shell
cat /sys/class/power_supply/battery/batt_temp
but how can i log it please ?
just to see if it's really a faulty battery protection or another problem.
Best regards
t-minik said:
Hi,
when weather is pretty hot, when use GPS or high 3g drain app like watching tv my phone reboot on it's own.
it seems to happen when battery temp reaches 35°c as well
when weather is very hot sometime it enter into bootloops and need a battery pull to let it cool down.
i know how to see battery temperature :
adb shell
cat /sys/class/power_supply/battery/batt_temp
but how can i log it please ?
just to see if it's really a faulty battery protection or another problem.
Best regards
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You can easily use 'Battery Monitor Widget' from market, by having it you can log temperature, current, voltages and battery percentage at preset time interval.
Does anyone have issues with your SGSII T989 phones having extremely high temps?
I get it when using the GPS, charging the phone while i'm talking on the phone, and doing a few other activities. It did not do this on my first purchase of the phone and i'm a bit weary of the temps as sometiems it gets quite warm!
Currently I'm on O.E. SGS II Rom w/ root, that's about it! No OC no mods or anything of that sort. (Just CWM and Root).
Any tips would be greatly appreciated, as this heat as caused me from using my phone each day more and more.
P.S. I WAS on Juggernaut Rom and then flashed back to Stock, and it was having this heating issue then, should i try to do a complete 100% wipe like on one of the development threads and start from scratch like I just got the phone from the factory again? I wiped my system using Odin and it seems to of kept my old programs, no information like games and etc. was kept however, does anyone think that might be the problem? Once again thanks!
XxGoKoUxX said:
Does anyone have issues with your SGSII T989 phones having extremely high temps?
I get it when using the GPS, charging the phone while i'm talking on the phone, and doing a few other activities. It did not do this on my first purchase of the phone and i'm a bit weary of the temps as sometiems it gets quite warm!
Currently I'm on O.E. SGS II Rom w/ root, that's about it! No OC no mods or anything of that sort. (Just CWM and Root).
Any tips would be greatly appreciated, as this heat as caused me from using my phone each day more and more.
P.S. I WAS on Juggernaut Rom and then flashed back to Stock, and it was having this heating issue then, should i try to do a complete 100% wipe like on one of the development threads and start from scratch like I just got the phone from the factory again? I wiped my system using Odin and it seems to of kept my old programs, no information like games and etc. was kept however, does anyone think that might be the problem? Once again thanks!
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If you are rooted you might want to try a different kernel and maybe SetCPU. I had some overheating/temp issues a while back and after I lowered my CPU a bit and set it to an Ondemand state with a profile for screen off running CPU very low when not actively in use it seemed to fix the problem.. Btw SetCPU is free for XDA users, there is a thread somewhere in the Android Hacking Apps forum..
GL
Edit: I thought it was free to xda users, I checked and cant find the thread, maybe I was wrong or they changed it..
ty VoiD
I'm on the stock kernal, I was on the modified 1.7ghz kernal before i believe, as I could overclock over that, but i just recently stopped that and went back to stock. I was and still am expecting the phone to malfunction on me sometime soon lol. It's been a really reliable phone so far! My G1 and Mytouch 3G slide (gf's phone) took soo many dumps on me while I used it. Each of those phones were probably sent back 5-8 times and they were kept completely stock for a while!
Back on subject though. Any kernals that go well with the factory rom? I don't favor any aftermarket roms right now as they're not stable enough for my usage IMO.
I have heat problems but I've always had the stock kernel...
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Undervolt at the stock clock if you want to lower temps. However, charging will always increase heat especially if you are using the phone at the same time, and depending on ambient temps.
Dude my moms sgsII literally got fried because it heated up once. She was using her phone normally and all of a sudden it started heating up. She kept using it and the next day the phone won't turn on, charge or get into download mode. It looked like what a hard brick would look like. So I just returned it for a HTC one S.
Btw she was on full stock.
My phone heats up a lot because I'm down south with 90-95 degree temps and I keep phone in the car dock by the windshield but it never failed on me.
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I thought it was a well fixable issue. Guess not? lol... Either way, everytime my batt temps rise, i notice i get 40-45C and i start to get worried. So if i'm in a car, i'd just put it next to the AC vent while the car's running and temps get down to about 25C and i'm good again. I just don't feel comfortable with the phone anymore like I use to. It never did this before, why now??
I have an app that warns when it goes over 40 and it happens daily. I was downloading torrents one time and it keeps the screen active while downloading and the thing got like 62 celsius before I realized what happened. It almost burnt my hand lol. if your ever in sunlight or palming the phone while using gps on 4g.
overheating is very common with this phone I wouldn't worrie about it to much it is uncomfortable though if in your pocket
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Also remember, any app that uses hardware acceleration for graphics or video (games, browser, etc.) or gps will cause the phone to heat up if used for a prolonged period of time.
Playing Osmos was like setting my phone on fire.
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I have an app that warns when it goes over 40 and it happens daily. I was downloading torrents one time and it keeps the screen active while downloading and the thing got like 62 celsius before I realized what happened. It almost burnt my hand lol. if your ever in sunlight or palming the phone while using gps on 4g.
overheating is very common with this phone I wouldn't worrie about it to much it is uncomfortable though if in your pocket
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Are you sure I shouldn't worry? I mean, I don't want solder points falling off due to too high of a temp. Then again these temps don't even reach 100C yet. I've got the same app too probably, it's a battery monitor that tells u when the phone gets too hot. mine's goes off everytime i'm around 40+
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Also remember, any app that uses hardware acceleration for graphics or video (games, browser, etc.) or gps will cause the phone to heat up if used for a prolonged period of time.
Playing Osmos was like setting my phone on fire.
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Yep, I use GPS and often. It's just so much easier than guessing your way off a piece of paper. But yeah, like you the phone gets soo hottttttt. I have to always put the phone to my AC vent.
It's normal to a point.
These are serious computers we have.
Think of the old P486's back in the day, those things needed huge heat sinks and some even had fans
our phones which is what, 4x the cpu power and not only no heat sink but everything is squished together inbetween a hot screen and a hot battery
That being said, I use a program called A-see, which is to watch my security cameras while out.
And if I forget to close it out (Actually exit the program) It will keep running and running and eventually probably fry my phone
lets put it this way, I will actually start to feel it in my jeans pocket, it gets that hot.
Also I have a program which will alert me if my phone gets to 130 degrees F
And will automatically shut the phone down if it gets to 140
overheat protection or something
I had this issue where whenever I try to charge my phone it would overheat to the point unbearable to touch I went back to stock flash different roms in the end i exchanged it it was still under warranty
Hello,
I've browsed the xda forums and few others extensively for solution of my issue, though to no help at all.
For the starters some numbers and general info:
Phone: R800i Xperia Play, 2.6.32.9-DooMKernel, Xperia NXT v.1.3.
Only default stuff running in the background.
For testing and possible solution, apps I've installed:
Advanced Task Manager,
No-Frills CPU (min. 134 MHz, max 1.114 GHz, smartass, sio),
Battery Defender (Temp 32C, voltage: 3.0V, changed from 4.0V).
I always keep Data, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS off, unless I need them. Brightness is about 30% most of the time, no auto-brightness control.
For solution purpose I've got manual network selection for 2G, usually it is 2G/3G auto search - never got issues with this.
I've got two batteries, stock one and a Tell Me one, both 1500 MAh, both never had any issues.
Today morning (7AM), as usual, I've disconnected fully charged phone from the charger. I haven't noticed a thing that could be off about the phone.
I've went to the work, and around 11 AM I've messaged a little, and then I've noticed a weird thing - phone was very hot and the battery info said that it is on around 30%. Of course, first I've tried was to reboot the device, and lower the maximum frequency of the CPU.
Unfortunately it wasn't a bug or a mistake - phone really had around 30% charge left. I've got a usb cable from a co-worker to keep the phone from dying.
In the meantime, I've tried resetting the phone to factory defaults, tried flight mode, setting everything to off - nothing helped. Also, what's more weird - phone was charging incredibly slow (that might be because of charging from PC USB) when turned off and it still was hot.
I've realized that phone is getting really hot only in one area - near top right corner (place where light sensor is), on the backside, after you extend the phone (there is a little screw there, under 'sticker').
After getting back to home, I've tried charging the first battery to 100% - it completed, using stock charger, but it took quite longer than expected. Discharging is quite fast - 1% per 4-5 minutes. In ~50 minutes I've got 90%. This gives roughly 7 hours of work on battery. In flight mode, with everything turned off, with CPU on 134 MHz.
On a second battery, which I have in right now, I am steadily progressing from 93% to the 0% at the speed of 1% per 3 minutes.
Phone is +2 years old, not on warranty.
Any advice could be really appreciated.
Is it a stock battery or an aftermarket? I had an aftermarket battery once. It had a similar response in my phone. Bought another battery. OEM and solved it.
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Maybe it's battery fault.
One of my battery did the same thing (it even got even bigger due gasses inside it). Replaced it and it's working fine.
If it happends on both batteries, maybe it's hatdware issue. In worste case, something inside phone is shortcutted and drainibg current, causing heating. Maybe opening phone and cleaning parts inside could help.
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Wouldn't hurt to open it up and using an eraser clean the battery contacts inside phone and on battery itself. Then use a can of compressed air to blast that bad boy.
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I've got two different batteries, stock one that came with phone, and a second aftermarket one, which was rarely used - only on long trips when I wanted to play. Both of them couldn't be damaged like that.
Phone never fell on the floor, is always in protective rubber-like 'case' and of course it never even touched water.
Right now heat is strong enough to be a bit painful if you slide the phone out and touch the light sensor area on the backside. I will try to get some torx screwdrivers and open up this part, but I doubt I will find anything. I was wondering if switching back to stock rom could help.
I'm really at loss here since I don't wanna buy new one, though they're cheap right now (about 150$ in my area with 24 month warranty, without any contract), since I've got some holiday plans and wanted to have some more funds. I can go by with the 4-5 hour discharge time if I have a cable on me since I'm working at the office with computers. I can always charge the phone, but knowing that usually I never even fell under 80% after 8 hours at work is kind of bothering.
Have you reformatted the phone via flashing a ftf file... see if that fixes the issue.
Maybe try to use it without battery. Connect charger, remove battery while still powered on, and wait 15minutes (as i recall, it will not turn off). If phone is still hot, then it's not battery related problem.
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Maybe try to use it without battery. Connect charger, remove battery while still powered on, and wait 15minutes (as i recall, it will not turn off). If phone is still hot, then it's not battery related problem.
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Actually I've tried this and I've got some results. Phone turns off when it stays this way in OS for a while, so I did that in Boot manager, which I thought won't be affected by OS itself, and I was right - phone stays on, with screen on. Unfortunately, it is very hot in the 'usual' place. So we can root out the possibility that this is a battery issue.I am not quite sure, but also this is certainly not antenna, since it is off in the boot manager, as well as WiFi, BT and GPS.
So could it be that the kernel itself, which must have some module responsible for power management, went crazy? That is just my wild (hopeful) guess, and I wish that flashing will help. Any ROMs that you can advice?
FouLu said:
Actually I've tried this and I've got some results. Phone turns off when it stays this way in OS for a while, so I did that in Boot manager, which I thought won't be affected by OS itself, and I was right - phone stays on, with screen on. Unfortunately, it is very hot in the 'usual' place. So we can root out the possibility that this is a battery issue.I am not quite sure, but also this is certainly not antenna, since it is off in the boot manager, as well as WiFi, BT and GPS.
So could it be that the kernel itself, which must have some module responsible for power management, went crazy? That is just my wild (hopeful) guess, and I wish that flashing will help. Any ROMs that you can advice?
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Well, to test if everything is working properly, flash stock firmware with flashtool (even kernel). Test all functions of phone with apps (wifi, BT, gps, 3g, flashlight, tear-front camera). If all works, maybe some chip is overheating.
In that case, if you don't know how to open phone, maybe it's best to take it to service.
If you do know how to open it, first start cleaning enterier. If that don't help, try to power it while dissasembled, and see what chip is overheating and google for it's model to see what it is.
Sent from my R800i using xda app-developers app
Bakisha said:
Well, to test if everything is working properly, flash stock firmware with flashtool (even kernel). Test all functions of phone with apps (wifi, BT, gps, 3g, flashlight, tear-front camera). If all works, maybe some chip is overheating.
In that case, if you don't know how to open phone, maybe it's best to take it to service.
If you do know how to open it, first start cleaning enterier. If that don't help, try to power it while dissasembled, and see what chip is overheating and google for it's model to see what it is.
Sent from my R800i using xda app-developers app
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Thanks for advice. I will flash the phone completely to stock and test it. Actually, if it is turned off, it is not heating up but starts to when I try to charge the battery.
I'm working at IT company, but my knowledge ends at the desktop computers actually, certainly I am not into electronics - I can tell when capacitors on motherboard are starting to go bad, but that's it. Starting from laptops, some parts are to small and prone to damage to be just opening and looking around.
I suppose if the stock kernel won't help, I will seek assistance of some service since they always give some kind of warranty for repairs. Of course, I will keep this topic updated, since there might be same kind of lost soul with the same problem.
FouLu said:
Thanks for advice. I will flash the phone completely to stock and test it. Actually, if it is turned off, it is not heating up but starts to when I try to charge the battery.
I'm working at IT company, but my knowledge ends at the desktop computers actually, certainly I am not into electronics - I can tell when capacitors on motherboard are starting to go bad, but that's it. Starting from laptops, some parts are to small and prone to damage to be just opening and looking around.
I suppose if the stock kernel won't help, I will seek assistance of some service since they always give some kind of warranty for repairs. Of course, I will keep this topic updated, since there might be same kind of lost soul with the same problem.
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When you are on stock kernel, test offline charging too (phone turned off, but charging). So heating problem is only limited to battery-charging electronics-kernel).
Post your results when/if it's fixed, no matter what they are. Good luck
Bakisha said:
When you are on stock kernel, test offline charging too (phone turned off, but charging). So heating problem is only limited to battery-charging electronics-kernel).
Post your results when/if it's fixed, no matter what they are. Good luck
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Unfortunately, after flashing to stock R800i_4.0.2.A.0.79.ftf I still have this weird overheating issue and the battery is draining really fast. Seems like this is hardware problem, not a software one, since I tested it in many different ways to no help at all.
I will not let go off my XPlay, as I will visit service and try to repair The Best Gaming Phone to Date, though I will buy a new phone, which will be Xperia S, since I've got my eyes on it ever since I played on my friend's one - Final Fantasy 7 with OpenGL plugin in fpse looked really great, and the controls were fine for my tastes.
When I get the XPlay fixed, I will update this thread, since I like this phone and would like to have it back and running.
Thanks for all the help, I really appreciate it