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I was playing games on my phone for an hour or two and noticed in the top right of the screen about where the power button is, it was getting really hot. Just on the screen face. I took my cover off and felt around the back and it was cool. But it was getting noticeably hot when touching that part on the screen. Has anyone else noticed this?
Zalnorn said:
I was playing games on my phone for an hour or two and noticed in the top right of the screen about where the power button is, it was getting really hot. Just on the screen face. I took my cover off and felt around the back and it was cool. But it was getting noticeably hot when touching that part on the screen. Has anyone else noticed this?
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Yeah..must be where the CPU/gpu is
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I'm worried about Heat for my phone E4GT too.
Idle, it's around 27c, which isn't bad at all.
But during usage it jumps to 34-37c, and wireless tethering causes it to go 49c.
My GTX 570 runs idle at 37c, that's fairly cool for a GPU but my knowledge in phone hardware isn't nearly as great.
What kind of temps can this phone handle?
Same issue here I m so pissed
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The highest mines gotten so far was 116F but it was charging with my HTC charger and i was playing a game. The odd thing was the main part that was really hot to the touch was the top of the screen near the ear piece and it wasn't just warm it was hot. But that's only happened about 2 times now.
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Third phone and still experiencing heat issue
I have changed my phone twice at Sprint and, for each one of them I have experienced the heat issue. Sometimes, the temperature goes as high as 53 degrees. I am not sure what exact combination causes this problem. I have seen it with or without 4G on - charging it makes it worse. Rebooting seems to help.
Makes me worry about this phone. I really like this phone but I definitely don't want to deal with a heat issue.
Heh, just try using this phone with zedomax's kernel set at 1.5ghz and playing Dungeon. Hunter HD II for an hour . . . it gets blazing hot! No performance issues through, only immense heat
So I just got the Galaxy Nexus (upgraded from the Nexus S) and just after the first day of use (no heavy workload, wifi or GPS) this thing became painfully hot. We're talking touch it to your skin and *ouch* hot. Strangely the massive heat output seems to be limited to just the top quarter of the device. Also note that it takes only about 10min until it reaches 'unusable' status.
Does anyone else have experience with this problem? Admittedly I was warned by the provider I got it from that they had had feedback from customers about it's excessive heat output and other people I know have also commented to the same affect. But I never thought it would be quite this bad. I could fry an egg on this thing. Considering my Nexus S never had this issue - this is disappointing. Are we talking hardware design fail? Or perhaps a bad batch in my country?
If this was an iPhone they'd be headlines going on about 'heat-gate' and Larry Page coming out saying that we're 'cooling it wrong' lol
the nexus does get abit hot around the camera area, but it shouldnt be THAT hot lol.. what are the ambient tempreatures around where you're using the phone?
IINexusII said:
the nexus does get abit hot around the camera area, but it shouldnt be THAT hot lol.. what are the ambient tempreatures around where you're using the phone?
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Not that hot - maybe 20-25c
Perhaps monitor battery temp with an app, it won't give you a precise indication of your processor temp, but there should be a correlation. The phone does get warm around the camera area, but never painfully so (for me). Was your AOS usage abnormally high?
I think the OP is overreacting just a little, if it burned you then the phone would have melted
Anyways, its perfectly normal. the OMAP4 chipset runs really hot, I read somewhere that it operates normally between 85-105 degrees Fahrenheit.
Here it says that the OMAP4 platform has a temperature range of -40° to 85°C. I think thats overstating it, but its all there
KiNG OMaR said:
I think the OP is overreacting just a little, if it burned you then the phone would have melted
Anyways, its perfectly normal. the OMAP4 chipset runs really hot, I read somewhere that it operates normally between 85-105 degrees Fahrenheit.
Here it says that the OMAP4 platform has a temperature range of -40° to 85°C. I think thats overstating it, but its all there
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I used by SGSII in northern Ethiopia (Dallol), air temp was 56C, it didn't like it
KiNG OMaR said:
I think the OP is overreacting just a little, if it burned you then the phone would have melted
Anyways, its perfectly normal. the OMAP4 chipset runs really hot, I read somewhere that it operates normally between 85-105 degrees Fahrenheit.
Here it says that the OMAP4 platform has a temperature range of -40° to 85°C. I think thats overstating it, but its all there
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Well let me put it this way. It's hot enough for me to consider claiming on warranty. No phone should generate that much heat right next to your head/ear. That's unusable in real terms (at least with this particular one). And i've had my fair share of android phones in the past to compare...
dccxviii said:
Well let me put it this way. It's hot enough for me to consider claiming on warranty. No phone should generate that much heat right next to your head/ear. That's unusable in real terms (at least with this particular one). And i've had my fair share of android phones in the past to compare...
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The Tegra2 chipset runs VERY hot when overclocked as well, I've had hot experiences on both my Galaxy Tab 10.1 and my G2x, and I can also say that the OMAP4 runs hotter than that! Just offering opinion is all, it's perfectly normal for it to be running extra hot, and it happens fairly quickly.
I completely agree with you that the phone does get abnormally hot, but then again, from my experience, so does the RAZR with a sister chip in it.
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So I just got the Galaxy Nexus (upgraded from the Nexus S) and just after the first day of use (no heavy workload, wifi or GPS) this thing became painfully hot.
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Android 4.0.1, stock Nexus Galaxy, going on 2 weeks. It's in an otterbox defender case, after 1.5 hours of running video it's warm in my hands, but that's under constant workload that nearly drained the whole battery. In other words during normal operation I am not finding the serious problem you are describing. Empathy out to you.
What temps we're talking about? Mine stays at +36C +38C while browsing web/watching youtube and gets a bit (around +41C) hotter when playing games. And these temps are far from hot-to-touch.
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Sometimes my GN becomes really hot too. It also happens when i'm watching hd video for a half an hour or more. Then it turns terribly hot.
mine goes to 48C and then it starts lagging like hell
Mine gets warm around the camera and earpiece. It's pretty normal, I'd say.
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There are multiple threads on this, but I'll say what I've said before: it's a dual core device, it runs hot, it's not "overheating" unless your phone is crashing, shutting down, or otherwise obviously malfunctioning in some way other than getting hot.
What do you mean by "it reaches 'unusable' status" though? Are you just afraid of using it because it seems hot? Mine gets quite hot when I use it heavily...have kept it going for several hours in this state (while plugged in) with no other issues.
Mine gets hot in the same area, but it has never been that hot, just warm. My OG Droid was OCd to 1.3ghz and that literally reached 150+ degrees F quite a few times and is still fine to this day. The OMAP SoCs seem to run a bit hotter than others, but they can definitely handle the heat.
lilirose said:
There are multiple threads on this, but I'll say what I've said before: it's a dual core device, it runs hot, it's not "overheating" unless your phone is crashing, shutting down, or otherwise obviously malfunctioning in some way other than getting hot.
What do you mean by "it reaches 'unusable' status" though? Are you just afraid of using it because it seems hot? Mine gets quite hot when I use it heavily...have kept it going for several hours in this state (while plugged in) with no other issues.
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Basically out of the many smart phones i've had in the past. This is the first that I would say I would refuse to hold it up next to my ear due to the excessive heat. It's bad enough just holding it landscape to type on let alone sticking next to my head. It's really annoying considering how otherwise the interface and physical design of the device is better then anything else i've seen on the market.
I think i'm going to get one of those laser thermometers to find just what the temp on the surface of this thing actually is.
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Basically out of the many smart phones i've had in the past. This is the first that I would say I would refuse to hold it up next to my ear due to the excessive heat. It's bad enough just holding it landscape to type on let alone sticking next to my head. It's really annoying considering how otherwise the interface and physical design of the device is better then anything else i've seen on the market.
I think i'm going to get one of those laser thermometers to find just what the temp on the surface of this thing actually is.
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It's hot on the back of the phone like other uses have said, not the front where your ear would be (unless it is which is an entirely different problem). Plus, when your phone reaches those temps through extraneous use (videos, games), you normally wouldn't be putting it near your ear anyways. I don't see this as a huge issue. If you do something taxing, much like a computer, expect the phone to work a little bit harder and hotter.
Oh and I doubt it's hot enough to fry an egg. You would smell the plastic melt first.
I've had once when my GNex was really hot. It was when I try factory reset many times since there was a bug that factory reset does nothing in a custom rom. But I didn't know at that time. I tried reset, flash rom, reset, etc. My GNes ended up really hot.
The only time my galaxy nexus got really hot was when I was switching kernels every 2-3 days, and one kernel (I think it was one of Franco's earlier builds) made it run hot even when I wasn't using the phone that intensely. Changed the kernel, and it's never been hot since (I play games, listen to music, browse web, push notifications, etc.) I don't do much video/HD streaming though...
I have been getting that too. Around the earpiece gets warm when only slightly used. Also, I can hear a faint buzzing humming sound from there. Open the back cover..can hear it from the camera too. Is something wrong with my phone
I was reading on the Note 8 the other day and started noticing that the left side of the tablet gets pretty warm/hot. Is it just me or does anyone else have this issue? The rest of the tablet remains cool- just the left side around the middle.
JokeZony0u said:
I was reading on the Note 8 the other day and started noticing that the left side of the tablet gets pretty warm/hot. Is it just me or does anyone else have this issue? The rest of the tablet remains cool- just the left side around the middle.
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This issue already discussed before. It is quite normal for a device to get some heat. Anyway, I think there is a big difference between warm and hot. If your device really gets HOT, then it is a problem. My device gets warm as well as you described, but I wouldn't say it gets hot or uncomfortable to hold. I think the temperatures quite similar to my SGS3.
CPUs and GPUs put out heat. Batteries put out heat. The more intensive the activity (particularly watching video, gaming, internet use and GPS) the more heat will be generated. This is a fact with all tablets, and computers in general. I'd think it was strange if the device didn't get warm somewhere. Heat on the left side is completely normal, although not sure what component (CPU, battery, etc.) is located there.
Now its impossible to tell what OP means exactly by "warm" or "hot" as this are not quantitive in any way. It shouldn't get hot enough to be uncomfortable (or even hurt) to hold in any way. Excessive heat may be an indicator of a faulty battery or some other hardware defect. But usually not. And the device will shut itself down long before a temperature is reached, that will hurt anything (if that is what you are worried about).
There are ways for the system to tell you the temperature, but I think its only at one location (CPU?) which may not be the problem area. So measuring this way may have limted usefulness in real life.
That is the location of the cpu unit so I wouldn't worry about it unless it gets very disconcertingly hot.
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Im using the Sansung OEM cover. Holding it in portrait mode, mine gets "warm" on the left side near the edge... but only when its in my pocket and its in sleep mode and wifi is turned off. Kinda fels like my BlackBerry when its polling for a tower, it gets real warm. I have a N5110 wifi no radio so trying to determine why the warm up.
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Heat "problem"?
JokeZony0u said:
I was reading on the Note 8 the other day and started noticing that the left side of the tablet gets pretty warm/hot. Is it just me or does anyone else have this issue? The rest of the tablet remains cool- just the left side around the middle.
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My Galaxy Note 8 has this problem. I installed an app which read the temperature and it reaches 40°C when I play video games. It has the power saving mode on. Is it normal? I'm worried about this
JNoise05 said:
My Galaxy Note 8 has this problem. I installed an app which read the temperature and it reaches 40°C when I play video games. It has the power saving mode on. Is it normal? I'm worried about this
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i've installed diagnosis app to check the temp, mine reaches ~40C(i think this is the battery temp) when i play also. so i think many of us is experiencing this *____*
Just with normal use the left side of my unit is getting annoyingly warm. Hopefully they can fix this with an update or something. I'm experiencing this on stock, anyone on custom software experiencing this too?
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Hey thanks for all your input guys. It's good to know I'm not the only one experiencing these problems. So far, I don't think it's bothering me to the point that I wish to call Samsung up for a replacement. It does get a bit warmer especially if I have the pen out and writing some notes. I do also understand it's more than likely that the cpu is located there but I've never had a warming problem w/ other smartphones and tablets I've had.
Either way, thanks for all the input!
I agree
JokeZony0u said:
I do also understand it's more than likely that the cpu is located there but I've never had a warming problem w/ other smartphones and tablets I've had.!
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I agree with you, my father's got an iPad mini and the gadget doesn't present warming problems and battery life is much better. Do you think all Note 8 devices present the same problem? I'm thinking seriously of replace mine for a brand new Note 8.0 but if it presents the same problem, I'll be wasting my time...
Will pushing my phone to its limits via playing 3D intensive cause the phone to slow down. I notice it gets rather hot and it leaves me to wonder if its causing wear and tear faster than just normal usage. I intend to keep this phone for another year and ahalf and would like it to maintain its snappiness. I understand theres no moving parts but that heat cant be beneficial to the hardware.
While prolonged overheating can be bad for things in there, if it happens in short terms, I wouldn't worry TOO much. Perhaos find an app that will let you know internal temperatures, and if you think it's getting too hot, shut it down for a while. In other threads I've read, clearing the dalvik-cache seems to temporarily help as well, if you're rooted.
My phone generally heats up while on a long cjarge with its case on (I remove the case to let it breathe now), during long periods of playing graphic-intensive games or running programs that use a lot of my processor (I underclock things at times now, helps a bit), and in the car when using GPS (I'm in Texas, though...gonna happen.)
None of these things have gotten the phone as hot as I had to when I replaced the glass lens. Lacking a heat gun, I used my hair dryer on full blast to melt the adhesive. By the way...leave it to professionals. It worked out, but shattered glass stabbed me a few times. But during the process, I had to get it so hot it hurt a little to touch. Of course, the focal point if the heat was the glass, but I digress. I'm running the Jedi Master ROM, and the only tines the phone lags is when I start typing to fast for it to keep up. System, ui, all that still works pretty well. Well, except when I break it.
As long as it's not TOO hot, heat is going to happen. This is a fairly power-heavy device, so when it gets going, heat is a by-product. Just keeo a weather eye out and judge it by your situations. Youbshould be alrigyt.
I checked out a video with the G3 being pulled apart. Right under the power button, is a silver rectangular(ish) component. Can someone tell me what that part is?
I'd just like to understand the source of the heat.
Thanks in advance.
The source of the heat is your CPU which resides under the power button more of less. You will also notice that the display gets hot on the front top half. This isn't necessarily normal, were you doing anything CPU intensive? (Gaming, recording long 4k videos, streaming 2k videos etc...?) It won't hurt your phone but it shouldn't be hot to the touch but instead 'warm'
Thanks for your answer.
I'm finding that videoing for 2 minutes really starts making it hot.
I'm not rooted (yet) running 10j with a 16gb aus version.
Any suggestions would be appreciated. I'm not going to root until Android L has been out long enough to "settle" down.
I had overheat issue with my first G3, it would get really damn hot, took it back for a replacement, I suggest that, if you can.
Mine was shutting down due to temp and 100% stock, if they wont replace due to overheat then tell them it shuts down which it probably will eventually if it is that hot.
Another option is try a different launcher and disable any apps or background stuff in Settings/Apps/etc that you dont need then try video again.
Thanks for the suggestion. I could take it back but it would be my third g3. I suspect that its the 2gb of ram which is the issue. Because I live in Aus we only have a 16gb 855 version. I suspect that even with a replaced phone I would still have the heat. Its not enough to shut the phone down and not enough that I can't touch it. I stick with my original reasons for getting a g3 - best hardware I could get with a limit to the bloatware (ie not s5). I don't think I could handle the 5.9" nexus. All I can say is, if you can't handle the heat, get into the kitchen (and sample the ROM menu).
Thanks for your help
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