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[Q] Which Android fixes overheating?

Do the 4.0.3 ROMS fix the overheating at the top and other battery drain issues? I'm on and been using 4.0.2 ROMS.
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Strange, I don't have that overheating issue. And I am still using 4.01
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I've had it since day one and a bunch of other people have too I just don't know of 0.3 fixes this and the battery drain issues.
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Its not so much a fix, as an improvement. Heavy 4g or calls still heat the phone up, but not as bad. remember that there are a lot of fast electronics crammed into a tight space, so its always going to get warm/hot. It seems to come down to better battery use. Its only getting better and better.
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data/voice will always heat up your phone. simple as that. i'm just glad that playing games dosn't seem to overheat it.
on my nexus one, if i was playing a kairosoft game my battery got up to 115F+ in no time.

Yeah, when the device is actually being used, its going to heat up no matter what you are doing. But just like a regular PC, it depends on the load of the tasks as well

No overheating problems here. I would hope Samsung has a failsafe and shutdown if it overheats. Otherwise I only get hot when playing a netflix movie over mhl. Amazon movies get warm. Everything is not even a concern.
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cancerouspete said:
Its not so much a fix, as an improvement. Heavy 4g or calls still heat the phone up, but not as bad. remember that there are a lot of fast electronics crammed into a tight space, so its always going to get warm/hot. It seems to come down to better battery use. Its only getting better and better.
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Oh okay so they did improve it then, I understand though. Thanks.
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@rbiter said:
No overheating problems here. I would hope Samsung has a failsafe and shutdown if it overheats. Otherwise I only get hot when playing a netflix movie over mhl. Amazon movies get warm. Everything is not even a concern.
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Yea mine gets so hot it cuts off when I'm downloading something big while music in my pocket. Crazy.
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@rbiter said:
No overheating problems here. I would hope Samsung has a failsafe and shutdown if it overheats. Otherwise I only get hot when playing a netflix movie over mhl. Amazon movies get warm. Everything is not even a concern.
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No I wasn't concerned at all I wanted to know is that in the 4.0.3 roms, was the fact of it getting hot at the top not as bad. The other guy said it got better. Sorry can't quote the name forgot it.
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Phone gets very HOT

I have had my Galaxy Nexus for a cupple of months now and I noticed that it get so ****ing HOT. I can feel that it burns a little bit in my pocket when the phone is there. The strange thing is that it gets this hot only when I am not connected to wifi or are at a place where the 3g connextion isn't that good, on the buss for example. So what do you guys think that I shuld do? Can I even return it now?
Thanks for answers

dennis_hammarby said:
I have had my Galaxy Nexus for a cupple of months now and I noticed that it get so ****ing HOT. I can feel that it burns a little bit in my pocket when the phone is there. The strange thing is that it gets this hot only when I am not connected to wifi or are at a place where the 3g connextion isn't that good, on the buss for example. So what do you guys think that I shuld do? Can I even return it now?
Thanks for answers
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Same thing happens to me and my wife's phone. It's gotta be the 3g chip.

JayDaKissEP said:
Same thing happens to me and my wife's phone. It's gotta be the 3g chip.
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Are you going to try and return it?

Also could be the kernel i have the same problem though

The only time I have noticed my phone getting very hot is when I stream music or use Wifi-tether.

Mine gets very hot only when I'm downloading torrents and don't have a wifi connection.

What baseband are you on? Was trying to sort out my phones heat and accompanying drain for ages! Exactly the same symptoms (only when using 3g, particularly with poor signal.) . Turns out my issue was baseband. Switched from kk6 to kl1 and so much better. Might be worth experimenting.
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Also it would only get hot like that is data connection is consistently working. You might want to also check if there are apps that are constantly connecting in the background that you don't really need.
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cyberkid2002 said:
What baseband are you on? Was trying to sort out my phones heat and accompanying drain for ages! Exactly the same symptoms (only when using 3g, particularly with poor signal.) . Turns out my issue was baseband. Switched from kk6 to kl1 and so much better. Might be worth experimenting.
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I am on baseband I9250XXKK6, have never changed it so I should try that. You know which baseband I should have? I have a GSM/Europe Galaxy nexus.
It solved your problems with the phone getting hot?
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Also it would only get hot like that is data connection is consistently working. You might want to also check if there are apps that are constantly connecting in the background that you don't really need.
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Well yes I have apps that requires data connection like twitter but I think a Smart phone like Galaxy Nexus should be able to handle that without getting super hot.

I have a cdma galaxy nexus and my phone gets really hot also but i notice when my phone gets hot it is when their is crappy signal or low 3g signal

dennis_hammarby said:
I am on baseband I9250XXKK6, have never changed it so I should try that. You know which baseband I should have? I have a GSM/Europe Galaxy nexus.
It solved your problems with the phone getting hot?
Well yes I have apps that requires data connection like twitter but I think a Smart phone like Galaxy Nexus should be able to handle that without getting super hot.
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Yeah, I'd definately give it a shot. I'm in UK and KL1 seems pretty good to me. Tried quite a few and ALL were better than kk6! Like a completely different phone after!
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My old one used to do that as well and it was a radio hardware issue. Received a replacement and all is well. I was within the 1 year warranty.

cyberkid2002 said:
Yeah, I'd definately give it a shot. I'm in UK and KL1 seems pretty good to me. Tried quite a few and ALL were better than kk6! Like a completely different phone after!
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Updating Radio right now. Will report back later unfortnatley I am changing carrier today so I will not have access to 3g for 2 weeks

tclarkey said:
My old one used to do that as well and it was a radio hardware issue. Received a replacement and all is well. I was within the 1 year warranty.
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Ohhh nooo so its hardware related and cannot be fixed? How long time after you bought did you returned it?

dennis_hammarby said:
Ohhh nooo so its hardware related and cannot be fixed? How long time after you bought did you returned it?
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It was actually my 2nd replacement. My first issue was with the phone bootlooping (not related to ROMs) after about 3 months after purchase (only rooted). It was that replacement when the radios sucked. Phone was always hot and it ate through a full charge in about 4 hours. The phone was going into a deep sleep when inactive (verified with CPUSpy) and the Phone was eating the wakelock (BetterBatteryStats) as it kept looking for a signal. Didn't matter which radios I used (4.0.2 or 4.0.4) the results were the same.
Turned that phone in stating just the phone was eating the battery looking for a signal (battery showed red for phone signal) and they sent another replacement. This one is ok (running Gummy 1.0.1 with 4.0.4 radios).

I can vouch for this. I usually have my wifi on at work and at home with no heat issues at all. But the last two nights I was at chili's which had no wifi so I turned my 3g on and within 10 mins of super slow browsing my phone was getting ridiculously hot. I read on another thread that if the 3g signal is low or weak then it will continuously ping the server which causes something inside to heat up very quickly whether its the radio or cpu. This is definitely an issue but I'm not sure if its fixable with a new kernel or radio flash.
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Did it work Dennis?
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Hello.
For several days I have exactly the same problem.
Since I install AOKP milestone 5 and franco.kernel milestone 3, my phone started strongly hot.
Temperatures can reach 66 degrees, and the rear cover gets really hot.
Is it a hardware defect or problem is in the settings or Rom/kernel?

mini21 said:
Hello.
For several days I have exactly the same problem.
Since I install AOKP milestone 5 and franco.kernel milestone 3, my phone started strongly hot.
Temperatures can reach 66 degrees, and the rear cover gets really hot.
Is it a hardware defect or problem is in the settings or Rom/kernel?
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You mean 66 degrees Celsius correct?
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cyberkid2002 said:
Did it work Dennis?
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I didn't had the time yestorday should be able to do it today!
The only problem is that I dont have acess to 3g right now, changing carrier.
Had the phone today and It never got hot so something is fishy with the 3g ship/singnal.

The perfect device

So
I just got in my extended battery for my nexus and now its absolutely the perfect device running miui and francos kernel! This is the one im going to keep, I just know it. I now call the nexus my soulmate phone.
My previous devices were the rezound and the bionic...both of which had nearly the same flaws....battery life and crappy kernels....lol

devilsrogue said:
So
I just got in my extended battery for my nexus and now its absolutely the perfect device running miui and francos kernel! This is the one im going to keep, I just know it. I now call the nexus my soulmate phone.
My previous devices were the rezound and the bionic...both of which had nearly the same flaws....battery life and crappy kernels....lol
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I am running the exact same set up and couldnt happier. All i need now is to figure out how to bring back the voice key on the keyboard.

The GPS, battery, and camera could be better.
The GPS completely blows.
Best phone on the market but I wouldn't call it perfect.

What gps problem? It locks so fast on me

Perfect device? When a product needs you to buy something extra to make it perfect, it's not perfect already.
Plus the camera literally blows.
While we complain about threads of other phones in this forum, yet we get this kind of worship threads and it's okay. What an irony.
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Can you post the link to the miui rom you're using? Is it 2.5.4? Trying to look for a good stable base for my daily driver

kingofthebraves said:
Can you post the link to the miui rom you're using? Is it 2.5.4? Trying to look for a good stable base for my daily driver
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+1
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The perfect phone has a better than RGBG pentile screen.

I am running Liquid 1.3, Trexcell 3800 battery, and Franco kernel. Getting 5 1/2 hours screen time, about 18 hours total with very heavy use (4g, wifi, no power management, 3d games etc). I love the camera after putting in the high quality mods, it's no standard point and shoot but it's good enough for me!
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devilsrogue said:
What gps problem? It locks so fast on me
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Mine doesn't. And when it does it's often wrong. Like it thinks I'm on the next street.
Does it matter where I live? I'm in Houston.

Meets34 said:
Mine doesn't. And when it does it's often wrong. Like it thinks I'm on the next street.
Does it matter where I live? I'm in Houston.
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everything is bigger in Texas.
And so are your problems.

hbkmog said:
Perfect device? When a product needs you to buy something extra to make it perfect, it's not perfect already.
Plus the camera literally blows.
While we complain about threads of other phones in this forum, yet we get this kind of worship threads and it's okay. What an irony.
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Literally blows?
Thats a small opening...but hey go for it.
PS--There is nothing wrong with people liking their device...on the correct forum.

adrynalyne said:
Literally blows?
Thats a small opening...but hey go for it.
PS--There is nothing wrong with people liking their device...on the correct forum.
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Will someone please give ^this man more thanks for me? Damn XDA only lets me give him one.

Meets34 said:
Mine doesn't. And when it does it's often wrong. Like it thinks I'm on the next street.
Does it matter where I live? I'm in Houston.
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I'm in Houston and my GPS is great. Occasionally it goes wack but usually it corrects itself quickly. Atrix was best GPS phone I ever had. And then occasionally any GPS is susceptible to less optimal conditions but that is rare.
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@rbiter said:
I'm in Houston and my GPS is great. Occasionally it goes wack but usually it corrects itself quickly. Atrix was best GPS phone I ever had. And then occasionally any GPS is susceptible to less optimal conditions but that is rare.
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I guess its my phone. One time I drove all the way to my destination and it never connected. It just kept searching for GPS.
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devilsrogue said:
So
I just got in my extended battery for my nexus and now its absolutely the perfect device running miui and francos kernel! This is the one im going to keep, I just know it. I now call the nexus my soulmate phone.
My previous devices were the rezound and the bionic...both of which had nearly the same flaws....battery life and crappy kernels....lol
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What size extended battery did you buy? I was thinking about getting one for my GSM gnex. I get decent battery life now, but I could always use more
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no amount of extended batteries will fix the camera and somewhat dodgy screen on the galaxy nexus... My HSPA+ version on tmobile gets great battery life tho

Meets34 said:
Mine doesn't. And when it does it's often wrong. Like it thinks I'm on the next street.
Does it matter where I live? I'm in Houston.
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That's weird cause I get a fast lock too. About 5 seconds to fully pinpoint me with 8 satellites. Sometimes 10 seconds.

jajaofopobo said:
no amount of extended batteries will fix the camera
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What are the problems u're facing with ur camera?
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No problem here with GPS and camera takes great pictures for what I use it for (Have a DSLR camera for when I need high quality shots). I agree though this, for me, is a perfect phone (Although its not perfect and I will admit it, but for ME this phone is perfect).
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[Q] How hot does your nexus run?

So I'm running a custom kernel with lowered voltages... even over wifi this thing runs hot. After about 15 minutes The screen emulates heat don't even have to touch it to feel it. Even underclocked its still running warm. Coming from a single core you would think having another core would reduce some heat but my epic never got this hot at all. So how hot does your nexus run? If I would guestamate I would say around 100° or so. The brightness isn't that high however my rgb values are pretty high at least the blue value is. I like a cool screen temp.
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go back to stock kernel, you can undervolt/underclock the stock one too!

I run around 119°F at the hottest I've seen, regularly. So you're fine.

RogerPodacter said:
I run around 119°F at the hottest I've seen, regularly. So you're fine.
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Wow seriously and thats normal? I'm just a little worried is all. Then again these phones shut off when too hot anyways. Thanks for the input.
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Hi,
Maybe this might help you:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1380449&highlight=cpu+temp
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1626294&highlight=cpu+temp
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1620202&highlight=cpu+temp
And the most important,what kernel,what settings,overclock...?
When you're in wi-fi...what are you doing,browsing,light use,deep sleep...?
For me that's meant nothing or I don't understand...
I like a cool screen temp.
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I never had my screen hot
By the way 100°F mean about 37-38°C...I don't see where is the problem...Depend exactly what you're doing...
Read the above links

Mine is 118°F/48°C right now. Pretty normal for browsing on wifi and texting and the odd YouTube video.
Your temps are fine buddy.

nodstuff said:
Mine is 118°F/48°C right now. Pretty normal for browsing on wifi and texting and the odd YouTube video.
Your temps are fine buddy.
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Mine runs pretty hot too.

Alright just making sure.. cuz um not used to the heat. Thanks for all the info and responses.
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nodstuff said:
Mine is 118°F/48°C right now. Pretty normal for browsing on wifi and texting and the odd YouTube video.
Your temps are fine buddy.
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Mach3.2 said:
Mine runs pretty hot too.
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Hummm...
Guys specify your settings,otherwise it makes no sense...
Mine is at 56°C max...OK...AND...HOT...
And HOT...what does that mean hot (for Mach3.2)....
Here's my settings:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=25618966&postcount=388
Idle:22°C
Normal use (mean settings/apps):about 37-42°C
Browsing:about 45-57°C
Benchmarks:abou 68-80°C
Use System Tuner on the Play Store to look at you CPU temp...
With my settings,I insist,take a good look.
As for the threads on battery life/best kernel/best ROM/best time-on screen/best settings/best HTC one X killer/best....
There is redondant threads here,the worst is... with little info...

viking37 said:
Hummm...
Guys specify your settings,otherwise it makes no sense...
Mine is at 56°C max...OK...AND...HOT...
And HOT...what does that mean hot (for Mach3.2)....
Here's my settings:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=25618966&postcount=388
Idle:22°C
Normal use (mean settings/apps):about 37-42°C
Browsing:57°C
Benchmarks:68°C
Use System Tuner on the Play Store to look at you CPU temp...
With my settings,I insist,take a good look.
As for the threads on battery life/best kernel/best ROM/best time-on screen/best settings/best HTC one X killer/best....
There is redondant threads here,the worst is... with little info...
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Just sitting here on Xda charging underclocked its at 107°F...
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Wifi on, surfing webpages on Chrome Beta for maybe 15 to 20 minutes, then the casing gets pretty hot.
I'm sure it's high 40+ degrees Celsius or maybe 50+
Sorry for not including details
All units are in degree Celsius.
Idles at 32
Normal use not sure, but should be around 30+ range

It only runs that hot when really pushing the phone hard for me.

Don't forget ambient temperature makes a big difference also. And case trapping heat.
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So I downloaded b35 of aokp. Wiped data... and dalvik. Formatted the system and now its cool as ice. I'm on the charger running at 1.2 and its not getting warm. Before I was @ 900mhz and it was getting really warm... I'm amazed at what corrupt data will do.
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[Q] Is overheating still present in Jelly Bean?

I remember reading somewhere that it was a software not hardware problem so JB could have a fix for it.

I've never had an overheating problem. I also don't recall many having that problem.
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Overheating? I've never had any of my phones overheat, on GB, ICS or JB.

Are people really having serious overheating (as in phone crashing or shutting down from heat) on a stock device? I have a feeling anyone overheating on ICS is running a custom ROM with voltage changes or overclocks.

My GNex on AOKP and stock voltages does overheat while, for example, playing Modern Combat 3.
Ok maybe overheat is a wrong term a bit since it never crashed or force closed. It just gets fairly hot in the area above camera.
And I'm asking people who did have the problem and upgraded to JB.

My GNex does seem to be running hotter than normal on JB than ICS but not by much. No serious overheating problems at all.
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Oliie23 said:
My GNex on AOKP and stock voltages does overheat while, for example, playing Modern Combat 3.
Ok maybe overheat is a wrong term a bit since it never crashed or force closed. It just gets fairly hot in the area above camera.
And I'm asking people who did have the problem and upgraded to JB.
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Getting hot and overheating are completely different. The phone gets hot where the battery and processor are, that's just how its going to be, especially when playing 3D games.

martonikaj said:
Getting hot and overheating are completely different. The phone gets hot where the battery and processor are, that's just how its going to be, especially when playing 3D games.
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No no, my battery stays fairly cool (39 celsius degrees) but the area above camera compared to that is really hot. Way too hot than I think it should be. My previous phone - HD2 was never that hot unless I overclocked it.

Oliie23 said:
No no, my battery stays fairly cool (39 celsius degrees) but the area above camera compared to that is really hot. Way too hot than I think it should be. My previous phone - HD2 was never that hot unless I overclocked it.
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Around the camera is where the processor etc. is. The HD2 is also severely less powerful than the Galaxy Nexus.

My cdma nexus doesnt seem to get as hot. I havent really noticed it as much as i did on ICS.

I've been getting overheating since Jelly Bean. Keep in mind that google "improved" things by ramping the CPU up when the screen is touched, even if it's to do a simple task that doesn't require full CPU power... this might exacerbate the overheating issue if you're actively using your device.

Way less then usual. Maybe 50% less. when it does it gets a bit hotter.
So in conclusion I think it's better at this job then ics.

Oliie23 said:
My GNex on AOKP and stock voltages does overheat while, for example, playing Modern Combat 3.
Ok maybe overheat is a wrong term a bit since it never crashed or force closed. It just gets fairly hot in the area above camera.
And I'm asking people who did have the problem and upgraded to JB.
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Wtf I can't run mc3 just keeps force closing and a ton if others on gnex have that issue I wish I knew why because Gameloft is no help
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Tbbo514 said:
Wtf I can't run mc3 just keeps force closing and a ton if others on gnex have that issue I wish I knew why because Gameloft is no help
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Do u have 2D rendering whatever it's called on???
Turned mine off when playing GL games. And it's better.

EP2008 said:
I've been getting overheating since Jelly Bean. Keep in mind that google "improved" things by ramping the CPU up when the screen is touched, even if it's to do a simple task that doesn't require full CPU power... this might exacerbate the overheating issue if you're actively using your device.
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It doesn't ramp it to full clock speed, it ramps it up one step, or two, whatever.
Ramping it up to full speed on every touch would murder the battery.
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nodstuff said:
It doesn't ramp it to full clock speed, it ramps it up one step, or two, whatever.
Ramping it up to full speed on every touch would murder the battery.
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I've tested it. It ramps one CPU to full clock speed when you move your finger around the screen.
Try it yourself. I wish I could turn that feature off since using Swype has now become an issue...
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While on ICS, it'd get up to around 70°C. Now on JB, it usually tops at around somewhere in the 60s°C.
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