S3 getting hot when playing games and.. - T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII

Hey gang.
Does everyone's s3 get hot when playing games?
Just trying to figure out if it's normal. It feels hotter than other phones I've owned. And want to know if this is common or if I should return my S3
It's really warm when using data (browsing, YouTube etc.) around 95-105°
But gets hot when playing games. Around 120 -125°
Chime in. Would love some feedback on everyone's S3.
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Yes mine does it especially when playing dead Trigger it gets nice and warm near the bottom of the phone.
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horr1blek1tten said:
Yes mine does it especially when playing dead Trigger it gets nice and warm near the bottom of the phone.
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Yeah exactly. At the bottom of the phone.
I appreciate fellow S3 owners posting here. Just to put my and everyone else's mind at ease.
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Every smartphone I have had gets warm when playing games for over 30min.
I believe this is normal as long as you monitor and don't over clock a lot. Eventually that can kill your hardware.
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Charlie Brown said:
Hey gang.
Does everyone's s3 get hot when playing games?
Just trying to figure out if it's normal. It feels hotter than other phones I've owned. And want to know if this is common or if I should return my S3
It's really warm when using data (browsing, YouTube etc.) around 95-105°
But gets hot when playing games. Around 120 -125°
Chime in. Would love some feedback on everyone's S3.
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Yea mine gets hot even if I am just browsing and texting and watching videos .. I guess its normal but its annoying because then my hands get all sweaty .. lol ... but I think the maximum the temp can go to is 60 c which is above 125 f so ur ok
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Not only the s3 my iPhone gets hot when playing dead space or surf while charging too
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today for me was the hottest my phone has ever gotten - 105F. it was 95F outside and i had to turn my screen brightness up so i could see, on top of surfing the web and chatting on the phone. someone commented in another thread that our phone can go up to 140F without issue. i dont know if thats true, but there ya have it...oh, i havent played any games yet

Been monitoring temps with system tuner under different stress levels. Playing gta3 I pushed temps to 52°C.
Internet browsing has me around the low 40s. At idle the temp is around 32-35C
My ambient temp in my home is about 73-74 F.
None the less this phone is one hot tamale! Lol
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I've only played one game for any extended period of time so far which is Home Run Battle 2 and my GS3 doesn't get hot at all. It runs just slightly warmer than it usually does but it's by far the coolest phone I've eve had.

Get really hot when browsing too long 30 min +
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My phone gets warm as well. The temp is about average just like the rest of you guys so I wouldn't worry. Having a very thin back cover doesn't help either.
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Under voting helps with this a TON. I took my voltage for 1.5ghz from 1150mv down to 1025mv and it stays much much cooler under full load. Oh and temps won't break your cpu, too much nanny software on this chip. Even over clocked. Over voltage may though =)
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not really

So far I tried playing Final Fantasy 3 on it, definitely very warm, but not hot to touch. Others include Youtube and prolong Web Browsing. Music is fine however. :victory:

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Under voting helps with this a TON. I took my voltage for 1.5ghz from 1150mv down to 1025mv and it stays much much cooler under full load. Oh and temps won't break your cpu, too much nanny software on this chip. Even over clocked. Over voltage may though =)
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hey, how's it going man... has this phone replaced your Asus Transformer Prime? I haven't touched the tablet in a while since owning this phone

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hey, how's it going man... has this phone replaced your Asus Transformer Prime? I haven't touched the tablet in a while since owning this phone
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Hey dude!
Yup this phone rocks so hard! Yeah I sold the tablet... Still gotta get rid of the dock will probably list it soon.
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The phone gets really warm on stock. The cpu has a temp control feature that if it gets too hot it will slow down. The cpu is made to work up to really high temperatures so I wouldn't worry too much about it.
If you flash to a custom kernel, they are lowering voltages on some of the frequencies and I am noticing an incredible loss of heat. My phone does not get warm anymore, at least no where near stock.

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The phone gets really warm on stock. The cpu has a temp control feature that if it gets too hot it will slow down. The cpu is made to work up to really high temperatures so I
wouldn't worry too much about it.
If you flash to a custom kernel, they are lowering voltages on some of the frequencies and I am noticing an incredible loss of heat. My phone does not get warm anymore, at least no where near stock.
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This. Like faux said some of the chips run the same voltage across many frequencies (in my case 1150mv) I was able to lower them into the 850-1050s which is crazy low. Remember power draw goes up exponentially with voltage change.
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Is it possible that the American version (dualcore 2gb ram) doesnt get as hot as the international one (quadcore exynos 1gb ram)?
Mine gets pretty hot as well when i play for long times, i guess the main reason why many people are talking about this is that the Chipsets are located directly at the bottom where you would hold your phone while gaming in portrait mode for example. So you can directly feel it and the heat of your hand further warms the phone My Tegra3 tablet gets pretty hot as well in one spot - where the cpu is, but its not a place you normally place your hands, so you wont even notice that it gets warm.
Same thing was with my previous phone the DesireHD. It never got hot on the places where i held it, so you think it wont heat up at all.
In general though: I have some experience with cpu clocking on PCs and overclocking and stuff. It depends a little on the chipset of course but in general temps like 50-70° C are no problem at all for CPUs.
Workaround on SGSIII: Enable power save mode CPU. It reduces the clock to 1ghz (at least on my rom - stock jelly bean polish release), it still runs most games and UI perfectly smooth in jelly bean but it gets considerably less hot.

if i install many apps at once (testing new roms) my phone gets hot

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Anyone elses Nexus get really hot sometimes?

My phone has a tendancy to get really hot at times. Even in my pocket. Not sure why but its happened on the stock from as well as the 4.0.3 build. Just wondering if its the nature of this beast or if I should consider exchanging for a new one.
I noticed it ran hotter than it should have been my first two days with the phone (I'm LTE). Even on calls. But ever since this weekend, it magically just stopped running hot altogether. I was doing some heavy usage stuff last night and it was barely warm.
Didn't do any changes to it either so it's puzzling. Wish I can give you a better explanation.
Yes, noticed that today, but only when playing games. Any other time it is nice and cool. I suspect the protective casing I got for my GN does not help. I am not using LTE by the way
I was streaming Google Music from LTE, HOT POTATER
Only a little, but my point of comparison is my thunderbolt that would get so hot when in heavy use I'd wonder if it would explode on me
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The phone gets hot sometimes..like any other device with any oomph under the hood. My def. warms up alot during some activities.
If you want to experience hot, try this app: https://market.android.com/details?...51bGwsMSwxLDUwMSwiY29tLmludG8uc3RhYmlsaXR5Il0.
Battery reported 47°C after a few minutes.
The radios aren't correct in this phone. 3g and 4g will make it hot as ever. Of you chill on wifi it'll be cool as ice.
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Dammmm always the same thing, I thought this was going to fix with this new version of android but I see this problem of overheating continuing, I not understand until we have to deal with this problem, for the love of god any company that corrects this problem.
The only time my phone got seriously hot was watching a two hour netflix movie over mhl. And honestly i was more concerned about the battery temperature. Even gaming my phone gets nice and warm but pales in comparison to the heat output watching that movie on netflix. Of the 33% battery i lost watching it, i think most of that loss was due to heat. Watching a movie on amazon instant video over mhl was comparable to playing a game where heat was concerned. I only lost about 10% battery watching a 2 hour movie then. Also note my gpu is @ 384 mhz and i'm undervolted quite nicely.
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Mine got considerably warm until I installed a UV kernel and undervolted quite significantly.
To me it looks like they've..generously volted the CPU in this thing.
Antzor said:
Mine got considerably warm until I installed a UV kernel and undervolted quite significantly.
To me it looks like they've..generously volted the CPU in this thing.
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I noticed my heat went down also. But i think people concerned about heat should get less powerful phones and be done with it.
Does anybody think sgx543 mp2 in the iphone 4s is cooler? Go be cool then. We are here for the open source android experience, heat and all.
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Dammmm always the same thing, I thought this was going to fix with this new version of android but I see this problem of overheating continuing, I not understand until we have to deal with this problem, for the love of god any company that corrects this problem.
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Um do you have any idea how difficult it is to passively cool a multi core processor running at over 1ghz packaged next to radios, batteries, and other misc electronic components. Oh and let's not forget wrapped in a 9mm thin shell with zero venting. Wtf do you expect
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Um do you have any idea how difficult it is to passively cool a multi core processor running at over 1ghz packaged next to radios, batteries, and other misc electronic components. Oh and let's not forget wrapped in a 9mm thin shell with zero venting. Wtf do you expect
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man I love my android phone and have had more than 4, but this is a problem and suck at this point in the game, the only thing that I respect the iphone is to control the heating, and they can do that android should be able to equally.....that's my opinion and the only downside that I see android.
Mine gets a little warm occasionally, especially when gaming or streaming netflix, but not enough to be of concern. I had the RAZR before this and it would actually get uncomfortably hot against my face during phone calls, so the Nexus is a welcome change.
I agree with Slowhatch. Passive cooling can only go so far, especially with no vents. Personally, I'm amazed that these devices can stay as cool as they do.
Finally made it to a VzW to play with my next phone (NE2 up on Dec 29th) and noticed this as well. Nexus felt massively hot compared to Rezound and Razr. But I also spent a good amount of time toying with it and letting my fiancée play with it. The Rezound was kinda cool... Razr is as pathetic as its older namesakes.
I don't care though, I'm buying a Nexus even if my pants do burn up.
Tapatalk Pro Sig. Yep, boring.
I'm slightly worried about mine. It gets hot for seemingly no reason (even while browsing the web sometimes).
Maybe I'll do a bit of an undervolt and see how things go.
ya...i too have same problem with my cell
had the first samsung galaxy s and at one point had to have them replace it when overheating ruined the screen. my LTE GNEX heats up I notice when on the phone and ocasionally at other times which does have me worried given my past experience with samsung phone
just in case anyone is interested:
watching an hd mkv using mx video player with HW acceleration on: top right part of the g.nex gets burning hot after 20-30min. (i gues that's where the cpu/gpu is located)
you can decrease this by swiping out all other apps running in background and switching to SW or SW-Fast acceleration, frame rate stays perfectly smooth and voice sync is ok and cpu/gpu temperature remains warm instead of coal hot.

G nexus getting extremely hot

The last two days I have noticed if I run any data intensive app(i.e. internet radio) my phone reaches extremely high temperatures in excess of 115 degrees. Is anyone else seeing this? I could see this becoming a serious problem if it continues.
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Yes, I have the same issue when I stream Pandora all day at work if I leave my device lying face up on my desk. Just tilt it up so the back gets some air and it will be fine. Won't get as hot.
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OMG run the navigation, the thing starts to fuse iron, right near the camera area.
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Only happens to me when I max the brightness, otherwise it's pretty cool.
Maybe has something to do with extended battery. I can't imagine it is good for phone internals. Have to say I am considering returning before it burns out on me. Perhaps it is another in long line of Verizon g nexus problems. Love the phone design and performance but heat issue and battery life with data on is poor
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propyls said:
OMG run the navigation, the thing starts to fuse iron, right near the camera area.
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I also noticed that. Only after running it for 5 minutes or so.
Yea...still overheating to over 117 degrees when I launch any data intensive app. I can't believe this, any other suggestions?
bkerk25 said:
Yea...still overheating to over 117 degrees when I launch any data intensive app. I can't believe this, any other suggestions?
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What app are you using to monitor temps?
Same here.
Although, its not too bad. The device gets hot at the same region (top of the phone, near there camera). I've had the phone for 2 weeks now. Done plenty of research, still trying to decide if I should return the phone (if this is hardware issue).
So far, read a bunch of forums and threads with ppl saying the same thing in different ways. Haven't heard from any one who says their gnex does not get hot during heavy use. What I have read, are some ppl saying it heats up less as more time passes.
I guess ill just hold on to my phone and hope for the best.
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data seems to burn this device up. Everything else i do it stays cold, but god forbid i spend 5 minutes on the internet, pops right up to 105+
I have a GSM GN and noticed my heat issues haven't been as bad since updating to 4.0.2. Anyone else notice this?
I am using battery widget and spare parts both to check temp. Yes, mine is also heating near camera area.
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Just played dead space and I think I got third degree burn.lol
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Shenanigans, there are going to be a lot of fried cpus with internals reaching those temps.
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Same for me even after 2 to 4 mins usage..........Not impressed
When i would OC my DX to 1.45Ghz i would always get hot and as high as 127
so 105 to me is nothing
but for all you guys who think its getting hot, what do you think happens to a processor when it gets tasked heavily?
Just turn the brightness down, I haven't gotten it higher than around 100, and that's with the brightness all the way up.
Those temps are crazy. I'm streaming pandora and surfing the web and sitting at 84.2F. In the month and a half or so of ownership I haven't seen it over 105F
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does get hot
Ran navigation today and it does get hot, especially with the screen on. I have a gel cover and took that off for better airflow. My original droid also got hot and i would run navigation for several hours. Never fried the phone. You have a years warranty.
bkerk25 said:
The last two days I have noticed if I run any data intensive app(i.e. internet radio) my phone reaches extremely high temperatures in excess of 115 degrees. Is anyone else seeing this? I could see this becoming a serious problem if it continues.
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I ran a little test while using Navigation, screen on, no protective case on. This is with a freshly booted phone, so no other apps running. Data is cpu temps using Temp+CPU Pro app.
Not charging: 102 deg. F
Charging: 112 deg. F
Charging and with silicon case on : 115 deg. F
I would think these temps are well acceptable. If your phone approaches 125-130 deg. f, then I would begin to worry. Surely, there is some overheat mechanism in place??

Phone feeling hot

Hey guys, I had my phone for no more than an hour. Rooted and flashed cm10. Phone seems to get warm like 100 degrees f. And that's not using data or WiFi.
I had stock on for a little and noticed the same thing, is my phone jacked or is this normal? I have warranty so if none of you guys experience this I'll take it in. I just don't think it's too healthy for the device...
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My phone gets pretty hot sometimes too, but only during heavy usage and multitasking. If you're finding that it's heating up when you're just browsing the web or installing apps, try using another kernel. I recommend Lean Kernel with CM10
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My phone gets pretty hot sometimes too, but only during heavy usage and multitasking. If you're finding that it's heating up when you're just browsing the web or installing apps, try using another kernel. I recommend Lean Kernel with CM10
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Yeah but I was wondering if it gets hot on stock for people. Cause it did for me.
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Yup it can definitely do thst. I just consider it pretty normal at this point and dont pay it much mind anymore when it does warm up.
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Yup it can definitely do thst. I just consider it pretty normal at this point and dont pay it much mind anymore when it does warm up.
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It bothers me cause I want this phone to last the entire 2 years if not more
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Very normal for me. Light use it can get warm. The phone bring made out the plastic (or whatever it is) and super thin doesn't help either.
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Very normal for me. Light use it can get warm. The phone bring made out the plastic (or whatever it is) and super thin doesn't help either.
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Im tempted to take alluminum foil and place the shiny side facing away from the device under neath the battery cover to attempt to wick away the heat -.-
Yea its normal. Let's not forget the back cover is really thin compared to other phones. To me it makes it seem a lot hotter than it really is.
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Yea its normal. Let's not forget the back cover is really thin compared to other phones. To me it makes it seem a lot hotter than it really is.
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My s2 barely gets hot :/ and thats with no back cover on just a case. but the battery temps are much lower as well on the S2. usually around upper 70s to lower 80s degrees farenheit under normal load.
yeah
my phone does the same it sometimes does the same it gets hot on the bottom back part
Personally I believe it can be rom/kernel related too. Usually it doesn't get really warm for me except under load. But with the latest leak, if im using it at all, it just stays warm. When I was first using it this morn it actually got pretty hot and when charging got even hotter. I let it cool and hasn't been that hot since.
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Mine use to get a lil warm too under heavy usage,until i flashed Faux kernel(<<THIS KERNEL SUPPORT UNDERVOLTING) on sonic Gs3 rom & then i used system tuner to undervolt cpu further(yes undervolt not underclock) although i am running at default clock speed with conservative & cfq settings.Since then my phone runs pretty cool even on heavy usage.I heard the default voltage are sometimes higher than what is needed which may increase phone temperature faster,My battery life is even better now than it already was on Gs3 rom, KEEP IN MIND YOU MUST RUN A CPU STRESSED TEST IN THE SET CPU APP WHEN YOU CHANGE YOUR PHONE VOLTAGE SETTING TO MAKE SURE THERE IS NO ERROR,RANDOM REBOOTS,BOOT LOOP,LAG OR JUST A LIL SLUGGISHNESS BECAUSE YOU UNDERVOLT TOO LOW & KEEP IN MIND NOT ALL CHIPS ARE CREATED EQUAL,So my settings may only be stable of my phone,you may have to take that risk & experiment around.
I attached screenshots of my personal undervolt in system tuner & also a screenshot of default voltage of I9300 variant but i figure.
check the option to use settings on boot in System tuner or you will have to keep setting it on each reboot
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Mine use to get a lil warm too under heavy usage,until i flashed Faux kernel(<<THIS KERNEL SUPPORT UNDERVOLTING) on sonic Gs3 rom & then i used system tuner to undervolt cpu further(yes undervolt not underclock) although i am running at default clock speed with conservative & cfq settings.Since then my phone runs pretty cool even on heavy usage.I heard the default voltage are sometimes higher than what is needed which may increase phone temperature faster,My battery life is even better now than it already was on Gs3 rom, KEEP IN MIND YOU MUST RUN A CPU STRESSED TEST IN THE SET CPU APP WHEN YOU CHANGE YOUR PHONE VOLTAGE SETTING TO MAKE SURE THERE IS NO ERROR,RANDOM REBOOTS,BOOT LOOP,LAG OR JUST A LIL SLUGGISHNESS BECAUSE YOU UNDERVOLT TOO LOW & KEEP IN MIND NOT ALL CHIPS ARE CREATED EQUAL,So my settings may only be stable of my phone,you may have to take that risk & experiment around.
I attached screenshots of my personal undervolt in system tuner & also a screenshot of default voltage of I9300 variant but i figure.
check the option to use settings on boot in System tuner or you will have to keep setting it on each reboot
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Well in my life of hacking phones, under/overvolting seriously reduces life of the CPU.. i dont quite feel comfortable undervolting my brand new galaxy s3. lol. Unless someone can provide scientific evidence to undervolting not causeing long term harm to my CPU.
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Well in my life of hacking phones, under/overvolting seriously reduces life of the CPU.. i dont quite feel comfortable undervolting my brand new galaxy s3. lol. Unless someone can provide scientific evidence to undervolting not causeing long term harm to my CPU.
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No reason to undervolt or overclock this hardware. Overclocking became irrelevant when dual cores came out. Undervolting was never relevant. People do it because they like to play around with their hardware, which I understand, though I've always been more interested in software myself.
What are you doing when the phone gets warm?
Mine seems to get hot as the battery gets low (not even on the charger).
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What are you doing when the phone gets warm?
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Simply moving files around.
But after a two hour phone call while being plugged in I'm only at 93 degrees. So that's not too shabby
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[Q] Note 2 Overheating Problem

Hello XDA,
I have just bought Galaxy Note 2 (using the stock rom 4.1.2), on second day of use I have installed "Need for Speed Most Wanted". After playing about 15 minutes the upper part of Note 2 (around of the camera) started to heat up then I have stopped the app so on that it have returned to normal heat. I am so confused, do you suggest me to bring it back to store? or it is normal? have you ever had overheating on your Note 2 before?
(The mobile data was on, I was not running any apps on background, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi was off, brightness was full)
Thanks in advance!
When im playing nfs ..I also experience this one.. I guess it is normal..as long as the heat is tolerable and not too much
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Hello XDA,
I have just bought Galaxy Note 2 (using the stock rom 4.1.2), on second day of use I have bought and installed "Need for Speed Most Wanted". After playing about 15 minutes the upper part of Note 2 (around of the camera) started to heat up then I have stopped the app so on that it have returned to normal heat. I am terrified, would you suggest me to bring it back to store? or it is normal? have you ever had overheating on your Note 2 before?
(The mobile data was on, I was not running any apps on background, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi was off, brightness was full)
Thanks in advance!
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Thats where the exynos processor is!
It's a quad core'd beast phone without any external fans to cool off the heat. It would naturally get hot when playing GPU intensive games such as NFS.
In short its normal for it to get heated that much and all should be well.
Cheers!
And also lower your brightness.. it eats alot of battery considering nfs is also a power hog.. they will make your phone really hot
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Thank you very much guys for brightening me up! :victory:
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Thank you very much guys for brightening me up! :victory:
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Anytime
Yeah don't worry about it. Phones ALWAYS get warm when doing processor intensive things. The problem is that phones are getting thinner and thinner, and that means less and less room for the components to breathe! While it's fine and dandy that it's getting warm, it should never get too hot to handle. Otherwise, it's OK .
similar overheating problem
hey guys, i have a similar heating problem with my note 2 but it occurred after i rooted my phone with the toolkit. the overheating happens while just using the internet browser. has anyone had this problem after root?
thanks in advance.
I experienced the same last night when I played it from the external SD Card, not sure if it was the same when it was in the local sd..
berkayca78 said:
Hello XDA,
I have just bought Galaxy Note 2 (using the stock rom 4.1.2), on second day of use I have installed "Need for Speed Most Wanted". After playing about 15 minutes the upper part of Note 2 (around of the camera) started to heat up then I have stopped the app so on that it have returned to normal heat. I am so confused, do you suggest me to bring it back to store? or it is normal? have you ever had overheating on your Note 2 before?
(The mobile data was on, I was not running any apps on background, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi was off, brightness was full)
Thanks in advance!
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I have the same issue but the screen also (upper part of it) became hot, any body face this issue?
Mine became hot around the camera lens too when playing Disney's Where is Perry? game.
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Mine became hot around the camera lens too when playing Disney's Where is Perry? game.
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Is the upper top half of the screen became hot also?
How hot is it.. because normally it will feel hot when playing games... try to imagine that a powerful 1.6 quad core is insertet inside a smartphone with no ventilation..
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How hot is it.. because normally it will feel hot when playing games... try to imagine that a powerful 1.6 quad core is insertet inside a smartphone with no ventilation..
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the screen also (top half of the screen) became hot is this normal?
Yea I can confirm the same thing while playing Modern Combat 4...not 5 minutes into the game and the heat starts to pick up.
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I experience heating also while playing games like NFS, Osmos HD etc. I monitored the cpu temperature and I encountered temps from 55-60C so far. In stress tests I see around 75-80C. I think is kinda hot.
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Is the upper top half of the screen became hot also?
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No, only the hind part around the camera lens. The front and/or upper (or even whole) part around the screen is normal. Surprisingly other 3D intensive games like Beach Buggy Blitz and Blood and Glory do not get that hot like when playing with Where is Perry? game, which is a 2D game, but I guess it is more CPU intensive.
These are not problems, the heat has to go somewhere. The cpu operates safely even at temperatures above 80.
If your phone suddenly gets hot for no reason, your cpu is spiking probably because an app didn't release its lock on a high cpu frequency. Kill the rogue app.
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These are not problems, the heat has to go somewhere. The cpu operates safely even at temperatures above 80.
If your phone suddenly gets hot for no reason, your cpu is spiking probably because an app didn't release its lock on a high cpu frequency. Kill the rogue app.
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Do you have a source for showing the ideal temps for the cpu chip? I must confirm that 65C is normal under heavy load.
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I experience heating also while playing games like NFS, Osmos HD etc. I monitored the cpu temperature and I encountered temps from 55-60C so far. In stress tests I see around 75-80C. I think is kinda hot.
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Does your upper half of the screen became hot also when you play NFS?

Does anyone elses phone get HOT?

I find my OG tends to get noticeably hot during normal use. if I'm doing anything graphics intensive it get super hot. I have never checked the actual temps but its hotter than any phone I've ever owned (also the most powerful :good: ) the heat does not seem to affect the performance of the device it is just a little concerning to me, I know how computers and high heat don't mix well.
How's your signal? Is it low? Do you roam a lot? These can cause your phone to get really warm sometimes hot if your trying to do something that requires data or any type of signal. Its just how CDMA phones are
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85gslse said:
I find my OG tends to get noticeably hot during normal use. if I'm doing anything graphics intensive it get super hot. I have never checked the actual temps but its hotter than any phone I've ever owned (also the most powerful :good: ) the heat does not seem to affect the performance of the device it is just a little concerning to me, I know how computers and high heat don't mix well.
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We have a quad core processor with no type of cooling system whatsoever. It getting hot is normal.
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tsdeaton said:
How's your signal? Is it low? Do you roam a lot? These can cause your phone to get really warm sometimes hot if your trying to do something that requires data or any type of signal. Its just how CDMA phones are
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It's not just cdma. It's gsm also.
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Enzopreme said:
We have a quad core processor with no you're off cooking system whatsoever. It getting hot is normal.
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I play some pretty graphic intensive games on my phone and my phone has never got hot from it. Its gotten kinda warm a few times from using the GPS but never "hot" and never even close to "hot" from playing graphic intensive games or any other CPU intensive app
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tsdeaton said:
I play some pretty graphic intensive games on my phone and my phone has never got hot from it. Its gotten kinda warm a few times from using the GPS but never "hot" and never even close to "hot" from playing graphic intensive games or any other CPU intensive app
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Then you're special and probably the only person that can report that.
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First, we must establish that "hot" is a relative term. Unless we get some temperatures going, there is no way to know if my "hot" is more or less that someone else's, and so on. I had an Evo3D. My "hot" is "omg, I burnt my damn ear trying to make a freakin phone call!" My "hot" in relation to my Evo4g was "I used the gps a while and now it's kind of warm". Can you grab a temperature when it's up there on the heat scale?
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outerpip said:
First, we must establish that "hot" is a relative term. Unless we get some temperatures going, there is no way to know if my "hot" is more or less that someone else's, and so on. I had an Evo3D. My "hot" is "omg, I burnt my damn ear trying to make a freakin phone call!" My "hot" in relation to my Evo4g was "I used the gps a while and now it's kind of warm". Can you grab a temperature when it's up there on the heat scale?
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I've experienced that kind of hot. My photon got that hot a few times.
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I returned my phone 3 times before I decided to actually test the temperature of the phone.
Download OS Monitor from the play store.
Per discussion with LG, you should not see temperatures that exceed 113 degrees F. The hottest I got my phone through extensive testing was 105 degrees (GPS on, moving around roaming zones, all while playing a video game).
Don't worry about the heat -- It is normal with this phone. There is always one or two posts where someone says "oh yeah, my phone never gets hot"... Just ignore it
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Before the JB update, my OG would randomly heat up just from sitting in my office. I get plenty of signal here and don't often play games. I just picked it up off the desk before going to lunch and it was hotter than hell. Like, this-feels-like-it's-gonna-blow-up-soon hot. A quick reboot fixed that until it kept happening every week or so. It hasn't happened once since the update, though.
Over 100 degrees f
Mine got over 100. It sort of burned my hand when I picked it up. I measured the temperature accurately.
It doesn't help that the phone is glass on it's two largest surfaces and has no ventilation for passive cooling. Glass doesn't breathe and retains heat rather well. Probably not the smartest design idea when putting that much power inside a practically sealed glass box with no real means of ventilation.
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Little known fact, Kim Jong-Un stole an OG in order and it is actually what is generating heat at the core of his nuclear reactor.
OG's getting hot is widespread. Some measures have been taken to mitigate the heat, but there will always be processes that run that are just going to make this thing heat up.
Mine hit 112 F today. But I was at the beach and it was hot, and the phone is black. So...yea. Under normal circumstances it doesn't get that high. Regardless of what I'm doing.
I use a Sprint S3 and it gets pretty hot too, I've heard the S4 plus (s3 chip set) and the s4 pro (Optimus G chip set) gets pretty warm period. Qualcomm need to optimize the heat output better. But as long as it doesn't stay above 110-115 you'll be fine, it shouldn't fry the chip or anything.
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Can anyone recommend an app to monitor temperature? I am not rooted and the few i tried didn't work.
My LGOG constantly shuts down due to temp while playing Ingress. Very frustrating. Usually have to hold out the window while driving to cool it down between portals...
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I think I'm going to have my phone replaced, is becoming sluggish when its hot and always benchmarks way below average on 3dmark, quadrant, and antutu
85gslse said:
I think I'm going to have my phone replaced, is becoming sluggish when its hot and always benchmarks way below average on 3dmark, quadrant, and antutu
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It throttles performance when it heats up to prevent damage. Quad core processor + 2gb RAM + gpu - no forced air cooling = hot. We just gotta be careful.
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i put mine in the freezer regularly to cool it down. works pretty well
Mine burned me today. Turned it on flight mode and put it next to my cold water bottle. I was in av area of low reception and was reading articles when it happened
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