overheating top middle of the screen - Samsung Galaxy Nexus

Hey all,
I'm having quite some trouble with my screen, I don't know it this normal other GN but as the tittle say my phone heats way too much on the top middle of the screen just with normal use (browsing the web, checking twitter or xda) and you dont want to know what happens when I play a game, the screen literary burns my finger if I touch it.
I imagine the GPU o phone radio is in that section, but is there a way to control this issue?
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Thanks
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Maybe you can get it replaced if you still can, I had that issue with my first Nexus, but not the second.

I have two gnex bought a month apart. Both have heat issue. apparently it is normal but I find it hard to digest.
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Yep I guess I'll have to live with it since I got my phone on ebay and I live in Mexico
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What are you using for a Kernel?
I know that with some of the early Trinity Kernels in the alpha stages, my phone would sometimes spike up to 52c (125F) but if I used Franco's Kernel, it would be steady at 37c (99F) no matter what I was doing.

Hey,
Use either lean kernel or popcorn kernel with interactiveX governor usually 230 - 1200 mhz
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Sprint nexus gets hot... Kernel?

If I use it more than 10 min it starts warming up.. 15-20 min and it almost burns to the touch. Is this a kernel issue? I do have a custom kernel running.. Could anyone recommend a kernel? I am currently running teerom
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Mine does the exact same thing all the time. I'm not rooted nor do I have any custom roms. I'm 100% stock.
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"hot" is relative desriptor, its not a temperature but how something feels as compared to something else. can you give us a tempurature? was it plugged in?
simms22 said:
"hot" is relative desriptor, its not a temperature but how something feels as compared to something else. can you give us a tempurature? was it plugged in?
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How would I get a temperature and no it was not plugged in
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latinoboi30 said:
How would I get a temperature and no it was not plugged in
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there are many apps thatll give the temp. setcpu is one of them.
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there are many apps thatll give the temp. setcpu is one of them.
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Ok let me try that app brb
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I just tried and it says my device has to be rooted and I'm completely stock
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latinoboi30 said:
I just tried and it says my device has to be rooted and I'm completely stock
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yea, that would help with setcpu. search battery temperature in the market, theres a bunch of free battery apps that give the temperature reading.
simms22 said:
yea, that would help with setcpu. search battery temperature in the market, theres a bunch of free battery apps that give the temperature reading.
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Here's a screenshot
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Here's a screenshot
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yup, thats hot!
what are you using when it gets so hot? watching a movie in flash will do it, gaming will do it when plugged in(but youre not plugged in). my guess is that the lte 4g radio could do it also, especially if its trying to connect but cant. ive heard of verizons galaxy nexus getting very hot with the lte radio on. my gsm gn only gets that hot when its overclocked highly and im putting it through a tough benchmark regiment(when trying to get it that hot). it could also be a defective battery.
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yup, thats hot!
what are you using when it gets so hot? watching a movie in flash will do it, gaming will do it when plugged in(but youre not plugged in). my guess is that the lte 4g radio could do it also, especially if its trying to connect but cant. ive heard of verizons galaxy nexus getting very hot with the lte radio on. my gsm gn only gets that hot when its overclocked highly and im putting it through a tough benchmark regiment(when trying to get it that hot). it could also be a defective battery.
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I'm not doing anything really. All I do is text a lot and get on xda to read threads
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I've had many sprint phones get hot while downloading lots of data over 3G. It particularly happens when I do "update all" in the android market while on 3G. Burns through battery power real quick.
This is mainly due to sprint's crappy/obsolete 3G implementation trying to keep up with modern data demands.
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I've had many sprint phones get hot while downloading lots of data over 3G. It particularly happens when I do "update all" in the android market while on 3G. Burns through battery power real quick.
This is mainly due to sprint's crappy/obsolete 3G implementation trying to keep up with modern data demands.
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Hmm, that could be a possibility. I do update the few apps I have and don't download anything at all so idk why its getting that hot
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AOKP Milestone 5 with Franco Milestone 3
zephiK said:
franco milestone 3
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My setup exactly, running FANTASTIC as usual for AOKP and Franco
pjholt59 said:
My setup exactly, running FANTASTIC as usual for AOKP and Franco
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and it can run even better with Trinity kernel
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and it can run even better with Trinity kernel
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Or if you get rid of that Pinto of a ROM AOKP and jump on the LiquidSmooth ROM.
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I'm having the same issues. I might just sell the phone for now while I can for around 400$ then re-buy it once it hits a lower price
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move along, nothing to see here..
Just an FYI, that screenshot is a picture of the battery temperature. Not the CPU temp. I believe that the maximum temperature the Galaxy Nexus' processor can withstand is 100 degrees CELSIUS, not Fahrenheit.
At deep sleep the lowest my CPU reaches is 80 degrees F and my CPU is ALWAYS around 95 degrees F when in light use and rises to about 145 degrees F when browsing or using an app.
And I believe you must be rooted to check CPU temperatures anyway. Franco's app shows the MPU temperature and you must be rooted to check it.

Phone over heating while being used on the mobile data

I just added a data plan , I was using the phone exclusively on WiFi,I noticed the device gets real warm when using the phone when the mobile data is on(by using the phone I mean, surfing web, streaming music and GPS navigation)
Is that a common problem, or it's just with my device, that I should seek help for?
Btw,I upgraded to ics through kies last month....
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Do you have an app that tells you your device temp. It could be normal, but it's hard knowing if you don't know the actual temp.
I've noticed when using the radio vs WiFi, my device runs warmer. High 80's, sometimes higher if I'm running it a lot. WiFi always seems to run cooler.
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As long is it is not burning your hand, then it's perfectly fine. Most phones tend to warm up during use. You can perhaps try a different kernel if you are rooted and undervolt, some people claim it helps. If not then don't even stress unless it hurts to hold the phone.
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Thank you guys,I just downloaded a battery indicator app which shows the temperature, and I'm gonna keep an eye on it,
I've heard that temp should not exceed 130
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RikkKeith said:
Do you have an app that tells you your device temp. It could be normal, but it's hard knowing if you don't know the actual temp.
I've noticed when using the radio vs WiFi, my device runs warmer. High 80's, sometimes higher if I'm running it a lot. WiFi always seems to run cooler.
The temp definitely gets Warner than the high 80s F ....
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i fried an egg on mine yesterday
glxys said:
i fried an egg on mine yesterday
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Did you find a month old thread just to say that? You must be bored
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I used to have problems with mine getting very hot but this would only happen if I was using GPS for extended periods of time.
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Greetings all!!!

Just bought my galaxy nexus off of somebody on craigslist, and I absolutely love it coming from an htc amaze 4g. This phone is lightning quick and extremely responsive. I can see grain because of the pentile, and also have the purple issue when brightness is low as well as incredibly low speaker. I'm kinda worried about the limited 16Gb internal memory. Other than that, I prefer this phone over my friends S3!! I love this phone!!!!! My first Samsung! Nice to meet you all! Any suggestions and apps u guys would recommend? I
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Jellllyyybeeeeaaan!!!
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Jellllyyybeeeeaaan!!!
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I really didn't believe reviewers when they said it made a huge difference lol
Its incredible!!!
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Absolutely the best os for any electronic device. It's that good.
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Absolutely the best os for any electronic device. It's that good.
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Hopefully battery isn't too bad on jellybean. My amaze on ics would last about 8 hours of light to intermediate usage and about 1 hour and 15 minutes of screen on time. Anything better than then I'll be happy lol
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Got mine not too long ago too... Jellybean is awesome!
Check out this thread --> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1803761
and say hello there too!
AnAm85 said:
Got mine not too long ago too... Jellybean is awesome!
Check out this thread --> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1803761
and say hello there too!
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Sorry I didn't see it. Was too excited to check
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fuego77 said:
Hopefully battery isn't too bad on jellybean. My amaze on ics would last about 8 hours of light to intermediate usage and about 1 hour and 15 minutes of screen on time. Anything better than then I'll be happy lol
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Only 1 hour?? Most people here get 3 to 4 hours screen on time, some I've seen even 5. You should go ahead and root it and install a custom kernel so you can adjust the color settings to fix that purple tint issue
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Hopefully battery isn't too bad on jellybean. My amaze on ics would last about 8 hours of light to intermediate usage and about 1 hour and 15 minutes of screen on time. Anything better than then I'll be happy lol
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You should be able to get longer than that with the screen on. Are you switching everything on at the same time? e.g. GPS, wireless, LTE (perhaps?), or perhaps having emails sync every minute... Even if it's heavy gaming you're doing you should get longer than that.
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You should be able to get longer than that with the screen on. Are you switching everything on at the same time? e.g. GPS, wireless, LTE (perhaps?), or perhaps having emails sync every minute... Even if it's heavy gaming you're doing you should get longer than that.
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Lol no guys. If anything I would probably get 90 minutes maximum screen on time on my HTC amaze. the battery life on that phone was the worst I've seen in my life. Auto sync off, brightness at 10% , mobile data off, and just some texting.
Also I was thinking of flashing a either kernel, but the phone is perfect the way it is lol. What are other benefits from custom kernel?
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fuego77 said:
Lol no guys. If anything I would probably get 90 minutes maximum screen on time on my HTC amaze. the battery life on that phone was the worst I've seen in my life. Auto sync off, brightness at 10% , mobile data off, and just some texting.
Also I was thinking of flashing a either kernel, but the phone is perfect the way it is lol. What are other benefits from custom kernel?
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You can change the color profile with a custom kernel to get rid of the purple tint. You can also undervolt and underclock for better battery life. You can overclock too, but the CPU is more than enough @stock for most tasks
First thing I'd check out is Jubakuba's sticky in the Q&A forum, all about unlocking boot loader, rooting, flashing ROMs, etc. Big timesaver is just flash bigxie's 4.1.1 ROM which is rooted, with busybox, gapps, and deodexed. Trinity kernel will let you adjust color, boost volume, and overclock (or underclock to save battery). People also like Franco's kernel. Another good flashable mod is Thyrus's Nav bar w/menu button, which also gives you expanded power-off menu with reboot and recovery options. (Does require deodexed ROM so won't work on stock). And you might want to try a replacement launcher like Nova or Apex.
Or you might just want to enjoy the stock Jellybean experience for a while before modding. Have fun.
Thanks for the responses guys!! I read around and I see I have to use Odin? I'm more of a fast boot command prompt type of guy lol . I'm scared to mess up nexus :/ is performance better with custom kernels? Oh boy I'm going to have do tons of reading!!! Lol.
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fuego77 said:
Thanks for the responses guys!! I read around and I see I have to use Odin? I'm more of a fast boot command prompt type of guy lol . I'm scared to mess up nexus :/ is performance better with custom kernels? Oh boy I'm going to have do tons of reading!!! Lol.
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fastboot works great with the GNex. I have had this phone for 4 months and I have never ever used Odin

Running Hot?

What temps are u guys running at? My phone never goes below 120°F (51°C) which seems kinda hot...isn't overclocked or anything. Thanks.
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Troll 7S said:
What temps are u guys running at? My phone never goes below 120°F (51°C) which seems kinda hot...isn't overclocked or anything. Thanks.
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120°F / 51° C seems very hot to me. My Gnex is on 84°F / 29°C. Even after playing high performance games it doesn´t heat up more than to 111°F / 44°C
What Rom / Kernel / Build are you running?
I'm running the latest Vicious/CM10 w/latest Franco but I've tried several other ROMs...none of my other gnex's ran this hot...it will go up to 160 with the slightest task to the point where it is uncomfortable to touch on the upper part of the screen.
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Troll 7S said:
I'm running the latest Vicious/CM10 w/latest Franco but I've tried several other ROMs...none of my other gnex's ran this hot...it will go up to 160 with the slightest task to the point where it is uncomfortable to touch on the upper part of the screen.
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maybe try the paranaoid android rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1619582. there are a few reports about overheating with the stock CM10 kernel, but works perfectly for me. solutions there are switching to trinity kernel or franco as well. but mainly the overheating shoult result from a bad kernel.
If you don´t want to put on another rom, maybe switch back to an older / stable version of francos.
I don't think it is a kernel issue because I just got this replacement...(have had 6 gnex's...long story) was running the exact setup...never had any heat issues until this one. Even when it was bone stock I noticed the upper part of the screen was hot to the touch.
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Troll 7S said:
I don't think it is a kernel issue because I just got this replacement...(have had 6 gnex's...long story) was running the exact setup...never had any heat issues until this one. Even when it was bone stock I noticed the upper part of the screen was hot to the touch.
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then give back to your reseller. sounds like a factory problem then. phone shouldn´t heat up this much. not even it´s uncortable it may crash your phone (or parts of it) in the long run.
That's what I was thinking unfortunately...on to gnex number 7 I guess
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yeah unfortunately maufacturing standarts for the GNex are way below than these for samsungs own devices. but better exchange it now then beeing said it´s your fold if the cpu melts or something
Ya that's too bad...calling Verizon first thing in the morning thanks.
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i feel like you two don't know what you are talking about and idk wtf you are doing to your phone that you've had to return 6 of them? derp but, that's besides the point
now the issue at hand, i've had over heating since jelly bean on custom roms which has shut my phone down ... it seems to be a kernel issue as far as i can tell ... i'd recommend trinity's TNP1344-307-JB-STABLE35 http://goo.gl/jry8c
if the problem persists go back to stock ... and quit sending your phones back you are the reason why carriers don't want people to unlock their bootloaders
50°c is normal operating temp, the gnex has a thermal throttle that kicks in at around 75°c, then it scales down the cpu. You also have to consider the ambient temperature outside. Its 95°- 100°f here during the day, of course your phone will run a little hotter when its hot outside. Just use your phone
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Just dip ya phone in water, that should stop it getting to hot :cyclops:
Most of the phones I sent back I did not modify at all...asurion sent me 5 defective devices that all had hardware issues...(faulty screen, broken buttons, no radio, DOA, etc...probably refurbs), they then reimbursed me for buying a new phone through Verizon and it does not have any of those issues. I tried Trinity and it is running slightly cooler now. As for me not knowing what I'm talking about, that is why I asked in the first place. I didn't know what the average running temp. is.
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Just flash back to stock and see if you still have the overheating. If nothing changes you have a defective phone. I don't think my gnex has ever reached 120° F even with some mild overclocking and heavy use.

Phone Gets Real Hot

Hey guys wondering if anyone else had this issue? Got the Galaxy S3 and its runs pretty hot. Not like the whole phone but like half of it mostly where the home button is but in the back.
Don't know what it is. Wanted to know if anyone else was experiencing this or if its kernel related/ROM related.
I've tried switching ROMs, Kernels, Governors, Schedulers and still nothing. Also undervolting and underclocking. Right now I'm running Casper's AOKP build 9/20 and its running beautifullyt except for this heating issue.
Let's see if anyone else is having the same as me or can offer help.
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I'm running stock, rooted, stock kernel. It heats up when I'm gaming or doing something CPU intensive. Never had a problem because of it though. I've seen other threads where this is pretty much considered normal.
I mean I had a GNex before this and it did used to get warm in the back when I used to surf the web or use the phone but once I rooted and changed kernels, undervolted and underclocked, I could do anything and it wouldn't get hot.
Since I'm fairly new to the GS3 I just figured I post it on here just to see if this was how the phone ran typically
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Yeah my gets hot too 47c
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If I have the hot spot on, and I am using it quite a bit, it will get quite warm. Usually up into the mid 40's.
Yeah so I'm guessing I'm not the only one lol that's good. Hopefully a kernel or something can make this go away. If not I'm getting a case
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I can confirm that using the lean kernel did help a bit. Still gets hot though....time to get a new case
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Im over clocked ktoonsez kernel, and never had that issue. Only while 3d gaming does it normally get hot or during benchmarking.
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For me the only time my gs3 got hot was when i first got the phone and it was restoring all the apps from the market and when playing gta 3 other then that my phone doesnt heat up. When surfing internet it doesnt get hot but just a little warm. I do use a tpu case
Like its weird. When I'm not using the phone is perfectly fine. When I text or sometimes use WiFi its fine. And also when my battery is like under 30% its fine. But other times like when its full, it gets really hot. I'm using lean kernel ATM.
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NoLunchBox_ said:
Like its weird. When I'm not using the phone is perfectly fine. When I text or sometimes use WiFi its fine. And also when my battery is like under 30% its fine. But other times like when its full, it gets really hot. I'm using lean kernel ATM.
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Like with my phone as I type im full battery right now, and its cool as freon. And im over clocked. If your still under warranty then why dont you swap it out if its that hot. Otherwise I wouldnt worry about it too much.
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Illusion81 said:
Like with my phone as I type im full battery right now, and its cool as freon. And im over clocked. If your still under warranty then why dont you swap it out if its that hot. Otherwise I wouldnt worry about it too much.
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Like right now I'm at 1.5ghz interactive sio and its warm. I'm at like 85% battery. Like I just don't understand it lol but I'm just gonna buy a case so I won't feel it as much...
What ROM are you running ATM?
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NoLunchBox_ said:
Like right now I'm at 1.5ghz interactive sio and its warm. I'm at like 85% battery. Like I just don't understand it lol but I'm just gonna buy a case so I won't feel it as much...
What ROM are you running ATM?
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Im on Wicked v5 Rom / ktoonsez kernel
Pretty good batt, and no heating issues. Been using this combo for a while now. Which case are you considering?
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Alright I'm back to report. I'm still on AOKP running Ktoonz Kernel and no undervolting or over clocking. Its at 1.3 and 540 MHz and its running fine without getting too hot.
BIT I have to add I took my SD card OUT. Yes I noticed that the phone was getting hot where the sd was located so I took it out. Idk if its just me but this helped a lot. Its not running as hot as it used to be.
Anyone want to test that out as well? Would be helpful. Thanks
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Alright I'm back to report. I'm still on AOKP running Ktoonz Kernel and no undervolting or over clocking. Its at 1.3 and 540 MHz and its running fine without getting too hot.
BIT I have to add I took my SD card OUT. Yes I noticed that the phone was getting hot where the sd was located so I took it out. Idk if its just me but this helped a lot. Its not running as hot as it used to be.
Anyone want to test that out as well? Would be helpful. Thanks
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that would kinda make sense because when i use the adapter on the micro sd and put that in the computer and put some roms and some videos on it id say maybe 10 min to do all that. and then when i retrieve and go to put in the phone its really hot. so it could have something to do with that
Yeah I'm not sure. I mean its still hot I'm not going to lie bit its not as hot as it used to be. When I had it in there it was like burning hot now its just warm.
I wonder what it is really...
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