Hello to all Galaxy Note 8 owners',
I've read most of the review online, but only a few stated about the heat issue on this device.
So, my question is does your phablet overheat ?
wuf31 said:
Hello to all Galaxy Note 8 owners',
I've read most of the review online, but only a few stated about the heat issue on this device.
So, my question is does your phablet overheat ?
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Uh... no? This is about the coolest running tablet on the market. Also, I have read every single piece of literature and commentary on the internet about the Note 8, and not once has heat been mentioned. Where, exactly, are you reading this?
Mine runs perfectly. No heat issues whatsoever.
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I haven't noticed much heat or warmth at all, much less heat problems. I'm not a tablet gamer. But I do watch video, and download files (sometimes big ones and using Advanced Download Manager). And not heat issues.
Mine gets pretty warm on the lower lefthand side of the back plastic. Probably 10 degrees over ambient temp.
This is consistent with other devices that run at relatively high clock, or my phone if the wimax antenna is on - I'm not seeing it as a problem.
The only time I have felt any excessive heat, is when I was watching Netflix and charging at the same time. I use this tablet very heavily and have not noticed any heat issues!
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Haven't read anything about heat issues on the Note 8 myself, nor have I observed any serious heat issues on mine. It'll get warm with intense use, but no worse than other tablets or phones in my collection.
Correction, only one on the net.
This is the link "hxxp://pocketnow.com/2013/04/09/galaxy-note-8-review"
Quoted here the relevant paragraph
-- "Other than that, the performance on the Note 8.0, even during graphic-intensive games, was exceptionally smooth. Though, after several minutes of intense gaming with the display brightness turned up, the device did tend to heat up a bit, but not to the extent the device was uncomfortable to hold." --
I'm asking because I've read heat problems on Galaxy Note II and Galaxy S3
Thanks for all your reply. It's good to hear that this one does not suffer from heat issues. If it is, I'll have to switch to Asus Fonepad, man.. that thing is half the price than Note 8
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Correction, only one on the net.
This is the link "hxxp://pocketnow.com/2013/04/09/galaxy-note-8-review"
Quoted here the relevant paragraph
-- "Other than that, the performance on the Note 8.0, even during graphic-intensive games, was exceptionally smooth. Though, after several minutes of intense gaming with the display brightness turned up, the device did tend to heat up a bit, but not to the extent the device was uncomfortable to hold." --
I'm asking because I've read heat problems on Galaxy Note II and Galaxy S3
Thanks for all your reply. It's good to hear that this one does not suffer from heat issues. If it is, I'll have to switch to Asus Fonepad, man.. that thing is half the price than Note 8
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Device warming up is not the same as a heat problem. My S3 and the Note 8 will both get warm with heavy use, but so will everything else. You have to have realistic expectations on a device that only has passive cooling. Heat is a problem if it causes the device to crash or otherwise misbehave.
Used mine to play a game with 3D graphics for an hour or two and it was only slightly warm. Tablet was sitting on my pillow.
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roustabout said:
Mine gets pretty warm on the lower lefthand side of the back plastic. Probably 10 degrees over ambient temp.
This is consistent with other devices that run at relatively high clock, or my phone if the wimax antenna is on - I'm not seeing it as a problem.
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Echoing this statement. My Note 8 gets noticeably warm on the left side even on lower loads. It's never become hot enough to be an issue though.
Bateluer said:
Haven't read anything about heat issues on the Note 8 myself, nor have I observed any serious heat issues on mine. It'll get warm with intense use, but no worse than other tablets or phones in my collection.
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Ditto...
My charger does get warmer than my G Note 10.1 and my G S3...
Mine is just like any other high end tablet. Stays cool but gets slightly warm warm when used heavily. I have the 3G version.
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overheating? Try meltdown!
A few months ago, my wife and I visited the local AT&T store and picked up a Galaxy S4 and a Galaxy Note 8.0.
While my SG4 is working beautifully, the Note 8 is unusable, even after having it sent in for repairs (the problem persists as if it was never repaired).
Basically, it has a glitch that I've seen before on PCs that have a heat-damaged GPU. When the system is booted, it displays a graphically garbled mess and will not achieve full boot.
We have reloaded it, to no avail, and as I say, it's already been sent in for repairs yet it came back to us as if nothing had been done to it at all. It worked intermittently, as i had before the repair, so my wife tried to make due because we couldn't take time off from work to go back to AT&T in the last few weeks since we received our Note 8 back from Samsung (or whoever they farmed out the repair to). In the last few days of my wife using it, it's gone from intermittent to full-blown unusable. Now, about 15 to 20 seconds into the boot sequence, the GPU overheat glitch rears its head. There's no way now to get to the desktop to attempt another reload... but that wouldn't help anyway. When we last took the unit in for repairs, I reset the device to factory defaults at the request of the AT&T rep that was assisting us. Within 2 minutes after booting back up, the system was nearly unusable.
It was a rockin' little tablet... for about 4 days until it started overheating. I'm figuring it's likely a manufacturing flaw, based on the testimony of others that for the most part claim little or no heat issues.
Now, I'm not sure what we can do to rectify this. I hope we're not stuck with what amounts to a brick.
FYI / background-info: I've been a computer user for 31 years, and worked professionally in IT for the last 15 years. Embedded hardware hacking and embedded systems development are a few of my many technical hobbies. To say the least, I've been very thorough in my examination of this problem, and have an immense amount of experience with a large variety of hardware, which is why I recognize the problem to be related to overheating damage to the GPU -- I've seen it plenty of times before... the summer heat where I live will kill a GPU if it's fans aren't cleaned monthly, due to the amount of dust that blows in from the plains states immediately to our west.
i have GT-N5100
the unit so warm (not overheat) if i played some 3D games for a few times.
left side of the note.
and maybe i suggesting you not playing much games or heavy games with this Note 8.0
i don't know about the other handheld, but note 8.0 almost suck my battery 1minutes : 1% just for play LINE I Love Coffee or any light-weight games.
BUT, if you do for work (write on S-Note or drawing or adjust some shortcut and setting) it'll be so damn long lasting battery, but once you play (at least) 1 game, you'll see the battery drain so much.
don't know how to fix this (even i already turn on the Power Saving and turn off another function except vibrate, and screen rotation, also wifi...because i use battery program..that program indicate use Mobile Data/3G more drain than Wifi)
StygianAgenda said:
A few months ago, my wife and I visited the local AT&T store and picked up a Galaxy S4 and a Galaxy Note 8.0.
While my SG4 is working beautifully, the Note 8 is unusable, even after having it sent in for repairs (the problem persists as if it was never repaired).
Basically, it has a glitch that I've seen before on PCs that have a heat-damaged GPU. When the system is booted, it displays a graphically garbled mess and will not achieve full boot.
We have reloaded it, to no avail, and as I say, it's already been sent in for repairs yet it came back to us as if nothing had been done to it at all. It worked intermittently, as i had before the repair, so my wife tried to make due because we couldn't take time off from work to go back to AT&T in the last few weeks since we received our Note 8 back from Samsung (or whoever they farmed out the repair to). In the last few days of my wife using it, it's gone from intermittent to full-blown unusable. Now, about 15 to 20 seconds into the boot sequence, the GPU overheat glitch rears its head. There's no way now to get to the desktop to attempt another reload... but that wouldn't help anyway. When we last took the unit in for repairs, I reset the device to factory defaults at the request of the AT&T rep that was assisting us. Within 2 minutes after booting back up, the system was nearly unusable.
It was a rockin' little tablet... for about 4 days until it started overheating. I'm figuring it's likely a manufacturing flaw, based on the testimony of others that for the most part claim little or no heat issues.
Now, I'm not sure what we can do to rectify this. I hope we're not stuck with what amounts to a brick.
FYI / background-info: I've been a computer user for 31 years, and worked professionally in IT for the last 15 years. Embedded hardware hacking and embedded systems development are a few of my many technical hobbies. To say the least, I've been very thorough in my examination of this problem, and have an immense amount of experience with a large variety of hardware, which is why I recognize the problem to be related to overheating damage to the GPU -- I've seen it plenty of times before... the summer heat where I live will kill a GPU if it's fans aren't cleaned monthly, due to the amount of dust that blows in from the plains states immediately to our west.
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That's how the first Note 8 that I was shipped was (my post about it is somewhere) it was roasting when it arrived and oddly the battery showed it as fully charged. Screen was a complete disaster, reset it and it was fine for a few days then started acting up with the heat and screen issue. I only had had it a week so I just asked for an exchange (at first they wanted me to go through the warranty to fix or replace it ha! No). Got this new one and have had no issues (except the wifi which I finally seem to have working but that's whole other thing), like others said it just gets a little warm on the left side but nothing like that old unit and nothing horribly burning type of noticeable.
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Warrior1975 said:
Mine runs perfectly. No heat issues whatsoever.
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Same here. No heat problems at all.
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please help me about my galaxy note 8,GTN5100.
I have my galaxy Note8 for a year,and it was perfect for me.i just play candy crush saga with it and check my facebook and instagram and twitter.but it is about a week that it overheats,after 5 min that i connect to the internet via wifi the back of the device on the left becomes very hot,and after that the battery drains very fast.it is not rooted and its android version in 4.2.1.
wuf31 said:
Hello to all Galaxy Note 8 owners',
I've read most of the review online, but only a few stated about the heat issue on this device.
So, my question is does your phablet overheat ?
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NOT overheat
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QuanGan said:
NOT overheat
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just hot
Mine said last night that it had to close down programs and I could only use the phone because it was overheating. It was cool to the touch every where and battery monitor said the temp was 30*C or 86*F. So does it over heat not too the ftouch as it always seems cool when held, But?????
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Just thought I'd throw this out to see if anyone else has encountered this problem. Yesterday I was using some apps on my Note 2 (TomTom, voip, wifi and 4G ...) and I noticed the top of the phone getting rather hot, to the point that it was becoming uncomfortable to hold to my ear. This was much hotter than normal. I shut down all the running apps with app manager, but the phone stayed hot. CPU was running only about 10%. Finally I had to reboot...then it was back to normal. Its worrying that it could at some time be damaged by overheating. Has anybody had this problem and/or know what might be causing it? Thanks.
i got the same problem when playing a game in 10-15 mins it heated up pretty fast especially the front near samsung logo it was like over 100 degree
The only time I experience overheating is when I'm playing Need For Speed Most Wanted. It happens after about fifteen minutes of play. I haven't had it get uncomfortably hot but I always stop playing the game as it becomes abnormally hot. It's a shame to because I would like to play NFS more that fifteen minutes.
Jerry D said:
The only time I experience overheating is when I'm paying Need For Speed Most Wanted. It happens after about fifteen minutes of play. I haven't had it get uncomfortably hot but I always stop playing the game as it becomes abnormally hot. It's a shame to because I would like to play NFS more that fifteen minutes.
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Lol that is the game I was talking
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Lol that is the game I was talking
sent from t889 running jedix8
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Yes that's the same area, near the phone speaker and logo, where mine was most hot. I'm thinking it could be cpu or graphics processor but I don't know the internal layout of components. But it seems odd on mine that it stayed hot after shutting down any running apps and only 10% CPU. Maybe something running in the background.
That is where the uber powerful quad core monster is grinding the gears of awesomeness at a mind blowing brain zapping 1.6 billion gigahertz lives at. And his girlfriend mali400 lives right next door and she is pumping out all the eye candy she can to satisfy the pleasure receptor s directly into your braiiiiiin.... Lol
In other words yes that's the main processor and graphics chip suckin up the battery. While it does that it's generating heat as a by product. It's completely normal. Nothing to worry about. Happy gaming. And it takes a while for it to cool back down to ambient.
Hope that helps
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Yes that's the same area, near the phone speaker and logo, where mine was most hot. I'm thinking it could be cpu or graphics processor but I don't know the internal layout of components. But it seems odd on mine that it stayed hot after shutting down any running apps and only 10% CPU. Maybe something running in the background.
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Did a quick net search on this and found a few forums reporting this problem. i.e. http://forums.androidcentral.com/sa...es-your-galaxy-note-ii-gt-n7100-overheat.html
I reported the overheating to Samsung Support. They said they have had no reports of the phone overheating...sounds unlikely after several months and millions of devices sold. Support suggests doing a data wipe from the recovery screen as this will "resolve most problems". Really? ???
Could be a firmware issue which Samsung will find and fix if they get sufficient number of reports. I suggest you report it to Samsung Support: http://www.samsung.com/us/support/...click on "live chat" for mobile phones.
Need for Speed is a game provided by (presumably) Samsung. If you can't play it for long, it seems like that represents some kind of inherent problem with the device. My concern is whether the overheating will be an ongoing, recurring problem. That would limit the usability of the device.
It's not clear if this is a problem that is worse on individual phones or if this is a problem common to all Note 2s. If its individual phones, then I'd probably like to return it for one that doesn't do this.
It seems the Exynos cpu is located near the speaker/logo. "System Tuner Pro" app reports system temperature under "CPU"
Mine is overheating while charging..I Woke up to a battery too hot message..the only thing different is I'm using a flip cover now,I took a screenshot of the temperature, and this was already cooled down a little..anybody know what this is? It's only been happening while charging though...
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Samsung Note 2 Overheating Culprit
Two specific reasons : Quad core processor, Aluminium wiring.
Reports of deformity of the note 2 trickling in slowly. Try using processor hungry tasks and see it drop its jaw in 2 hrs.
they cant recall it, now its getting cheaper every day.
Try clearing the cache, supposedly things can occasionally get discombobulated. Last time my phone was about to set fire (gs3), cleared the cache & dalvik and it went back to normal.
summer heat
arctic84 said:
Try clearing the cache, supposedly things can occasionally get discombobulated. Last time my phone was about to set fire (gs3), cleared the cache & dalvik and it went back to normal.
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I live in Chicago and summer days are already here. My Note 2 has started to let me down, since yesterday my phone is been up to 40c without any used.44 while charging. I dont think this is normal. Im on stock rom. Thank you in advanced.
Overheating persists
My 2 weeks old Galaxy Note 2 gets abnormally hot on the same area(rear camera part & the front phone calling speaker) while on charging, while playing games usually Modern Combat 4 or otherwise, & i am on stock rom as well. ...if anyone has a resolution for the problem then please share..
I've been reading the other thread about overheating of the S4. Mine will get warm to hot just by downloading from the Play Store and playing withe the menu. I tried a factory reset, microsd reformat, etc.
Does anyone else with the tmobile version notice the phone getting hot?
I have tmobile version and it runs really cool
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hoangiscool2 said:
I've been reading the other thread about overheating of the S4. Mine will get warm to hot just by downloading from the Play Store and playing withe the menu. I tried a factory reset, microsd reformat, etc.
Does anyone else with the tmobile version notice the phone getting hot?
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Sure - any huge data usage, (especially with 3g/4g/lte) will cause the phone to heat up in the cpu area - this can be coupled with high graphics usage, and/or high ram usage -
electricity generates heat as a waste product - it wont get too hot, but it will heat up.
My gs2 would occasionally get so hot i didn't want to hold it or let it sit in my pocket
My new gs4 got plenty warm when redownloading my podcasts, and durring the first google device restore.
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Sure - any huge data usage, (especially with 3g/4g/lte) will cause the phone to heat up in the cpu area - this can be coupled with high graphics usage, and/or high ram usage -
electricity generates heat as a waste product - it wont get too hot, but it will heat up.
My gs2 would occasionally get so hot i didn't want to hold it or let it sit in my pocket
My new gs4 got plenty warm when redownloading my podcasts, and durring the first google device restore.
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But I don't even get edge where I live. I've been using wifi and it overheats in like 10 minutes. I hope it's just a software issue, if not ill get a replacement. I just wanted see if its just me.
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But I don't even get edge where I live. I've been using wifi and it overheats in like 10 minutes. I hope it's just a software issue, if not ill get a replacement. I just wanted see if its just me.
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For me so far, the only time it is noticeably warm is when I use the camera for an extended period of time. Haven't played any intense games on there though like NFS.
I find that my microsd card get hot when accessed a lot, but that's not new, same as in my S3.
Mine is hot too. I haven't done anything though.
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hoangiscool2 said:
But I don't even get edge where I live. I've been using wifi and it overheats in like 10 minutes. I hope it's just a software issue, if not ill get a replacement. I just wanted see if its just me.
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I believe there is firmware update that is compatible with the I9505 Tmo variant. You may want to do some searching and check it out.
The main S4 forum is a good place to start.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=2162
Heat is not the same thing as over-heating. These chips have a maximum operating temperature rating of upwards of 70c. There are a myriad of reasons why any two devices would operate at higher or lower temperatures including ambient temperature, radio actions (high-throughput or low signal recovery), and of course running processes. There will always be people who think their phone is "too hot" since it is a purely subjective claim.
yeah honestly is at 40c and thats beyond hot!!
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My phone heats up when I talk to people on phone over 10 m top part heats up like crazy lol
but again it maybe just because of call and stuff but my s3 never got that hot
dtrwos said:
Sure - any huge data usage, (especially with 3g/4g/lte) will cause the phone to heat up in the cpu area - this can be coupled with high graphics usage, and/or high ram usage -
electricity generates heat as a waste product - it wont get too hot, but it will heat up.
My gs2 would occasionally get so hot i didn't want to hold it or let it sit in my pocket
My new gs4 got plenty warm when redownloading my podcasts, and durring the first google device restore.
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My phone heats up when I talk to people on phone over 10 m top part heats up like crazy lol
but again it maybe just because of call and stuff but my s3 never got that hot
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Yep, mine heats up on the top back of the phone. But it doesn't overheat when I'm on the phone though. I talked for over two hours and the phone stayed cold. But if I play around with menu and installing apps, it gets noticeably warm. I used S2 for two years and didn't remember it getting this warm.
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Yep, mine heats up on the top back of the phone. But it doesn't overheat when I'm on the phone though. I talked for over two hours and the phone stayed cold. But if I play around with menu and installing apps, it gets noticeably warm. I used S2 for two years and didn't remember it getting this warm.
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mine heats up probably i am using 4g data and voip app to call people
but it heats up top Samsung name area like u can feel it in like 10m lol
Like others mine heats up at the top back at times but never to a serious, uncomfortable degree. Pretty sure my Blaze would get hotter at times from less taxing usage.
So hopefully this is just software related issues and not hardware.....
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So hopefully this is just software related issues and not hardware.....
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If you're really that concerned just go exchange it.....
Yeahhh mines was over heating like crazy while I was transferring data from note 2 over too it
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Try turning down the brightness of the screen, I saw some reviews say the density of the screen adds majorly to the heat.
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If you're really that concerned just go exchange it.....
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I have to wait 20 days to exchange it. I could return it but my micro SIM card doesn't work on the S2.
Anyway, I just received an OTA update.....
I've used my micro sim in a GS2, a MyTouch slide and a G1. It will fit, just line up the 3 pins to the 3 plates on the sim and it will work
Hi all,
so, i persuaded my friend to buy a s4, bt now she's facing several problems with it, the problems are:
1) heating issue (my Note 2 heats too, bt she claims that hers heat very fast, even for short usages)
2) Front camera is blurry ( i'll post a pic soon)
3) she put her phone to charge the whole night (about 8 hours) and when she turned it on, the battery percentage was only 95%
She also bought the phone for a cheaper price ( I'm thinking it's nt 100% genuine, bt she said she gt it from a authorised dealer)
Hope there's a solution to these problems
for now, i'm suggesting her to send it back to a samsung center for a change of device.
thanks!
How much cheaper are we talking about here? You can always buy warranty as well just for protection. As for the heating issue, I do find it to be more frequent that my previous Note 2 or S3. I noticed this especially when I'm using the camera, YouTube, browser. Haven't even played any games on it yet.
As for the camera, you might try to go into settings. Perhaps its trying to auto-focus too much - I also have this issue sometimes with the camera when it wouldn't focus, but just adjust the settings maybe.
imrhay said:
Hi all,
so, i persuaded my friend to buy a s4, bt now she's facing several problems with it, the problems are:
1) heating issue (my Note 2 heats too, bt she claims that hers heat very fast, even for short usages)
2) Front camera is blurry ( i'll post a pic soon)
3) she put her phone to charge the whole night (about 8 hours) and when she turned it on, the battery percentage was only 95%
She also bought the phone for a cheaper price ( I'm thinking it's nt 100% genuine, bt she said she gt it from a authorised dealer)
Hope there's a solution to these problems
for now, i'm suggesting her to send it back to a samsung center for a change of device.
thanks!
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Id do exactly that if u think it's bad send it back, your under warranty
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Only major issue Ive had is a galaxy family wide issue since s2 (loose charge port) only had it 2.5 days
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imrhay said:
Hi all,
so, i persuaded my friend to buy a s4, bt now she's facing several problems with it, the problems are:
1) heating issue (my Note 2 heats too, bt she claims that hers heat very fast, even for short usages)
2) Front camera is blurry ( i'll post a pic soon)
3) she put her phone to charge the whole night (about 8 hours) and when she turned it on, the battery percentage was only 95%
She also bought the phone for a cheaper price ( I'm thinking it's nt 100% genuine, bt she said she gt it from a authorised dealer)
Hope there's a solution to these problems
for now, i'm suggesting her to send it back to a samsung center for a change of device.
thanks!
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These issues are common amongst many users. I personally would not recommend this phone to a friend without telling then about these issues. Its a shame that Samsung has the latest and greatest and then ruin it with these small but important problems.
I'm extremely happy with my phone ONLY because I am rooted and will have access to amazing ROMs that will cure these problems. Software aside, the actually device is amazing and i wouldn't want any other.
The camera could be blurry due to the packaging sticker that most people don't notice and don't remove that's on the camera. Although the sticker has a round cut out and shouldn't affect the picture at all unless its misaligned. Some say its there for protection others say to remove it. Do as u wish.
On the topic of heat, if your charging and heavily using your phone, it DOES get unreasonably hot. Uncomfortable but still not a defect. I'm sure the device is more than capable of handling these temperatures. But it is uncomfortable to hold...this is also very subjective. Hot to me may not be hot to you and vise versa. But I think that it is much hotter than older phones so I understand why people can be alarmed by the difference.
Charging batteries is a wonky topic. Batteries all behave slightly differently. They are temperamental and take time to perform their best. Fully draining and then fully charging ur battery is good practice to ensure good and long lasting performance. But I'd say its too early to call your issue a problem that requires a replacement. If it were, let's say, 75% I'd do something about it. 95? Ehhh not an issue. I suggest getting a larger aftermarket battery anyway if you want acceptable battery life. (12hours)
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sgs22012 said:
Only major issue Ive had is a galaxy family wide issue since s2 (loose charge port) only had it 2.5 days
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Seriously? I came to the S4 from the Fascinate (S1), and my USB port is just as firm as it ever was on the Fascinate. (Of course, haven't had the S4 enough to tell..)
Thanks guys for your reply,
Really appreciate it
Like you guys said the problems are normal
Sent from the undoubtedly best phone on earth, the Samsung Note II
imrhay said:
Thanks guys for your reply,
Really appreciate it
Like you guys said the problems are normal
Sent from the undoubtedly best phone on earth, the Samsung Note II
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Uh... those problems are not normal. Those sound like serious issues and do not seem consistent with a typical S4 experience, at least not mine or the two other people I know that have one. I would even consider that your friend purchased an imitation s4, which are known to exist.
If ever in doubt, return the phone to where she got it from.
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Dr. Fed said:
Uh... those problems are not normal. Those sound like serious issues and do not seem consistent with a typical S4 experience, at least not mine or the two other people I know that have one. I would even consider that your friend purchased an imitation s4, which are known to exist.
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I, likewise, have NONE of those issues. At all. I do have occasional stuttering lag, but that's it. If I were having those issues I would send it back.
imrhay said:
Hi all,
so, i persuaded my friend to buy a s4, bt now she's facing several problems with it, the problems are:
1) heating issue (my Note 2 heats too, bt she claims that hers heat very fast, even for short usages)
2) Front camera is blurry ( i'll post a pic soon)
3) she put her phone to charge the whole night (about 8 hours) and when she turned it on, the battery percentage was only 95%
She also bought the phone for a cheaper price ( I'm thinking it's nt 100% genuine, bt she said she gt it from a authorised dealer)
Hope there's a solution to these problems
for now, i'm suggesting her to send it back to a samsung center for a change of device.
thanks!
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Though it is possible that there are hardware issues with the device itself, here are some common things to check:
1) Heating is normal when running graphic intensive apps like games. If the phone is heating up while idle, it is a problem.
2) Make sure there is no plastic covering on the front camera. The picture may appear gritty on the screen but transfer it to a computer and check the resolution.
3) I am almost certain it is taking forever to charge because she may be using an old charger or an old usb cable. The S4 comes with a different charger output (0.5V and 2 A) & will charge the phone quickly. The older chargers are (0.5V & 1A), which will charge the S4 but take forever.
Check these things first. If any of these are off, replace the phone asap!
Hey guys, replacement day is approaching, and I keep reading these articles about overheating / overdraining battery issues in the replacement Note 7.
I wanted to open a main thread about how everybody who got a replacement Note 7 is doing and if they can report any issue...
So, if you have replaced your Note 7, how is it doing?
tnx for participating!
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Check this out...
http://money.cnn.com/2016/09/27/technology/samsung-galaxy-note-7-fire-china/index.html?source=zacks
Doesn't look like a Hoax.
Whadda???
As well as the first. No issues here?
Got mine a week or so ago, no issues here. I managed to root it again using Sprint userdebug and it runs much better than the previous note did. Battery also seems to run very cool. The highest temp Ive seen was 34ºc, which is incredibly cool. That was while I was out playing Pokemon Go during a hot afternoon by the way!!
No issues here, other than occasional SD820 lag.
No problems here either...
Agreed, Jo issues other then slight SD820 lag but since the new update its far smoother than the old Note 7 I had and only has the occasional stutter.
Edit: Battery life is still fairly similarr, however, I think that's due to my personal usage.
Works great, the was a couple of minor things that were different. I can't remember what since they were so insignificant
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Got the replacement on Sep 21
Today, Sep 25, about 11 am, my note 7 got uncomfortably warm, it can be felt both on the back through the synthetic leather cover (wallet case) and on the front, but mostly on the back.
Turned the phone off for at least 5 minutes, then turned it back on, within a minute it gets warm again, and in about 4-5 min. it gets warmer, unusually warm.
Turned it back off for at least 30 min., turned it back on again, and this time I can't even input my security PIN, the screen isn't responding.
I turned it back off, take off my 256 GB SD card.
Called Samsung (The recall Phone#), they answered right away (very surprised) told them what happened, she then told me that this is not the first time they had this issue with the new replacement Note7, she transfer me to the support department, she told me the tech support department should issue me some kind of report# or whatever, I forgot, so that I could bring that to ATT to get another replacement phone.
The support reps just told me to bring the phone to the store to get it replaced.
Went to ATT Corporate Store in Rancho Cucamonga, CA.
The sales person told me that I'm the second person with the same issue. The store can't issue a second replacement phone, she suggested me to bring it to ATT Device Support Center in Rancho Cucamonga.
But by then it's already close to 5 PM, Sunday. The office/store will be closed in few minutes.
So the ATT store clerk says to bring it to Best Buy where they have ATT reps inside to get it replaced.
So I went there, bad news....the wait is long...I decided to come back the next day.
End of story.
Now, Sep 25, Sunday night, I tried once more to powered up the Note7
It works, it didn't get warm, battery is at 40%
Put the SD card back in, and back up everything.
About an hour later, the phone gets warm again!
This time I didn't turn it off, I just stop using it and leave it on, I set the battery to "Medium Power" Saving Mode.
Battery now at 25%.
I think this time, it could be a software issue.
I remember when I change my 2009 iMac hard drive with SSD, I had to install a software to make the Fan work properly.
Samsung need to call that software company
The only issue that I'm having is when I'm scrolling through the app drawer with my finger is very slow. When I scroll with the S pen it's very fast. Other than that no complaints the phone hasn't overheated at all.
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I'm noticing some bluetooth issues.
It won't connect to my asus zenwatch2.
It will connect to my macbook pro for a few minutes.
I've cleared the bluetooth data and cache and turned bluetooth on and off.
Ditto on the bluetooth issues here. I use a Bluetooth continuous glucose monitor that worked great before I swapped. Cleared cache, reset, et cetera but connectivity is still intermittent.
KeeganWolf said:
Ditto on the bluetooth issues here. I use a Bluetooth continuous glucose monitor that worked great before I swapped. Cleared cache, reset, et cetera but connectivity is still intermittent.
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I m getting the note 7 would you guys recommend me getting one
no problems at all! wonderful phone!
Exynos model here, no problems.
Replaced Exynos working well.
With new N7 I got better battery life and the phone doesn't heat up at all during fast charge (V1 did a little). If anything, the touch was not registering too well, sometimes I had to press twice to register. That was yesterday, today it's fine now, so maybe I just need to wait for things to settle, since I was downloading 3 GB of programs and data and still setting things up.
Im having bluetooth issues as well. it keeps disconnecting from my gear fit 2 and i have to manually open the app and hit connect, which works about 75% of the time. Also battery does not last as long as my previous one. its not horrible but i notice the difference.
Does anyone have gap problem in the replacement note 7?!
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Does anyone have gap problem in the replacement note 7?!
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yeah i can slide a sticky note along both sides of the frame and glass on mine. my previous one was almost as bad. From what I understand this is by design.
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yeah i can slide a sticky note along both sides of the frame and glass on mine. my previous one was almost as bad. From what I understand this is by design.
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The phone have water resistant ? Or because this problem phone lose water resistant?
Anyone ever notice their phone getting hot and shutting down features or even turning off? I know this might be kinda extreme... My 6 pro has been shutting down all sorts of things just to cool the phone and eventually shutting off. This has been happening while I'm in a sauna after working out with the lowest brightness on even. But my Note 10 plus never even mentioned anything to me ever even with full brightness. Thanks for the help
It happened to me once with a Galaxy S7 but it was in a heatwave that said I read on forums that several users complained about an overheating problem on the pixel 6.
As the chip is made in partnership with Samsung and it is well known that exynos chips overheat other than waiting for software upgrades or sending it back there is nothing that can be done.
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My 6 pro has been shutting down [...] while I'm in a sauna.
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But my Note 10 plus never even mentioned anything to me ever even with full brightness. Thanks for the help
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Interesting that your Note 10 Plus works in a sauna-environment. I would definitely call that an extreme situation where no phones needs to properly work, after all we are talking about an ambient temperature of ~ 65°C to 90°C, that's much hotter than even a desert. Most commercial products only operate up until 70° Celsius, Industrial usually up to 85°, Military ones even higher.
Personally I would never/have never taken my phone inside a sauna out of fear it might get damaged, after all it's a thousand dollar product. Treating it with care and caution is usually a wise choice, if longevity is of any concern.
Most smartphone (and desktop) processors can only take about ~100 Degrees Celsius (internal, chip temperature), before they throttle down into the abyss and try to cool down (to prevent permanent damage). But if they are in a sauna... there is no cooling down, lol. Afterall they lack a dedicated fan. As an example: It's a situation comparable with your ambient room temperature in the summer - if you have 30° Celsius in your room, but outside it's 40°, your room of course will not cool down, but heat up even more. ESPECIALLY not if you have several heaters on (= processor, display, et cetera).
That's why it's quite the achievement of your Note 10 to properly function in that kind of situation, that seems like a well-balanced phone in terms of heat/cooling. Props to Samsung in that case.
According to several reports in this forum, Tensor can get quite toasty, even in a normal environment. It shutting down in a sauna does not surprise me. There's probably nothing that you can do here, expect switch the phone or hope for a Google firmware update that lowers the coreclock.
I haven't had any overheating. I think the very first day when I was setting up the phone and restoring from my cloud backup it got a little warm, but mine hasn't overheated at all or shut down anything. I am probably not pushing the envelope of what any phone could handle, however.
Haven't witnessed any overheating on my unit.
Never had this happen on any of my recent phones including my Note 10 plus and my buddy has a new 20 Samsung as well.. No problems for them or anyone else with their iphones and a few others while they are in sauna as well.. even my samsung ear buds murder this thing lol
NOTE TO ALL POTENTIAL 6 OR 6P BUYERS: this is not a common phenomenon. Just want to put that out there.
I use GSAM bettery monitor (with the ADB mods) and it works great to watch the temp. Once or maybe twice it got warm (107F) when I was backing up the entire unit to my NAS (or vice versa). Ever since it gets warmer when I use it more, and then cooler when I don't.
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Anyone ever notice their phone getting hot and shutting down features or even turning off? I know this might be kinda extreme... My 6 pro has been shutting down all sorts of things just to cool the phone and eventually shutting off. This has been happening while I'm in a sauna after working out with the lowest brightness on even. But my Note 10 plus never even mentioned anything to me ever even with full brightness. Thanks for the help
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I think you answered your own question buddy... The temperature in the sauna ranges typically between 60oC to 95oC. Your Pixel phone is designed to operate up to 45oC at extreme situations.
I'm afraid the problem lies with the owner in your case, not the device itself.
A Sauna?! A SAUNA?? Did I read that right? I .... I .... I just don't understand. And when my sister "washes" her Galaxy S20 under the tap, the first thing she says: "Samsung says it's OK! The phone is Waterproof and Heat Proof and Mud Proof!" ... ok the last two things are false but every galaxy owner I've come across thinks their phone can be used in a shower, hmmm....
Again... I knew I would catch some crap for posting this.. but I'm trying to figure out why most and yes I said most phones do not have a problem including my old note 10+ and also my other friends phones and random people as well..
My Note would be full brightness and wouldn't even really feel hot. Warm yes and it would continue to work just perfect.. I even tried to put my 6 pro in battery saver mode which shuts down cores and it still could not last 5 mins at the lowest brightness.. My Note in performance mode and full brightness would last the full 25+ minutes I would be in there.
Looking for advice or answers. I've stated comparisons with the same scenarios with two completely different phones of my own along with others. One works great and another does not..