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I was reading on the Note 8 the other day and started noticing that the left side of the tablet gets pretty warm/hot. Is it just me or does anyone else have this issue? The rest of the tablet remains cool- just the left side around the middle.
JokeZony0u said:
I was reading on the Note 8 the other day and started noticing that the left side of the tablet gets pretty warm/hot. Is it just me or does anyone else have this issue? The rest of the tablet remains cool- just the left side around the middle.
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This issue already discussed before. It is quite normal for a device to get some heat. Anyway, I think there is a big difference between warm and hot. If your device really gets HOT, then it is a problem. My device gets warm as well as you described, but I wouldn't say it gets hot or uncomfortable to hold. I think the temperatures quite similar to my SGS3.
CPUs and GPUs put out heat. Batteries put out heat. The more intensive the activity (particularly watching video, gaming, internet use and GPS) the more heat will be generated. This is a fact with all tablets, and computers in general. I'd think it was strange if the device didn't get warm somewhere. Heat on the left side is completely normal, although not sure what component (CPU, battery, etc.) is located there.
Now its impossible to tell what OP means exactly by "warm" or "hot" as this are not quantitive in any way. It shouldn't get hot enough to be uncomfortable (or even hurt) to hold in any way. Excessive heat may be an indicator of a faulty battery or some other hardware defect. But usually not. And the device will shut itself down long before a temperature is reached, that will hurt anything (if that is what you are worried about).
There are ways for the system to tell you the temperature, but I think its only at one location (CPU?) which may not be the problem area. So measuring this way may have limted usefulness in real life.
That is the location of the cpu unit so I wouldn't worry about it unless it gets very disconcertingly hot.
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Im using the Sansung OEM cover. Holding it in portrait mode, mine gets "warm" on the left side near the edge... but only when its in my pocket and its in sleep mode and wifi is turned off. Kinda fels like my BlackBerry when its polling for a tower, it gets real warm. I have a N5110 wifi no radio so trying to determine why the warm up.
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Heat "problem"?
JokeZony0u said:
I was reading on the Note 8 the other day and started noticing that the left side of the tablet gets pretty warm/hot. Is it just me or does anyone else have this issue? The rest of the tablet remains cool- just the left side around the middle.
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My Galaxy Note 8 has this problem. I installed an app which read the temperature and it reaches 40°C when I play video games. It has the power saving mode on. Is it normal? I'm worried about this
JNoise05 said:
My Galaxy Note 8 has this problem. I installed an app which read the temperature and it reaches 40°C when I play video games. It has the power saving mode on. Is it normal? I'm worried about this
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i've installed diagnosis app to check the temp, mine reaches ~40C(i think this is the battery temp) when i play also. so i think many of us is experiencing this *____*
Just with normal use the left side of my unit is getting annoyingly warm. Hopefully they can fix this with an update or something. I'm experiencing this on stock, anyone on custom software experiencing this too?
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Hey thanks for all your input guys. It's good to know I'm not the only one experiencing these problems. So far, I don't think it's bothering me to the point that I wish to call Samsung up for a replacement. It does get a bit warmer especially if I have the pen out and writing some notes. I do also understand it's more than likely that the cpu is located there but I've never had a warming problem w/ other smartphones and tablets I've had.
Either way, thanks for all the input!
I agree
JokeZony0u said:
I do also understand it's more than likely that the cpu is located there but I've never had a warming problem w/ other smartphones and tablets I've had.!
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I agree with you, my father's got an iPad mini and the gadget doesn't present warming problems and battery life is much better. Do you think all Note 8 devices present the same problem? I'm thinking seriously of replace mine for a brand new Note 8.0 but if it presents the same problem, I'll be wasting my time...
Hello,
I've browsed the xda forums and few others extensively for solution of my issue, though to no help at all.
For the starters some numbers and general info:
Phone: R800i Xperia Play, 2.6.32.9-DooMKernel, Xperia NXT v.1.3.
Only default stuff running in the background.
For testing and possible solution, apps I've installed:
Advanced Task Manager,
No-Frills CPU (min. 134 MHz, max 1.114 GHz, smartass, sio),
Battery Defender (Temp 32C, voltage: 3.0V, changed from 4.0V).
I always keep Data, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS off, unless I need them. Brightness is about 30% most of the time, no auto-brightness control.
For solution purpose I've got manual network selection for 2G, usually it is 2G/3G auto search - never got issues with this.
I've got two batteries, stock one and a Tell Me one, both 1500 MAh, both never had any issues.
Today morning (7AM), as usual, I've disconnected fully charged phone from the charger. I haven't noticed a thing that could be off about the phone.
I've went to the work, and around 11 AM I've messaged a little, and then I've noticed a weird thing - phone was very hot and the battery info said that it is on around 30%. Of course, first I've tried was to reboot the device, and lower the maximum frequency of the CPU.
Unfortunately it wasn't a bug or a mistake - phone really had around 30% charge left. I've got a usb cable from a co-worker to keep the phone from dying.
In the meantime, I've tried resetting the phone to factory defaults, tried flight mode, setting everything to off - nothing helped. Also, what's more weird - phone was charging incredibly slow (that might be because of charging from PC USB) when turned off and it still was hot.
I've realized that phone is getting really hot only in one area - near top right corner (place where light sensor is), on the backside, after you extend the phone (there is a little screw there, under 'sticker').
After getting back to home, I've tried charging the first battery to 100% - it completed, using stock charger, but it took quite longer than expected. Discharging is quite fast - 1% per 4-5 minutes. In ~50 minutes I've got 90%. This gives roughly 7 hours of work on battery. In flight mode, with everything turned off, with CPU on 134 MHz.
On a second battery, which I have in right now, I am steadily progressing from 93% to the 0% at the speed of 1% per 3 minutes.
Phone is +2 years old, not on warranty.
Any advice could be really appreciated.
Is it a stock battery or an aftermarket? I had an aftermarket battery once. It had a similar response in my phone. Bought another battery. OEM and solved it.
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Maybe it's battery fault.
One of my battery did the same thing (it even got even bigger due gasses inside it). Replaced it and it's working fine.
If it happends on both batteries, maybe it's hatdware issue. In worste case, something inside phone is shortcutted and drainibg current, causing heating. Maybe opening phone and cleaning parts inside could help.
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Wouldn't hurt to open it up and using an eraser clean the battery contacts inside phone and on battery itself. Then use a can of compressed air to blast that bad boy.
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I've got two different batteries, stock one that came with phone, and a second aftermarket one, which was rarely used - only on long trips when I wanted to play. Both of them couldn't be damaged like that.
Phone never fell on the floor, is always in protective rubber-like 'case' and of course it never even touched water.
Right now heat is strong enough to be a bit painful if you slide the phone out and touch the light sensor area on the backside. I will try to get some torx screwdrivers and open up this part, but I doubt I will find anything. I was wondering if switching back to stock rom could help.
I'm really at loss here since I don't wanna buy new one, though they're cheap right now (about 150$ in my area with 24 month warranty, without any contract), since I've got some holiday plans and wanted to have some more funds. I can go by with the 4-5 hour discharge time if I have a cable on me since I'm working at the office with computers. I can always charge the phone, but knowing that usually I never even fell under 80% after 8 hours at work is kind of bothering.
Have you reformatted the phone via flashing a ftf file... see if that fixes the issue.
Maybe try to use it without battery. Connect charger, remove battery while still powered on, and wait 15minutes (as i recall, it will not turn off). If phone is still hot, then it's not battery related problem.
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Bakisha said:
Maybe try to use it without battery. Connect charger, remove battery while still powered on, and wait 15minutes (as i recall, it will not turn off). If phone is still hot, then it's not battery related problem.
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Actually I've tried this and I've got some results. Phone turns off when it stays this way in OS for a while, so I did that in Boot manager, which I thought won't be affected by OS itself, and I was right - phone stays on, with screen on. Unfortunately, it is very hot in the 'usual' place. So we can root out the possibility that this is a battery issue.I am not quite sure, but also this is certainly not antenna, since it is off in the boot manager, as well as WiFi, BT and GPS.
So could it be that the kernel itself, which must have some module responsible for power management, went crazy? That is just my wild (hopeful) guess, and I wish that flashing will help. Any ROMs that you can advice?
FouLu said:
Actually I've tried this and I've got some results. Phone turns off when it stays this way in OS for a while, so I did that in Boot manager, which I thought won't be affected by OS itself, and I was right - phone stays on, with screen on. Unfortunately, it is very hot in the 'usual' place. So we can root out the possibility that this is a battery issue.I am not quite sure, but also this is certainly not antenna, since it is off in the boot manager, as well as WiFi, BT and GPS.
So could it be that the kernel itself, which must have some module responsible for power management, went crazy? That is just my wild (hopeful) guess, and I wish that flashing will help. Any ROMs that you can advice?
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Well, to test if everything is working properly, flash stock firmware with flashtool (even kernel). Test all functions of phone with apps (wifi, BT, gps, 3g, flashlight, tear-front camera). If all works, maybe some chip is overheating.
In that case, if you don't know how to open phone, maybe it's best to take it to service.
If you do know how to open it, first start cleaning enterier. If that don't help, try to power it while dissasembled, and see what chip is overheating and google for it's model to see what it is.
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Bakisha said:
Well, to test if everything is working properly, flash stock firmware with flashtool (even kernel). Test all functions of phone with apps (wifi, BT, gps, 3g, flashlight, tear-front camera). If all works, maybe some chip is overheating.
In that case, if you don't know how to open phone, maybe it's best to take it to service.
If you do know how to open it, first start cleaning enterier. If that don't help, try to power it while dissasembled, and see what chip is overheating and google for it's model to see what it is.
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Thanks for advice. I will flash the phone completely to stock and test it. Actually, if it is turned off, it is not heating up but starts to when I try to charge the battery.
I'm working at IT company, but my knowledge ends at the desktop computers actually, certainly I am not into electronics - I can tell when capacitors on motherboard are starting to go bad, but that's it. Starting from laptops, some parts are to small and prone to damage to be just opening and looking around.
I suppose if the stock kernel won't help, I will seek assistance of some service since they always give some kind of warranty for repairs. Of course, I will keep this topic updated, since there might be same kind of lost soul with the same problem.
FouLu said:
Thanks for advice. I will flash the phone completely to stock and test it. Actually, if it is turned off, it is not heating up but starts to when I try to charge the battery.
I'm working at IT company, but my knowledge ends at the desktop computers actually, certainly I am not into electronics - I can tell when capacitors on motherboard are starting to go bad, but that's it. Starting from laptops, some parts are to small and prone to damage to be just opening and looking around.
I suppose if the stock kernel won't help, I will seek assistance of some service since they always give some kind of warranty for repairs. Of course, I will keep this topic updated, since there might be same kind of lost soul with the same problem.
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When you are on stock kernel, test offline charging too (phone turned off, but charging). So heating problem is only limited to battery-charging electronics-kernel).
Post your results when/if it's fixed, no matter what they are. Good luck
Bakisha said:
When you are on stock kernel, test offline charging too (phone turned off, but charging). So heating problem is only limited to battery-charging electronics-kernel).
Post your results when/if it's fixed, no matter what they are. Good luck
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Unfortunately, after flashing to stock R800i_4.0.2.A.0.79.ftf I still have this weird overheating issue and the battery is draining really fast. Seems like this is hardware problem, not a software one, since I tested it in many different ways to no help at all.
I will not let go off my XPlay, as I will visit service and try to repair The Best Gaming Phone to Date, though I will buy a new phone, which will be Xperia S, since I've got my eyes on it ever since I played on my friend's one - Final Fantasy 7 with OpenGL plugin in fpse looked really great, and the controls were fine for my tastes.
When I get the XPlay fixed, I will update this thread, since I like this phone and would like to have it back and running.
Thanks for all the help, I really appreciate it
I have a T-Mobile M8, but didnt get much response, so I'm posting here in hopes of more answers. I realize this is a worse case scenario, but i used my phone as navigation for the first time today and after maybe 20 minutes of having it on my dash, charging, listeing to bluetooth music while navigating it quit charging and the red notification light started blinking. I had power saver on with the screen at its lowest Automatic Brightness set. I know this is a stress test for it, but lots of other phones I've had didnt have a problem like this. I dont use it as navigation too often, but it cant not charge if i do use it that way.
Anyone elses do this too?
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I have a T-Mobile M8, but didnt get much response, so I'm posting here in hopes of more answers. I realize this is a worse case scenario, but i used my phone as navigation for the first time today and after maybe 20 minutes of having it on my dash, charging, listeing to bluetooth music while navigating it quit charging and the red notification light started blinking. I had power saver on with the screen at its lowest Automatic Brightness set. I know this is a stress test for it, but lots of other phones I've had didnt have a problem like this. I dont use it as navigation too often, but it cant not charge if i do use it that way.
Anyone elses do this too?
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This is probably going to sound like a dumb question but believe me I did it
It wasn't hear the heating vents was it?
grentuu said:
This is probably going to sound like a dumb question but believe me I did it
It wasn't hear the heating vents was it?
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Ha,...no,..it was on top of the dash, and here in S. Florida it was pretty hot (90F). But, with that said, I had the windows up, AC on. My previous phones (I'm a phone-a-holic), the S4, G2, Xperia ZL, and Note 3 all worked fine in the same situation. If its a common occurrence for this particular phone in general I'll deal with it. But if its unique to mine I will exchange it. But I'd rather not have to restore another phone if the new one will act the same way.
Maybe I should mention the phone has a clear hard case on it, too.
Hot day, phone in direct sunlight, phone in case, Bluetooth, screen, data, CPU probably running at max, it's all going to contribute. Obviously the phone couldn't keep up with the power requirements. Do you use an official HTC car charger?
I have no problems with charging using Navigation with Co-pilot, it does get warm, but so has any other phone when using Nav apps. I wouldn't use Google navigation as that doesn't have offline maps and will tax the phone even more.
Thanks for responding,...I had it in power saver mode and auto brightness at its lowest setting. I'm not even sure there is an official HTC car charger,...is there? Maybe it's a by product of being a metal case, but my past phones, the G2 the note 3 and Sony xperia zl never had this problem. If this replacement (I was able to swap for a new one at TMo yesterday)phone does it too then I'll deal with, I just didn't know if it's the phone as a whole, or my particular unit.
The touch feels really hard while charging and the scrolling responsiveness also suffers considerably.
Anyone else facing such problem? I also feel a strange vibrating sensation at the back of the phone while charging.
This problem continues even after unplugging the charger and only a reboot fixes it.
I always use stock charger shipped with the phone and I have tested it on multiple power boards at different locations in my city. Everywhere I am facing the same problem.
Nitg16 said:
The touch feels really hard while charging and the scrolling responsiveness also suffers considerably.
Anyone else facing such problem? I also feel a strange vibrating sensation at the back of the phone while charging.
This problem continues even after unplugging the charger and only a reboot fixes it.
I always use stock charger shipped with the phone and I have tested it on multiple power boards at different locations in my city. Everywhere I am facing the same problem.
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I think the Vibration while charging is quite normal for all Honor 8 Pro users, even me too have. But don't know about touch issue, because i never had such problems.
Nitg16 said:
The touch feels really hard while charging and the scrolling responsiveness also suffers considerably.
Anyone else facing such problem? I also feel a strange vibrating sensation at the back of the phone while charging.
This problem continues even after unplugging the charger and only a reboot fixes it.
I always use stock charger shipped with the phone and I have tested it on multiple power boards at different locations in my city. Everywhere I am facing the same problem.
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That vibration sometimes happens while charging if your body is in contact with earth somehow. I guess because of lack of earthing or such.
Regarding the touch issues, no issues here.
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Nitg16 said:
The touch feels really hard while charging and the scrolling responsiveness also suffers considerably.
Anyone else facing such problem? I also feel a strange vibrating sensation at the back of the phone while charging.
This problem continues even after unplugging the charger and only a reboot fixes it.
I always use stock charger shipped with the phone and I have tested it on multiple power boards at different locations in my city. Everywhere I am facing the same problem.
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Yes! I have that issue... if i plug my phone with bundled charger and its kept on flat table surface, so without lifting my phone in my hand i can't use that easily. The touch response is very poor on that condition but when i lift my phone in my hand then its working normal, even i'm facing the same issue with connecting my phone with PC though.
Normas Interruptor said:
Yes! I have that issue... if i plug my phone with bundled charger and its kept on flat table surface, so without lifting my phone in my hand i can't use that easily. The touch response is very poor on that condition but when i lift my phone in my hand then its working normal, even i'm facing the same issue with connecting my phone with PC though.
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sounds so different
Hello friends. I recently bought myself P6P (US Ver.) and I was very surprised when I noticed that at temperatures below 0°C (-1°C and below), my camera stops working. The phone simply freezes and when the camera starts, leaving for a reboot. After rebooting, the problem does not disappear until it cools down. At room temperature, or plus temperature at street (about 2-5°C and above) a problem, there is no. There is a cold winter in my country, I do not argue, but any phone, even my old one, broken s21u did not show such problems. I like to shoot stories on the street, take photos on the street, send video messages on the street. I cannot do this with a pixel. I have to wait for spring to use it comfortably. I saw a similar video of a Canadian blogger with this problem, but everyone else says that they have never encountered this problem. I am really offended that absolutely any phone can remove at this temperature, but there is no pixel. Maybe someone knows what the problem might be, I hope for your help. This is enormous suffering for me. I really love this phone, but his behavior with a camera on the street... This is not permissible for such a smartphone.
It was -4 to -6 where I am and I didn't have an issues when out and about
Bebrakonya2010 said:
Hello friends. I recently bought myself P6P (US Ver.) and I was very surprised when I noticed that at temperatures below 0°C (-1°C and below), my camera stops working. The phone simply freezes and when the camera starts, leaving for a reboot. After rebooting, the problem does not disappear until it cools down. At room temperature, or plus temperature at street (about 2-5°C and above) a problem, there is no. There is a cold winter in my country, I do not argue, but any phone, even my old one, broken s21u did not show such problems. I like to shoot stories on the street, take photos on the street, send video messages on the street. I cannot do this with a pixel. I have to wait for spring to use it comfortably. I saw a similar video of a Canadian blogger with this problem, but everyone else says that they have never encountered this problem. I am really offended that absolutely any phone can remove at this temperature, but there is no pixel. Maybe someone knows what the problem might be, I hope for your help. This is enormous suffering for me. I really love this phone, but his behavior with a camera on the street... This is not permissible for such a smartphone.
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Sounds like a hardware defect, maybe bad battery not supplying adequate current at low temperatures? I've used my camera at 20 below without any issue.
I'd suggest trying it with an external power source (USB) to see if providing more current helps.
Bebrakonya2010 said:
Hello friends. I recently bought myself P6P (US Ver.) and I was very surprised when I noticed that at temperatures below 0°C (-1°C and below), my camera stops working. The phone simply freezes and when the camera starts, leaving for a reboot. After rebooting, the problem does not disappear until it cools down. At room temperature, or plus temperature at street (about 2-5°C and above) a problem, there is no. There is a cold winter in my country, I do not argue, but any phone, even my old one, broken s21u did not show such problems. I like to shoot stories on the street, take photos on the street, send video messages on the street. I cannot do this with a pixel. I have to wait for spring to use it comfortably. I saw a similar video of a Canadian blogger with this problem, but everyone else says that they have never encountered this problem. I am really offended that absolutely any phone can remove at this temperature, but there is no pixel. Maybe someone knows what the problem might be, I hope for your help. This is enormous suffering for me. I really love this phone, but his behavior with a camera on the street... This is not permissible for such a smartphone.
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No such issues here and its been temps of -5 here. Which Android version are you running?
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Sounds like a hardware defect, maybe bad battery not supplying adequate current at low temperatures? I've used my camera at 20 below without any issue.
I'd suggest trying it with an external power source (USB) to see if providing more current helps.
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This is clearly not a battery. If the problem was in it, then it would simply reboot. But it just freezes tightly, then reboots. Sometimes when hanging, artifacts appear on the display.
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No such issues here and its been temps of -5 here. Which Android version are you running?
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I'm use last version a13
Any chance the phone got wet and that froze? Do you have it in a case? Cracked screen? Is it rooted? Rooted properly?
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This is clearly not a battery. If the problem was in it, then it would simply reboot. But it just freezes tightly, then reboots. Sometimes when hanging, artifacts appear on the display.
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Nothing "simply" reboots. Something has to happen to CAUSE it to reboot. If the voltage drops too low, the CPU will brown out and whatever is running will crash, then the watchdog timer will cause it to reboot. What you are experiencing sounds VERY battery. Try external power before dismissing a suggestion.
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Nothing "simply" reboots. Something has to happen to CAUSE it to reboot. If the voltage drops too low, the CPU will brown out and whatever is running will crash, then the watchdog timer will cause it to reboot. What you are experiencing sounds VERY battery. Try external power before dismissing a suggestion.
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I put it in the freezer for 15 minutes (its temperature is about 10-15°). When I connected it to charging, when I started the camera, he immediately went into a reboot, and did not hang as usual. When I tried to open the camera without charging, it first hung, and then rebooted.
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Nothing "simply" reboots. Something has to happen to CAUSE it to reboot. If the voltage drops too low, the CPU will brown out and whatever is running will crash, then the watchdog timer will cause it to reboot. What you are experiencing sounds VERY battery. Try external power before dismissing a suggestion.
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It is strange for my part to think about the battery, because my p6p was activated only 3 months ago. Its battery cannot be worn out, unless of course it was a factory defect.
Bebrakonya2010 said:
I put it in the freezer for 15 minutes (its temperature is about 10-15°). When I connected it to charging, when I started the camera, he immediately went into a reboot, and did not hang as usual. When I tried to open the camera without charging, it first hung, and then rebooted.
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Keep it connected to the charger the whole time. Plugging it in causes all kinds of systems to suddenly activate and breaks the test.