I love my new Oneplus 3 which I've had for less than 4 days. Everything's great except one thing: the phone get super warm when we go outside. The battery temp reads at 37C to 38C. The phone has not yet malfunctioned due to temperature, however it feels very warm to touch. And I'm not even using it much - it is either idle in pocket, or it plays audio via headphones.
I know it is summer, and temperatures outside are scorching, but have two other phones and they do not produce that effect. I am speculating that it might be the aluminum casing of OP3 that conducts the heat more easily than plastic on other devices.
Does anyone experience the same with their OP3?
What should be a good battery temperature for an idle phone in summer when it is around 35C outside?
Try disabling all gestures and fingerprint sensor.
Mine has never gotten hot before and I'm on it all day. I have my gestures turned off, night mode enabled as well as sRGB. My brightness is set to probably 20%. I only have notified actions enabled for apps that actually need to notify me.
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I've got all gestures and fingerprint scanner left on. No issues here. Although there is a known issue with the fingerprint scanner activating while the phone is in a pocket causing heat and battery drain. Disable the scanner or turn the phone away from your thigh to remedy.
That's normal. Move on.
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Thanks guys. I will disable gestures and fingerprint scanner, and see how it goes.
I know 38C is not high for a battery, so the more strange it is that the device feels so very warm.
it's the metal...it's my first time my phone doesn't have a plastic back, i wondered the same. the temperature in your pocket will make it always feel a bit warm. if they say "cold" they mean it doesn't have got any heatspots
I have the OP sandstone case on mine. Heat is a non issue. My Moto X pure though, that hot as was my HTC m7
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My wife has a evo 4g and she just went to florida, used the google gps which worked great. One problem she had though was at some point during the trip it stopped charging, battery died, then shuts off and when rebooted started charging again till it was full with a charge. Tell me if you think im roght but i was thinking it was over heating from being on the charger and having the backlight on full brightness. I had my old evo shut down from this before so i was wondering if there is a setting in the navigation to dim the back light when the navigation is not active? to keep it cooler! Im also gonna have her use the 1 amp charger to instead of the 2 amp so it can be less hot... Any ideas would help guys i want to make sure my wife makes it back trouble free with my daughter.
This overheating is likely caused by GPS overworking the processor.
Once the processor overheats, the batter charging cycle stops.
If you put the phone in front of the AC vent it will help cool it.
Screen dimming and making sure other apps aren't running helps a little.
You will see a similar effect in a poor signal area.
I'm wondering if it would help to take the case off. she has a ballistics case. I'm going to have her take off the case and then dim the screen. I found the option to dim the screen during navigation.
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Hey Folks,
I was using an app today called "instant heart rate", and i noticed that my LED flash get's uncomfortably warm when i touch it! I have used this app many times before with my older galaxy phones, and i never had any issues with a hot led, i could keep my finger on it as long as i wanted and it never got hot, only slightly warm. However with the optimus G, i noticed that within seconds the the LED get's scorching hot to the touch!
Has anyone else noticed this on your devices? If you turn on your camera flash, and you touch it with your finger firmly in place, does it get too hot to hold comfortably in place for more then 10 - 20 seconds?
I'm wondering if the glass design of the back is acting as a heatsink for the LED and what i'm feeling is the instant heat transfer from the LED, wheras with a plastic device like a galaxy phone, the heat is confined to the PCB and is not directly transmitted to the back cover.
Can you guy's check and report back. You can use any app, like torch, or camera. I only mentioned instant heart rate because the app requires you to touch the camera and flash for it to work.
Tried it, it is getting hot... to hot to hold it.
But then, It is a light...!
My one is ok. I mean it gets hot, but still i can touch it.
Mine gets pretty hot, but I can still touch it.
I accidentally left it running once for a few hours and nothing happened, it was still fine so looks like there's no need to worry.
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
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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
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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...
On the Oneplus One we had a lower touchscreen sensitivity (not ghost touches) than on other flagship devices. Nothing big but still noticable. For example i could you my old S3 also with the fingernails with the fingers upside down.
I already ordered a 1+3 but I wanted to ask people who already have the device how the sensitivity is compared to other flasghips or midrabge devices.
I've upgraded from a Nexus 5 so I can't compare the phone with other new flagships. However, you are able to use the touchscreen with your fingernail. I have noticed it is more sensitive than my old phone. I hope this gives you some indication.
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I've upgraded from a Nexus 5 so I can't compare the phone with other new flagships. However, you are able to use the touchscreen with your fingernail. I have noticed it is more sensitive than my old phone. I hope this gives you some indication.
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Nexus 5 touch is good. My friend has it. But if you say that its possible to use it with fingernail im very happy. It isnt possible with the 1+1.
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Nexus 5 touch is good. My friend has it. But if you say that its possible to use it with fingernail im very happy. It isnt possible with the 1+1.
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That sensitivity results in me not being able to use Gestures, since keeping it in my pocket keeps the phone awake (cpu usage = battery drain, heating up) .
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Soumitra.5693 said:
That sensitivity results in me not being able to use Gestures, since keeping it in my pocket keeps the phone awake (cpu usage = battery drain, heating up) .
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That seems to be a problem with the fingerprint sensor, not the display. See here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-3/help/oneplus-3-loses-energy-inside-pocket-t3403583
It happens to me also, but with ambient display and all gestures switched off...
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That seems to be a problem with the fingerprint sensor, not the display. See here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-3/help/oneplus-3-loses-energy-inside-pocket-t3403583
It happens to me also, but with ambient display and all gestures switched off...
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Oh well...it might be that I kept my phone faced outwards after I disabled the Gestures. Damn.
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So there is a guy selling a used Moto 360 v1 black in excellent condition and the battery has no problem with a day of juice (from what he said).
No cracked back either.
I am thinking to get a smart watch because I am bored of my classic watches, one got scratches on the glass and the other is boring.
Why the Moto 360? because I want the bigger screen possible as I have a bit trouble reading LCD screens with small fonts.
Here my questions:
-How easy the back can get cracks? Jogging with this watch for example is a bad idea?
-Is it true latest updates made this watch much faster and lags are ironed out?
-About battery cycles, if I use tilt to wake will it empty the battery too fast?
-I saw complaint about the battery completely dying after 2 years more or less, are all Moto 360 v1 having this problem or it's lottery?
I've had a Moto 360 since shortly after launch, and it's still working on its original battery (though it only gets one day now, not two, and my main use is for checking the time, weather forecast, and sometimes alerts — definitely light use).
I've always used tilt to wake (wasn't even aware that could be turned off, except by putting it into theater mode). It's pseudo-ambient display mode will drain the battery much quicker, though.
I've heard the back cracking happens to folks with small wrists, which isn't me. Back on mine is fine.
Haven't had any lag problems since the first updates, but again my use is light.
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derobert said:
I've had a Moto 360 since shortly after launch, and it's still working on its original battery (though it only gets one day now, not two, and my main use is for checking the time, weather forecast, and sometimes alerts — definitely light use).
I've always used tilt to wake (wasn't even aware that could be turned off, except by putting it into theater mode). It's pseudo-ambient display mode will drain the battery much quicker, though.
I've heard the back cracking happens to folks with small wrists, which isn't me. Back on mine is fine.
Haven't had any lag problems since the first updates, but again my use is light.
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Yeah, all that true but most likely - forget about upgrading to 2.0