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HTC Desire overheating

My HTC Desire has a serious issue with battery life. Although I shut down most programs and connections, the battery lasts about 3 hours only. Also I have noticed that the phone gets quite hot on the back by the micro SD card. Do you think that my phone is faulty?
I posted the same question on,
http://www.htcdesireforum.com/htc-desire-troubleshooting/desire-overheating/
but not many inputs, does anyone else got the same issue?

mmmm 3 hours? i think its faultly.. my one last more or less a day with normal usage. gets warm when i use it a lot.

checkout the thread on excessive battery usage before you deem it as faulty.

ardsar said:
checkout the thread on excessive battery usage before you deem it as faulty.
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can you please point me to the right thread? thanks.

coolfx35 said:
can you please point me to the right thread? thanks.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=666404
There are many tips in this thread and how to identify which application is using the most battery, and which are causing the device not to sleep correctly. Its a long thread, but worth the read.

If it is only lasting three hours no matter what you do, and it's getting THAT hot, then yeah... I would say there is an issue. Maybe it is shorting out somewhere. I would take it back if I were you. It can have poor battery life under VERY heavy use, but that's still pretty extreme... and I have never seen my battery get above 39c.

I had this last night, but only while I was charging the phone. I pulled the battery & it was around the microSD that was hottest. Took it out & replaced n rebooted...haven't had any problems since.
Doub't the microSD caused the problem but might be worth a try. Either that or when I rebooted I didn't start the app that caused the overheating.
Does it overheat if you just do nothing with it when u reboot?

cbanbury said:
I had this last night, but only while I was charging the phone. I pulled the battery & it was around the microSD that was hottest. Took it out & replaced n rebooted...haven't had any problems since.
Doub't the microSD caused the problem but might be worth a try. Either that or when I rebooted I didn't start the app that caused the overheating.
Does it overheat if you just do nothing with it when u reboot?
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So far it doesn't happen, I will keep you guys posted.
thanks for the help.

Hot Battery
I received my HTC on Tues night and within half an hour the palm of my hand was burning inside and yet still not healed (Thurs AM). P10 of the safety guide says this is nonionizng radiation (sounds unhealthy). I believe that the aerial is just beside the SIM and card slot and holding this next to your palm is warned against in the manual. Bit strange since that is how you would hold a PDA. However, I informed my service provider (Three) and they said it must be a fault so are replacing (with new apparently). Slighlty concerning however I will reserve the option to refund until I see the new handset. I might add that I have HTC's XDA Guide for bus. and that battery also gets very hot, but not as quick! Why put an aerial next to a battery, the combination of the two, I beleive is casuing heat issues.

my phone gets extremely hot ! sometimes up to 56 degree C !! and suddenly it reboots!

StrongOneX said:
my phone gets extremely hot ! sometimes up to 56 degree C !! and suddenly it reboots!
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56c?! That's probably the highest I've heard of? What are you doing when it gets that hot, charging?
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GANJDROID said:
56c?! That's probably the highest I've heard of? What are you doing when it gets that hot, charging?
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My phone was charging, WiFi was ON and I was browsering the internet, then i watched a movie. suddenly it started to smell like pommes frites. The phone was lying on a sleeping bag ( which is air tight and works like a heat shield ) and seriously it almost went flame on! lol

StrongOneX said:
My phone was charging, WiFi was ON and I was browsering the internet, then i watched a movie. suddenly it started to smell like pommes frites. The phone was lying on a sleeping bag ( which is air tight and works like a heat shield ) and seriously it almost went flame on! lol
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I would seriously reconsider your usage when charging. The highest mine has gotten was 40c. Just take into account that the bottom of your screen will also get near that temp, so be very careful
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reached today 49,5 °C by simply navigating and charging via my car-charger at the same time... battery-status showed status "overheated"
is this normal?!
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b

berre said:
reached today 49,5 °C by simply navigating and charging via my car-charger at the same time... battery-status showed status "overheated"
is this normal?!
cheers
b
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Erm, no.
I'd consider mine overheated if it gets over 35c.

StrongOneX said:
my phone gets extremely hot ! sometimes up to 56 degree C !! and suddenly it reboots!
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Wow, thats hot. Farrr too hot

berre said:
reached today 49,5 °C by simply navigating and charging via my car-charger at the same time... battery-status showed status "overheated"
is this normal?!
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b
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highest I've seen is 38°C, I believe above 45 is extremely hot

I've had to send mine back to HTC for "stress testing" as mine can't even get past 33°C without going into a reboot loop . It gets that hot just with some light use of GPS + Maps or Mobile Internet + Browsing.
Hopefully they at least replace the MoBo or possibly even the whole phone doubtful though...

hehe, my active holder in the car is in such a place I aim the vent/blower at the back of the Desire. No overheating while navigating with the airco on!
But I guess having something this fast (1ghz) in such a small package which uses quite some power as well means it's going to be hot real fast.
Although I don't find the Desire -that- much warmer/hotter than some of the other phones I've owned.
I guess when your Desire gets really hot (over 40C-45C or something) you can always give HTC or the warranty service a call. Perhaps when some parts don't sit properly on the cpu (something like a cooling frame or whatever), temperatures will rise a lot. And might even cause the phone to reboot.

Hi, I had similar problems that is very evident when i started playing games. I sent back to HTC 3 times before they finally replaced my mobo. I suggest you guys do the same

HTC Desire Overheating Issue

Is anyone else experiencing this? Surprised how hot my phone got from mild usage earlier today. A search on google seems to imply that it's quite widespread

Only really had issues when using sat nav, used it for an hour , while on with phone plugged in charger, the back was very hot to say the least.

The weather is unusually hot today. Maybe that's a factor?

heat is an issue i didn't know about before i bought it and it was really sad when i found out.
i suggest you to get a case so that you dont feel it so much

Never personally had any heat issues on mine. Are you using the stock ROM?
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I am using the stock rom.

Mine gets very hot when charging and using Maps Navigation. Sometimes it even restarts itself even if I'm on a stock ROM when using navigation.

Same problem here! I was only using the SatNav around 15 minutes yesterday and the phone was pretty warm. Not sure if the warm weather played a part. I wasn't charging the phone at the same time.
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look here. i've managed to solve overheating issue!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=6977558&postcount=130

The overheating isn't even happening when i use any heavy apps. just having it on causes it to emit an uncomfortable temperature. the heat itself is coming out from the bottom part of the phone, just below the battery. is that where the cpu is?

stats101 said:
The overheating isn't even happening when i use any heavy apps. just having it on causes it to emit an uncomfortable temperature. the heat itself is coming out from the bottom part of the phone, just below the battery. is that where the cpu is?
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SAme as me, but the phone doesn't get any hotter than my old Iphone 3Gs or my old HTC HD2, GPS always heats the phone up.
They have safety Protocols built in to shut down when they get too hot though, so I would be too worried about it.

Mine gets very hot. I am using stock Rom and no mods. Mine hits into a reset loop when it gets hot too and I have to remove the battery to let it cool down.
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I've never had an issue with my Desire crazily overheating but every time I pick up my friend's it's boiling. I guess if you're concerned you could give HTC a ring.

steve228uk said:
I've never had an issue with my Desire crazily overheating but every time I pick up my friend's it's boiling. I guess if you're concerned you could give HTC a ring.
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it's barely a few weeks old. quite depressing sending it off for repair so soon.

I had a xperia x1 before, which had a metal battery cover, and still the back got extremely hot, I think record battery temp was about 55°C while using gps in car and charching. Under same conditions never had temp > 40°C with my desire (probably a newer one, allready had latest rom on stock).

BlackBirdf said:
I had a xperia x1 before, which had a metal battery cover, and still the back got extremely hot, I think record battery temp was about 55°C while using gps in car and charching. Under same conditions never had temp > 40°C with my desire (probably a newer one, allready had latest rom on stock).
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yep. i came from an xperia too... and it also got very hot. was hoping to get away from that with the desire.

my old xda used to warm up that bad i had to put it into the aircon stream when driving so it would work again. so i cant complain about the temp of the desire.

stats101 said:
yep. i came from an xperia too... and it also got very hot. was hoping to get away from that with the desire.
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What temps do you have when charching and using GPS?
How is the phone mounted, is there some space behinde the phone?
I just want to get sure about your situation...

BlackBirdf said:
What temps do you have when charching and using GPS?
How is the phone mounted, is there some space behinde the phone?
I just want to get sure about your situation...
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The thing is - I'm still using my xperia. I've not put the sim card into the desire yet :S the overheating happens when i just doing very low level activity on it. Not even tried GPS yet.

Oh that's definitely not right! It actually sounds pretty dangerous to me. If it's going into HTC they'll get it sorted

how hot is your desire?

Just got a replacement phone from htc due to a problem with my previous one. The thing with this so called new phone is the it gets very hot. Even the screen feels hot to the touch. All the aluminium parts are worse, tracking ball is also hot. Anyone with the same problem or is it just me

must say i have not noticed any heat issues with my desire. my wifes is fine and my sons is ok too

Mine is cool and only the battery and the bottom part(CPU there?) feel a little hot with heavy usage.

Mine can get pretty warm - probably warmer than my old touch pro - but its slimmer, more powerful and a bigger screen which i guess uses more power.

looks like i am the only person with this problem. Last night while using the phone it really got too hot to handle. I had to put the phone down to let it cool off a bit before using. Looks like i got to send HTC more e-mails again. Damn...

About 90F from the temp reading ... thats on an idle day. When doing stuff it can go up to 100-120.

Mine is getting quite warm when charging and using it at the same time but never really that hot that I couldn't handle it. Other than that it stays handwarm or cool when idle. The Desire getting as hot as you descibe it does not feel right for me, except you're using it in the desert?

Mine gets hot too.. just reading some news and the battery is 38C. Also device feels hot. Especially the lower part of the screen and back. No reboot though. Is this normal?
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Mine gets quite hot when I oc.
How well do our devices toletate heat? Has anyone spoke to the allmighty allknowing HTC about this?
What is their view?

I think my Desire is cool... muahaha..
Yeah, bad joke. .
In real, it is warm when using wlan and some bits moving around, but it will get very hot if i use 3G/hsdpa.. Actually it start to warm up badly even with very light data traffic... Connection is ok with allmost allways full bars.
Nice to have this HOT device...
Aargh... bad joke day i have...
Edit: forgot to say it didnt warm up like this when oc and stress test. Have not tested/used GPS so can not say anything about it.
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Mine is getting hot when i have the wifi on and surfin for hours but i get used to now,is not concerning any more

Pulled down this app called tempmonitor from the market. So far the hottest that i managed to get for the battery temp was 45degrees. I think that is pretty hot.

My phone was 160 the other day in the car while listening pandora.
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hmm yeah after some internet browsing my battery temp was at 40 degrees celsuis the other day. It did feel hot but then again other smart phones heat up too i guess so i have come to accept it

Ever since i started to use the desire i have been having problems with my sd card. I dont know why but i keep getting this error message "sd card damaged" i got to reformat the card every time. Data loss is making my blood boil, i never had this problem when i was using this card with the touch pro2. Could it be that because of the heat that the card keeps getting damaged?

Back getting hot near to camera

Does anyone else have issue with phone heating up as t the back near the camera whilst browsing the net using chrome I'm stock unrooted and seems just browsing the web heats the back up
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I'm facing the same issue with my brand new Nexus 5X, bought 5 daysa ago. The back of the phone, near the camera and the fingerprint sensor, heats up very fast. No lags on the UI at the moment.

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Does anyone else have issue with phone heating up as t the back near the camera whilst browsing the net using chrome I'm stock unrooted and seems just browsing the web heats the back up
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Please let me know if you resolve this issue I will do the same thanks
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i think it's normal a little bit of warming: I experience it while the phone is charging and using it browsing the web.
Not Hot but warm

I have this Problem for a few month...
Sometimes my phone gets very hot (yes hot, not warm(!)) between the fingerprint sensor and camera, if i
...charge the phone and do nothing
...surf the net
I never realised the heat, but in the last time it will get often hot. Are there any hardware issue or signs for a bootloop?

In was having the same issue... Which leads to a very awful battery life. I don't know what actually helped in the combination, but ever since I flashed crdroid + shadow kernel without gapps, everything is cool and awesome. (Maybe a different rom without gapps could help too, but thats what helped me). Battery life is much much better too. I hope this helps.

My Battery sucks with 7.1.2 too...And I don't know why, but I have a lot of charging problems, if I don't use the Quick Charge. Sometimes my Powerbank (Xiaomi Powerbank with 2A Output) charge too slow...so it will go from 5% to 2%...But sometimes it charge very well.
Now I'm with the Google Pixel ROM with ElementalX Kernel...Maybe I have to reset the phone or go to 8.0...

Heat

Some phones are great to take camping because if you play Asphalt 8 long enough, the back warms up to the ideal temperature that can bake bread. Rate this thread to express the extent to which the LG G5 stays cool under extended heavy use. A higher rating indicates that even when playing strenuous games for long periods of time, the phone doesn't get uncomfortably warm.
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!

i think the G5 heats a little bit too much
today i was simply downloading Hearthstone (800MB approx) and in standby it heated too much

i think its quite excellent actually.
i could not notice any throttling during gaming etc. well maybe thats just because even the gpu is idling at <15% during asphalt 8 play

I had zero issues with thus device heating up until last night... I was at the movies with the fam.. In the theater I only had 1x for data and the phone got hot while searching for a better data connection. Cooled right down after leaving the theater.

Coming from an htc m7, so a huge step anyway... Phone is top!

This was one of the first things I noticed because I used the gps probably 45 mins after taking it out of the box. I watch YouTube vids for around an hour a day and after a while it does become noticeable but I have to be honest; it really doesn't bother me all that much.

Can feel warm and a little uncomfortable in warmer weathers (20-30 Celsius).

Mine heats up a lot. I'm a little concerned honestly.
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I don't experience anything unusual.

heres the deal boys...
Yes this phone gets hot when its used hard.....if your not incurring reboots while running it hard , then you'll probably be good
After a month buying this , I started getting reboots ....hot and cold
The first time I sent it in , they said to leave sim and battery at home...
I got it back and started the usual 30 or more updates from App Store and phone got real hot and started rebooting again every minute
even when it was cool...it rebooted but at a longer interval...
They told me to send battery in too on second go around...
Just got it back , it had a system update to do and then the 30+ app updates....this phone was getting a workout...
I did the App updates right after the system update with the optimization ....
I'm 20 apps into it...the battery cooled down and the apps are still going...
looks like they have a battery issue with these phones. If I don't report back , then all is good...
mike

mikesal57 said:
heres the deal boys...
Yes this phone gets hot when its used hard.....if your not incurring reboots while running it hard , then you'll probably be good
After a month buying this , I started getting reboots ....hot and cold
The first time I sent it in , they said to leave sim and battery at home...
I got it back and started the usual 30 or more updates from App Store and phone got real hot and started rebooting again every minute
even when it was cool...it rebooted but at a longer interval...
They told me to send battery in too on second go around...
Just got it back , it had a system update to do and then the 30+ app updates....this phone was getting a workout...
I did the App updates right after the system update with the optimization ....
I'm 20 apps into it...the battery cooled down and the apps are still going...
looks like they have a battery issue with these phones. If I don't report back , then all is good...
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No, it doesn't mean that LG has an issue with the batteries. It only means that YOU had issue with YOUR battery.
I'm glad your phone is OK and it was just the battery.

Only got mine yesterday, but I've used it a lot in that short time and it get nowhere near as hot my previous 2 phone a Nexus 4 and G3 it gets warm but not what I would call hot compared to them 2 anyway, at its worst mostly watching videos it can get a quite warm, but gaming it barely gets warm, I'm loving it so far but time will tell I guess but so far so good.

Mine heats up too, specially while using Snapchat or YouTube. Haven't played Asphalt or other graphic-intensive games, so I can't comment whether my device has the same issue with them or not.

Mine stays quite cool during heavy usage, it does get realy hot while charging though. I expect this is the same with others?

Coming from the Samsung Galaxy Note series (Note 1 - Note 5), the LG G5 gets pretty hot even when idling.... My solution? Waiting for the Note 7 to be released and then goodbye LG!

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Coming from the Samsung Galaxy Note series (Note 1 - Note 5), the LG G5 gets pretty hot even when idling.... My solution? Waiting for the Note 7 to be released and then goodbye LG!
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Check what's running in the background. Mine is very cool (H850).

Better than the V10. My old V10 overheated while I was using Skype to the point it shut itself off. Had no problems with the G5.

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Better than the V10. My old V10 overheated while I was using Skype to the point it shut itself off. Had no problems with the G5.
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heat was worse with the v10 running snapchat... but have you tried running pokemon go on the g5? I've never had a phone get this hot besides my galaxy s4 and that thing sucked

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heat was worse with the v10 running snapchat... but have you tried running pokemon go on the g5? I've never had a phone get this hot besides my galaxy s4 and that thing sucked
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I'm so excited for some Pokémon Go! ... But I assume with high precision GPS, screen, camera, connection, my phone's going to get spicy hot. It warms up easily, otherwise, but it gets hot to the touch sometimes while charging.

xanderin said:
I'm so excited for some Pokémon Go! ... But I assume with high precision GPS, screen, camera, connection, my phone's going to get spicy hot. It warms up easily, otherwise, but it gets hot to the touch sometimes while charging.
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I wish I could play it , I keep getting "GPS location not found" :'( .
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