Mine, after about 25 mins of use - gaming and surfing on the net - reaches 44 degrees celcius and bottom of the phone gets really hot.
This happens in normal use not while charging.
Is this normal?
What temps do you get?
Also I am experiencing signal drops for the gsm network, but I do not think this is related to heat issue.
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Same here, it gets too hot to comfortably handle. Tmo is sending me another as soon as they get them in.
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Doesn't get that hot for me with hours of use gaming, surfing, playing music, etc. But yesterday when streaming music via 4G, charging in the car in the sunlight (N1 dock power cord), without the ac on on a 90 degree Fahrenheit day the thing was easily 100 degrees F. Hope it's just an issue with the charging cable and heat of the day combining.
mine has reached 113 degrees F just from playing peggle for around 20 mins...
Around 87F on average usage unplugged...
got to 110 degrees playing Cut the Rope
Mine reached 50°C while charging and an active app that kept the screen on. Outside felt cooking hot when I picked it up.
Mine got to 113 deg after only 10 min of playing fast five...really worries me as this is my second unit, first one was perfect built, no batt issue bt the power button was crooked than a MOFO lol..if this continues i mite return this one too, bt then I worry about getting another unit that has another issue...its like u can't win with this things
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My wife's got hot enough today to shut down while she was using it.
I'll be playing with it tonight for a while and see if it was a one time deal, mine doesn't have that problem at all.
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Mine got to 113 deg after only 10 min of playing fast five...really worries me as this is my second unit, first one was perfect built, no batt issue bt the power button was crooked than a MOFO lol..if this continues i mite return this one too, bt then I worry about getting another unit that has another issue...its like u can't win with this things
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your new phone doesnt have the crooked power button? i thought everybody had that
Had a file transfer going while playing some games - ended up at around 50c with the bottom of the phone extremely hot.
When i stopped things and tried a reboot - phone went into a reboot loop - so went to pull out battery to hard reboot. With cover off -- very hot - not just battery but area with SD card / SIM is too hot to hold.
It would definitely burn my fingers if I tried to hold there.
Dammit, mine is also getting pretty hot. I wasn't even playing games on it when I noticed how hot it was getting. I was showing my family a few pictures on it, and in 5 minutes the lower part of the phone became really hot. Never had that happen with any other phone before. Hmm...
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your new phone doesnt have the crooked power button? i thought everybody had that
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haha i thought the same too until someone posted a pic of their "normal" one and i was like hell nah, im returning mine for a diff one, which now has a perfectly level power button...problem is though that first one had no problems and the batt never got hot. this second one's issue is the batt gets really hot after a few minutes of usage in which the phone gets uncomfortable to even handle.
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I just noticed that after about 5-10 mins of just surfing the internet (wifi or 3g), the top half of my phone gets pretty warm. The source of the heat isn't from the screen, but from the actual innards of the phone in the half that's above the battery.
The phone isn't plugged in either.
I'm considering getting an exchange if others aren't having this issue.
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I just noticed that after about 5-10 mins of just surfing the internet (wifi or 3g), the top half of my phone gets pretty warm. The source of the heat isn't from the screen, but from the actual innards of the phone in the half that's above the battery.
The phone isn't plugged in either.
I'm considering getting an exchange if others aren't having this issue.
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Yes I've noticed the phone does get quite warm. It doesn't seem like there are any openings for heat to escape from inside and with as much power as this thing has it wouldn't have hurt to have some opening for air flow.
Not really. One thing I noticed is that my phone doesn't get hot even when playing games while plugged in.
On the other hand, my Nexus One would get REALLY hot when charging and using Navigation at the same time.
Not here either..
Mine gets a little warm during certain app usage. Not site which one causes it.
Its warm now and I was on Facebook, Firefox, xda and I have tune in radio streaming.
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Not really. One thing I noticed is that my phone doesn't get hot even when playing games while plugged in.
On the other hand, my Nexus One would get REALLY hot when charging and using Navigation at the same time.
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I had an N1 too. If I were to rate the N1's temperature as 100 points, my G2x gets to about 80 points on the same scale. But the only time my N1 would get that hot is if I was busy navigating GPS while charging. My G2x gets hot with me surfing in the shade, without charging.
So I guess I should exchange this sumbitch.
I don't get any noticeable heat on this phone, even when charging.
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My Sensation 4G heats up not to the point of burning, but if i had SetCPU it'd probably say ~100 degrees. This is after about 5 minutes of use....anyone having this problem, and if not, what does the date on your phones back door say? Just curious to if this is a defect or not because my friends G2x never gets hot...
i played continuously for more than 30 mins . It heat up too ... but not the way you observed .
mine was like 35-38 degrees .. same like my rooted desire ..
Exchange it. It's not normal. Mine barely heats up, even when charging or playing games.
Mine went up to 45C today while playing plants vs zombies...only had it 4 days.
Mine gets fairly warm if im holding it and playing games. Its pretty cool when charging though. Dont think thats too out of the norm with a small powerfull device.
Mine during charging is 35 ~ 39C.
Some browsing, you tube 5 minit. Went up to 42C!!
Mine overheated and restarted when i charged it for the first time. Strangely it haven't done it since.
i thought it was just me, mines heats up aswell i can be texting browsing or whatever it seams to overheat regardless, i cant pinpoint the issue, surprisingly while charging the temperature seems to lower versus heat up. but regardless it still has a little heat to it. But nowhere near as bad as both of the nexus S' i went through were. The screen on my S4G doesnt get hot its more of the bottom portion where as the SNS(nexus S)' both of them the screen would get unbearable sometimes during charging and using
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40 mins of Angry birds gets mine up to 42 degrees, however my Advent Vega would get just as hot under similar use and thats with a bigger case and more area to dissipate heat.
Yesterday on my road trip, I was using the GPS. Had it on for like one hour, and towards at end when I went to turn it off, I noticed that it was really hot on the back , especially towards the button area. Also the screen was really hot. Is this normal? By the way, I don't know how to check CPU temp, but I got a program and it showed the battery temp at 40c/104f.
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I'm interested in this topic, so ran a test on my Vibrant.
Went into Google Nav and set a route. Let the phone sit on a table for 1 hour. Screen stayed on the whole time. The charge dropped from 98% to 80%, and the battery temp ended up at 31C (87.8F).
Two factors may have made the results somewhat better than yours. First it was in my air-conditioned house the whole time, rather than on the dash of my car under the sun through the windshield. Also, the screen brightness was set to lowest, rather than max as it likely would be in the car.
Once I get my Sensation replacement I can run a similar test on it.
What did you use for the temp?
My phone gets very hot when using the GPS. This is on my 45 minute commute to/from work. It is almost too hot to hold.
Sorry to troll but I was outside today and my evo shift heated up to 139 degrees and I was only running my music player. No ill effects from the intense temp either... Shocked the hell outta me to see it get so hot though. My solution was to put shifty on an air conditioning vent, after 20 mins, back down to 90 degrees...
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What did you use for the temp?
My phone gets very hot when using the GPS. This is on my 45 minute commute to/from work. It is almost too hot to hold.
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I used app Android System Info for battery temp.
drob311 said:
Sorry to troll but I was outside today and my evo shift heated up to 139 degrees and I was only running my music player. No ill effects from the intense temp either... Shocked the hell outta me to see it get so hot though. My solution was to put shifty on an air conditioning vent, after 20 mins, back down to 90 degrees...
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Heat that high will shorten battery life.
drob311 said:
Sorry to troll but I was outside today and my evo shift heated up to 139 degrees and I was only running my music player. No ill effects from the intense temp either... Shocked the hell outta me to see it get so hot though. My solution was to put shifty on an air conditioning vent, after 20 mins, back down to 90 degrees...
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Comparative and helpful 'trolling' is welcome!
I mentioned his in the Q&A forums but I average about a minute per battery % when using the GPS. At night in an air conditioned car my phone gets up to 39C with the GPS running. Yesterday I tried using it on the golf course like I have every other android phone I've ever own with Skydroid and the temp got up to 52C.
i'm getting another unit sent by t-mobile CS in a few days. i'm gonna extensively test it to see how it responds, i'll report back
Same thing occurred to my phone. I honestly have no idea if this is normal behavior as 3/4 phones had this heating issue either on the charger or off.
I am using my phone on GPS and my battery is getting very hot also. Just browsing the web is what I'm doing but should this happen when I'm not under direct sunlight or the phone on my car dashboard. Anyone else experiencing this and have a solution?
Newest version of Google Maps (ver 5.7) claims to have an update that improves battery power management during navigation.
Be aware that the Android Market app does not detect there's a new version. If you look at your apps Google Maps does not show a pending update, but if you select it the Update button shows up and it does the update.
Other good feature is the ability to download map segments for offline use in a 10 mi radius from any location.
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Newest version of Google Maps (ver 5.7) claims to have an update that improves battery power management during navigation.
Be aware that the Android Market app does not detect there's a new version. If you look at your apps Google Maps does not show a pending update, but if you select it the Update button shows up and it does the update.
Other good feature is the ability to download map segments for offline use in a 10 mi radius from any location.
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I'm on Evo 3D and Gmaps 5.8 and my phone overheats with Navigation too.
Yesterday my G2X was really hot it was over 110 because of the weather... So how hot is too hot and what to do to protect the phone when you have to be in sun? Any advice?
I have same problem. Its 110 in Vegas and there is not much you can do.
G2x with CM7 and faux kernel. NONSENSE!!!!
I was at a outside event and my phone was at 119°F.
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Mine was at 120f sitting on my desk at work. Considering a swap.
My phone gets hot sitting in my truck dash mount streaming music, then again I live in Florida. On a side note it doesn't get hot at all playing drag racing for 4 hours straight.
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Here is what LG says:
Humm... Max Storage temp is about 122F, so I'd be careful about leaving it in a hot car during the summer, especially in direct sunlight. The Operating Temp is about 113F ...
There is Thermal protection built into the phone so if the heat gets excesive, it should shut off, But personally I wouldn't push it to that extreme. I use a little app called "Battery Indicator Pro" that makes it easy to see what the reported temperature of the phone is.
If the phone is uncomfortable to hold, then it's too warm... Remember, Heat is NOT a friend to Electronics of any type.
If your phone is getting too hat to hold, I'd contact T-Mobile or LG Support about getting it repaired / replaced. LG can be reached at (800) 793-8896.
I noticed mine was warm (about 40c) when using my data and just surfing. When it went up to 45c, I turned the data off immediately. I let it sit for a little bit and it went back down to the 20s.
It was the first time it got that warm so I'll chalk it up to the weather.
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I had mine in my car while I was driving around running some errands 2 days ago. It was 101 degrees outside, and the phone shut off...when I turned it back on, it said it was 125 degrees...I"m guessing that was too hot. I haven't noticed any indications of permanent damage, so I guess the safety feature worked.
I hit 122°F today and phone lock up. Keep phone out if heat. LOL
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I had mine in my car while I was driving around running some errands 2 days ago. It was 101 degrees outside, and the phone shut off...when I turned it back on, it said it was 125 degrees...I"m guessing that was too hot. I haven't noticed any indications of permanent damage, so I guess the safety feature worked.
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101 in KS?? And I thought TN was bad.
Heya,
Last night I was playing Angry Birds in bed while plugged in a Kidigi dock. All is well. Now let me define some preconditions first.
The phone does get hot while:
1. Charging
2. Screen is on for a long time
3. Heavy CPU load
4. That goddamn hot weather isn't helping either
Right?
Put above conditions together. Temperature is 48.3C. I never thought I'd need to use a cooling fan on a phone, honestly. I did that to an overheating AMD desktop some time ago...
The thing is I knew there was something going on not by feeling the hot phone (remember the dock part?) but by seeing the LED strangely cycling through all three colors. Anyway I shutdown everything running, turned off the screen and kept my fingers crossed. The flashing stopped almost immediately as it dropped one degree in an instant. Took it 15 minutes to cool down to the normal 38C.
I looked around and didn't find a definitive answer for this one, even on HTC's site where they supposedly list notification color meanings. Therefore I now define a new one, let's call it "I'm just about to blow up now, k10xbye".
Has anyone else had such a drastic overheating case with this type of notification?
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Nope. My phone hit 52 degrees. Nothing happened to it. Just turned the screen off and it cooled down
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Nope. My phone hit 52 degrees. Nothing happened to it. Just turned the screen off and it cooled down
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THAT'S sick. Do you live in the desert?
yes, mine overheated as well while playing angry birds and charging at the same time.This happend two times since I've got the sensation.
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The thing is I knew there was something going on not by feeling the hot phone (remember the dock part?) but by seeing the LED strangely cycling through all three colors.
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What was the third color? Mine only flashes orange for when its dying, solid for when its charging. Flashes green for notification, solid green when its fully charged.
Charging is orange.
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Heya,
Last night I was playing Angry Birds in bed while plugged in a Kidigi dock. All is well. Now let me define some preconditions first.
The phone does get hot while:
1. Charging
2. Screen is on for a long time
3. Heavy CPU load
4. That goddamn hot weather isn't helping either
Right?
Put above conditions together. Temperature is 48.3C. I never thought I'd need to use a cooling fan on a phone, honestly. I did that to an overheating AMD desktop some time ago...
The thing is I knew there was something going on not by feeling the hot phone (remember the dock part?) but by seeing the LED strangely cycling through all three colors. Anyway I shutdown everything running, turned off the screen and kept my fingers crossed. The flashing stopped almost immediately as it dropped one degree in an instant. Took it 15 minutes to cool down to the normal 38C.
I looked around and didn't find a definitive answer for this one, even on HTC's site where they supposedly list notification color meanings. Therefore I now define a new one, let's call it "I'm just about to blow up now, k10xbye".
Has anyone else had such a drastic overheating case with this type of notification?
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I monitor my battery temperature by dialing *#*#4636#*#* which takes you into a section called testing, and then selecting battery information. This displays temperature along with other info. At one time, it actually said overheating. it has not happened again but if it does, I will seek a replacement unit. There is no way that any of this, your sceneraio or mine, is normal.
It's not normal. Heavier games with 3D don't do that. Max temp achieved was 42.
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My EVO4G used to do that when I had it in the tank bag on my motorcycle listening to Pandora. The plastic cover would cause it to heat up and the led would cycle and it would stop charging and shut down.
There is a reason to this. The battery is mainly lithium. Lithium is highly reactive (read lots of very hot flames and sparks and excitement that you probably don't want going off near your girlfriend or dog or sensitive government documents). They use the same type batteries in RC aircraft, only lots bigger, and youtube will show some pretty spectacular lithium battery explosions, if you care to search them.
Imagine that going off in your pocket.
Ouch, a little....
Heh shutting down is reasonable, heating up till shutdown during normal use is not. And yes I watched those videos on YouTube when I got my wrist charger.
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I m also suffering... But only gets hotter when u use the phone while charging, or use the phone for almost 20 mins continuously...
Here you go. 20 minutes Angry Birds, no charging, 43 degrees. Decided to quit. Anyway I've had enough for today plus not so pleasant on the hands.
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