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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mmapcpro said:
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.
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Hey just wondering what should the average temp be for my phone. I'm running bamf 4.4.2 kernel at 1.47 max and 245 min. I'm around 99.8 degrees Fahrenheit. Is that normal?
Yes high is around 130. I usually hit 115 when charging and using a lot of data.
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Yes high is around 130. I usually hit 115 when charging and using a lot of data.
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Holy crap! And I thought it was getting hot. Man you get it up there. I have nothing to gripe about. Lol. Thanks for the info.
The phone feels hot but these parts were built to work in extreme temps. All of my phones have always gotten hot. Even my Apple products way back when would heat up quickly.
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Yes high is around 130. I usually hit 115 when charging and using a lot of data.
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That may be so, but I doubt that's a good thing. After trying a bunch of different kernels, I settled on one where my battery seldom gets above 100F even under load while charging. Heat is the enemy of electronics.
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That may be so, but I doubt that's a good thing. After trying a bunch of different kernels, I settled on one where my battery seldom gets above 100F even under load while charging. Heat is the enemy of electronics.
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My phone usually stays around 90 when charging usually data is what throws it up.
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Mine got up to 125F (and drained the battery) searching for / trying to hold onto a weak 4G signal when I was sitting in a meeting. In addition to flashing a new kernel and the new radio, I now turn off data if I'm heading into a meeting (which I suppose is better meeting etiquette, anyway).
I once hit 124F and got an overheat condition. This happened while charging the battery in the car dock on a sunny day for more than an hour. That's with the stock ROM and previous radio. Haven't tried charging the TB in the car dock on a sunny day for more than an hour yet with BAMF 1.5 NTE with the 4.4.2 kernel. On idle, I noticed that with the new ROM and radio, the battery is a mere 75F. The stock ROM and previous radio on idle went as low as 90F.
My high is 47-48c. Has been up there a few tines. If it stays there too long it locks up. I then have to perform a battery pull.
if its hot enough to make the phone act up (laggy, locking up) then its too hot.
charging while wireless tethering while having the cpu cranked up can get a phone too hot in about 10 minutes.
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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Seriously this overheating problem is getting pretty annoying. Phone overheats when I'm watching a movie, playing a game and charging. Phone actually went into safe mode a couple of times because of the overheating.
This has never happened to Mr and I watched 2 movies on the way to Paris today on auto brightness. Probably a hardware issue.
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my phone hasn't done anything like that, but today when i was playing some gameloft game, my temp got to 48 Celsius...
My phone was getting hot the first few weeks, but lately it's been cooler.
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Do a factory reset, or check and see if you have a runaway app that is constantly making the processor run on Max. I had the same problem the first week and couldnt sstand it. Turns out widgetsoid and widgetlocker (or so I've heard) have this problem. Do a nandroid backup and factory reset. Worked well for me. Just for clarification my battery wasn't the issue, the phone would get hot right around the sim area underneath the camera. Hope this helps
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Mine gets super hot only when I am using my gps with the screen on for over 30 minutes. And when I say super hot, I mean SUPER HOT! Like to a point where if I had it in my pocket it would irritate my skin. Do I hear a lawsuit? lol. j/k.
i have not experienced any of the above.
but today around 8ish am i will be taking off in a trip and the infuse will be my main GPS just for the fun of it.
i will check out these so called overheating issues.
Are you using a case?
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Seriously this overheating problem is getting pretty annoying. Phone overheats when I'm watching a movie, playing a game and charging. Phone actually went into safe mode a couple of times because of the overheating.
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Yes it gets hot the 1st week, when you buy a new phone you have to charge it for 12-15hrs even it indicate it is full and not charging.
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No I am not using a case. And I'm not talking about only when I charge the phone. Its when I play a game for a few minutes or watch a movie for 10-20 minutes. And its the top portion of the phone. Its not coming from the battery.
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I haven't seen any heat issues on this phone.
Trust me when I tell you that my Infuse has never noticeably changed temperature. I can say this with confidence because I switched from a Nexus One. The N1 has an aluminum body and any time you do absolutely anything with the charger plugged in or with the GPS on, the phone gets hot enough to make your hand feel sweaty. So this phone is a world of difference from that.
If your phone is over heating to the point of safe mode, you NEED to return it, it's a problem with the processor and it will only get worse....the heat comes directly from underneath the camera and led and has nothing to do with the battery
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Mine only got super hot when I had gos on nav going and pluged into the car charger but it was also like 100 degrees outside lol just my input
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If you have a new Infuse it is really hot on the first week, after 4 days to a week mine became normal. Max at 40 C
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Seriously this overheating problem is getting pretty annoying. Phone overheats when I'm watching a movie, playing a game and charging. Phone actually went into safe mode a couple of times because of the overheating.
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Your phone must be defective. I can play hours of hd games and never have any overheating issues. The back cover is cold for most of the time and even when charging and playing games it is barely warm.
So i went on my trip and im back. I am delighted with the way it performed.
didnt notice and heat issues tho..
I must have a defective phone then. This is really disappointing...
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go return it. my phone is charging right now and it feels a itty bitty warm. not like "OH MY GOD! MY SKIN!" no its just like warm like warm lol
idk how to explain warm just roomish temp warm.
My phone has only gotten to 104° f while watching youtube and charging from 5%. World of difference from the captivate.
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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.
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.
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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.