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Overheating with LED cycling colors

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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ikhzter said:
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.

senzenina said:
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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senzenina said:
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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G2x vs sensation

I currently have an HTC sensation and was thinking about trading it for a g2x. I just have a couple of questions.
I have read about a lot of bugs which I think were fixed in the most recent update but I was not too concerned about stock bugs because I plan on rooting of either way. Get on cyanogen mob.
What I was concerned about was of it has the same issues as the sensation.
1) the sensation has very bad heat issues. After about twenty minutes of games the bottom strip becomes dangerously hot. Does the g2x have any heat problems?
2) does it have any issues with the screen being unresponsive? Sometimes.my sensation screen won't work.
3) and also how is the battery life? I'm coming from the evo 4g so I don't expect anything amazing
Thanks
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1) Personally mine does not over heat at all. It sometimes heats a little bit when i flash a rom but nothing too hot. Some people had heat issues but not many.
2) Mine screen is responsive all the time, I havent got screen of death yet.
3) On heavy use I get about 19 hours, medium about 24, and barely any use I get 30 hours.
I am using eaglesblood 1.0.5 (froyo) and always overclocked to 1.1 using faux kernel. Freeze all bloat you dont need and you will be fine

Battery, Charging, Heat issues..

I noticed my phone gets really hot, like i cant even hold it without it being unbearable, Im thinking of getting a new one.. Would T-Mobile or HTC supply me with one free of cost?

xamadeix said:
I noticed my phone gets really hot, like i cant even hold it without it being unbearable, Im thinking of getting a new one.. Would T-Mobile or HTC supply me with one free of cost?
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Hard reset your phone on stock ROM - if it's still overheating so you can't hold it, it's a faulty model and they will repair/replace it

Monitor your temperature battery. If btw 45 ~ 50C for browse using mobile data, then its normal. If for daily use, it should not go more than 45C.
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naimmkassim said:
Monitor your temperature battery. If btw 45 ~ 50C for browse using mobile data, then its normal. If for daily use, it should not go more than 45C.
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45-50 while browsing using mobile data, are you serious? I've been experiencing this, but it came along with heavy battery drain (battery dead after 2.5 hours), which, if it's normal, you're saying it's normal to only be able to browse the Internet using mobile data for 2.5 hours?

You should take it in right away. Barring any other possible, but unlikely issues, it's not normal for the battery to get that hot at all. If it's within the first year they should replace it for free. Regardless, if not you still need to replace the battery.
Btw, 40-45C on a PC is Ok, but on your phone it should stay between 25-35C under normal load.
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Battery life topic #3407 - Is this normal

I have been using my Sensation for a 3 months now and have noticed the idle battery usage very high and barely get through the day without touching my phone. Well that's probably my own fault for having this and that syncing and downloading all the time. And my suspicions were correct, because when I turn data and WiFi off the battery could last forever. Understandable.
What really bothers me is that when screen is on the juice just disappears. It's just 2 to 2,5 hours of screen being on (web browsing, playing games etc.) to make the battery completely dead. This is pretty much my first actual smartphone and I understand that such a big screen takes it's toll, but is that normal?
I have the AUO screen.
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Sounds about right to me. Have never used my screen for two hours straight, but I'm at 36% for about an hour and thirty minutes of screen being on with an Anker battery.
Regarding the syncing, you could probably try juice defense and see if that helps you any.
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Yeah, maybe I should get an extended battery. BTW my screen brightness is on auto. Wonder how those 4.7" beasts will handle usage.
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Blodoffer said:
I have been using my Sensation for a 3 months now and have noticed the idle battery usage very high and barely get through the day without touching my phone. Well that's probably my own fault for having this and that syncing and downloading all the time. And my suspicions were correct, because when I turn data and WiFi off the battery could last forever. Understandable.
What really bothers me is that when screen is on the juice just disappears. It's just 2 to 2,5 hours of screen being on (web browsing, playing games etc.) to make the battery completely dead. This is pretty much my first actual smartphone and I understand that such a big screen takes it's toll, but is that normal?
I have the AUO screen.
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Hi,
There has been a lot of talk about poor battery life,and it is mostly attributable to the kernel.
My best suggestion is to update your kernel to:
1.Faux's latest...in my sig
2.Bricked 1.41r has had good reviews...HERE
Make a nandroid backup,
wipe cache and dalvik,
flash kernel,like a ROM,
reboot.

Also, try guide from my signature.. It helped me

How much difference does it make battery wise whether you're e.g browsing the internet or playing graphically demanding games?
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Random heat

Was just wondering if anyone else had experienced random heating up from the sensation and perhaps managed to pinpoint its cause?
The reason I am so confused is because it doesn't do it all the time so its not that the phone just runs hot, the other day I was playing gta 3 for an hour and the phone was barely warm and now as I type this after some casual web browsing out and about its getting so I can barely touch the bottom of the phone, I saw someone mention something to do with mobile data causing more heat than Wi-Fi which could be the case for my example but can anyone shed anymore light on the issue?
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Yes for me when I was using a stock BATTERY I would experience this quite often.sometimes my device would get so hot I could barely touch it. I was actually in fear of melting my SD card! I solved my problem by purchasing a long lasting battery called Anker. My device has never done that since the battery has been installed! Sometimes if I'm playing a intense game I'll get some warmth but Nothing like what was happening before. Before the battery change I could barely even touch my device it was so hot ! The Anker battery solved the problem for me and gave me much more battery time! It was a win win situation, no more overheating and more battery time! That's what worked for me. Hope this helps you out.
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My device got some warmth but not that blazing hot. My guess is that you using mobile data a lot without giving it a rest. I'm using the stock battery but it seems quite ok. But sometimes I play HD games and my sensation turns really hot but i could still hold that
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I often get decently hot even with my anker battery, but I usually just ignore it and it goes away, I would use "battery indicator" from the play store to see what your battery temp really is, because my phone has felt hot before even though the battery itself was at a fine temperature. If its the battery then think about getting a new battery, but if it isn't then there no reason.
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For me my problem was definitely the battery, ! My battery also was giving me only two hours then complete drain. Each issue can be different. But new battery solved the over heat problem for me but I'm certain -my battery was defective.
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I'm using anker batteries and after some more testing I've found that it is related to mobile data, after playing games such as Max Payne, gta 3, and minecraft all pretty demanding for a few hours the phone got no more than slightly warm and then I turned mobile data and syncing on checked emails and Facebook etc and the bottom of the phone near the buttons got very hot even after like ten mins, pretty weird.
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I get it sometimes with heavy use of mobile data with stick battery.
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Constant data usage causes it to heat up. But I also UV'd my phone, which only exacerbated the problem. Once I removed the UV, the heat issue was nowhere near as bad.
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i often felt heat phone
i think common ics build problem.
htc have to release some about heating phone.
i go back to gingerbread. it is little heating phone.
i recommend to gingerbread.

The phone gets so hot due to a bad layout on the motherboard, even with an Anker battery I have actually burnt my thumb tip on bottom of the screen.
One way to help the problem is by getting an Anker battery, the only problem with these is they do not have a built in temperature sensor as it was removed to expand battery capacity. So any temperature app will say approx 25.2'c
After some researching I found that the app System Tuner can read CPU temps in realtime, get Pro and the CPU Temp icon pack and you can have alerts that are fully customizable.