I received a samsung charge yesterday from Asurion (Insurance through vzw) and after installing the latest 12-11 release post ee4>ep4 ota and odin, while phone screen was turned off in my pocket, I noticed the phone starting to get a bit warm. Next i noticed it starting to get hot as hell.. pulled it out, and yes it was excessively hot. Pulled battery, allowed it all to cool down, water marks were clean, no bulging to the battery or burns to the device. I then put battery back in, and turned it on. Noticed battery went from the 38% it was at, down to 7%. Has this happened to anyone else or just me?
Thanks guys,
Drew
kingofyo1 said:
I received a samsung charge yesterday from Asurion (Insurance through vzw) and after installing the latest 12-11 release post ee4>ep4 ota and odin, while phone screen was turned off in my pocket, I noticed the phone starting to get a bit warm. Next i noticed it starting to get hot as hell.. pulled it out, and yes it was excessively hot. Pulled battery, allowed it all to cool down, water marks were clean, no bulging to the battery or burns to the device. I then put battery back in, and turned it on. Noticed battery went from the 38% it was at, down to 7%. Has this happened to anyone else or just me?
Thanks guys,
Drew
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That's definitely not normal. I'd flash back to stock, see if it happens again, and if it does, exchange both battery and phone.
It could be a phone problem, but it sounds to me like there is (or was) something running in the background that was causing drain. Any app that grabs the GPS and doesn't let it go could potentially cause this. Facebook is an occasional offender for me.
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It could be a phone problem, but it sounds to me like there is (or was) something running in the background that was causing drain. Any app that grabs the GPS and doesn't let it go could potentially cause this. Facebook is an occasional offender for me.
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are you using the official fb app? and I had gps turned on for a bit last night, but cant remember if it was on during this time. Since that happened, it has been off, along with wifi
EDIT: Asurion just called back and one of the ladies in the asurion client relations dept will be overnighting me a NIB charge. We will see what happens with this. Had nothing but problems with em so far, so I expect something to happen to the new one as well. We'll see though lol
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It could be a phone problem, but it sounds to me like there is (or was) something running in the background that was causing drain. Any app that grabs the GPS and doesn't let it go could potentially cause this. Facebook is an occasional offender for me.
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Have you had an app cause overheating like that with the screen off? The only time I've had my phone get really hot was when I was oc'ed, with the screen on and sitting in the sun for an extended period while I was using navigation.
My phone heats up with the screen off if i have no service.
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My phone heats up with the screen off if i have no service.
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I'm talking excessive heat though, not just warm, but blazing hot to the touch.. Around 160f temperatures
kingofyo1 said:
are you using the official fb app? and I had gps turned on for a bit last night, but cant remember if it was on during this time. Since that happened, it has been off, along with wifi
EDIT: Asurion just called back and one of the ladies in the asurion client relations dept will be overnighting me a NIB charge. We will see what happens with this. Had nothing but problems with em so far, so I expect something to happen to the new one as well. We'll see though lol
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Have you had an app cause overheating like that with the screen off? The only time I've had my phone get really hot was when I was oc'ed, with the screen on and sitting in the sun for an extended period while I was using navigation.
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I'm talking excessive heat though, not just warm, but blazing hot to the touch.. Around 160f temperatures
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I am using the official app, though I haven't had the new one long enough to really make any observations of it. It was hit and miss. But, no, I can't say that I've seen temps like that, ever, except maybe once or twice when running in a car dock, in the windshield on a hot day.
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So, I've had my phone in my pocket for the last 30 minutes or so while listening to a podcast (not streamed, one that was downloaded) and I pulled the phone out and it was fairly warm. Nothing else going on with the phone besides the gmail sync, no downloads, no wifi, nada.
Anyone else seeing this as well, or do I potentially have a bad battery?
Mine gets a bit warm during charging, but not during usage i've experienced yet - but I haven't done heavy 4G data yet, only wifi and light 4G
Though to see it with no data usage is somewhat weirder.
I noticed with some heavy usage mine gets warm
um, your leg is typically warmer than your hand.
I notice my phones are usually warmer right out of my pocket.
or maybe i just have hot pants. BA DUM, CHING!
Mine gets warm as well with usage.
yes, when using my charger it heats up and after playing select games it heats up. Farm,city, and bakery story all make my phone heat up.
never when i'm not on the charger no matter if i am on wifi or 4g though.
I had the Zagg invisishield on mine melt and bubble last week while using GPS navigation for a few hours.
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I noticed the exact same thing today. I had flashed das BAMF 3.0 RC2 the night before, followed by the newest dream kernel 2.2.2, and noticed battery was diminishing very quickly (could just be coincidence - not saying it had anything to do with ROM or kernel). Then I noticed the battery was getting very warm - something that has never happened to me, even with heavy duty use.
No idea what it was, but I ran out of battery pretty quick and just turned the phone off. Flashed imo's lean kernel when I got home to see if I could save battery.
I've definitely noticed when it's warm, the battery drains extremely fast. I'm surprised how hot it can get...using extended 2750 battery.
Thunderbolt definitely has a heat issue. My phone overheats when used in official ThunderBolt Window Mount for navigation. I have Tasker produce a voice alert when this happens. This makes ThunderBolt pretty much unusable for any long distance navigation, something my old Treo did well. It is probably combination of charging and rather mild San Francisco sun shining on the phone. Anyone from Texas had their phone explode yet?
What's odd is that when I'm on 4G at my office, and put my phone on the charger, there's no issue. When I'm on wifi at home and I charge my phone gets very warm; so bad in fact, that I get an inevitable reboot from overtemp. I'm having trouble diagnosing what could be causing this issue.
This is on a stock unrooted phone with MR2.
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Anyone from Texas had their phone explode yet?
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i was in Texas when my original droid got up to 170 degrees. i was sleeping with pandora playing, so it was probably that hot for several hours.. it bricked 3 seconds after unlocking it. no explosion or anything it just burned the **** out of my hand.
soooo happy i have the tbolt now!!!!!
hey all, maybe its just my paranoid self, but i just want to be sure;
i was charging my phone, and at the same time, i was playing slice it. suddenly i realized that the back of the phone was getting really hot, and i checked the temperature. it was about 45c, and i was gettin freaked out, so i took the batttery and put in the fridge for like 10 seconds, before realizing that was a stupid mistake. after about 5 minutes, it cooled back down to 30.5c. i believe that perhaps the battery was around 45c for about a minute or so.
I was just wondering, do you think my battery life will suffer from my idiotic antics? Im a bit worried that itll have a significant impact, even if it was for a few minutes? Did i 'burn' out some of the lithium ion cells?
much help appreciated!
thanks alot!
Just curious, does only your battery get warm, or does the top half of the phone (above the battery) got hot too?
Phone only overheated when I had bluetooth and wifi running while charging
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its just the back of the phone where the battery is located
Mine did the exact same thing last night with fruit ninja of all things. I also put my whole phone in the fridge for one minute and it dropped the battery temp from 45c to 38c. The battery condition also said "overheated" instead of "good" which it has said since then.
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Mine did the exact same thing last night with fruit ninja of all things. I also put my whole phone in the fridge for one minute and it dropped the battery temp from 45c to 38c. The battery condition also said "overheated" instead of "good" which it has said since then.
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nice to know that im not the only one :]
Can anyone answer my question about if the short amount of overheating damaged my battery?
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Mine got to 53c while doing absolutely nothing, any idea what causes this?
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Can anyone answer my question about if the short amount of overheating damaged my battery?
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I don't think anyone really knows and begging for an answer is a quick way to get flamed.
I know that if you were to rapidly cool metal or another material in that same manner, it would crack. I don't know if that same issue would apply to batteries. I definitely wouldn't put anything overheated directly into a frozen environment like that.
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I don't think anyone really knows and begging for an answer is a quick way to get flamed.
I know that if you were to rapidly cool metal or another material in that same manner, it would crack. I don't know if that same issue would apply to batteries. I definitely wouldn't put anything overheated directly into a frozen environment like that.
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+1 not a great idea, just take battery out and let it sit
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Mine had the same problem. Whenever i put it on charge it would heat up within minutes and then upon unplugging it would cool down. I read somewhere in the forum to discharge completely and then recharge to full. I did that and its been 1 week since that and no problems with overheating and battery life is also improved. My battery`s health is still GOOD i checked using * # * # 4 6 3 6 # * # *
Hope this helps.
I undervolted the cpu. Overheating almoat stopped. I swapped battery and has been better since. Usually running two quadrants i would start feeling it get hotter and hotter. On new battery i run four an don't notice any major change.
G2x with CM7 and trinity kernel
out of the blue overheating
My phone was awesome...but now it overheats....??
I am going to try and undervolt and see if that helps my problems but my phone just goes crazy hot when it's asleep and idk what to do, even w/ a new warranty phone, and i could tell it's new cause it still had the green tap by the buttons and stuff...the old one got crazy hot, but only after cm7 build33....and this was also after i changed the recovery to 3101 ext4 supported one....can a recovery affect your roms (overheat it) i would't think so, it only loads on command idk how it would....hmmmmm my vibrant would be a dead cold 28-29c when on idle/sleep but w/ this phone it just gets hot and is about 37-43 when doing nothing.....i'm going to try the undervolt thing w/ cm7 latest build and faux123's kernel 0.1.1 and try to undervolt it, i'll search thru that thread for good undervolting starting points...and play w/ that......idk i'm just confused why it is just now happening and not before, i had it on launch day and no problems till last week....i'm lost..
This is probably the wierdest thing I have seen with any phone I have ever had. I'm at work with Inspire sitting in my holster. When I tried to go use it, it will not turn on. Nothing I do will turn it on. Unpluggin the battery, plug it into the charger. I have a spare battery at home which I will try, but I feel it just straight up died. Last time checked battery was > 50%.
I wonder if undervolting the CPU can damage the phone. I have been running UV for a while and it's not overclocked at all.
I can't even revert it to stock before I return it.
Well, if it won't turn on, I wouldn't worry about reverting to stock. The morons at the AT&T store will not be able to tell it's been rooted. As far as UV damaging the phone, it's not something I've heard of, but I'd imagine it's possible.
I highly doubt undervolting will cause damage. Overvolting yes, electricity starts to "leak" past transistor and damage gets done. Too much uv would cause erratic behavior and prevent startup. But not in a damaging way.
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Well, the car charger didn't charge it but the wall charger was able to charge it. Apparently something caused the phone to discharge from like 50% to nada. Very interesting. I don't think it's my ROM or Kernel, and I haven't installed anything in like couple of weeks.
My phone has been dying quickly for the last 2 or 3 days... The phone is maybe 3 months old and I'm not a heavy user. The battery went from full to about 20% in 6 hours on standby today.
Only thing I see differently is that I got a message that a new update is available but I don't see how that would matter. Can someone point me to a link for updating the phone? I'm currently rooted.
Don't u just hate it when strange things happen w/ ur electronics that u can't seem 2 explain or figure out exactly what happened.
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Don't u just hate it when strange things happen w/ ur electronics that u can't seem 2 explain or figure out exactly what happened.
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If you are rooted try doing a FULL WIPE with the wipe tool, Full Wipe 1.3 and reload a fresh rom that you know is reliable (I am using Leedroid GB) and do not load any apps until you try the phone out for a little while. Load first current widget and monitor how many milliamps you are drawing. Then slowly add apps one by one and whatch what is eating your battery. It sounds like a bad app or stuck sync....
Sorry, meant to quote Mr. Gordec.......
My Sensation was down to about 40% charge so I plugged it in.
A while later I picked it up and it was incredibly hot.
I unplugged it at which point it said the battery was at 0% and shut down.
I let it cool off and then tried to switch on.
Nothing.
I plugged it back in and it booted up but the battery was at 1%.
It's now charging normally 8% so far and does not seem hot.
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ozym said:
My Sensation was down to about 40% charge so I plugged it in.
A while later I picked it up and it was incredibly hot.
I unplugged it at which point it said the battery was at 0% and shut down.
I let it cool off and then tried to switch on.
Nothing.
I plugged it back in and it booted up but the battery was at 1%.
It's now charging normally 8% so far and does not seem hot.
Anyone else come across this ?
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That seems similar to the G2X issue. Like overheating, right?
Haven't had it on my Sensation 4g yet
A defective battery perhaps?
Hmmmm. It seems fine now. Fully charged and cool as a cucumber
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ozym said:
My Sensation was down to about 40% charge so I plugged it in.
A while later I picked it up and it was incredibly hot.
I unplugged it at which point it said the battery was at 0% and shut down.
I let it cool off and then tried to switch on.
Nothing.
I plugged it back in and it booted up but the battery was at 1%.
It's now charging normally 8% so far and does not seem hot.
Anyone else come across this ?
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Did your mobile connection or wifi ON while charging? Mostly heat problem happen when there is an activity of upload and downloading something through mobile connection or wifi.
I always switch both setting to OFF condition while charging.
I use to have Desire and DHD, both showing hot condition each time i'm download something
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Did your mobile connection or wifi ON while charging? Mostly heat problem happen when there is an activity of upload and downloading something through mobile connection or wifi.
I always switch both setting to OFF condition while charging.
I use to have Desire and DHD, both showing hot condition each time i'm download something
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That seems like a bit of a crap deal if that is true.. I have a iPhone 3GS at the moment & I can download 2GB files over night whilst plugged into my charger & yeah I get a bit of heat from it in the morning, but nothing that causes any concern. Im looking to get a Sensation as soon as Orange (UK) announce a release date... Not being able to download over night due to heat reasons is a bit sh!te..
I really must stop reading all the bad things about this phone as I'm slowly turning away from it :-(
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Did your mobile connection or wifi ON while charging? Mostly heat problem happen when there is an activity of upload and downloading something through mobile connection or wifi.
I always switch both setting to OFF condition while charging.
I use to have Desire and DHD, both showing hot condition each time i'm download something
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My wifi was on but nothing was downloading AFAIK, at least nothing big.
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My wifi was on but nothing was downloading AFAIK, at least nothing big.
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Still downloading/checking updates for email, Facebook, Twitter (if you have them), Calendar, or any other apps that use WiFi in the background.
Turning WiFi off while charging is the best option
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Still downloading/checking updates for email, Facebook, Twitter (if you have them), Calendar, or any other apps that use WiFi in the background.
Turning WiFi off while charging is the best option
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This is absolutely ludacris. I've never heard such crap in all my life, not saying what you're saying is crap, but the fact you have to turn Wifi off whilst charging is total <enter swear word here>.
Are you telling me one of the most powerful smart phones on the market cannot handle Wifi being on as well as charging... Im shocked & considering a different phone.
It happened to me the first day as well. Not getting got and turning off but it was burning my hands it was so hot. It hasn't done it in 2 days now though. Probably just adjusting. Still dangerous though
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stanny2k said:
This is absolutely ludacris.
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I think you mean ludicrous. You named the rapper. ;-)
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stanny2k said:
This is absolutely ludacris. I've never heard such crap in all my life, not saying what you're saying is crap, but the fact you have to turn Wifi off whilst charging is total <enter swear word here>.
Are you telling me one of the most powerful smart phones on the market cannot handle Wifi being on as well as charging... Im shocked & considering a different phone.
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You are correct. It is nonsense. I have sync'd 2gb of mp3s and videos from drop box over wifi whilst on charge with no adverse effects at all. My phone is running wifi and bluetooth right now whilst on charge and it's not even warm to the touch. This was almost certainly a one-offand probably a fault in the charging circuitry causing it to overheat.
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I think you mean ludicrous. You named the rapper. ;-)
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Haha, true, thanks for the correction dude!
ozym said:
You are correct. It is nonsense. I have sync'd 2gb of mp3s and videos from drop box over wifi whilst on charge with no adverse effects at all. My phone is running wifi and bluetooth right now whilst on charge and it's not even warm to the touch. This was almost certainly a one-offand probably a fault in the charging circuitry causing it to overheat.
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Lets hope it was. I've had my heart set on this phone since I first heard about it 4 months ago. Theres a number of things that keep popping outta the woodwork thats seriously making me reconsider.
Dust getting under the screen... I mean come on.. I used to get dust under my Nokia 402 12 years ago... Is Dust REALLY still getting under screens?!?
Touch screen problems... Are you telling me this phone was not tested to hell & back and this problem wasnt ever notified before?
Slightly off topic, but it's just annoying to see these problems coming to light 7 days before I get it! lol
ozym said:
hmmmm. It seems fine now. Fully charged and cool as a cucumber
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question are you using a silicon phone cover?
wow. good for you guys! you have a "HOT" phone. hehe
My sensation hasn't had a hot issue though. since the weather here is so cold. 0-5 degrees so, my sensation hasn't really shown any overheating. maybe you guys just need a heat sync attached to your phone.
i notice mine only gets hot when using it in a game, with the overclock 1.5G... i do notice taking off any cover (like my gel case) seems to dissipate alot of the heat but looking at temps it has only maxed out at 28 degrees... isn't this thing capable of 40 or so before it starts to die out?
The only time i get overheating is wheb playing 3d games for long periods of time. Other then that its all fine. And the issues about dust under screen hasnt affected me at all and i doubt it would affect you seeing as htc must have addressed that issue in the latest batch of phones.
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Exact same thing happened to me, however my phone remained completely dead. I had to get a new one from tmobile. I was charging and had just finished using gps when it happened.
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question are you using a silicon phone cover?
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This has not happened to my Sensation(i am using a 'half-cover' from Nillkin) but this actually happened to my GF's Sensation yesterday, and she is using a silicone case cover..
Might have been just a glitch...but your phone is much better than a iPhone by far...jailbroke or not...android FTW
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My sensation is getting warm @ the bottom while using (normal tasks: messaging, mail).
It's not hot it's slightly warm. Anyone else having this issue?
Yes, although it doesn't seem as bad today as it was yesterday.
apparently if you turn off Wifi, you problems will disappear! Lol. Joke.
Mine has only gotten warm never full blown hot. Usually cools right back down. I figure it was just the dual-core working .
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Mine gets a bit warm during moderate/heavy usage but I would say it's normal..
yeah, i was about to post.
Mine is very warm, as soon as i use it, it begins to heat, up to 109°f (43°C) when i use internet.
Using only mobo player, it's a stable 103°F (39.5 C)
it's very hot, i do not understand.
I stopped a lot of background sync, no difference...
any idea?
edit: btw, big battery consomption...
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yeah, i was about to post.
Mine is very warm, as soon as i use it, it begins to heat, up to 109°f (43°C) when i use internet.
Using only mobo player, it's a stable 103°F (39.5 C)
it's very hot, i do not understand.
I stopped a lot of background sync, no difference...
any idea?
edit: btw, big battery consomption...
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I would call for a replacement battery if it's that bad.
I haven't had any issues...though keep in mind I'm coming from a G2X that would burn my hand off.
taniwha913 said:
yeah, i was about to post.
Mine is very warm, as soon as i use it, it begins to heat, up to 109°f (43°C) when i use internet.
Using only mobo player, it's a stable 103°F (39.5 C)
it's very hot, i do not understand.
I stopped a lot of background sync, no difference...
any idea?
edit: btw, big battery consomption...
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My Sensation has been running very hot right out of the box. I have had it for a little more than 26 hours and it concerns me how hot it actuallly runs. Also just a few minutes ago I started getting a notice that the device had reset in an improper manner and asked if I wanted to report it to HTC. This has come up twice in the last 2 hours. I had the device setting on a table in a restaurant and thought i heard it do something now I know it was rebooting itself. The very high temps continue. I have a G2x and have not had all the issues other are reporting although it does get a little warm 96 degrees at times. I am at the point where I am going to take the Sensation back and wait for a short time and see if more kinks are worked out. The Sensation is a marvelous phone and will be almost untouchable if there are a few software updates to fix issues. Just do not want to wait like I have and did with the G2x and try to put up with overheating etc. I do really like the Sensation though.