When I keep my phone on & just charge it up while its idle, when its at 100%, the phone is hot to the touch. Once I take it off, it cools off in 5-10 minutes. It also starts to overheat when I play games on it for at least 5 minutes. What could be the problem?
Do you have a custom rom or kernel on the phone. Mine gets mildy warm every now and again but nothing serious.
Id suggest reverting back to stock rom using your ruu and use it for a bit to see if it happens again.
i had a similar problem. my phone would overheat and not charge or charge fast enough. also after a short use the battery level would plummet. i fix the problem by changing to a new charging plug.
It shouldn't get that warm at all.
Infact, I noticed that it actually cooled down once I plugged it into the charger. I was playing a 3D game and I noticed it was getting warm, but also the battery was getting low, so I plugged it in and kept going for a bit longer, the phone actually started cooling down. I thought it was the game making the hardware heat up, but in fact, it was the battery heating up due to the power drain
Perhaps a custom rom could cause it, but I am already running mikes 6.5.2 with the 1.5Ghz firmware. But im sure others will vary.
Perhaps, if nothing else, and you're ok with taking the back off the phone, check the contacts, both on the battery and the phone, make sure they are clean. Resistance can cause heat.
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I charge my battery overnight. I'm guessing this is bad for the battery but how bad? And is there some app or something that will stop the charge once it hits 100% while still plugged in? Thanks
I believe the phone has overcharge protection circutry in it already
has anyone noticed that, with the new radio, it takes longer to charge and sometimes it doesn't even reach 100%. however when i reboot it, it actually is at 100%. The the batter indicator isn't as accurate anymore.
JDMr2 said:
has anyone noticed that, with the new radio, it takes longer to charge and sometimes it doesn't even reach 100%. however when i reboot it, it actually is at 100%. The the batter indicator isn't as accurate anymore.
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yes i have, i wanna say its because its not an official mod, but im using the jf update? maybe its build specific, which one you using jd?
i thought i was the only one to notice
I've used the sapphire radio update w/ 5.0.2Hr5 and the new ADP radio update w/ JF1.5. I noticed this with both combinations.
I am noticing this as well with JF's build
So what is the deal? Is the phone actually fully charged after 2 hours and the meter doesnt actually realize it? will this cause any problems with leaving the phone charging in the wall and overcharging?
I highly doubt it has anything to do with overcharging since it's not a hardware issue.
LOL! It's never been accurate at all with any software build or radio combination. I can charge my phone all the way and pull the battery and reboot and get an accurate reading then. The battery life and measurement has been the biggest flaw with this phone. It hasn't gotten any better with a new build or ever will, imo.
wasn't THIS bad when i had JF1.42 RC33. it was just when I updated to Haykuro's or JF's 1.5 builds. An example will be where I begin charging my phone at 5% and after 3-4 hours, it'll only be at ~65%. I reboot the phone and it automatically fixes itself to 100%. It normally only takes ~2hrs for my phone to charge to 100%.
I'm running The Dude's ADP 1.5 and I noticed also that it takes a lot longer to charge the phone.
Normally if I plug it in, it was fully charged in 2-3 hours. Now it takes more than 5hours
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I am noticing this as well with JF's build
So what is the deal? Is the phone actually fully charged after 2 hours and the meter doesnt actually realize it? will this cause any problems with leaving the phone charging in the wall and overcharging?
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I am also seeing this same issue. I unplugged my phone from the charger at 11am and it was 100%. At 12:45 it was down to 87%. I fell asleep by the pool and woke up and it was at 52%, this was around 3p. I went home and charge the phone. I looked at it around 5p and it was at 72%. I rebooted the phone with Call+Menu+End(thanx JF, Dude took this out his buld) and it was at 100% when rebooted. It may be that TMOBILE branded G1's may have a underlying hardware/software issue which does not allow the OS to fully read the battery. My assumption and im just taking a stab at this is that possibly since ADP 1.5 features processor frequency change (ie, 528mhz to 384, 122 when sleeping) it may be reading the battery when at 528mhz and then when it drops to 122mhz the phone cant write to the RAM or somehow it gets lost b.c on refresh it reads 100%. I may not know anything about what I wrote but its just a stab at an idea. Maybe someone can do some testing to see what happens internally between ADP and RC33 and/or G1 & ADP.
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wasn't THIS bad when i had JF1.42 RC33. it was just when I updated to Haykuro's or JF's 1.5 builds. An example will be where I begin charging my phone at 5% and after 3-4 hours, it'll only be at ~65%. I reboot the phone and it automatically fixes itself to 100%. It normally only takes ~2hrs for my phone to charge to 100%.
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I agree... it HAS gotten worse with 1.5 builds. It takes for ever to charge up to 100% (especially if you have something running in the background. it might just be the overclocking that's doing it). After rebooting, it will give a more accurate reading. I've noticed also (with all builds) that if you reboot with the charger plugged in... it will give you a false, higher battery reading than if you rebooted with it not plugged in. If you get (or suspect) a false reading, pull the battery while phone is on and let it sit idle for a couple seconds and then reinsert and power on. That should be pretty accurate but it seems most false readings happen while the phone is charging. One way to get around this without rebooting to make sure that it's fully charged is to charge the phone while its off. Just remember green light means 90% or higher and not 100% like ALL other HTC devices. That is part of the problem itself....
if the light turned green when it is charged 100%, alot of these false readings would not be happening. I know that sounds silly but the OS/hardware have to judge when its at 90% even when it's powered off. Kinda more complicated than just orange light when charging and green when fully charged (like all other HTC devices). Instead we have to go from red flashing to red to orange and to green. Maybe that makes sense to some? I don't know for sure... it's merely my long-winded theory about the crazy, ****ed up battery life for this otherwise fantastic device, lol! Sorry for the loooooooonnnnnng reply...
I have dudes. 93 and that's when I ran to the issue you guys are talking about. I happened to just install a battery widget and thoughy that's why it had to reboot for accurate reading it hasnt been long to recharge after uninstall. The other builds all seemed accurate to me. It also seems like my battery doesn't last as long with the new radio but at the samew time it seems that it quickly drops out of the 90's and 80% range but sticks in the lower ranges longer. I don't know why with all of our technology laptops and phones can do the carziest things but only for an unreasonably short amount of time...
I drained my battery letting the phone die, took the battery out, put it back in after a min or so, and began charging. It seems to have fixed the long charging issue. It fully charged my battery in ~2.5hrs. I'll report back if the battery life lasts just as long as it charges.
This is one thing thing that just recently started to happen in the past two days that's kinda creeping me out.
Sometimes the phone starts to overheat and immediately I get a low battery notification.
The overheating is usually caused by something that caused the system to go haywire, such as:
(1) when in the stock launcher and using HDMI mirroring, tilting the phone into landscape. The phone loses the connection with the monitor, and it shuts off. Once this happens the phone is usually super hot. I turn the phone back on, and find out that the battery has dropped somewhere around 50-60% in an INSTANT.
(2) I was using bloat freezer to freeze "my account," which caused a continuous force close screen. When I try to close those screens, I can tell that the phone is heating up again. Low and behold, not soon after, my charge that was sitting at 80% dropped down to the teens.
I've only been off the charger for a couple hours in each case, so I know that I was really at around 80% in both situations.
The only thing I'm really worried about is overcharging the battery. If android thinks that the battery is at 15% when it is actually not that empty, would it overcharge it?
*Edit - Ok, I just figured it out. Whenever this happens, don't let your phone recharge itself when the phone is on. I noticed that when I turn my phone off to charge, it'll know that the charge isn't that low, so the battery charging indicator will start off with a higher charged capacity and fill up to full much faster than when the phone is actually empty.
As for the plunge in battery within Android, I don't know what's going on.
Request a new battery. If they say no say fine give me a new phone. Its in warranty.
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Hey all,
I am currently running CM9 (bhundven's 7-29 herring build) on my Galaxy S 4G, and I am having some problems with random shutdown. This has only been happening for the past few days or so (EDIT: and I have been running CM9 for about three months with no issues). It seems that the phone works perfectly fine until the charge gets to about 60% starting from a full charge, and then the phone randomly shuts off. The phone will not start back up unless I have it plugged into the wall, and the results are a little unpredictable. The first time it happened, I turned it back on and it said the battery was at 1% and charging. Now, after clearing the battery stats, it reboots to 60% battery. It seems to work perfectly fine after that, and yesterday it went all the way down to about 12% before I started charging it again. It just happened again today, and when I turned it back on it said it was at about 60%.
My charging habits are pretty bad for Li-Ion batteries; I tend to let the charge drop all the way to about 10% or 5% before I plug it in and charge it all night, way past what is necessary to get to 100%.
The battery does look a tad swollen, but I might be exaggerating.
I just wanted to know if this is a bad battery with 100% certainty, or could it be a problem with the OS or internal parts, etc. I can easily buy another battery online, and I probably will.
EDIT: Also, I have had some overheating issues with this phone, and I can often smell electrical smoke in the charger port area behind the speaker, which is why I say it might be an internal parts issue.
Thanks everyone,
cpkelley94
You need a new battery. I was having the same issue lime 3 months ago; phone was dying at half charge the when it rebooted, battery would be dead. Then when I plugged it in, it would charge in 20 minutes and the repeat the cycle. Put the battery on a table to see if its still flat. If it rocks or spins excessively, its usually an indicator of a bad cell.
Mine JUST started doing the exact same thing last week. Battery is definitely swollen. I replaced it just this evening and I'm in the process of doing a full charge from 0->100 to see how things go. I'm 99.999% sure the battery was dead. Replace yours.
Sorry for the thread necro, but I wanted to thank the OP for asking this question and to the helpful replies. We just had a heat wave here and maybe coincidentally to that, I've been having random shutdown problems. Having looked at this thread and my battery, I can tell that I definitely need to replace that. So thanks, all!
Hello Everyone,
So I had my phone repaired at Pacific Mall due to the screen being broken and requiring replacement, and ever since then, I've been having terrible battery and heat issues.
The phone was repaired on the 5th of April and I kid you not, I could leave it just sitting on my table fully idle with data on or off and my battery will drain itself within 3-4 hours. That's not the only issue, as when I plug the device in to let it charge, it will reach pretty high temps (50-60*C). This is with the phone just sitting there plugged in.
Other then having it plugged in, the phone idles at anywhere from 35-50*C. It's usually mid 40*C on idle. I really don't understand what's wrong with the phone as before I had the screen replaced, it would not act this way. The only time it would get this hot would be if I were using the device under extreme sunlight, or if I was heavily using it while it was plugged in.
I took it back to the shop that I had it repaired, and they took a look and they told me that it could be due to one of the IC's on the motherboard becoming loose causing it to overheat a lot. And they told me that this could have originated due to a potential drop of the device or while they were opening the device..
I just want to know if anyone really believes that and what advice you could provide me with.
I thought about changing the battery itself, however, if it is just going to continually overheat, I don't see the point in doing so as it would just drain itself very quickly all the time.
I don't even use my phone that much other than what it's sole purpose is: making phone calls and texting.
Thankfully, I'm able to charge it in my car, but it's becoming a real nuisance having to charge the device constantly due to extremely poor battery life.
Phone is running CM 11-20140407-NIGHTLY-ville 4.4.2 KitKat ROM.
Had the Carbon 4.3 JB ROM before hand (thought it was a ROM issue at first, that's why i flashed CM but didn't solve anything).
the problems continue
this time temperature in this device
when I use a fast charge charger the device in a few minutes shoots CPU temperatures above 64C ° and interrupts the charge until it cools down
It also gets excessively hot when playing video games or just watching videos on platforms like YouTube.
is there any solution to this situation?
Try factory reset and if its still persisting, check out the battery, it might got old and inflated. And don't use it while charging it's like you are holding a bomb in your hand unless you don't mind if it exploded...
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Try factory reset and if its still persisting, check out the battery, it might got old and inflated. And don't use it while charging it's like you are holding a bomb in your hand unless you don't mind if it exploded...
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the battery is new
is in perfect condition
the problem is in the mobile's CPU which is excessively hot
which I don't understand why it happens even when I don't use the device
CPU reaches over 60C ° while using fast charge and device is idle