Has anyone else experienced a lot of heat on the back side after gaming. Is it ok to have a case if this gets to hot?
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xflatlinex said:
Has anyone else experienced a lot of heat on the back side after gaming. Is it ok to have a case if this gets to hot?
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I play game a lot, sometimes it does get quite hot which is just normal and it cools down quite quickly. I also have case, to me it's not a problem as long as the phone doesn't get tooooo hot.
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In my case, the one s reaches almost 40ºC when i'm playing a HD game or watching HD video like Vimeo. Is this normal?
marcogohi said:
In my case, the one s reaches almost 40ºC when i'm playing a HD game or watching HD video like Vimeo. Is this normal?
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HTCs get hot, this is normal considering the aluminum housing.
With such a thin phone heat is to be expected, especially when the processor and ram is being used heavily. Where else do you think the heat is going to go? My galaxy S2 is the same.
And yes a case should be fine, if your worried just take off the case for a bit.
Related
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4235272/Young-dad-burned-by-his-mobile-phone.html
interesting article, can see he had the white back as well
actually mine sometimes go through some massive heating phase and only way is to power off.
Almsot like something in the background kicks off!
Not quite burnt yet!
never happened to me.
Felt mine getting really hot in pocket before now. Have taken it out and found it has somehow unlocked and has the camera running with the screen on.
Wow that burn looks sooooo painful....not. are u kidding me? while i am not saying that is crazy that his phone burst into flames, they are blowing it way out of proportion. that burn looks no bigger than the size of a bottle cap, and its only a first degree burn. put a band aid on that scrape and your as good as new...
woosie...
all im am saying is bad look to him when they find out he rooted and booted his senny and thats why it blew up in his poket, my mate has one and his is not rooted or out totaly stock we compaired ours mine on arhd and overclocked to 1.5ghz mine got a lot hoter playing the same game NFS so cant see it been their fault.
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Wow that burn looks sooooo painful....not. are u kidding me? while i am not saying that is crazy that his phone burst into flames, they are blowing it way out of proportion. that burn looks no bigger than the size of a bottle cap, and its only a first degree burn. put a band aid on that scrape and your as good as new...
woosie...
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I would totally blow it out of proportion if my PHONE burst into FLAMES! Even if it left me with just a scratch.
But I would like to know why it heated up like that. Seems insane :what:
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2.2 GHz kernel maybe?
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I don't thin anybody would leave it running at 2.2 ghz in their pocket...
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boroboy69r said:
all im am saying is bad look to him when they find out he rooted and booted his senny and thats why it blew up in his poket, my mate has one and his is not rooted or out totaly stock we compaired ours mine on arhd and overclocked to 1.5ghz mine got a lot hoter playing the same game NFS so cant see it been their fault.
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The phone is underclocked to prevent heat gain and save battery - what did you expect. Mine is no hotter before or after root. Trust me, when I first bought it, I believed my phone was a defective unit due to it's heat.
kennetht said:
Wow that burn looks sooooo painful....not. are u kidding me? while i am not saying that is crazy that his phone burst into flames, they are blowing it way out of proportion. that burn looks no bigger than the size of a bottle cap, and its only a first degree burn. put a band aid on that scrape and your as good as new...
woosie...
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Yeah, really. Put on your big boy pants and move on with your life.
Yeah, HTC should probably give you a brand new phone (or 3) or your choice for your troubles but suing them seems a little opportunistic. I mean you got a little boo boo. It's not like you lost your leg.
If it's too hot to handle, then get out of the kitchen!
So its been about 2 days so far and the phone is awesome....BUT....not too impressed on the plastic material design.
Should I be too worried when theres like a heat wave with temps around 100 deg F???
Will the phone "warp" or "bend" or will the plastic melt a little?
Ok ok ok....of course, I will not leave it in the car during a heat wave...Of course I will not do that. But what if I walk around with the phone in my pocket. Will the phone warp or bend a bit during those kinds of temperatures?
Battery life is awesome!!!! Well, because I disabled Wifi, NFC, and all pretty much everything including GPS and for about 2 days now, battery level is still around 70%
But, I really dont like the material and I dont know how will this be impacted during a heat wave.
Whats your take on this to all?
Thx
lol
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beaver2233 said:
lol
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The OP is asking a serious question.
Mine turned into ice cream in my pocket on a hot day. Had to throw my pants out. Phone was never seen again.
But seriously, no it won't melt or warp at those temperatures. Do plastics in your cart melt or warp on a hot day? Most likely not.
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LOL???
Please, this is important to me as I love this phone and I am just afraid that it would be damaged during a heat wave or extreme hot temperatures.
So seriously....Can I take my phone outside during a heat wave with those kind of temperatures?
Even if its in my pocket?
Just afraid that the screen or the phone would warp or bend.
Like I said, of course, I will NOT leave it inside a car during a hot day....But, I would like to carry it with me in my pocket.
Thx!
itsonlyme999 said:
LOL???
Please, this is important to me as I love this phone and I am just afraid that it would be damaged during a heat wave or extreme hot temperatures.
So seriously....Can I take my phone outside during a heat wave with those kind of temperatures?
Even if its in my pocket?
Just afraid that the screen or the phone would warp or bend.
Like I said, of course, I will NOT leave it inside a car during a hot day....But, I would like to carry it with me in my pocket.
Thx!
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Just as the previous guy said, it wouldn't. If a phone actually does that on a hot day, I...I don't know what to say o_o
itsonlyme999 said:
LOL???
So seriously....Can I take my phone outside during a heat wave with those kind of temperatures?
Even if its in my pocket?
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I'm pretty sure your phone will be fine, unless there's something you're not telling us. You don't by any chance live inside an active volcano, do you?
Every day for last 1 month was hot day here in India before the recent rains that cooled things down couple of days ago.
36-38°C was daily normal high. Did nothing to my 2 SGS4s.
It takes way higher than 100°F to melt or even soften the polycarbonate. My sister has spilled a piping hot coffee on SGS3 back which used similar material without any damage.
So no, 100F is nothing for these phones.
You will always have horror stories of people magically breaking their phones by doing nothing. Those few are there for every device. I have seen them in SGS3 forums, Note forums, HTC One forums and so on.
Those are not the norm. These phones are not the toys made to be used in nice temperate climate only.
THANKS !!!!!! For the quick help on this.
Makes me feel better now.
Don't worry, samsung qc usually already test usage in extreme temperature (-20 ~ 50 celcius). Even there is user youtube video for this test on s3.
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Here in saudi Arabia the temperature is more than 55 Celsius degree and i don't have any problems with my phone...
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You should have went for the HTC-One then...
Lol
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I.m just about to get a new phone maybe today.. And I'm really stuck between the HTC One Mini and S4 Mini.
Even though the HTC specs are alittle less than S4 Mini, from youtube videos games seem to run good on HTC Mini if not better.
My main concern about this phone is the heat this phone produces. I like to play my 3D games, but I've heard that the phone can get quite hot, and another thread describes cracks appearing in plastic?
I plan to use a strong case with my phone, and am worried about my phone burning out or warping under the heat. I'm a HEAVY user.
Whats the heat like for you? Does everyone suffer from heat? Is it something to worry about?
I may choose S4 Mini if heat is going to be a problem.
Thank you in advance for your advice.
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RuffBuster said:
I.m just about to get a new phone maybe today.. And I'm really stuck between the HTC One Mini and S4 Mini.
Even though the HTC specs are alittle less than S4 Mini, from youtube videos games seem to run good on HTC Mini if not better.
My main concern about this phone is the heat this phone produces. I like to play my 3D games, but I've heard that the phone can get quite hot, and another thread describes cracks appearing in plastic?
I plan to use a strong case with my phone, and am worried about my phone burning out or warping under the heat. I'm a HEAVY user.
Whats the heat like for you? Does everyone suffer from heat? Is it something
to worry about?
I may choose S4 Mini if heat its going to be a problem.
Thank you for your advice.
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In the real world they perform about the same unless you're a heavy user then the S4 Mini will get an edge in multitasking because of the extra 512 MB of memory, but you can always close a background app to speed things back up if it becomes a problem. I've been using my phone without a case for about a little over a month now and I don't have any cracks, but I do have a couple of scratches on my screen and on the glass covering the camera from light use even though it has Gorilla Glass 3. In the Gorilla Glass advertisements they scratch it with a key, stab it with a knife, slide a razor blade across the screen, and hit it with a rubber mallet and nothing happens, yet it scratches simply sliding in and out of your pocket. I've had the same problem with my Samsung Captivate and Motorola Atrix 4G so I think Gorilla Glass has always been a bunch of BS. The only time my phone gets warm is when I'm doing turn by turn navigation (screen on the entire time, GPS, 3G/4G) or if I've been using it for a while. I don't game on my phone so I can't comment on that. I'd suggest playing a demanding game at a local store for a little while and testing it out. The screen, speakers, camera, and feel on the One Mini is much nicer than the S4 in my opinion.
If you're looking for a mid-sized Android phone you might want to check out the Moto X. Even though it has a 4.7" screen it isn't much larger than the One Mini.
Someone else posted a similar thread which I replied to if you wanna check it out: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2472682
I prefer the HTC One so sorry if I'm somewhat biased.
I play some games on DrasticDS emulator, gets kinda warm tbh, but I'm usually bored by the time it happens and I stop playing
Had my phone 3 days now and loving it! Been playing all sorts of intensive games and haven't noticed any problems with heat. Yeah it can get warm now and then but with a metal back it's bound too, better at drawing heat away from your chips.
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Nexus 5 seems a powerful device. Fast CPU, big bright screen.
Are there any heating issues on normal use?
Does it cool fast?
Thanks for you opinions or metrics.
I hope it is improved over the Nexus 4. The N4 was unusually hot
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this is something i'm interested to know as well. im thinking with the speaker/mic holes at the bottom, it will dissipate heat quicker, but I would love a confirmation.
its didn't get hot on general usage tested fifa 14 and real racing 3 it, i personally think, was on the hotter side of warm on the top half of the phone in like 3 minutes
Normal usage at the moment and it seems very cool, definitely on the lower end of 'warm' and miles better than the N4 in terms of heat
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I hope it is improved over the Nexus 4. The N4 was unusually hot
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No it wasn`t realy, it just felt hotter because the glass back tranferred heat more noiticebly.
gee2012 said:
No it wasn`t realy, it just felt hotter because the glass back tranferred heat more noiticebly.
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That and people installing custom kernels and doing things that causes them have higher battery drain.
So, I've had my Nexus 5 since November 6th, and like most phones it gets warm when doing anything intensive. Now, I don't play very many games and really nothing too demanding. Perhaps the primary game I play which seems to warm my device up is the Simpsons Tapped Out game. All things aside, I never felt that my device got "too" warm. Battery temp never went above 100 F (37.7C) that I was able to determine, however there was most certainly a "spot" on the back located just below the camera and dead center of the device. This spot was mirrored onto the LCD area as well. Again, I never thought too much of it, however Friday night (November 16th) I noticed that when the screen was on, but showing a black or similarly dark background there was now a blue-ish circular / oval shape essentially "burned" into the screen. I don't know how else to describe it. This spot coincides directly with the location of the RAM / CPU combination on the internal board.
So, my question, has anyone else experienced distortion of their screen? Presently, while noticeable on dark screens, it's not overly damaging. However, I fear that continued normal use of the device may cause cumulative damage. I plan on contacting Google direct on Wednesday when I have some time due to work, but I'm also worried that due to the RAM / CPU placement, this may be a bigger issue than 1 unlucky phone. Perhaps improper heat shielding?
For the record, I am using the images from http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Nexus+5+Teardown/19016 to make my assumptions and conclusions
I appreciate any and all constructive comments!
My one got the same problem, just ordered replacement.
Maybe, the glue behind the glass had dried faster due to the higher temperature in that portion of the screen, causing a different light transmission just there, i think imho.
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omg.. what a disaster of phone. If this is true then ALL of the screens will get like that if the user makes some decent use of the phone to play or so.
RusherDude said:
omg.. what a disaster of phone. If this is true then ALL of the screens will get like that if the user makes some decent use of the phone to play or so.
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First I've heard of it is right here and people have had plenty of time to get there phone's hot so I doubt it.
uh60james said:
First I've heard of it is right here and people have had plenty of time to get there phone's hot so I doubt it.
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I highly doubt that there are different revisions of the glue behind the screen, so if one is bad, then all the nexus 5 until this was spotted will have it bad too..
RusherDude said:
I highly doubt that there are different revisions of the glue behind the screen, so if one is bad, then all the nexus 5 until this was spotted will have it bad too..
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Let me go ahead and return mine now then before this inevitably happens.
uh60james said:
Let me go ahead and return mine now then before this inevitably happens.
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Don't do that, if this starts happening to everyone, they WILL have to rma everyone's nexus 5 out there without asking.
This is by far the major problem of this phone. A true pain for google.
Been a busy day at work! Got my contact into Google as of now. Here's a pic for anyone curious
It seems definitely that the overheating of the cpu has modified the structure of the lower layer of the lcd panel and the backlight has a different effect in that part of the screen.
hug66 said:
My one got the same problem, just ordered replacement.
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Mine looks exactly like yours! How did the replacement go/do? Are there any problems?
lc3necro said:
So, I've had my Nexus 5 since November 6th, and like most phones it gets warm when doing anything intensive. Now, I don't play very many games and really nothing too demanding. Perhaps the primary game I play which seems to warm my device up is the Simpsons Tapped Out game. All things aside, I never felt that my device got "too" warm. Battery temp never went above 100 F (37.7C) that I was able to determine, however there was most certainly a "spot" on the back located just below the camera and dead center of the device. This spot was mirrored onto the LCD area as well. Again, I never thought too much of it, however Friday night (November 16th) I noticed that when the screen was on, but showing a black or similarly dark background there was now a blue-ish circular / oval shape essentially "burned" into the screen. I don't know how else to describe it. This spot coincides directly with the location of the RAM / CPU combination on the internal board.
So, my question, has anyone else experienced distortion of their screen? Presently, while noticeable on dark screens, it's not overly damaging. However, I fear that continued normal use of the device may cause cumulative damage. I plan on contacting Google direct on Wednesday when I have some time due to work, but I'm also worried that due to the RAM / CPU placement, this may be a bigger issue than 1 unlucky phone. Perhaps improper heat shielding?
For the record, I am using the images from http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Nexus+5+Teardown/19016 to make my assumptions and conclusions
I appreciate any and all constructive comments!
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Are you 100% stock? i played Dead trigger 2 and TR2 yesterday for like 3 hours non stop the back of the phone was pretty warm but not blazing hot i check my screen using the app called LCD tester and i see no spots like on your device
if your 100% stock google added thermal limiting to the CPU witch could have prevented this.
I don't think it's the glue. It's probably just a bad CPU. Not all nexus 5 are created equal. Mine barely gets warm from playing 3d intensive games while on the charger so I'd just RMA yours.
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GGWC808 said:
I don't think it's the glue. It's probably just a bad CPU. Not all nexus 5 are created equal. Mine barely gets warm from playing 3d intensive games while on the charger so I'd just RMA yours.
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Like my device. Gets warm but not hot. If your 100% stock Google added thermal limiting I think it was due to this and not burning out the CPU
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blue spot
Hello i just wanted to say that i also have this problem though i do not have the blue spot where the cpu and the ram are located but just above the icon bar. How is this possible? Does the battery also get that hot?
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Been a busy day at work! Got my contact into Google as of now. Here's a pic for anyone curious
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Mine has this too but slightly lower and to the left.. Did you ever get an answer/ replacement from Google??
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To find out if it is screen burn, try standard screen burn reversal techniques. If it doesn't reverse at all, it's not burn
Bump, does anybody have an idea what this is? I'm considering an exchange b/c of this blue spot.. The spot seems to not be getting any bigger but it's still bugging me
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I know this is a dinosaur post that Im digging up but I have a similar issue and couldnt find much info on it.
Basically my Nexus 5 took a really bad fall from someone elses hand and the screen was fine except for a bit of light bleed and colour distortion which went away in the next morning
Now if I use a 2A charger or if I play on it for too long, screen gets a pinkish hue and a spot like this appears and the phone goes a bit hot but it goes back to normal later
doesnt always appear under normal use or if I use a 1A charger
Is this an LCD problem, overheating issue of cpu, motherboard issue or display ribbon?
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same thing happened to my Nexus 5 top right corner.. i Sold it and bought a new one. :good: