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Like, even just using it as a phone, it heats up. Is this normal?
I get the same thing, it gets really really really hot. When I use it as gps, or go online especially.
yeah, its normal. never heard of it not happening
I cooked breakfast on mine this morning.
I put mine in my pocket... made myself sterile.
Brendo said:
yeah, its normal. never heard of it not happening
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I've got a Fuze and it was white hot too. I took it back after about a week and just got a replacement. This new one is not heating up. Although now the problem I have with this one is the 3G connection is not as strong as it was before AND google maps doesn't work for sh!t!! I'm looking for a fix.
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Sounds like your 3G isn't really connecting, make sure you try all the forum posts on enabling and forcing 3G/HSDPA connections. Whenever I run mine on 3G it becomes a nice little hand warmer. Force it down to GPRS and it's not hot and has a useless data connection (but good for when the battery is almost dead).
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yeah, its normal. never heard of it not happening
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Normal? Extreme heat in an electronic device is normal? I don't think so. If any device you have is getting warm enough to be of concern TAKE IT BACK AND EXCHANGE IT!
BTW - mine doesn't get hot. I can feel warmth if it's charging, for instance, but I wouldn't call it hot.
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thehyecircus said:
Like, even just using it as a phone, it heats up. Is this normal?
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Pretty much yes they do especially when using heavy power draining functions ie: Wifi, GPS, etc.
Some of the claims here of cooking breakfast, becoming sterile maybe slightly over the top and I have never been actually burnt by the device. But I have yet to use a HTC device that did not get hot when using the above functions for a period of time.
Just my experience and I certainly would not be using one if it boiled my nuts.
It´s not normal for a electonic device to become that hot, some heat is normal but not EXTREME HEAT!
Try flashing another radio and see if that helps, if not then you should send it back for repair!
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branko.savic said:
It´s not normal for a electonic device to become that hot, some heat is normal but not EXTREME HEAT!
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mmmm, ever put something made of plastic near the heat exhaust vent on your laptop?? Most modern electronic devices that are based on a CPU generate exteme heat that is why they have cooling, heat sinks, etc.
I'm certainly not going to get into an argument about this but the bottom line here is that they do generate certain levels of heat. It definately should not be enough to burn you though.
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mmmm, ever put something made of plastic near the heat exhaust vent on your laptop?? Most modern electronic devices that are based on a CPU generate exteme heat that is why they have cooling, heat sinks, etc.
I'm certainly not going to get into an argument about this but the bottom line here is that they do generate certain levels of heat. It definately should not be enough to burn you though.
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Yes but a laptop has X amount more power then a phone! And you know, if the laptop didnt have a FAN to cool it down it would not last you even a few minutes!
However, our phones are designed without fans and are not supposed to get EXTREMLY HOT!
Let´s face it, no electronic device should get extremly hot, if it does then something is wrong, or something will be wrong with it soon!
Mine gets warm, but never hot even when using the GPS or wifi for over an hour. During a 20 minute telephone conversation it will get warm, but again not hot.
after 20 min of phone call, connected to wifi, on ac adapter, it got warm, never hot.
the hottest mine got was looking at vid porn via SkyFire browser. It looked really great... but oh man... the phone was sizzlin'.
Well I don't know if my phone is getting warm or hot. It's not an unpleasant warmth, just odd.
And Skyfire? I thought Opera Mobile was the preferred browser of choice.
My phone doesn't get extremely hot, mildly warm while surfing net over 3G, but that is it.
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Like, even just using it as a phone, it heats up. Is this normal?
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This is absolutely not normal and is one of the reasons i returned mine and went back to my Treo. I've used lots of high end phones and this is the first and only one that just starts toasting by itself when doing simple stuff.
Strange thing is that everyone i know with a T.P complains about the same thing. I could be watching Youtube for less than 5 mins and it starts boiling..what gives. I Youtube on my Treo (via Coreplayer) and it never gets hot.
I'd say this is a problem or issue with most of all T.Pro's. Sad really, such decent hardware specs.
I've also been experiencing heat coming from the back of the device, but only when I hold calls over around 15 minutes or if I'm using the internet extensively. I also notice it can create a good amount of heat when it charges. Usually when electronic devices have excessive heat it's due to a build up of dust.
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This is absolutely not normal and is one of the reasons i returned mine and went back to my Treo. I've used lots of high end phones and this is the first and only one that just starts toasting by itself when doing simple stuff.
Strange this is that everyone i know with a T.P complains about the same thing. I could be watching Youtube for less than 5 mins and it starts boiling..what gives. I Youtube on my Treo (via Coreplayer) and it never gets hot.
I'd say this is a problem or issue with most of all T.Pro's. Sad really, such decent hardware specs.
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So what am I to think? I have a few guys telling me NO! And the rest of you saying "It's normal" and ONE guy saying he exchanged his in and his new one DOES NOT GET HOT AT ALL!!!
what the hell!! I have like two weeks until my 30 days is up.
Ive noticed that my touch screen cant carousel when its about 38 degrees celcius. Wierd.
But if I let my phone cool a lil, it will spin just fine?
Do you think the heat may be causing the issue? I just dont get it. It works fine, then when gets hot, it gets weird. Then I let it cool and its fine again.
Anyone else think that the temp is the issue? Maybe stick yourself in front of a fan or Air conditioner and test? I know for me, every time the phone is cool its fine, USUALLY, then when it heats up it becomes less responsive.
ANYWAY I got a replacement coming on the 5th, I had wifi issues, screen issues, dead pixels, dust and a weird bulge on the phone under the battery cover. Weird.
EDIT: I guess I could have used the existing threads I just thought this could use its own, If not my bad.
Well, I noticed that if you swipe really fast on one screen, without moving between home screens, it will always spin.
Just swipe really fast.
About the heat, it only reaches 27 maybe 28 here in Seattle, but I have been out with the phone for a few hours under the sun. No issues so far.
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Well, I noticed that if you swipe really fast on one screen, without moving between home screens, it will always spin.
Just swipe really fast.
About the heat, it only reaches 27 maybe 28 here in Seattle, but I have been out with the phone for a few hours under the sun. No issues so far.
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27 or 28? celciuS? while browsing and 4g on? wow thats low. Mine with screen off, doing nothing on 2g is like 32 degrees...
HMMMM. I love this phone, I can even deal with the shotty wifi, Ill just get a booster, but this screen dealio is weird, I want to figure it out.
Also if I swype fast when hot, it wont spin, when its cool it spins. I think maybe some of us just have too hot of devices. Im not sure.
Aahhh...so THAT'S what it is...
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Hello, I got a new HTC sensation a few days ago and I've noticed an odd problem with my screen. I've heard of the overheating battery, but for me that isn't the problem. Oddly enough the only thing that overheats is the actual touchscreen, mainly the bottom portion with the haptic feedback buttons. The screen only overheats if the phone is in use for a period of time, but if it's sleeping then it stays cool. I just wanted to know if this is common and if I should be concerned with it.
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Hello, I got a new HTC sensation a few days ago and I've noticed an odd problem with my screen. I've heard of the overheating battery, but for me that isn't the problem. Oddly enough the only thing that overheats is the actual touchscreen, mainly the bottom portion with the haptic feedback buttons. The screen only overheats if the phone is in use for a period of time, but if it's sleeping then it stays cool. I just wanted to know if this is common and if I should be concerned with it.
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idk if its a problem or not but mine does the same thing too
Phew, glad I'm not the only one. I'm just worried if it might damage the circuitry inside since the screen can get pretty hot.
I got the sensation yesterday. Was dissapointed at how fast it heats up there. but I have to say, compared to my g1 and n1 it cools down reaaallyyy fast!
The dual core cpu is behind there, thats why
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I had the same issue and after looking at the screen brightness I noticed that it was not on Automatic, changed the settings and it’s noticeably cooler.
It's actually the battery not the CPU that heats up
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Yes it is common mine does the same and it heats up faster when playing HD games but when serfing the web it doesn't heat up at the bottom of the screen
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sinmantx said:
I had the same issue and after looking at the screen brightness I noticed that it was not on Automatic, changed the settings and it’s noticeably cooler.
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same here, even though i'd set it to automatic previously
shadowblade12 said:
Hello, I got a new HTC sensation a few days ago and I've noticed an odd problem with my screen. I've heard of the overheating battery, but for me that isn't the problem. Oddly enough the only thing that overheats is the actual touchscreen, mainly the bottom portion with the haptic feedback buttons. The screen only overheats if the phone is in use for a period of time, but if it's sleeping then it stays cool. I just wanted to know if this is common and if I should be concerned with it.
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For me the issue of screen was never there, it only appeared yesterday (its been more than a month since i bought my sensation). Yesterday i was playing a game and the battery was at 8 % so i plugged the charger and kept playing for another 15 minutes. When i exited the game and then after 5 minutes i checked i found that screen's bottom portion was heated up and not working properly. Launching other applications and doing weird stuff. I checked the temperature and it was at 40, i let it cool down and when temperature reached 37, the screen has become less hot and it started working properly and is fine since then.
The only thing that i m worried abt is if that heating might have caused some permanent damage to screen.
Have any of you owned an android device before? Pretty much all of the ones i have had heat up ESPECIALLY When connected to wifi,charging and playing games.~Only difference is this one has more than TWICE THE POWER of any of my old devices, i would worry if it didnt get hot.Just my 2 cents
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Have any of you owned an android device before? Pretty much all of the ones i have had heat up ESPECIALLY When connected to wifi,charging and playing games.~Only difference is this one has more than TWICE THE POWER of any of my old devices, i would worry if it didnt get hot.Just my 2 cents
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I have owned a fair few phones and had every android t-mobiles released in my hand for at least 48 hours and non show heat problems like some of these devices.. i think when the undervolting is done and a scalling the problem is decreased.. But my first sensation died while on charge and was stupidly hot round the touch buttons.. My second sensation hardly gets hot but is now awaiting UPS to take it in for a power button repair..
The architecture of the chip and the expected heat output should not cause the other components of the phone or the chip die to critically fail.. These are the first generation dual core cpu's and I am sure they will learn by the mistakes made with having the ariel's etc in the wrong places.. shame we have to be guinea pigs.. Will be good to see if they have took notice and the XE doesnt suffer some of the issues..
the back cover issue has certainly beeen attempted to be address'd they have 3 revisions of it out so far...
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the back cover issue has certainly beeen attempted to be address'd they have 3 revisions of it out so far...
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3 revisions? Wat?
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3 revisions? Wat?
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yeah, I have 3 covers all with different revision numbers and holes in different places.... also one screw in a different place.... not sure the relevance of that can show u a pic of 2 of them if u like
your concerns are also being discuss in an earlier thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1154537
I just bought Samsung Skyrocket phone from ATT, initially after about 20 mins of video or voice chat phone was getting really heat up at the back by the camera. I exchanged the device but still the same issue. Is this just how Skyrocket works or is there a setting which can be changed? It is getting heat up than normal phone
Mines been fine. The only tome it'll her hot is if I'm playing gta + charging the phone.
Or if I'm talking + charging; and even then its after like 5 minutes of use
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They get warm under constant use. Make sure your battery is seated well. If it causes issues with the phone exchange it again, otherwise I think it is normal for these phones.
Any phone will get warm (not hot) with prolonged use. My inebriated girlfriend kept me on the phone for 2.5 hours last night. I wouldn't say it was ever more than "warm." By no means uncomfortable.
Same problem. After 15 mins of talk time i wouldn't be able to hold the phone close to my ears. I don't two devices can be wrong, its probably something wrong with the manufacturing of Skyrocket. I am very disappointed and returning this back unless someone here has a trick to reduce that heating? Thanks
Try charging and running GPS at the same time, and you can cook your hand. I was guiding my wife yesterday trying to find car dealers and with the phone plugged into a car charger + running GPS, I had to set it down because it was getting too hot to hold.
Doesn't seem much different from any other phone I've used GPS extensively on, other than it got to those temps a lot faster than most. I mostly figured that was related to the fact that it's such a thin device.
If I use navigation while I'm driving, it gets more than warm.
If I charge it while navigating, it definitely gets really hot. I believe it may even overheat and the GPS turns itself off temporarily for a minute.
It gets warm during phone conversations.
Other than that, it stays cool doing anything else like playing a video for even hours.
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If I use navigation while I'm driving, it gets more than warm.
If I charge it while navigating, it definitely gets really hot. I believe it may even overheat and the GPS turns itself off temporarily for a minute.
It gets warm during phone conversations.
Other than that, it stays cool doing anything else like playing a video for even hours.
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Hmmm...then really whats the point in having this phone when other phones do not have this pbm
have not had any issues with the phone, only been warm when tethering via hotspot
Mine gets pretty toasty when charging and talking and using GPS, but I've got a case on it as well (which probably isn't great for the battery) but I don't notice the heat as much because of the case.
Check your actual battery temperature and see what it is when it is warm and post the results here
Mine gets warm if it's sitting in my pocket in an area w/ spotty connection. Needless to say, my battery also drains very rapidly when this happens, too.
dumb question..how do i check?
Mine gets heated under extensive use...I used wifi and slacker for 3 he's and if was warm.
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I tried the following:
i) rooted the phone
ii) removed all att apps
iii)disabled 4g
Used for 15 mins to make a call, still same issue it gets rediculously hot. I can say for sure it is definitely gets hot than a normal phone.
Wanted to give ONE last try, exchanged the phone at att store and this phone also had same issue. I gave up and returned the phone. I might get a S-2.
I would just wait...at this point there are at least 3-6 new devices coming out and the sr and s2 will be old news
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I tried the following:
i) rooted the phone
ii) removed all att apps
iii)disabled 4g
Used for 15 mins to make a call, still same issue it gets rediculously hot. I can say for sure it is definitely gets hot than a normal phone.
Wanted to give ONE last try, exchanged the phone at att store and this phone also had same issue. I gave up and returned the phone. I might get a S-2.
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I got a new skyrocket from AT&T and have exactly same issue - when I try to use GPS and talk on the phone while driving, it gets really hot.
Exchanged 2nd time Yesterday & if it continues, need to get something else -- surprisingly all the sales guys in the att store say that they haven't heard this problem :-(
I hear you guys complain about it but I no have teh issue
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See the problem is, because of the nature of smartphones, and that android is actually a linux os, many problems people face are'nt actually hardware problems. They are problems caused by installed apps and settings the user themself had done. Dumbphones, blackberrys and iPhones lock off this functionality, which is y I don't consider them a computer in ur hand, android is. That being said it is both a blessing and curse, this flexibility we have
Lucidmike said:
If I use navigation while I'm driving, it gets more than warm.
If I charge it while navigating, it definitely gets really hot. I believe it may even overheat and the GPS turns itself off temporarily for a minute.
It gets warm during phone conversations.
Other than that, it stays cool doing anything else like playing a video for even hours.
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Same here. Navigation while charging in the car gets very warm on mine.
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Guys, I would like to know if any of you are having the same experience that I am having right now.
My Samsung Galaxy S3 is overheating to a point that it can burn me a little if I have it inside my pocket.
Is this normal for a device that's not even rooted?
Some people told me to give it back but I would like to know first, cause I seriously hate talking to these people from the help desk.
Any help will be appreciated
Dunno - i've been playing a lot of games ( glwg, asphalt 7, shadowgun etc...) web browsing, pdf editing and viewing and generally using it for what it can do.
Haven't had any overheating problems in the few weeks i've had it, been using that way both in an otterbox defender and naked.
I've seen here and there others mentioning overheating issues but i've yet to experience them firsthand.
My last device suffered some painful to the touch overheating issues which were completely solved by ditching the stock battery and going with an aftermarket one. I've also seen some reference to this being a fix here too.
Not having overheating issues and having been pleasantly surprised with the life of the stock battery for the screen size of the device, I haven't gone aftermarket yet so can't give a firsthand account of how that helps, if at all, but figured i'd toss out what little i've seen so far.
I haven't had any major battery issues until this weekend. I used Google Navigation for 4 hours in the car while charging. I was only 10 – 15 minutes away from my destination when my phone shut itself off...when I needed it most! I tried rebooting...nothing.
I haven't experienced any issues with my S3. However on my previous Galaxy Nexus I did, once the cause was a bad rom/kernel combination the other time later on the battery just gave up on me. I called Verizon and asked for a battery replacement...I told them that I have used another battery of my wife's phone since she owned the same device at the time and with her battery the phone would work just fine without over-heating. The Verizon support guy sent me an extended battery for the inconvenience. I'm always lucky Verizon. Hope this helps.
I have.....not really concerned...bc i had that same problem with my og evo 4g and 3d......
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When you sell over 10 million of them a few are bound to be bad (heck 1% failure rate gives 100,000 bad batteries). That said it doesn't seem to be a common problem so I would definitely hold out for a free (to you) replacement.
I find my phone gets hot when I'm in low service areas.. I would venture to guess it's a radio issue..
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shadowhacker27 said:
Guys, I would like to know if any of you are having the same experience that I am having right now.
My Samsung Galaxy S3 is overheating to a point that it can burn me a little if I have it inside my pocket.
Is this normal for a device that's not even rooted?
Some people told me to give it back but I would like to know first, cause I seriously hate talking to these people from the help desk.
Any help will be appreciated
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During about a 10 min email \ web visit with my S3 after a workout, I noticed that the phone was physically hot, to the point I thought it might be too hot. This, coupled with a "no sim" message today, at random, and some crappy battery life, is driving me to visit the local verizon store tomorrow and get it exchanged, just in case. (still in the 14 day window)
Will let you know if it's any better for me.
This is a common problem?
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This is a common problem?
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The "no sim" message is, but I can't seem to find a real fix that will work in the US yet. I have seen cell towers blamed to sim cards not being clean to wifi screwing with things. So, I am not sure what really is the root of the problem.
With regards to heat, not sure. It feels like it's hotter than it should be, with normal use. Hotter than my iPad gets with constant use.
I only feel my phone getting slightly warm after playing games for a while. But that happened with my last two smartphones so I'm not really concerned. About as warm as my DInc2 and nowhere near as hot as my LG smartphone.
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My S3 gets a little warm playing games for hours.
When I download torrents for hours, does this thing get HOT. Specifically the bottom half of the phone. Almost uncomfortable to touch.
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I have the same problem...
the only thing to have had my phone get really hot was a different charger. Have you been using a different charger lately?
Reminds me of how hot my rezound used to get when they were first released.
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I haven't had any heating issues except the fact that it gets hot in my pocket when its really hot out, I've had a replacment since the last time that happened and no heat issues since.
hell my screen just whent out, 2nd s3 i know thats done that. mine and my brother n laws.
No problems here running latest cm10.
I exchanged my initial S3 today at the local Verizon store. I explained it was running hot, the battery life was abysmal, and I had the dreaded "no sim". The salesman and manager started to explain to me there was an update and they couldn't fix it... for about five minutes, until I asked if they could explain how the 14 day return policy worked. They immediately said mine was DOA and would be happy to give me a new phone. Five minutes after I got home from the store, I got a "no sim" message... starting to think its definitely a cell tower \ verizon software issue. Oddly enough, my battery drain is a lot better, so it wasn't all for naught!
My phone does get pretty warm at school, but I chalk that up to having terrible service while indoors. Other than that, it doesn't get that hot.