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When playing a certain game, Card ace casino, my phone gets pretty hot, around 60-65 Celsius. My friend says her palm pre (not even an android device) also gets hot playing this game. Is 60-65 too hot (causing damage?) or is it okay? The phone feels pretty hot, but not so hot you can't touch it. The battery isn't as hot, so I don't think it's causing damage to the battery. I did just turn off force gpu rendering to see if it will help, as I heard the GPU causes many of the heat issues. At the moment, while plugged into the wall, it's idling at about 50 C
Is it actually a really graphics intensive game?? Hard to imagine a game like that would be. Maybe it's just horrendously written.
You can try downclocking your cpu/gpu to see if the game is still fluid to play. Or adb into it while playing to see what your loads are (or enable the overlay in the develop section).
MusicMan374 said:
When playing a certain game, Card ace casino, my phone gets pretty hot, around 60-65 Celsius. My friend says her palm pre (not even an android device) also gets hot playing this game. Is 60-65 too hot (causing damage?) or is it okay? The phone feels pretty hot, but not so hot you can't touch it. The battery isn't as hot, so I don't think it's causing damage to the battery. I did just turn off force gpu rendering to see if it will help, as I heard the GPU causes many of the heat issues. At the moment, while plugged into the wall, it's idling at about 50 C
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That should be normal, thats the problem with phones with metal backs, metal absorbs heat. Underclocking should help a bit but theres nothing wrong with the phone. Happens to me all the time.
No, its not a graphics intensive game at all but I had force gpu rendering ticked in development so i was curious if that was it. Thanks for the reassurance, it just sounded like a high temp to me. When my last sensation overheated to 75 it caused a bright spot in the screen (T-Mobile warrantied it). Don't want that to happen again. It is a very poorly written app, there aren't even hdpi graphics for it but its the only way I can play with my friend. I still reach temps of 60 while playing angry birds though, so it must just be the way the sensation is built.
MusicMan374 said:
No, its not a graphics intensive game at all but I had force gpu rendering ticked in development so i was curious if that was it. Thanks for the reassurance, it just sounded like a high temp to me. When my last sensation overheated to 75 it caused a bright spot in the screen (T-Mobile warrantied it). Don't want that to happen again. It is a very poorly written app, there aren't even hdpi graphics for it but its the only way I can play with my friend. I still reach temps of 60 while playing angry birds though, so it must just be the way the sensation is built.
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As time goes on I think all HTC phones overeat and unless they do something about it the overheating will just become more prominent. Turning down your brightness usually helps FYI
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Only for i9505.
Hey guys!
I've been experimenting a lot with my S4 and I figured out why many games lag...
The reason is that my gpu clock drops from max clock I set, to 320mhz once the temperature reaches 68C!
Some may say, this doesn't happen because the gpu doesn't thermal throttle on the S4 like on the HTC One...
Well...I used performance governor which is supposed to keep the gpu clock to the max at all times, and guess what?
When the temperature reached 68C my gpu clock went down to 320mhz even with performance governor!
How is that possible...?
Performance governor can't throttle down!
Thermal throttling is to blame. (or something else, that doesn't care about governors? )
It's not a coincidence this happened at exactly 68C like before.
(If anyone wants to argue with me about this I'd appreciate if he/she doesn't spam my thread for the love of god and pm me.)
Anyway, enough with the prologue..
This was a royal pain in the ass for me because I almost regret selling my silky smooth S3.
After tons of random searching and messing with the system of my phone I found the solution!
Here it is!
Sell your S4!
Nah, I'm just joking!
It's a great phone.
Here's the real solution:
I set
/sys/devices/platform/kgsl-3d0.0/kgsl/kgsl-3d0/min_pwrlevel
to 0 out of curiosity, which controls the lowest power level, or clock, that the gpu will use.
By default it's set at 4.
Since max was already 0 which means it's the highest value I set min to 0 too, and guess what?
The gpu clock remained at my set max, 504mhz, all the time, even after 68C!
Tried three games I know this problem happened and all three worked at 504mhz!
(for pure information, it was Modern Combat 4, Gangstar, and Asphalt 8)
How can you try it?
I've attached two scripts, one that sets the value to 0 and uses max gpu frequency all the time and one that sets the value to 4 so that the gpu can use the lower clock states again!
For Script Manager Users, free
Use script manager as root to run these widgets and I'd recommend you put two widgets on the home screen!
One for the first script enabling this tweak, and one for the second that disables it.
For Tasker Users, need to pay
If you have tasker you could use it too and set it to run the content of the first script as root at every heavy game and enable the tweak automatically, after that use tasker again to run the content of the second script when you go to your home screen (or anything else you want to set) and disable the tweak automatically!
Beware!I will not responsible if you damage your hardware!
Recommended prerequisites:
- Custom kernel preferably ktoonsez's or ausdim's, but any kernel with undervolt and thermal throttling control support will do.
Increased heat may be produced after doing this, so I recommend you to undervolt at least a little to reduce the overall heat, plus increase the thermal throttling limits too to prevent the cpu throttling down.
I use 85 as start limit and 82 as stop limit but you don't have to use my values.
I just find them safe enough and high enough so that they don't interfere with my games.
Try it and report back, many games are way smoother now, at least for me.
I'll be waiting for your results!
Have a nice day guys!
P.S. If you need to tune even more your device, take a look at my personal settings found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=45103847&postcount=1106
The gaming profiles are set at 1242mhz min now, not 1458mhz like before, because the gpu clocks work properly now the cpu doesn't need that much boost to avoid lag.
And the gpu clock I use now is 504mhz instead of the stock 450mhz in the link.
That's it!
You said that the gpu clock remained at my set max, 504mhz, all the time, even after 68C, but you didn't say how hot it got.
Did it get hotter than that? I'm a bit wary of frying the board to squeeze out a few extra frames on my device, but that's just me.
Haw much does it take you to reach 68° ? I have the 9500 version and i didnt face that problem yet.. it s going warm but doesnt lag
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donalgodon said:
You said that the gpu clock remained at my set max, 504mhz, all the time, even after 68C, but you didn't say how hot it got.
Did it get hotter than that? I'm a bit wary of frying the board to squeeze out a few extra frames on my device, but that's just me.
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You won't don't worry.
Both the cpu and gpu have a tolerance up to 100C, plus the system automatically shuts down before reaching critical high temperature.
For me it didn't get much hotter, only a few degrees.
You can monitor the frequencies and temperature with the Qualcomm Trepn Profiler which is an advanced free monitoring app for Qualcomm devices:
https://developer.qualcomm.com/mobile-development/performance-tools/trepn-profiler
or
you can use this app by senior member @rlorange which is much simpler and gets the job done just right:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=44953638&postcount=3547
3ayachi said:
Haw much does it take you to reach 68° ? I have the 9500 version and i didnt face that problem yet.. it s going warm but doesnt lag
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Sorry but this is not for the i9500, this is the first thing I wrote.
I don't even know if this happens on your device mate.
Anyway, it doesn't take much, play a heavy game for a few minutes an you'll reach 68C.
Updated link with my settings, now it's correct.
Sorry about that.
Is it possible to change this value without a reboot ? Like in a small app for example ?
Hey buddy...juz chk yu are having any thermald file under /system/etc...??
thanks mate!! It's working perfectly
So this won't work with a rooted s4 on stock rom and kernel?
If not I'm returning my phone. I played vice city today and the lag was terrible. I've only had this phone for two days and I'm dissatisfied with verizon and samsung for gimping it and then locking it down.
imo, companies advertising the power of their chips is false advertising when they set temperature throttle so low
crazysoccerman said:
So this won't work with a rooted s4 on stock rom and kernel?
If not I'm returning my phone. I played vice city today and the lag was terrible. I've only had this phone for two days and I'm dissatisfied with verizon and samsung for gimping it and then locking it down.
imo, companies advertising the power of their chips is false advertising when they set temperature throttle so low
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No mate, I'm sorry.
But good news is Samsung WILL fix your phone no matter knox 0x0 or 0x1.
(confirmed)
So flash your device and try again!
I must agree, companies are full of crap when advertising their products, it's so furstrating!
This throttling issue happens with any device, including iDevices.
Bootloader is locked. Most likely forever.
Don't have MDK so I cant loki.
Even with safestrap (which doesn't work for my MJ7) you can't flash custom kernels.
This phone is going back :good:
I'm going back to my trusty gnex for now. It would probably play GTA better at s4 resolution because I overclocked it and disabled thermal throttling.
Maybe I'll get a g2 with loki support...
Either way, I would like to give a Linus Torvalds Salute™ to samsung and verizon.
Too bad. :/
Wait for some exynos device or anyone with custom cpu/gpu because qualcomm imho isn't good enough.
I got this to work on my s4. Are there similar settings I can modify to prevent cpu throttling?
Edit: cpu throttling settings exist. But it wasn't throttling... it was changing governer and minimum frequency.
I set the governer to performance with root explorer and it's working perfectly.
Thanks op for the location of the gpu settings. There was no way I would have found it without your post.
I've tested it (works fine) but I have the feeling that somehow the phone is too warm
crazysoccerman said:
I got this to work on my s4. Are there similar settings I can modify to prevent cpu throttling?
Edit: cpu throttling settings exist. But it wasn't throttling... it was changing governer and minimum frequency.
I set the governer to performance with root explorer and it's working perfectly.
Thanks op for the location of the gpu settings. There was no way I would have found it without your post.
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btmz said:
I've tested it (works fine) but I have the feeling that somehow the phone is too warm
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Glad it worked guys!
Well, the temperature will definitely increase because of the increased gpu clock speed, but as long as cpu throttling temp is <=85 you should be fine.
That's what I've been searching for all day, I knew this device can handle those games, but the random stuttering was painful.
It lowers the GPU to 128 MHz, I measured that when I played Apshalt 8 and got my TricksterMod set in background. When the game dropped massive FPS I switched to Trickster and saw that the GPU is running 128 MHz, shocking. Ktoon's kernel has a touch boost which works nicely but Asphalt 8 is a racing game that uses the sensors to steer and so I did not touch my screen so often and I need that.
You sir deserve a medal.
GlossGhost said:
That's what I've been searching for all day, I knew this device can handle those games, but the random stuttering was painful.
It lowers the GPU to 128 MHz, I measured that when I played Apshalt 8 and got my TricksterMod set in background. When the game dropped massive FPS I switched to Trickster and saw that the GPU is running 128 MHz, shocking. Ktoon's kernel has a touch boost which works nicely but Asphalt 8 is a racing game that uses the sensors to steer and so I did not touch my screen so often and I need that.
You sir deserve a medal.
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Thanks man!
I knew something was off the minute I started playing modern combat 3 and saw the same performance as my S3.
I researched quite a bit and found this in the end.
I even got in an argument with a guy at ausdim's kernel thread about this because he was saying I was talking nonsense and he wanted proof in order to believe me.
Well, here it is.
nfsmw_gr said:
Thanks man!
I knew something was off the minute I started playing modern combat 3 and saw the same performance as my S3.
I researched quite a bit and found this in the end.
I even got in an argument with a guy at ausdim's kernel thread about this because he was saying I was talking nonsense and he wanted proof in order to believe me.
Well, here it is.
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Ah, yeah no one can say to me that the games run buttery smooth without any modification.
A game does not run smooth on 128 MHz.
And all those amateur reboot your device and etc... They are complete nonsense.
I want ask a thing before flashing... Is this only an unlock and gpu scales the frequencies as it needs or I have always gpu freq at max on depending on what I'm doing? I hope this only unlock the max frequency otherwise became e battery drainer hack! Tell me guy!
From universe with my gs4 snapdragon powered!
will try it, nice work!
Well, I guess it's pretty normal if a phone gets hot while playing hardcore games.
But is it supposed to get this hot while playing games? Sometimes, just by playing Plants Vs. Zombies 2, the phone gets really hot (hotter on the camera part of the phone) that makes it unplayable due to the hotness that makes the camera part untouchable (or I'll get hurt)
I'm asking if this is normal, and if it happens to you guys.
I'm new here btw, so go easy on me
Love ya
warlynx said:
Well, I guess it's pretty normal if a phone gets hot while playing hardcore games.
But it is supposed to get this hot while playing games? Sometimes, just by playing Plants Vs. Zombies 2, the phone gets really hot (hotter on the camera part of the phone) that makes it unplayable due to the hotness that makes the camera part untouchable (or I'll get hurt)
I'm asking if this is normal, and if it happens to you guys.
I'm new here btw, so go easy on me
Love ya
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Not to be rude but does it really get that hot that you feel like you'll get hurt? I've played games before and the phone has gotten warm like all other phones I've ever owned but hot enough to "hurt me" I haven't noticed.
What I can say is that it's possible that the software (either CM11s ROM or the game you're playing) isn't fully optimized to run on the OPO so it may have the processor working extra hard when it shouldn't have to.
Remember we're basically beta testing this lovely gem so a lot of bugs and such are to be expected since the phone isn't officially open to the public.
OuncE718 said:
Not to be rude but does it really get that hot that you feel like you'll get hurt? I've played games before and the phone has gotten warm like all other phones I've ever owned but hot enough to "hurt me" I haven't noticed.
What I can say is that it's possible that the software (either CM11s ROM or the game you're playing) isn't fully optimized to run on the OPO so it may have the processor working extra hard when it shouldn't have to.
Remember we're basically beta testing this lovely gem so a lot of bugs and such are to be expected since the phone isn't officially open to the public.
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Well, first of all, it does not happen with just Plants Vs Zombies 2, I gave that game as an example because I usually play more-demanding games (not saying that pvz2 is not a demanding game, actually, i have no idea)
And answering your question, yes, it does get hot enough to hurt me, since the camera part is where it really gets hot, and there is a metal/plastic (yes i can't distinguish, i suck) piece on the camera that when it gets hot, is really untouchable, reaching the point where it hurts by touching it.
Oh, thanks for your reply
I don't have it but then again I can't really talk since I'm not on stock ROM/Kernel. I'm using a custom rom/kernel which uses different algorithms to thermal throttling which keeps the phone nice and cold or not as warm.
Depends on where you are too, if you're playing it outside and its really warm (it is Summer) then yeah.
zephiK said:
I don't have it but then again I can't really talk since I'm not on stock ROM/Kernel. I'm using a custom rom/kernel which uses different algorithms to thermal throttling which keeps the phone nice and cold or not as warm.
Depends on where you are too, if you're playing it outside and its really warm (it is Summer) then yeah.
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Uhm, yes, it's truth that i'm using stock ROM, but i can assure that the current weather on my place has nothing to do with it getting really hot or not.
warlynx said:
Well, first of all, it does not happen with just Plants Vs Zombies 2, I gave that game as an example because I usually play more-demanding games (not saying that pvz2 is not a demanding game, actually, i have no idea)
And answering your question, yes, it does get hot enough to hurt me, since the camera part is where it really gets hot, and there is a metal/plastic (yes i can't distinguish, i suck) piece on the camera that when it gets hot, is really untouchable, reaching the point where it hurts by touching it.
Oh, thanks for your reply
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Yeah, my OPO gets this hot as well when I'm playing XCOM--the only "demanding" game I have on it at the moment. When I play other games, or during other normal usage it stays relatively cool. It gets a bit warm when charging, but that's expected from this charger.
I only just got it yesterday morning, so have only had limited testing time, but I'm getting the same thing with the front and back of the phone getting very hot, and the metal piece on the camera getting painfully hot (I have to watch how I hold it so I don't accidently touch it). I wasplaying XCOM for about an hour (the length of my train ride home) and it was hot pretty much from the start. After that hour the game finally crashed... I started it back up and within 5 min it crashed again. Guess that means it's getting throttled?
I'll be testing it again on my ride home later.
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warlynx said:
Uhm, yes, it's truth that i'm using stock ROM, but i can assure that the current weather on my place has nothing to do with it getting really hot or not.
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I'm using stock rom too.
Yep, it does get very hot while playing, mainly around the camera area, doesnt really bother me, I guess that with a case you wouldnt even feel it.
What do you expect? This device, like any computing device, when put under CPU load is going to generate heat, it's computing 101 guys. This is why PC's have cooling fans.
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What do you expect? This device, like any computing device, when put under CPU load is going to generate heat, it's computing 101 guys. This is why PC's have cooling fans.
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Yeah, but when we decide to buy a high-end phone, with a really good GPU and CPU, we expect some kind of use to it. Since, in my opinion, having a good GPU, means that we can play high demanding games, and watch some cool high quality movies. I personally want this phone mainly to play those kind of games, that was actually the purpose of buying this phone: knowing that i can play any kind of game i throw at it.
So yeah, I agree that like any computing device, it's normal to get hot. But is it supposed to get so hot, even hurting the holder just because he's playing Plants Vs Zombies 2 for 10 minutes? This issue kinda beats the purpose of having a great GPU. It has a great GPU yeah, but what's the purpose of having it if it overheats the phone?
warlynx said:
Yeah, but when we decide to buy a high-end phone, with a really good GPU and CPU, we expect some kind of use to it. Since, in my opinion, having a good GPU, means that we can play high demanding games, and watch some cool high quality movies. I personally want this phone mainly to play those kind of games, that was actually the purpose of buying this phone: knowing that i can play any kind of game i throw at it.
So yeah, I agree that like any computing device, it's normal to get hot. But is it supposed to get so hot, even hurting the holder just because he's playing Plants Vs Zombies 2 for 10 minutes? This issue kinda beats the purpose of having a great GPU. It has a great GPU yeah, but what's the purpose of having it if it overheats the phone?
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You bring up a lot of good points. Its just the way the phone's thermal driver operates. Alternatively, you can switch to a kernel that operates their thermal driver differently.
What is a thermal driver?
The generic thermal sysfs provides a set of interfaces for thermal zone devices (sensors) and thermal cooling devices (fan, processor...) to register with the thermal management solution and to be a part of it.
https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/thermal/sysfs-api.txt
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Basically its responsible for keeping your device nice and cool. Third party kernels such as: Franco, AK kernel, furnace and various custom ROM kernels have a modified thermal driver which can help with your phone overheating. For instance, using Franco Kernel he has his own thermal driver and also removes Qualcomm's mpdecision with his own hotplugging algorithm (powering cores 3/4 on or off depending on the load). You can also downclock your phone using these kernels (as well on stock) to lower the performance of your phone so that it does not heat up but also meet a balance of your phone not lagging with the lower clock.
Other thermal drivers include: Faux's Intellithermal and so forth.
warlynx said:
Yeah, but when we decide to buy a high-end phone, with a really good GPU and CPU, we expect some kind of use to it. Since, in my opinion, having a good GPU, means that we can play high demanding games, and watch some cool high quality movies. I personally want this phone mainly to play those kind of games, that was actually the purpose of buying this phone: knowing that i can play any kind of game i throw at it.
So yeah, I agree that like any computing device, it's normal to get hot. But is it supposed to get so hot, even hurting the holder just because he's playing Plants Vs Zombies 2 for 10 minutes? This issue kinda beats the purpose of having a great GPU. It has a great GPU yeah, but what's the purpose of having it if it overheats the phone?
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Fair enough, but your high end CPU and GPU are performing as they should be, and because there is no physical cooling system on your phone it's going to get hot. Just because it's a high end device it doesn't mean it shouldn't get hot. The fact that it has such high spec components actually suggests that it'd heat up more than your average phone. By your logic, a high end gaming PC shouldn't heat up, but we know that isn't the case.
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Fair enough, but your high end CPU and GPU are performing as they should be, and because there is no physical cooling system on your phone it's going to get hot. Just because it's a high end device it doesn't mean it shouldn't get hot. The fact that it has such high spec components actually suggests that it'd heat up more than your average phone. By your logic, a high end gaming PC shouldn't heat up, but we know that isn't the case.
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Adding to your point... a high end gaming laptop ... yeah a highend gaming PC heats up but its not as obvious, at least not for some people unless they're on air cooling and can hear the fans. A highend gaming laptop or any multimedia laptop playing games would heat up whatever surface its laying on as well as blowing out hot air.
My point still stands as stated before if OP doesn't want his phone to get "super" hot during games, flash a custom kernel, buy FKU and set up a per-app-mode, I can play PvZ 2 and can downclock it down to 1.5-1.7 (or even lower) without any lag. Just play around with it to get to that sweet spot where you find a balance between performance and battery as well as having your phone not heat up as much as stock.
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Adding to your point... a high end gaming laptop ... yeah a highend gaming PC heats up but its not as obvious, at least not for some people unless they're on air cooling and can hear the fans. A highend gaming laptop or any multimedia laptop playing games would heat up whatever surface its laying on as well as blowing out hot air.
My point still stands as stated before if OP doesn't want his phone to get "super" hot during games, flash a custom kernel, buy FKU and set up a per-app-mode, I can play PvZ 2 and can downclock it down to 1.5-1.7 (or even lower) without any lag. Just play around with it to get to that sweet spot where you find a balance between performance and battery as well as having your phone not heat up as much as stock.
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Thanks for your reply and for presenting me some solutions, but I forgot to mention that I flashed Paranoid Android already, and from my knowledge, I think I read that it has Franco's Kernel already, so there's no need to flash it, i suppose (correct me if wrong)?
And even flashing that custom ROM, the problem still persists. So, I guess the only solution is to downclock the phone while playing those games.
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Thanks for your reply and for presenting me some solutions, but I forgot to mention that I flashed Paranoid Android already, and from my knowledge, I think I read that it has Franco's Kernel already, so there's no need to flash it, i suppose (correct me if wrong)?
And even flashing that custom ROM, the problem still persists. So, I guess the only solution is to downclock the phone while playing those games.
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I'm not too familiar with that, I know Franco is on PA's team but their kernel probably isn't 100% Franco Kernel. I could be wrong on this, I am not fully familiar with the situation but you might as well just flash Franco Kernel over it just so you're safe. If you have his FKU app then you can set Per-App-Mode as I mentioned previously.
Custom ROM isn't going to help your phone be "cooler" in temperature. Its on the kernel side of things. You'll need to downclock the phone accordingly on CPU frequency and GPU frequency. I was able to play 1.2-1.7GHz with 330 MHz on GPU. Don't take what I post for granted though, you'll need to sit down and try it out yourself to get the balance between temperature and performance.
At the end of the day, you'll also squeeze out more battery life playing the game too so thats always nice. Lowered temperatures and additional battery life? :victory:
warlynx said:
Well, I guess it's pretty normal if a phone gets hot while playing hardcore games.
But is it supposed to get this hot while playing games? Sometimes, just by playing Plants Vs. Zombies 2, the phone gets really hot (hotter on the camera part of the phone) that makes it unplayable due to the hotness that makes the camera part untouchable (or I'll get hurt)
I'm asking if this is normal, and if it happens to you guys.
I'm new here btw, so go easy on me
Love ya
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Yes, mine gets too damn hot as well, to the point of burning my fingers, and I was not gaming, just browsing the internet while charging...
It even smells like "hot laptop" and even in the morning, after being charging and off all night, it was still hot...
Also, on my side pocket, I could feel it's heat on my leg while driving...
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Yes, mine gets too damn hot as well, to the point of burning my fingers, and I was not gaming, just browsing the internet while charging...
It even smells like "hot laptop" and even in the morning, after being charging and off all night, it was still hot...
Also, on my side pocket, I could feel it's heat on my leg while driving...
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It's probably not a great idea to leave your phone on charge all night. You can't overcharge it, but the more time the battery spends at the peak voltage (4.2v) the faster it will degrade. Just a tip.
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It's probably not a great idea to leave your phone on charge all night. You can't overcharge it, but the more time the battery spends at the peak voltage (4.2v) the faster it will degrade. Just a tip.
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Have to check ao much time it will take to reach 100% and then switch it off via timer or such, but I never had this problem with other phones.
Also the OPO charger it's rated at 5V-2.1A and not even my tablets had such chargers...
The highest one I've it's the Nexus 7 one, that's rated at 5.2V-1.5A.
i recently getting extrene heat on my OnePlus to the point that i have to stop n reboot the phone for it to cool down. I have been playing brave frontier since the 1st firmware. The phone runs fine smooth. N suddenly it gets really hot in just 15min play of the game.
I have to stop n reboot the phone. Otherwise it still hot even though i quit the game without reboot. So reboot is a must.
The same thing happened to me today when I downloaded XCOM Enemy Within. I had the phone on "performance" mode. Its pretty much just stock everything, except I unlocked the bootloader, root, etc. I'm going to try and play in on "power save" mode tomorrow. (its late as hell, I should be asleep, I work in 5 hours.) anyway, if that doesn't work, then I will try installing the Franco kernel.
Same problem!
First I really love my OBO, actually I think I'm in love withit. Ohh my god - I'm in love!
But I have the same problem - the fix no. 1 for me was Clean Master and Battery Doctor. I start the cleaning process, and stop all other applications before I start Simcity.
Ohh **** did I just said Simcity! Okay wtf, yes i'm 31 years old, I play Simcity and I'm proud of it...
Fix no.2: have your phone in the hands so it can breath, and not on the couch / bed so the hot air can't escape
I don't know anything about flash, kennel, root and what you young beautiful people call it.
Last but not least, I thank God and myself everyday for switching from iPhone to the best phone ever - The amazing OnePlus One.
Hope the 2 fix can help some.
Does anyone play Mortal Kombat X on their OPO?
If so, does your device get very hot playing the game?
For me, back on Kitkat, the phone got pretty warm after about 10-15 mins of playing, it wasn't too bad. Now I'm on lollipop, after 10 mins of play, the phone was very hot, especially around the camera. (think that is where the CPU/GPU chipset is located) It was so hot I closed the game and turned off the phone for a few mins to cool down. I was scared I was going to fry my phone!
Anyone else having similar experiences with this game? Other games don't really heat the phone up, but MK does have very decent graphics!
donk165 said:
Does anyone play Mortal Kombat X on their OPO?
If so, does your device get very hot playing the game?
For me, back on Kitkat, the phone got pretty warm after about 10-15 mins of playing, it wasn't too bad. Now I'm on lollipop, after 10 mins of play, the phone was very hot, especially around the camera. (think that is where the CPU/GPU chipset is located) It was so hot I closed the game and turned off the phone for a few mins to cool down. I was scared I was going to fry my phone!
Anyone else having similar experiences with this game? Other games don't really heat the phone up, but MK does have very decent graphics!
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More intense apps/games will obviously increase heat output. Though nowadays mobile chipsets much like desktop or laptop chipsets have thermal trips and controls that will throttle the component that is overheating. So I wouldn't actually worry too much about the possibility of frying your phone. (Unless you disabled the thermal trip on a kernel level)
Yeah, a game like MKX does a lot of CPU and GPU work and when you add the display, the device gets warm. It's nothing to worry over.
Buy game console mate..
Confirmed with the same game and any other resource-expensive game. After 10/15 minutes the logcat gets spammed with temperature warnings (over 80 °C) and reboots to prevent damage.
I play the **** out of it, and yes after 20mins or so, it's pretty hot.
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donk165 said:
Does anyone play Mortal Kombat X on their OPO?
If so, does your device get very hot playing the game?
For me, back on Kitkat, the phone got pretty warm after about 10-15 mins of playing, it wasn't too bad. Now I'm on lollipop, after 10 mins of play, the phone was very hot, especially around the camera. (think that is where the CPU/GPU chipset is located) It was so hot I closed the game and turned off the phone for a few mins to cool down. I was scared I was going to fry my phone!
Anyone else having similar experiences with this game? Other games don't really heat the phone up, but MK does have very decent graphics!
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to reduce heating u must sacrifice ur little performance
flash a custom kernel
open kernel app n underclock ur cpu to 1.5ghz (dont go beyond it <1497mhz>) and keep ur gpu frequency to max @330 mhz (i would suggest keep it to 200mhz).
optionals
1. also do reduce cpu voltage atleast -30mV.
2. change the governer to silm or zzmove or any thing u like but not performance.
device get warm but doesnt goes to extreme heating .... little lags and glitches can be seen but its acceptable.
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happy gamming ...
Well I'm glad I'm not alone in experiencing this. I guess ill just have to play in short bursts. I also play Marvel Contest of Champions and that is another 3D fighter but my phone can play that for half an hour without much heat up, MKX has much better graphics so it gets my phone toasty very quickly.
My device is very hot too and killing battery. When i play mk x i disable 2 cores from snayps.. It doesn't effect performance.
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Just install ak put cpu speed to 1.3ghz max undervolt to 140 max for pvs 7(it may reboot at first but it will get stable for gaming with no heat) use build.prop and init.d tweak to keep it your One fast.
I play MKX and godfire with this settings with no lag at all.
Mkkt Bkkt said:
Just install ak put cpu speed to 1.3ghz max undervolt to 140 max for pvs 7(it may reboot at first but it will get stable for gaming with no heat) use build.prop and init.d tweak to keep it your One fast.
I play MKX and godfire with this settings with no lag at all.
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I moved to the CM12.1 by SultanXDA and on his rom, the phone is underclocked to 2ghz and I've noticed the phone doesn't get as hot while playing games now which is great. Another added bonus of using that ROM, its very good!
I hear ya bro
Yes the device does get warm to hot depending upon your environment.
I have noticed that while playing the game in public(non-ac), it does get pretty heated.. whereas when you do play in an ac room or a room with adequate cool air circulation using fans, it doesnt heat up so much.
Also, the internet(cellular/wifi) being on plays a huge impact on if the device heats up or not.
Moreover, I noticed that it heats up more for graphically demanding games like MKX,NOVA3 and Modern Combat 5 and not so much while playing less demanding games like Golf Star,Asphalt,etc even though all these games are typical heavy games.
Like suggested by many above, try underclocking(powersaver mode) and undervolting. It works for me to some extent.
Had the same issue of lot of heat and huge battery drain, but kept playing for hours and then I gave up on it, because I love OPO's battery life and I don't want to ruin it
Yes... very hot
im thinking of buying this or note 4 i have an s5 right now. does rooting debloat and fixing the thermal settings fix the lag and overheating?or is there anything else that will. im a heavy user play switch in between games alot and depend on a decent battery life and dont like lag.
Basically same question here, except i already bought it.
By the way, i got it rooted.
I just got my Flex 2 and after debloating and tuning the thermal configuration I'm really enjoying it! Performs great.
dbvolcom said:
im thinking of buying this or note 4 i have an s5 right now. does rooting debloat and fixing the thermal settings fix the lag and overheating?or is there anything else that will. im a heavy user play switch in between games alot and depend on a decent battery life and dont like lag.
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Debloat and thermal settings has turned my phone into a powerhouse. On an average day, I see no more battery drain on the Flex 2 than I did on the original Flex (with a bigger battery and a smaller number of cores). However, if you're heavily into gaming, the GPU will certainly be enough, but for 3D intensive games the battery drains rather quickly (as expected, really).
I have compiled a list of everything I've removed for debloating here.
So no issues with overheating? I switch between games like madden , clash of clans, boom beach, magic rampage, and outwitters constantly so I was worried about the heating issue for a heavy user such as myself
dbvolcom said:
So no issues with overheating? I switch between games like madden , clash of clans, boom beach, magic rampage, and outwitters constantly so I was worried about the heating issue for a heavy user such as myself
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The thermal throttling settings are still enabled, just set to a higher temperature. I have mine set to 65°C (as per the thermal throttling thread), and I know processors can get much hotter than that without failing (Apparently the HTC flagship cores get up to 80°C, don't while me on this, it's just a passive memory).