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Leaving Phone in Hot Car

I'm going on a backpacking trip, and I would like to bring my phone to use in the car on the trip there and back (it's something like 5 hours each way, so I would like to have something to do in the car).
I would like to leave my phone in the car during the actual trip (2 days). I know that heat can be bad for a phone, but would leaving my phone in the car be a bad idea? What's the best location for it? Trunk, glove compartment, under a seat?
The high for each day is listed as 80F, low of 50-60F, and the car most likely will be parked in at least partial shade.
Does anyone have experience with this / any recommendations?

Depends on how hot your car actually gets, which will depend on how much shade you're actually talking about. It's not just a matter of the electronics, it can also be the possibility of adhesives in the phone softening if the heat is too high. If possible I'd just find somewhere safe to keep it in your gear and take it with you.

Oh man, 80 degrees in the shade is nothing, well at least not to me since it gets up to over 100 here. Putting it in the trunk will keep it cooler because it won't be exposed to any sunlight.

Yeah, keeping it out of direct sunlight is key. I kept an old iPhone 3G in my car at all times (played music off it) in North Carolina, even in the mid-90 degree summers, and have never had any issues with it aside from the screen perhaps getting a little washed out. I would just stick it in the glove compartment on particularly hot days.

xur17 said:
I'm going on a backpacking trip, and I would like to bring my phone to use in the car on the trip there and back (it's something like 5 hours each way, so I would like to have something to do in the car).
I would like to leave my phone in the car during the actual trip (2 days). I know that heat can be bad for a phone, but would leaving my phone in the car be a bad idea? What's the best location for it? Trunk, glove compartment, under a seat?
The high for each day is listed as 80F, low of 50-60F, and the car most likely will be parked in at least partial shade.
Does anyone have experience with this / any recommendations?
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Ya' know what. Two years ago had same experience. Have Galaxy Ace and kept it in the box for accesories (in front of front passengers legs) and everthing went well. Hope helped you. Sry for bad english

754boy said:
Oh man, 80 degrees in the shade is nothing, well at least not to me since it gets up to over 100 here. Putting it in the trunk will keep it cooler because it won't be exposed to any sunlight.
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I've actually read reports that the trunk can get just as hot or close to the same temp as the inside of the car. on a 95 Deg day it could be 120 in the trunk :/

Turn it off when you leave it in the car.
Sent from a digital distance.

yeah at least turn it off, because the battery will live longer though

Sorry I never responded sooner.
I just got back from the trip, and everything worked out great. I left the phone in the trunk of the car, parked in the shade, and there were no problems when I got back. This is at least partially due to the shade and the cool-ish weather.

How much pressure can a screen take? Can I rest my head on it?

Not as weird as it may seem
At night I listen to music/radio while I go to sleep. I use a cheap phone at the moment but was thinking about getting a 2012 Nexus 7 that I can use for this (and actually use it as a tablet as well)
Will it be okay if it's under my pillows or will the weight/pressure damage the screen?
Thanks in advance :good:

technicalnoobxda said:
Not as weird as it may seem
At night I listen to music/radio while I go to sleep. I use a cheap phone at the moment but was thinking about getting a 2012 Nexus 7 that I can use for this (and actually use it as a tablet as well)
Will it be okay if it's under my pillows or will the weight/pressure damage the screen?
Thanks in advance :good:
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Lol your tablet will be fine haha unless you're head is the size of 3 watermelons and weighs 50 pounds then but seriously it won't cause any problems

the question is more about how much damage will the mobile make to your head if the wifi/cell network is running trough your head all night?
except you run radio by earphone receiver with airplane mode on..then never mind

crzykiller said:
Lol your tablet will be fine haha unless you're head is the size of 3 watermelons and weighs 50 pounds then but seriously it won't cause any problems
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Thanks
deprite said:
the question is more about how much damage will the mobile make to your head if the wifi/cell network is running trough your head all night?
except you run radio by earphone receiver with airplane mode on..then never mind
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How much damage will it do?

You should be fine. Did that on a plane once, the biggest damage was the droll lol.

technicalnoobxda said:
Thanks
How much damage will it do?
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well there is no official study about that as far as i know..
just know for myself that i sleep better with airplane mode on and all the network stopped

technicalnoobxda said:
Not as weird as it may seem
At night I listen to music/radio while I go to sleep. I use a cheap phone at the moment but was thinking about getting a 2012 Nexus 7 that I can use for this (and actually use it as a tablet as well)
Will it be okay if it's under my pillows or will the weight/pressure damage the screen?
Thanks in advance :good:
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I use a quality speakerpillow, it has a long enough lead that I don't risk the phone/tablet and I can rest directly on the speaker and keep volume low and not disturb my partner.
Sent from my A210 using Tapatalk

Better sleep, huh?
technicalnoobxda said:
Not as weird as it may seem
At night I listen to music/radio while I go to sleep. I use a cheap phone at the moment but was thinking about getting a 2012 Nexus 7 that I can use for this (and actually use it as a tablet as well)
Will it be okay if it's under my pillows or will the weight/pressure damage the screen?
Thanks in advance :good:
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Ha ha... That is really a funny question. But it should be answered. It won't damage your phone unless you move the pillow below your head above your tablet. Use a good cushioned pillow though.
And yes, do turn the airplane mode on. Radiations are not good for your brain. (I'm not expecting more such questions :laugh Just kidding brother.
Ohhh God. Why are we discussing about it? Doesn't it come with Gorilla Glass?

Probably you will have to worry not tossing the phone down to the floor while you sleep.

why you just don't do that and but your phone beside your below

Just buy a quality pillow speaker , then you dont have to worry about getting tangled up in headphones cables aswell

I really wouldn't worry about it for clarifications sake and a technical answer to your questions your main concerns would come from the stress your head would apply to your phones screen. More particularly the relation between the compressive force your head creates and the maximum compressive strength of the material in question before failure of that material under load. (Stress= F/A) The Nexus 7 uses Corning Gorilla Glass which has a maximum compressive strength of 800 MPa. That's 224,808.944 pound-forces per meter^2 and your head does not exert anywhere near that number.
Like I said you really have nothing to worry about you won't damage your screen by laying it under your pillow.

I'm surprised no one brought up the very real possibility of overheating. Sure, you can rest your head on it - but you're smothering it under a pillow and not allowing for the heat it will generate to dissipate.
It would be especially bad if you were charging at the same time - and either way not something I'd recommend anyone do. Why shorten the lifespan of your device by exposure to high internal temperatures if there are other options (like using it with a pillow speaker instead).

Or you could get a wireless headset?

[Q] HRM Troubleshooting and Speaker Buzz

Ive had the Gear 2 for 6 days. I bought it last thursday, put it on and paired it in the parking lot and then went to the gym. While riding the recumbent bike I noticed the heart rate monitor was accurate and matched up with the bike's up until around 125 bpm and then it would either give me the "cannot measure" error or would give back a really inaccurate reading... like 71 bpm when it should have been around 148-150. This has been the case every time i go to the gym, no matter how i wear the Gear 2, on the top side of my wrist or the bottom side. I actually live chatted with a Samsung Customer service rep and he told me to do a factory reset to see if that would help. I haven't gone to the gym to see if this helped.
Is this a known issue? I also shaved the hair off my wrist and am now wearing it a bit further up on my arm to test it again today when i go to the gym.
Also another question i had is when you turn the volume all the way up (level 6) when using the gear 2 as a speaker phone is it normal for the speaker to buzz slightly when a person is talking to you?

Epic Nightmare said:
Ive had the Gear 2 for 6 days. I bought it last thursday, put it on and paired it in the parking lot and then went to the gym. While riding the recumbent bike I noticed the heart rate monitor was accurate and matched up with the bike's up until around 125 bpm and then it would either give me the "cannot measure" error or would give back a really inaccurate reading... like 71 bpm when it should have been around 148-150. This has been the case every time i go to the gym, no matter how i wear the Gear 2, on the top side of my wrist or the bottom side. I actually live chatted with a Samsung Customer service rep and he told me to do a factory reset to see if that would help. I haven't gone to the gym to see if this helped.
Is this a known issue? I also shaved the hair off my wrist and am now wearing it a bit further up on my arm to test it again today when i go to the gym.
Also another question i had is when you turn the volume all the way up (level 6) when using the gear 2 as a speaker phone is it normal for the speaker to buzz slightly when a person is talking to you?
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I have this issue for only a few minutes in an hour workout... but then it will go back to normal. I compared it to a strap heart rate monitor and it would stay +1-5 versus the strap. Otherwise it even gets up to 170 when I go hard. I usually start with it higher on my arm because my bone sticks out sometimes it doesn't get a good connection, but it usually falls and still tells accurately. Otherwise I would say it is accurate a majority of the time.

smeiff said:
I have this issue for only a few minutes in an hour workout... but then it will go back to normal. I compared it to a strap heart rate monitor and it would stay +1-5 versus the strap. Otherwise it even gets up to 170 when I go hard. I usually start with it higher on my arm because my bone sticks out sometimes it doesn't get a good connection, but it usually falls and still tells accurately. Otherwise I would say it is accurate a majority of the time.
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Yeah it must be how close I wear it to that bone. I actually took my first one back thinking there was something wrong with it... The problem is i have a big wrist... I think I will replace the band. Thanks for the reply!

Attention Samsung, these are our TOP complaints!

Who knows, they might find this thread and act
To kick it off:
1) Heart rate sensor is more miss than hit. I see a lot of 'clean the sensor and move it backward' messages. Nonsense of course, it should just work.
2) Floor count is totally 1000% off. Today I climbed well over 20 stairs (3-4 meter stairs) and the S3 indicates a glorious total of 3. Yes THREE Samsung, 3.
3) Altitude meter tells me I live 16 meters below sea level. I live in Amsterdam which is 3 meters below (really). But it gets better. During my yesterday's run it registered an elevation of -112 meter.
4) Messages from the phone do not always arrive on the S3. Maybe aliens interfere but that's unlikely so Samsung, please fix this. nr 1 missed is GMail, then Whatsapp.
5) This is not a bug but I would really like to see an option to permanently disable this watch as a Bluetooth device to take phone calls. I have my car for that, or my phone. Not the stupid watch.
OK, over to you guys, bring it on!

For your point 5, I think you can do this in the bluetooth settings for the watch on the phone - just turn off 'call audio'. NB: I have not tried this...

veletron said:
For your point 5, I think you can do this in the bluetooth settings for the watch on the phone - just turn off 'call audio'. NB: I have not tried this...
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If it worked... But it keeps switching back on, also after a soft and full reset.

blackspp said:
If it worked... But it keeps switching back on, also after a soft and full reset.
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I was able to get it to stick permanently by repairing my car bluetooth and setting it to Phone Calls while having the watch disabled.

I'll try it again tomorrow, who knows!

Spotify
Advertising Spotify compatibility when as of right now, there is not.

Wrist gestures like in Android Wear

I always thought that you had to calibrate the altimeter at sea level???

Regarding #4: are you using AOD? If not, try using AOD and see if your notifications are more consistent.

PLS give me options for Google maps directions. I need nothing more than the direction arrows on the watch. No map needed. Anyway screen is too small for that. Just xxx meter +arrow
But I am super happy with the rest (off topic)
edit. I have found possible solution for the nav arrows Directions gears s2, which works with google maps.
Both on Phone and on gear an app is needed.

odyseus said:
I always thought that you had to calibrate the altimeter at sea level???
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Tried both ways, Calibrate known height and altimeter.
Googling this there are loads of S2 complaints regarding this, I guess this is not much improved.

most people complaining about altimeter don't know how a barometer works
also the best altimeter based on atmosferic pressure must be calibrated every time is possible to give good results
when the weather change a variation in pressure can be of 3-5 Hpa in 30 minutes and on altimeter more than 50m
weather change is a storm but also a fairy wind
when s3 measure a floor it register a .3 Hpa variation that must be in 5 to 20 sec
also a slap on the watch can be seen as a floor and the immersion in 50 cm of water can be 10 floors and also a shower and a storm
after a shower o a swimming pool the barometer is out of order for hours
samsung is most of times a good tech but can't do miracles
sorry for english
hallo
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odyseus said:
I always thought that you had to calibrate the altimeter at sea level???
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It is a good thing to do. However it's based on barometric pressure so really doesn't matter that much. The key is to do it near something you know has a known elevation that way you know if it's correct. Like a sign in a national park or something that tells you, "you are at such and such El. ..."
BTW, a lot of you take things too seriously on this device. It's a watch, as long as the time is accurate all else are fun gimmicky gadgets for your wrist. If serious accuracy of data is important to you, buy the right tool for the job. It's like owning a repair business and trying to run it using a Leatherman tool.

Well, I live in Amsterdam, pressure has been 1027 hpa all day, we're at 3m below sea-level but the watch is all over the place and I've calibrated it like 209 times. Hasn't been wet, smacked, dropped. It's a watch with a barometer that's not too good.

blackspp said:
OK, over to you guys, bring it on!
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1. hair, tattoo, excessive sweat, a large band can and will interfere with HR
2. floors / stairs / floors / stairs / verdieping / trap (used GT for dutch) -- or maybe you're trying to tell something else because 20 stairs are relatively close to 3 floors
3. atmospheric pressure is pretty unstable even at known sea levels and when is taken into account for altitude can be messy
4. I don't know, it never happened to me but it could be an issue I suppose
5. connections, disconnect BT

20 floors, some 60.meters.

When wanting to look at widgets from the clock face the bezel it turned clockwise - but the display animation rotates anti clockwise
The opposite is true to see notifications.
This just seems wrong to me and I often turn the bezel the wrong way.
I cant see Samsung changing the default behavior and I am starting to get used to it but an option to make it work 'correctly for my head' would be nice.

Hey guys, I did a full test of the gear s3 heart rate against my chest strap and Apple Watch 2 Nike. I did indoor running and indoor biking for three days. My findings are that it's almost perfect, with 2 or 3 bpms difference with my chest strap. This difference is not always, some most of the time gear s3 was matching my chest strap. The Apple Watch was good too.
Method: chest strap + wahoo iPhone app. Gear s3 below my wrist ( this is key, when you find the sweet spot, it's super accurate) + s-health on iPhone. Apple Watch + workouts app.
Let me know your findings!

Is the step count accurate and for everyone. For me I think it counts too many...,
Sent from my Nexus 6P

Techvir said:
Is the step count accurate and for everyone. For me I think it counts too many...,
Sent from my Nexus 6P
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It does.
It should only count arm movements combined with forward motion but it also incidentally counts just arm movements. Plus, this morning, it showed 54 steps when I picked it up from the drawer. Obviously it should have been zero.
Than again, on a full day it's pretty good, about the same as my Pebble Time Steel (which I compared it with over the weekend).

I lost my gear S3... Any way to locate it?

Long story, but basically gear S3 fell out of a vehicle somewhere along 5 miles of road. No clue where and too much of a distance to really cover. Tried getting it to connect with Bluetooth, but still couldn't find it. Anyone know a way to possibly locate it with the gps or something? (I have the wifi only version)

nascar48 said:
Long story, but basically gear S3 fell out of a vehicle somewhere along 5 miles of road. No clue where and too much of a distance to really cover. Tried getting it to connect with Bluetooth, but still couldn't find it. Anyone know a way to possibly locate it with the gps or something? (I have the wifi only version)
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Sorry to read about that.
You'd probably have to move really show to see if even show up on the phone you paired it as BT connected and disconnected as you passed by it. How about a bike ride, but again really slow? You can also force it to make a sound using the Gear app on your phone. But maybe that's when within BT distance????

fred2546 said:
Sorry to read about that.
You'd probably have to move really show to see if even show up on the phone you paired it as BT connected and disconnected as you passed by it. How about a bike ride, but again really slow? You can also force it to make a sound using the Gear app on your phone. But maybe that's when within BT distance????
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Yeah I was trying that. Spent two hours doing that but too far a distance.... Edit: got lucky, someone found it and kindly returned it.

nascar48 said:
Yeah I was trying that. Spent two hours doing that but too far a distance.... Edit: got lucky, someone found it and kindly returned it.
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Wow. Nice. How'd he know to return to you, specifically?