My Samsung Galaxy s7 overheated and T-Mobile replace it under warranty the back came unglued. I ended up paying $5.35 for the exchange. I have 6 months left in payments. They said it was due to overcharging it. I admit I did leave it plugged in too much. However since the replacement I have been leaving it unplugged more. I am just watching YouTube videos as long as apps with video's and my phone is getting hot even when unplugged. I don't understand why it get so hot. I also have a Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8in tablet and I do the same thing as with my phone and it is nice and cool. I disable wireless charging etc. So why is watching video's causing this to get so hot?
I am not trying to ruin my phone. I make money watching video's like for Swagbucks apps. I also like watching video's on YouTube, Netflix etc
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I was wondering if I could use the Transformer to stream videos to my hdtv.
I purchased a Mini HDMI cable and hooked it up to my TV to play movies that my other streaming device (xbox 360) couldn't handle.
But when I play the movie on the Transformer, (and it appears on my TV), the Transformer screen stays on.
[Q] Is there a multimedia mode where I can shut the screen off but still have the video playing? To conserve battery?
no as of right now there is not although some video player apps turn the screen off when playing video through hdmi (I know youtube does it but that doesn't really help) but there is definatly at least one that will do that for you just try out different apps and i thnk that you will find one that works for that purpose
Turn the transformer to face the other way.
goodintentions said:
Turn the transformer to face the other way.
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I'm not familiar with this method, doesn't necessarily conserve battery does it?
Keeps you from getting annoyed by seeing a mini-me of the tv screen when watching a movie with people . Just a quick-fix of course, not really helpful in terms of battery.. but I'd assume that 2 hours of streaming is fine, especially since being near a tv is like being near an outlet.
asdfuogh said:
Keeps you from getting annoyed by seeing a mini-me of the tv screen when watching a movie with people . Just a quick-fix of course, not really helpful in terms of battery.. but I'd assume that 2 hours of streaming is fine, especially since being near a tv is like being near an outlet.
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Lol, my last question was sarcastic. The guy was being a smartass. Obviously it doesn't conserve battery.
i guess for now just turn it around and maby set tasker to turn brightness down when hdmi is plugged in
warning: block of text coming but I would really, really, really appreciate the help
Hello everyone. I got the Samsung Galaxy S6 with a subscription with KPN Provider. This was almost 3 weeks ago. I received my new S6 within days but the phone was getting too hot too quickly for my taste. For simple things such as updating, browsing. Also when I played the game One Piece Treasure Cruise and used Mobizen to capture the screen so I could broadcast my gameplay through Twitch the phone would reboot automatically very quickly. This happened multiple times and I never even got a warning that the phone was getting too hot. I used to do the same thing on my S4 and it worked almost perfect. The phone would get somewhat warmer and it would lag just a little but it never just turned itself off or became hot to the touch
After checking on this forum and other websites I thought my phone was defect so I sent it back and waited for a new one. The phone they sent me after a week was exactly the same one I sent them. It was apparently a "technical mistake" and I had to send it back again so I could get a new one this time. The new phone arrived this last Thursday and immediately it became obvious that this phone suffered from the same "defect". Now though I'm not too sure if it's defect or if every Samsung Galaxy S6 is like this. So I've been keeping track
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I did some tests.
I ran Antatu Benchmark. The phone got up to 84.0 C twice once during the CPU test and once during the game test. So now im just wondering what you guys are getting during this test? Could a couple of other people do it as well and tell me what temperature their phone was? I thought this phone was working correctly.
I watched a youtube video for 23 minutes and the temperature stayed around 39.0 C - 43.0 C.
Browsing/general multitasking. So I tested having 6 apps on and Chrome having 5 tabs on. If I switch really fast between the apps the temperature gets up to 61.0 C but only stays like that for seconds and immediately goes back to 40-45.0 C. That's also the temperature the phone runs when I browse on Chrome, Facebook while having the other apps on as well.
I've been testing some more by playing the game and streaming it and the CPU stays almost exclusively under 70.0 C, around 65.0 C with some spikes to 73.0 C.
I transferred 10 screenshots from one map to another using the native folder app a couple of times. It got up to 67.0 C one time and the rest of the time it got up to 60.0 C.
It spikes to over 71.0 C for a second when it installs a new app. and sometimes when I'm playing the game, streaming and then take a screenshot.
So at first I was planning on bringing it back because I thought like the last phone that it would just reboot itself when it got really hot, over 80.0 C easily but this one is staying pretty normal I think.
I also saw this other post here http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6/help/galaxy-s6-86c-normal-t3180483 and so I performed the same test.
I downloaded 3c Toolbox free version for my phone because I wasn't sure the monitor apps I had were showing the correct Temp but Toolbox shows the exact same temperatures as CPU Z.
The battery has been consistent and always around the 32-33 C temp. So I don't have any worries there. I'm still planning on going to the stores tomorrow to test the show phones. I mean if the phones that have been lying there for months and being abused by every customer have normal temps then I'm definitely trading my in. Also going to the samsung repair point to see what they have to say.
I'm using this btw as guideline for the temperature of the CPU. Don't remember where i got it from.
Normal use: 32° C - 45° C (86F – 113F) Play games or graphics applications: 50° C - 75° C (122F – 167F) CPU power is automatically reduced by a temperature over 80° C (176F)
My last phone went way over this limit I set for it with normal use being always above 50 C. This one went it's not being used is already around the 40 C.
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I just played the OPTC Global version for an hour straight. The only background apps were the monitor apps. All 3 of them were active and I was very surprised.
I made sure to have my hands all over the phone so I could always be aware of the heat. It was just warm to the touch. At the end I checked the monitor apps and they CPU Z and Toolbox gave around 57-61 C and Cool Master around 33.5 C.
I don't know why it was normal this time. I will now let it sit there for a half hour and then test it while having mobizen on and streaming to twitch through my laptop.
Btw the reason why I'm so dead set on making sure the phone can handle the game and streaming is because I actually bought the phone with the intention of being able to play this game and then be able to stream it. I managed it on S4 with some lag and I thought the S6 could easily do it as well. I know the Iphone can do it easily without even having to turn SFX off which i have to do to play it without LAG. I think that's because the Samsung Galaxy has too high of a resolution/DPI.
Ok, so I just spent an 1,5 hour playing the game and broadcasting the gameplay. I am again surprised. I mean I'm also happy but it's really strange that suddenly now it's working pretty good.
The phone got warm but I wouldn't say hot or annoying to touch really. The hottest part of the phone was right above the Power button.
The phone stayed around 68.0 C this time with some spikes to 74 but only 3 times. I took a screenshot but I can't post the link.
The game lagged a couple of times but this might have also been because of Wifi and it wasn't really that noticeable.
As soon as I stopped the phone got really cool again within 5 - 10 min.
I'm off to test the japanese version of the game. I'm really happy right now guys!
Return your S6 back to your seller for warranty replacement.
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Return your S6 back to your seller for warranty replacement.
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Hey, thanks for answering.
I'm wondering what temperature your phone runs when it's downloading and installing an app? or some other activity, that way i can compare.
I watched a youtube video for 23 minutes and the temperature stayed around 39.0 C - 43.0 C. I don't know how to test the web browsing or at least what would affect the CPU enough to show me good results.
I've been testing some more by playing the game and streaming it and the CPU stays almost exclusively under 70.0 C, around 65.0 C with some spikes.
It spikes to over 70 for a second when it installs a new app. and sometimes when I'm playing the game, streaming and then take a screenshot.
So at first I was planning on bringing it back because I thought like the last phone that it would just reboot itself when it got really hot, over 80.0C easily but this one is staying pretty normal I think.
I also saw this other post here http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6/help/galaxy-s6-86c-normal-t3180483 and so I performed the same test. The phone reached 84.0 C twice, once during the CPU test and once during the game test. So now im just wondering what you guys are getting during this test? Could a couple of other people do it as well and tell me what temperature their phone was? I thought this phone was working correctly.
This problem is not only happening with my Edge, but for several Note 4 users I know as well. Even my 10.1 2014 edition tablet started cutting off. After not knowing what was happening I just happened to look at the reviews for a couple of apps that updated on their own within the past month. Go look at the google play services app reviews. Almost everything that is going wrong with my phone is described in the (lengthy) negative comments regarding the newest update. Lagging, cut offs...the works.
My phone shows me in the neighborhood of 20 percent. I'm on the phone with 25% and the phone cuts off. I play a youtube video and 2 second later the phone cuts off. But it is not a regular cut off like a standard recharge, it goes in to a perpetual boot loop of on and off until I put it in charge mode. Sometimes it is actually at zero percent but more often than not there is 15% there but the thing just cuts off. This is super annoying and crippling my phone experience. I have not seen an article yet (it was two weeks ago I really checked) to see if an android source picked up the story but the Google play services app commentary is virtually all 1 stars and complaints. Does anyone know of a fix for this? This has got to be addressed.
Note: this post was taken from another tread. However, it did not focus on my particular issue.
Hi,
I have an issue on my phone, Netflix is only playing back in really low resolution. I noticed it looked noticeably worse on my phone than on my pc, even though the resolution of my phone is higher than my pc's display, which is 1440p. It's weird cause I have been able to watch it at hd back when I first got the phone a year ago.
I have the most expensive netflix package, so that can't be the issue. I have enabled high quality playback in both my browser and in the android app, I've check my phone to be on the list of devices that support HD playback so I really dont know what it could be.
I've checked with those "test patterns", they say it plays back at 960x540, thats not what im paying for. No matter what movie or series I try watching on my phone, even shows like the crown which i know to be available in 4k dont look good.
Does anyone know what it could be or something I could try?
I've also tried contacting support but they just tell me that it's my internet though I simply know its not. My internet is plenty fast, I play back at way higher res on my pc which is on the same network. Either way its fast enough, 50 up and 50 down.
So on your PC or home screen you get 4K just fine, but your phone (data) is not streaming in any HD?
If so I'd guess the phone company might be fux'in with you. See if someone else gets Netflix on their phone and how their HD streaming goes. All
ok there, then try your Netflix account on someone else's phone. You will solve this. You just need a bit more info until the ah moment.
I just got my OP7pro yesterday and I’ve noticed the my phone heats up really bad when watching Youtube videos in prolonged period. Does this happen to everybody else? My previous phone don’t have this problem.