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battery getting hot

its been doing it for the past 2 months or so just didnt kno if it was normal.. cuz I never really realized it with my last 3 vibrants.. but I might not of been paying attention tho... But my phone is getting up to 121° while on the charger just sitting there
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What rom are you using?
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Axura
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I'm on stock JI6 and I've been noticing my battery getting hot as well.
Gonna try using my spare (and never used before other new) battery and see if that remedies anything.

I'm on stock JI6 also. Never had a problem with hot battery until...
I played Quake 3 Arena for about 30 minutes. Afterwards I noticed my battery was hot and battery life was terrible (from full charge to about 30%) sitting idle overnight. This happened for about 3 days.
I used Astro Explorer and closed Q3A process, no change. Rebooted phone and no more hot battery and normal battery life, all is well again. Strange. I guess some processes are 'hidden' and can't be closed without reboot.

I was getting a hot battery while running TW Core kernel. I flashed JAC XMOD 1.1 kernel and my battery has stayed cool.
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Battery issues after EB13

After updating to EB13 it now takes forever for my battery to charge, it barely lasts 6 hours, and the battery gets hot as can be. I now have actually had my phone tell me it cant charge till it cools off. It never happened on DI18. Also, if im doing something on my phone while its plugged in, the charger wont keep up with the usage.
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what kernel is on your phone?

my battery was very erratic too after updating to EB13. I just flashed it a second time with odin, and now my battery lasts longer than it ever has!
I'm not sure if this would help you, but it certainly helped me
FYI: I flashed the ext4 version from the dev page, and it seems to run a lot better after an odin flash.

Stock EB13 kernel.
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35% Charged
Mine been charging up to 35% all day, Im a try to let it charge all night see what i get in the morning

It takes 8 hours to charge the battery, where it took around 2 hours befre the update. The phone is also hot as well, where it never was when on DI18

mine also takes quite a while to charge, but lasts quite a while as well..
I like the long lasting part.. the slower charging stinks though. :/

You may need to wipe your battery stats.
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How would i wipe the battery stats
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How would i wipe the battery stats
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That was mostly directed at some of the others in the thread.
If you issue is just that it seems to take too long to charge then wiping stats in CWM (you have to use the one click root - not sure if you can do it in stock recovery) *might* help.
Your issue seems a little different - the phone should NOT run hot like that. Even overclocked to 1.2 mine doesn't get very hot unless I'm really pushing it while it's charging. Have you tried reflashing your phone? Backup everything important and try the Samsung updater tool (it'll wipe everything and start you fresh on EB13).

Only computer available is a mac so reflashing is a no go
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bmorrissette said:
Only computer available is a mac so reflashing is a no go
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You can try a Sprint store if you have one near.
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I had similar problems with eb13. Battery went from about half to dead in a minute or two and i kept getting force closes on some apps. Went back to dk28. I was running the genocide kernel.
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All my sprints stores say that their software is incompatible to reflash the OS.
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I flashed from the Samsung updater and then did a battery test. After a full charge I was able to go 34 hours down to 3%. A lot of that time was in sleep mode for the phone, but I also was running live wallpaper and had GPS on the entire time and WiFi off and on throughout. I'm pretty impressed with the battery chops.

jtw78 said:
I flashed from the Samsung updater and then did a battery test. After a full charge I was able to go 34 hours down to 3%. A lot of that time was in sleep mode for the phone, but I also was running live wallpaper and had GPS on the entire time and WiFi off and on throughout. I'm pretty impressed with the battery chops.
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I agree with this. I got 25 hours with moderate use. Facebooking, twittering, uploading pics, even went to the gym and streamed music with Double Twist for an hour. Battery is amazing.

Guess ill have to get hold of a windows pc and reflash with samsung updater
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Mine charges fine, but it WILL NOT sleep. Same issue I had in DK28. I have NO idea what could be causing it. I've hardly installed anything, and the only widget I have is the "Battery Life" widget and I've even tried killing it and no change, won't sleep. Don't know what to do other than go back to DI18.

yeah...my phone has been running hot as balls lately. I've never gotten into the 100's before like this...usually just surfing with 3G im in the mid 80s..now I stay in the high 90s going to 100s :/

Batteries that take a long time to charge need to be replaced.
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bamboozle discussion thread 2

[redacted] What are everyone's thoughts? So far for me, i feel it's i3 on steroids, and I feel pretty good about it. GPS didn't work at all for me on i3, and works well enough on bamboozle. I have done three drives successfully and one that gps failed after a few minutes.
Gives me much more hope for our gingerbread future.
Also... just now i experienced a new bug. Screen turned off while i had keyboard open and the keyboard backlight wouldnt turn back on till i closed it and reopened the slider. Never had that on any other rom.
Edit: don't post links to the rom... this thread needs to stay open. [redacted] i love reasonable discussion [redacted]

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It runs really good for me. Only problem is I get freezes to where I have to pull battery. About 2 or 3 times a day. Not really sure why. But other than that its super fast and smooth
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I had the same problem with i3. Haven't had it happen with bamboozle so far. I have had one or two lockups but I am pretty sure they are overclocking related with tegrak (tried to do 1.2 ghz with the default 1.275v, probably need 1.3v on my phone to be stable, and I'm not gonna pay for tegrak when hopefully source and new kernels are around the corner)

how can i freeze the market from updating?

kalel_293 said:
how can i freeze the market from updating?
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use Titanium Backup.
And this ROM is pretty good from what I've been using so far. After the modem settled in a little, 3G is somewhat about the same as EC05, where it was **** when it first got Odin'ed. Hopefully, it'll be updated to whatever is good about EG22.

Esteway.619 said:
It runs really good for me. Only problem is I get freezes to where I have to pull battery. About 2 or 3 times a day. Not really sure why. But other than that its super fast and smooth
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do you overclock?
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This is one of the best roms I have ever used. Every thing is super functional and also very smoot. Btw I fashed it with stock ec05 and haven't chaned my modem yet. Usually ,,though, govod roms are too good to be true and I randomly get tons of fc's on the third or fourth day. Well see what happens though. I just wish a rom would last me on outings. I often don't feel comfortable leaving the house without stock.

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This is one of the best roms I have ever used. Every thing is super functional and also very smoot. Btw I fashed it with stock ec05 and haven't chaned my modem yet. Usually ,,though, govod roms are too good to be true and I randomly get tons of fc's on the third or fourth day. Well see what happens though. I just wish a rom would last me on outings. I often don't feel comfortable leaving the house without stock.
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Do you have ****ty battery life? Cuz when I used the ec05 modem it prevented my phone from goin into deep sleep and battery sucked.
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everything is working good so far...battery life has been funny though, i'll be at 70% then 21% after a reboot...also using ec05 modem...only problem i get is a fc when using spare parts...but i've only been running this for a day...
edit: anyone use setcpu with this?

kalel_293 said:
everything is working good so far...battery life has been funny though, i'll be at 70% then 21% after a reboot...also using ec05 modem...only problem i get is a fc when using spare parts...but i've only been running this for a day...
edit: anyone use setcpu with this?
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Lol .. seems like you need a battery calibration.

anyone has a cwm flashable ec05, ef02, ef10 modems?

i don't have any problems untill i overclock more then 1.1ghz and 1.152may last a couple hour the reboots on me. all and all this is a great rom the fact that the voice mail doesn't work isn't a big deal. Bamboozled 1.1 seem to fix that but i not ready to flash just yet to me its not broken so i'm not going to fix it i'll wait for a kernel that lets me use SetCpu.

i'll wait for a kernel that lets me use SetCpu.[/QUOTE]
U do know u can use setcpu with the overcloak app
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I guess im one of the few that doesn't oc/uv lol, rom runs well for me so far, only had it a short time though.

cds0699 said:
I guess im one of the few that doesn't oc/uv lol, rom runs well for me so far, only had it a short time though.
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Well at least you flash roms.

shawayne21 said:
Lol .. seems like you need a battery calibration.
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There's an app for that!
cd's or tapes?

dunno what happened...but my phone rebooted today and it just stayed at the samsung screen...anyone had this happened?

Flashed last night, and everything works good so far. One strange thing though. Plugged it in in over night so I could wipe battery stats this morning to calibrate. When I got up, it said battery full, blue light was on, icon read 100%, but a soon as I unplugged it, it dropped to 83%.
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I've been using it for about 24 hours; only issue I have is the daily briefing app crashes when adding a city, it force closes. No biggie really.
100% charged and stayed there for a bit; no weird jump down in %.
fastest ROM I've have used.

Phone in Purgatory

Hello,
I wanted to see if anyone else is experiencing the same problem.
When my phone goes in to sleep mode, after about three minutes, it goes into limbo mode.
It is neither on or off. Only solution is to pull the battery and power it back on.
The only time it does not go in purgatory is when it is plugged in.
So I tried increasing both the CPU and the voltage. same problem.
I tried different roms and even went back to stock. Same problem.
Here is a screenshot.
Anyone else have the same problem? Any solutions?
I am out of ideas.
Thank you.

For one something is keeping your phone awake all the time. Do a Factory Data reset and try it for 2 hours without restoring anything. Then if it sleeps fine and doesn't have the Sleep of Death then add 1 or 2 apps at a time until you find the offending app.
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Well something is keeping your phone from going into deep sleep and then locking the device up to where you need to pull the battery.
What is your setup? (ROM, kernel, CPU clock ranges, voltage ranges)
First suggestion would be to flash a different kernel and give that a go.
Second suggestion would be to start over from scratch and not restore data.

You do know purgatory doesn't exist right?
Anyways those are some creepy stats and as suggested previously going back to stock platform would be your best bet to see if your phone has a hardware issue
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Looks like you tried correcting the wrong side of your CPU clock, the problem is likely your low end voltages (100, 200 MHz). It's a sleep of death; once the phone gets settled in to deep sleep, your low end voltages are acting screwy, and the phone can't kick itself into those to wake up. Pretty common when one goes about figuring out what voltages work for their phone.
And the battery graph? Those jumps are pretty normal for battery pulls on this phone. It tends to read the wrong battery voltage when it's soft reset (battery pull) as opposed to shutting down and turning on.
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Nvmtenchar

KA82 said:
Hello,
I wanted to see if anyone else is experiencing the same problem.
When my phone goes in to sleep mode, after about three minutes, it goes into limbo mode.
Anyone else have the same problem? Any solutions?
I am out of ideas.
Thank you.
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Your under-volting correct? if so your under-volting too much.
I had this problem when i was UV'ing a lot but only on GB. i could UV extremely on Froyo my 100MHz was @450mV and running at that state.

What are you looking at?

ac16313 said:
He has helped more than both of us though, he previously had this phone. He's knows wha forum he's in, he likes to help here every once in a while. Also what he said is correct.
Just some helpfull information, don't bash him he's well known
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That's why I said not to be mean nor saying he can't post here nevermind just let me remove the post
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Biggoron said:
That's why I said not to be mean nor saying he can't post here nevermind just let me remove the post
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Okay man ill remove mine lol
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ac16313 said:
Okay man ill remove mine lol
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Thnx
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Biggoron said:
That's why I said not to be mean nor saying he can't post here nevermind just let me remove the post
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Haha, judging by the edited comments i assume it was brought up i posted from my epic touch? No worries lol.
Actually, i kept my epic and still carry it around with me nearly every day, believe it or not, especially since cm9 was posted. Ive been messing with ics apks, mainly trying to incorporate some asus live wallpapers and modding the trebuchet launcher. I love this little phone, the hummingbird was head of it's class, not mention it was my first android phone. Also, the wolfson DAC is just plain better then our Yamaha, so i also use it as my main car music player.
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Thanks for all the suggestions eveyrone...
I was not undervolting.
I have tried to increase the voltage and removed the lower cpu mhz.. but I still got the "sleep of death."
I have tried different roms, kernals, etc... same problem
I am stock currently, tried factory resets, didn't install any programs... same problem.
As for the graph.. I kept the screen on so my phone wouldn't go into "purgatory"
Right now, I can only use my phone if it is charging, and if I keep the screen on.
squshy 7 said:
Looks like you tried correcting the wrong side of your CPU clock, the problem is likely your low end voltages (100, 200 MHz). It's a sleep of death; once the phone gets settled in to deep sleep, your low end voltages are acting screwy, and the phone can't kick itself into those to wake up. Pretty common when one goes about figuring out what voltages work for their phone.
And the battery graph? Those jumps are pretty normal for battery pulls on this phone. It tends to read the wrong battery voltage when it's soft reset (battery pull) as opposed to shutting down and turning on.
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KA82 said:
Thanks for all the suggestions eveyrone...
I was not undervolting.
I have tried to increase the voltage and removed the lower cpu mhz.. but I still got the "sleep of death."
I have tried different roms, kernals, etc... same problem
I am stock currently, tried factory resets, didn't install any programs... same problem.
As for the graph.. I kept the screen on so my phone wouldn't go into "purgatory"
Right now, I can only use my phone if it is charging, and if I keep the screen on.
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Maybe your processor is fried? H'm that's strange.
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He said 'Kernals' *gulp*

Wow, well if you're completely stock I'd say you've got yourself a bad phone. The only other thing i would try is taking your SD card out.
If you still have the same symptoms, the replacement through sprint will be free if you have TEP or $35 if not.
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thanks.
could it be a bad battery? battery failing to give enough power to the phone?

KA82 said:
thanks.
could it be a bad battery? battery failing to give enough power to the phone?
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Nope since your phone works when the screen is on
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KA82 said:
thanks.
could it be a bad battery? battery failing to give enough power to the phone?
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Actually that did happen to me with a cheap battery Best Buy sent me. It would turn on and run on wifi but as soon as I turned on 3G and did anything needing it it would go black and had to pull the battery to get it to reboot.
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Possibly some type of water damage in the phone? Possibly didn't drop it in water, but water does find its ways in. I got water damage in my phone from sweating while using it for music and working out. Also from listening to music while showering and the steam.

Gs4 hot?

I just got a gs4 and am coming from the gs3. Does this phone run hot normally? Seemed warm on stock and hotter once I tried to install the freegs4 ROM. Even shut down twice.
Edit: flashed a different ROM and kernel and am all good.
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Yeah I noticed when flashing certain Roms and setting it up, it gets very hot that it shuts itself off.
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Always a kernel man not the rom
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bonebeatz1234 said:
Always a kernel man not the rom
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Not true on my part. I've flashed stock deodexed MF9 rom with Stock MF9, Agats, and Ktoonz kernel. All resulted in the phone heating up and shutting down on its own.
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Not true on my part. I've flashed stock deodexed MF9 rom with Stock MF9, Agats, and Ktoonz kernel. All resulted in the phone heating up and shutting down on its own.
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You might want to take it to sprint in that case, only time it gets semi hot is when im using wifi hotspot and making a call at same time on my part
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So I have tried 4 different ROMs and 3 different kernels and the heat issue keeps happening. Right now I was using the latest Venum ROM and the ktoonz kernel and the phone shut off due to the heat. Stupid phone, I just got it on Sunday. Never had this issue on my epic or e4gt or gs3.
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dante32278 said:
So I have tried 4 different ROMs and 3 different kernels and the heat issue keeps happening. Right now I was using the latest Venum ROM and the ktoonz kernel and the phone shut off due to the heat. Stupid phone, I just got it on Sunday. Never had this issue on my epic or e4gt or gs3.
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are you overclocking or undervolting on ktoonz? when does it got hot? whats running in the background?

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are you overclocking or undervolting on ktoonz? when does it got hot? whats running in the background?
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The only kernel adjustments were to the governor and scheduler (using smartass and sio, no alterations to either). I just tried using the rescan media disabler apk to see if maybe my media was causing the phone to run hot. It seemed to be the only thing going in the background.
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dante32278 said:
The only kernel adjustments were to the governor and scheduler (using smartass and sio, no alterations to either). I just tried using the rescan media disabler apk to see if maybe my media was causing the phone to run hot. It seemed to be the only thing going in the background.
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is it heating up during usage,charging,sitting there......? have you actually physically looked at the battery to make sure its not cracked or swollen?

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is it heating up during usage,charging,sitting there......? have you actually physically looked at the battery to make sure its not cracked or swollen?
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Usually the heat starts when I am using the phone, which is usually browsing the internet or reading up on sports news. Screen off or charging I have been OK so far. As far as the battery, it appears to be in good physical condition. I also have 2 OEM batteries by Anker that experience the same issue. So far so good, though - been using the phone moderately since the last shut down earlier today and it seems ok at this moment.

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Usually the heat starts when I am using the phone, which is usually browsing the internet or reading up on sports news. Screen off or charging I have been OK so far. As far as the battery, it appears to be in good physical condition. I also have 2 OEM batteries by Anker that experience the same issue. So far so good, though - been using the phone moderately since the last shut down earlier today and it seems ok at this moment.
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if it heats up really bad again try underclocking a step and see if that helps.....phone might be getting hot because your chip is poorly coated and the higher frequiencies are heating it up enough to shut the device down. you may have to underclock by one or 2 steps to ensure its not a consistent issue.....worth a shot anyways. unless you do high graphic gaming and multitask with 8 apps at once your really dont need the higher clock speeds anyways.

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if it heats up really bad again try underclocking a step and see if that helps.....phone might be getting hot because your chip is poorly coated and the higher frequiencies are heating it up enough to shut the device down. you may have to underclock by one or 2 steps to ensure its not a consistent issue.....worth a shot anyways. unless you do high graphic gaming and multitask with 8 apps at once your really dont need the higher clock speeds anyways.
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Good idea, hopefully I won't need to! Appreciate the feedback.

If you just got this phone Friday then I would return to stock, run triangle away and exchange it. What you describe isn't normal, why take a chance and get stuck with a bad phone when you are within the exchange window.
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Try the stock kernel and rom and if it still get hot take it back. Try stock kernel it works man the others just cause me trouble.
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Thanks all. I loaded up the latest Sac ROM and ktoonz kernwl, but disabled media scanner. No more hot issues. I guess it running like crazy in the background caused the battery to commit suicide.
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Seriously guys, your S4 doesn't heat up at all???
I'm back to 100% stock everything (kernel, rom) and running this for a couple weeks. I've completed several factory resets and whatnot as well through those weeks. I know my install was clean as could be.
Now, my phone gets hot at seemingly random times. sometimes playing games, for sure while navigating with GPS and sometimes when its just sitting there. I monitor things with Better Battery Stats and keep an eye on the CPU Spy. I'm achieving deep sleep most often. Some of this is caused by the god awful Sprint service here and the constant search for signal, but I was hoping that this wouldn't get as hot as the S3.
so, should I seek a refurb from Sprint? I have the insurance. I am just afraid that a refurb would do me no better.
My biggest gripes are heating up occasionally, WiFi disconnect issues. I hope 4.3 can help some of these.