Phone heats up on LTE - Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)

Anyone else have this issue while using LTE? My phone is from Rogers. When it's on LTE, the bottom part of the phone, including the bottom of the screen heats up terribly bad and the whole phone eventually gets hot. I switched back to 4G and the heat went way. I prefer to use LTE as it's blazing fast here in Toronto. Anything I can do?

Hold the top of the phone? Just kidding.

At least, does anyone know an app where I can toggle LTE except when I'm browsing with the browser or watching YouTube?

Frostie123 said:
Anyone else have this issue while using LTE? My phone is from Rogers. When it's on LTE, the bottom part of the phone, including the bottom of the screen heats up terribly bad and the whole phone eventually gets hot. I switched back to 4G and the heat went way. I prefer to use LTE as it's blazing fast here in Toronto. Anything I can do?
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Im with Bell and the phone doesnt even get warm when Im on LTE.

Same here very disappointed I switched from an iPhone to this phone and the iPhone never got hot. Are all android phones like this? Love the os and phone just not very happy with cheap build quality.
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Frostie123 said:
At least, does anyone know an app where I can toggle LTE except when I'm browsing with the browser or watching YouTube?
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I dont need an app with the Bell version. I just go in the network settings.

sabre31 said:
Same here very disappointed I switched from an iPhone to this phone and the iPhone never got hot. Are all android phones like this? Love the os and phone just not very happy with cheap build quality.
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No, not all Android phones are like this.
Take a look at your phone again, you notice something? Yeah, it's thin. being as thin as it is, you're going to definitely feel heat if you push the phone hard enough. And considering android is more intensive in terms of processing, Its going to actually use the system, compared to ios since that doesn't have to be as intensive considering how overly simple it is.
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Jbluna said:
No, not all Android phones are like this.
Take a look at your phone again, you notice something? Yeah, it's thin. being as thin as it is, you're going to definitely feel heat if you push the phone hard enough. And considering android is more intensive in terms of processing, Its going to actually use the system, compared to ios since that doesn't have to be as intensive considering how overly simple it is.
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Thanks for the explanation however should I worry my phone will burn out and cause damage or am I over reacting?
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Thanks for the explanation however should I worry my phone will burn out and cause damage or am I over reacting?
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I would suggest that if the iPhone had to work hard it would get hot/warm as well. But since it is designed with simplicity in mind it doesn't have to. But I could be wrong.
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Death grip on atrix

I am experiencing a iphone like death grip on my atrix. Anyone else?
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Nope, not one bit.
Edit: By not one bit, I mean that under normal circumstances of me holding the phone how I normally would it does not drop even 1 bar. I've made no attempt to purposefully smother it because thats well... stupid. If it works how you use it, why do you care if you can go out of your way to smother out a signal?
care to elaborate?
tried it, like on any phone out there...it goes down a bit but not badly. I even tried to smother it with both hands while running pandora, it dropped one bar. I'm not concerned with it. Motorola has been building radios for a long time, they know how to do that stuff.
Every single phone loses some signal when you basically cover it with your hands and squeeze. The reason the iphone was singled out so bad was because you could basically use one finger to short out the antenna and lose like 3 plus bars.
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Although I did manage to make it lose 2 bars of signal strength. My Vulcan death grip did not work. I then realized it was a Borg, as it proceeded to assimilate me.
Mine usually goes to 1 bar when i hold the phone in left hand. Was just curious.
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xorpion said:
Mine usually goes to 1 bar when i hold the phone in left hand. Was just curious.
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goes to one bar from full bars or were you already in a low signal area?

[Q] Antenna Problem

Hey im curious if anyone else is having this same problem. Every time grab my phone like im going to use it...i go down atleast 1 or 2 bars signal...does anyone else have this problem??
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Hey im curious if anyone else is having this same problem. Every time grab my phone like im going to use it...i go down atleast 1 or 2 bars signal...does anyone else have this problem??
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I've noticed quirks like that on almost every phone I've owned. It doesn't do it every time though, and doesn't seem to matter where on the phone your hand is.
All devices without a physical antenna do this. Which is almost every phone now a days. All my phones done this.
Try this, hold your device sideways in landscape mode wrapping your index finger along the side, right on top of the ear speaker. You'll see your bars increase.
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coupetastic-droid said:
All devices without a physical antenna do this. Which is almost every phone now a days. All my phones done this.
Try this, hold your device sideways in landscape mode wrapping your index finger along the side, right on top of the ear speaker. You'll see your bars increase.
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yup they do...so i guess just deal with it??
em2drvr03 said:
yup they do...so i guess just deal with it??
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Basically, untill they make better internal antenna strip later down the line.
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coupetastic-droid said:
All devices without a physical antenna do this. Which is almost every phone now a days. All my phones done this.
Try this, hold your device sideways in landscape mode wrapping your index finger along the side, right on top of the ear speaker. You'll see your bars increase.
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while patting your head and rubbing your tummy. oh also juggling upside down and buying an iphone 4
Nicgraner said:
while patting your head and rubbing your tummy. oh also juggling upside down and buying an iphone 4
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dont forget while hopping on one foot...
TBH,
I had never had the IPhone issue with a phone until I owned an Iphone....and then I owned a mytouch 4g and my wi-fi signal would drop depending on how i held it....
But nothing too bad
carmeng4evr said:
TBH,
I had never had the IPhone issue with a phone until I owned an Iphone....and then I owned a mytouch 4g and my wi-fi signal would drop depending on how i held it....
But nothing too bad
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Actually, nothing is as bad as the iphone antenna. My friends iphone was horrible on that.
Yea, the mytouch is not so bad. I'm usually always holding my phone in landscape which is how it gets the best reception, so its all good.
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I think every phone does
My wifi signal even loses a few bars for some reason when I do, and the router is ~20ft away without any walls
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Epic just died.

Just now. I was on xda app and suddenly the screen started having a titty attack (its happened numerous times before on froyo)
i wasnt worried cuz i figured my processor was just being overworked so i downclocked it to 400mhz.
Usually this happens in miren or dolphin. Then it clicked. It MUST BE ALL THE ENERGY BEING USED TO RENDER THE WHITE! cuz i always use my [phone at or near max brightness....
the thing was, i lowered the brightness and it stopped, but then it just shut off....i had to unplug it and plug it back in for the charger to even start charging it again.
So my question...is the screen dying (which means it has been for a while.) or is the processor dying (which means it has been for a while lol)
just wonderin are you using a stock battery or a cheapy from ebay? i had this happen too, and it turned out to be neither the screen or the core. it was only happening when i was using my aftermarket chinese battery.
im using stock battery
maybe its not getting enough juice anymore? i do plug my phone into things alot...lol
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im using stock battery
maybe its not getting enough juice anymore? i do plug my phone into things alot...lol
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I had a screen crap out on me. I had similar symptoms leading up to it. The next thing that happened was the touchscreen became unresponsive unless keyboard was open. Then it stopped altogether. Thank goodness for my insurance because it did die. When I took it to a Repair store they had to open a new one to replace it because it is not a common issue.
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How bad is it, I know we can all experience the screen f'ing up just by raising the brightness all the way and go to settings>display>and uncheck power save mode then go to any screen that is white. Its a problem with the super amoled.
But if you have the power save mode thing checked I think ur f'ed
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A_Flying_Fox said:
Just now. I was on xda app and suddenly the screen started having a titty attack (its happened numerous times before on froyo)
i wasnt worried cuz i figured my processor was just being overworked so i downclocked it to 400mhz.
Usually this happens in miren or dolphin. Then it clicked. It MUST BE ALL THE ENERGY BEING USED TO RENDER THE WHITE! cuz i always use my [phone at or near max brightness....
the thing was, i lowered the brightness and it stopped, but then it just shut off....i had to unplug it and plug it back in for the charger to even start charging it again.
So my question...is the screen dying (which means it has been for a while.) or is the processor dying (which means it has been for a while lol)
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This has happened go me before. But it was because I was trying to flash roms over a custom stock rom and I didn't know. I suggest you Odin back to stock. Leave it for a week or 2.
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xopher.hunter said:
How bad is it, I know we can all experience the screen f'ing up just by raising the brightness all the way and go to settings>display>and uncheck power save mode then go to any screen that is white. Its a problem with the super amoled.
But if you have the power save mode thing checked I think ur f'ed
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I just tried this and experienced nothing. Eh?
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RushAOZ said:
I just tried this and experienced nothing. Eh?
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My screen flickers really hard on all white pages when the screen iks on full bright and power save off. Not all the time though, only when my battery is under 20 percent or so.
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austin420 said:
My screen flickers really hard on all white pages when the screen iks on full bright and power save off. Not all the time though, only when my battery is under 20 percent or so.
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Similar experience but usually only when under 10-15% battery left and full brightness. The screen just can't draw enough current I guess.
DroidApprentice said:
Similar experience but usually only when under 10-15% battery left and full brightness. The screen just can't draw enough current I guess.
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Out of curiosity, are you overclocking?
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JohnCorleone said:
Out of curiosity, are you overclocking?
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No sir. Never have.
DroidApprentice said:
No sir. Never have.
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I hardly ever get below 25% on a battery because I carry a backup but when I did, I had strange things happen.
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DroidApprentice said:
No sir. Never have.
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Ohhhh, well that's interesting. Because if you OC or if your phone heats up enough data corrupts and your screen spazzes out. But I wonder if weather could play an affect towards that.
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AproSamurai said:
Ohhhh, well that's interesting. Because if you OC or if your phone heats up enough data corrupts and your screen spazzes out. But I wonder if weather could play an affect towards that.
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Its funny you mentioned that. It was 103 degrees in SoCal yesterday and I was getting random reboots and freezing ON FROYO and that never happens to me.
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My screen goes glitchy when its on 100% brightness, and I go to a mostly white app(like google search), but its cause mines a refurb.
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Avelnan said:
Phones are going to come to life someday. Take note: LG Optimus line. ASUS Transformer. And now the Nexus Prime.
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My phone usually goes to force close hell if I forget my phone in the car while its using navigation and bluetooth on a hot day.
Its like a damn baby! (Disclaimer: I do not leave babies in cars)
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Its like a damn baby! (Disclaimer: I do not leave babies in cars)
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Lol thanks for that.
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Anyone else having this problem

Ive already taken one gs4 during my 14 day period for it massivley getting hot. Anyone else had this issue
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Kole_Ackerson said:
Ive already taken one gs4 during my 14 day period for it massivley getting hot. Anyone else had this issue
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Mobile devices can get up to 110 degress(or more) in certain circumstances. For example, when playing highly graphical/intense games, while GPS navigating/streaming music, streaming/playing movies, or AC charging... or any combination of the aforementioned.
unremarked said:
Mobile devices can get up to 110 degress(or more) in certain circumstances. For example, when playing highly graphical/intense games, while GPS navigating/streaming music, streaming/playing movies, or AC charging... or any combination of the aforementioned.
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This one is different. Itd get hot to where you couldn't touch your skin to it and then it would shut off
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Kole_Ackerson said:
This one is different. Itd get hot to where you couldn't touch your skin to it and then it would shut off
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I get that, but that doesn't change what I'm talking about. If you're doing any of the things I've mentioned on the phone, it can get very hot and yes, it will turn itself off to protect itself from overheating. Your car and computer do the same things. Overclocking can also cause the phone to generate more heat than normal.
If you're trying to tell me that you're just talking on the phone, letting it sit idle on your desk, and/or looking at Facebook and you're reaching those temperatures, I A) find that hard to believe B) need to know more information to try and help you find out what's going on.
I get your trying to help me and I realize that but your firdt assumption in 100% correct. Yes. I find it hard to believe to but thats what happened
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Did you ever try turning off wifi, Bluetooth, GPS separately to see which is causing the heat up. That level of heat sounds like a defect but it still would be isolated to a particular component. Should have checked the battery too.
hamzer11 said:
Did you ever try turning off wifi, Bluetooth, GPS separately to see which is causing the heat up. That level of heat sounds like a defect but it still would be isolated to a particular component. Should have checked the battery too.
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I did all of those to an extent and it would drop in heat a little but still be almost unbearable. And I did aquire a replacement battery from att and it did not change
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Kole_Ackerson said:
I did all of those to an extent and it would drop in heat a little but still be almost unbearable. And I did aquire a replacement battery from att and it did not change
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You got a replacement, correct? Is the new one okay? It could have been a bad module or a bad contact not conducting properly. In any case it does seem like a rare thing. I actually love how this phone doesn't get very hot.
hamzer11 said:
You got a replacement, correct? Is the new one okay? It could have been a bad module or a bad contact not conducting properly. In any case it does seem like a rare thing. I actually love how this phone doesn't get very hot.
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Yes I did. And this one is running perfect so far
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Screen jitters, force GPU?

So I rooted and froze all I felt comfortable with (almost all of the bloat and non used) and seemed to have a few more moments of jitters. I thought it was my fast moving in and out of apps, or my games causing the hardware to stumble, but now think its totally hardware.
My question is, after switching to force GPU settings in developer options, has anyone noticed it stopping? Or at least a marked decrease in episodes?
Disable HW overlays and force GPU rendering of 2d being the two options I'm using. I just started last night and already I'm noticing things seem much snappier and no stutters.
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8on3s said:
So I rooted and froze all I felt comfortable with (almost all of the bloat and non used) and seemed to have a few more moments of jitters. I thought it was my fast moving in and out of apps, or my games causing the hardware to stumble, but now think its totally hardware.
My question is, after switching to force GPU settings in developer options, has anyone noticed it stopping? Or at least a marked decrease in episodes?
Disable HW overlays and force GPU rendering of 2d being the two options I'm using. I just started last night and already I'm noticing things seem much snappier and no stutters.
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I did not have force GPU selected. I just turned it on and will see if it makes a difference.
scottjb said:
I did not have force GPU selected. I just turned it on and will see if it makes a difference.
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Yeah I noticed a jitter now and again, seems it was more placebo than cure. The setting did make the phone a little faster in response though.
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8on3s said:
Yeah I noticed a jitter now and again, seems it was more placebo than cure. The setting did make the phone a little faster in response though.
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Been running it with the force GPU on. I still see the problem but I don't think I see it as much.
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I think its definitely a hardware issue. Seems like most people report it after they flash a new ROM, stock based or not.
i kinda like the jitters
makes me think im having a flashback
uthkuknwme said:
i kinda like the jitters
makes me think im having a flashback
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Lol well that's one way to look at it.
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viper74656 said:
I think its definitely a hardware issue. Seems like most people report it after they flash a new ROM, stock based or not.
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Guessing so then, well screen shakes aren't enough to hate this phone anyways, it's too smooth.
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8on3s said:
Lol well that's one way to look at it.
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honestly, i thought it was me until i saw someone mention it on here, like an eye twitch from trying to focus (i have double vision)
uthkuknwme said:
honestly, i thought it was me until i saw someone mention it on here, like an eye twitch from trying to focus (i have double vision)
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Oh, that doesn't sound like a fun situation. Man the worst situation I had regarding any eye twitching, I was working swing for a few months
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8on3s said:
Oh, that doesn't sound like a fun situation. Man the worst situation I had regarding any eye twitching, I was working swing for a few months
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i just have prizims in my glasses, but sometimes when they get tired my vision splits and i have to reposition them. i wish i could wear contacts, but i bet contacts with prizims would be huge
uthkuknwme said:
i just have prizims in my glasses, but sometimes when they get tired my vision splits and i have to reposition them. i wish i could wear contacts, but i bet contacts with prizims would be huge
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And uncomfortable I'm sure. I can't stand wearing my novelty lenses for Halloween for more than a few hours, lol, I know not the same but the best I have to compare to.
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