Galaxy S4 - To Hot to handle!!! - Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi guys,
Would like to check up if any one of you faced issues with samsung galaxy s4, heating up after usage of gaming, downloads, browsing, talking on the fone, etc
if yes, then post your issues here and we all can work together to resolve this or atleast know whts causing it...
regards,
RK

I am using the octa core variant. It gets pretty hot when I play ironman 3. probably due to the intensive graphics

Nope sweet as...
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19neon said:
Hi guys,
Would like to check up if any one of you faced issues with samsung galaxy s4, heating up after usage of gaming, downloads, browsing, talking on the fone, etc
if yes, then post your issues here and we all can work together to resolve this or atleast know whts causing it...
regards,
RK
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Blame it on the Snapdragon 600 or the Cortex-A15 cores, whichever you use. These babies burn like hell when you push them to the max. I suggest you to quickly root your phone and downclock via SetCPU . My SD600 is butter-smooth still at 1.35GHz and runs much cooler.

Of course any powerful processor on this earth will get hot when you use it fully. You can't put HSF in there
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Checked with an IR gauge.. while browsing the temp on the backpanel below the flash is 50d C .. is this normal?!

No! Check if media scanner is chewing your battery I bet it is lol
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No! Check if media scanner is chewing your battery I bet it is lol
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I'm pretty sure it is then it will cool down mon and is running at 30c and below now
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skivnit said:
I'm pretty sure it is then it will cool down mon and is running at 30c and below now
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Wipe your ext ad card or find the rogue file lol make sure u backup first
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i play ironman 3 it never lags and dont even get WARM! its just between cold-warm and normal! my hands or hotter than phone! i dont have problem
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but my phone went warm when i sintalled avast antivirus and batter ended quick! i uninstalled it and pluged it in charge im sure it was antivirus and nevr gonna happen again!

No offense but news flash the energy in the battery is converted into heat when you use the phone.
I feel like many people complaining about heating or overheating have units that are working correctly. It's a quad core with a big battery it's gonna make some heat when you put it to work.
Overheating specifically means heating to point where it no longer functions, not the point where you simply believe it is too hot (assuming it's not burning you) or even worse you think some temp readout is too high.
Tl;dr if your phone isn't shutting down or burning you it doesn't have a heating problem. If it's warm at idle your battery is draining you have a software idle drain problem not a heating problem.
Charging also generates heat. My phone will get pretty warm gaming but only really gets heated up on the back when charging. It's all fine. My S1 got toasty and never failed, one time I left it in a hot car it was so hot I could barely touch it and it was still working fine. Just chill.

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Galaxy s3 hot problem and soloution (experimental)

Hi guys I am from India and on international s3 and face a problem that s3 get hot upto 48c
I have a solution for this(must be work)
1. First of all disabled bundled stock apps like chat on etc I have attached a screen shot of disabled apps on my s3
2. Off NFC android beam.
3.disable s voice( big battery eater)
4.must disable s memo and exchange mail
5.clear cache of all files and apps weekly
6.flip board users plz clear your cache routinely( this apps has a network bug that eat more battery in less time.
7. Set sync of apps like Google +,mail,wheather to 6 hours.
Screenshots are below.
Plz tell me after disabled these apps attached below that the tricks work or not
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48°C is really like nothing. I remember SGS 1 & SGS 2 especially were getting almost 60°C.
So - unless some expert denies - I'm pretty sure temperatures up to 70 will not make harm.
With one exception: temperatures above 40° will shorten battery lifespan in the long run. Li-ion batteries don't like this.
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That sounds crazy, 70°Celsius? How can you actually still hold the phone on that temp? Almost impossible. My S3 never reached 40° Celsius once so far. But i remeber my HC Desire, when it was very hot outside, it reched almost 50° Celsius and it was HOT like **** in the hand i couldnt hold it very long tbh. And i dont think that this is good for the phone.
70°c can damaged your s3 CPU and you cannot hold the phone. So plz don't make such a comments on temp.
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surender9999 said:
70°c can damaged your s3 CPU and you cannot hold the phone. So plz don't make such a comments on temp.
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Evidence please that it can damage your CPU .
jje
follow this thread to monitor the temp of ur s3 .
Code:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1787145
My device is at 40 degree at normal use
I have read (will post the link if I can find it again) that if a battery gets to 140°F then it can go into a self heating mode, not allowing it too cool down, and eventually catch fire. However, I have accidentally left my dx charging in my car on a hot day and when I came back out, it had shut down and had a "battery too hot" notification. That phone would power off if it got too hot.
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my phone is so bloody hot .. :|
If you want evidence put your s3 in a oven and see the result
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My gnex once hit 110c CPU temp and it still works fine, it was regularly hitting 80-90c during benchmarks.
To say that 70c will damage a CPU is absolute nonsense, a quad core CPU running at 1.4ghz will hit 65-70c no problem under full load before temperature throttle kicks in and limits the frequency to cool it off.
Battery temp is a different story, 70c battery temp will probably end up damaging your phone/battery.
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70°c can damaged your s3 CPU and you cannot hold the phone. So plz don't make such a comments on temp.
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Nonsense. Absolute nonsense.
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nodstuff said:
My gnex once hit 110c CPU temp and it still works fine, it was regularly hitting 80-90c during benchmarks.
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Do you really mean Celsius? Water boils at 100°C and I don't think that a CPU could even stand such heat..
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Do you really mean Celsius? Water boils at 100°C and I don't think that a CPU could even stand such heat..
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Yes I do mean Celsius, and a CPU isn't made of water...
It shut off as that is the safety cut off point for that particular CPU.
I had temperature throttle turned off.
Quite a few people have hit that temperature, go to the gnex forums and ask Simms22 if you want further proof.
I KNOW a CPU can handle that heat because I have actually seen it.
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nodstuff said:
Yes I do mean Celsius, and a CPU isn't made of water...
It shut off as that is the safety cut off point for that particular CPU.
I had temperature throttle turned off.
Quite a few people have hit that temperature, go to the gnex forums and ask Simms22 if you want further proof.
I KNOW a CPU can handle that heat because I have actually seen it.
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Hi,
I agree with nodstuff and I can confirm
The same thing with my Gnex (not with the same kernel ) With a modified CPU temp limit my Gnex is going up to 98°C, never try with the CPU temp limit disabled but indeed it shut down at 110°C, it's a fact and it's in some doc of TI.
And about the temp of the SIII here we talk about the temp of the battery, not the CPU temp, this is not the same thing, although there is some correlation (but actually with, for example, a battery temp of 50°C, we don't know the real and actually CPU temp)..
When will you have an CPU temp in the SIII??? There is a CPU temp sensor but If I'm not wrong for an application to read the temp the kernel must support it (it's hardcoded).And as far as I know actually there is no way of knowing the CPU temp.
At first with the Gnex it was the same thing, no CPU temp and Franciscofranco has enabled it (the reading by an app) in his app (and also with anothe 3rd apps after) so we can see the CPU temp in real time.
I really missed this feature with the SIII...
May b it can handle so much of heat ..but the question is about using the device whn its hot..do u think its will b very convenient to use the device whn the device is at 100 degree?
I guess its not possible !
surender9999 said:
70°c can damaged your s3 CPU and you cannot hold the phone. So plz don't make such a comments on temp.
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I will make such comments.
They are said to be true
Comparing it to oven is very wrong, as oven gets 200-300°C.
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Hey can you hold your devices with gloves when it take 110°c I think you have two pairs of heat resistant gloves
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surender9999 said:
Hey can you hold your devices with gloves when it take 110°c I think you have two pairs of heat resistant gloves
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The CPU is at 110c, not the whole phone.
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nodstuff said:
The CPU is at 110c, not the whole phone.
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Its not just the cpu.. when the heat is dissipated the whole area including the screen gets hot.
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Its not just the cpu.. when the heat is dissipated the whole area including the screen gets hot.
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Hi,
Hot for sure but obviously not the same temperature of the CPU.
Temperature dissipated, yes, but not 100% transmitted at all the phone. CPU at 110°C you can imagine that the screen is not at this temperature for example, like the back cover, otherwise beware of burns and it's not the case.
When my Gnex reached 98°C it was hot but not unable to hold in hand.
Guys, you never used a Gnex (or another phone maybe) without a CPU temp limit, so disabled, or a modified CPU temp limit with an higher limit before thermal throttling...? The phone is still usuable.when I read you speak about very hot, extremely hot, or overheating with a battery temp of 45°C... Should not you know the CPU temp...
Ok the battery temp could be useful but not as much as the CPU temp...
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Nodstuff why you not understand the temperature theory for CPU or mobiles if your CPU take in 110°c temp it can caused many problem and reduce deficiency of your CPU.
Other people are saying all this thing so plz listen carefully and don't run your phone on 110°c
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My Galaxy S4 GT-I9500 Overheating

Hi guys,
I've just now received my Galaxy S4 with Exynos-Octa processor, and from the first minute I noticed overheating specially in the ear area and it's annoying, is anyone faced the same problem?
Thanks a lot
this Is what I was afraid of. On what usage does it over heats?
Swyped from another galaxy
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this Is what I was afraid of. On what usage does it over heats?
Swyped from another galaxy
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Just when you turn the screen on and start navigating in apps or even settings, but now after around 1.5 hours of using the heat became much lower! I hope it's a software problem and to be solved soon.
Same issue on Galaxy S3
Perhaps it's because of the location of the SOC, Radio and the battery which all adds up to the heat. Better use with a case.
Just got my phone too there is definite overheating. Just been setting things up and can feel it.
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Perhaps it's because of the location of the SOC, Radio and the battery which all adds up to the heat. Better use with a case.
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The problem is the heat is from the screen side, sometimes I can't talk with it! hope it's a software problem and to be solved soon
I'm having the same heating issue, but I've noticed that I have the famous 'mediaserver battery drain' issue too. Check under "Settings -> More -> Battery" and see if "Mediaserver" is at the top of the list, and if so, what percentage? Mine is sitting at 55%.
I'm down to 31% battery life after 2hrs 43mins of use
I suspect the overheating is a sympton of this misbehaving mediaserver, but I could be wrong
I dont think mediaserver will be the cause of the heat. Probably those processors will be. I think someone had a fix for the media server issue in the N7 forum. The heat will affect the battery life though.
When I bought the S2 back in 2011 it had the same problem. I've tried numerous ROM's and some were better than others at minimizing the back overheating but none of them completely cured it. Of course each time the phone overheated, the battery took a big hit
I then bought the Note 2 in September last year and Wow! I was impressed...faster CPU yet absolutely no overheating. I thought Samsung has finally solved this issue
Today I bought the S4 and sold the Note 2. What a big mistake! It overheats in almost any application, camera being the worst.
My wife was questioning about the heating as well. Shes like "feel this! Its warm. " her iphone never heated lol
Sent from my Note 2 hehehe
I am having the same problem!! Got my S4 just few hours back.. Even while watching videos it heats up!!!!
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distonocalm said:
When I bought the S2 back in 2011 it had the same problem. I've tried numerous ROM's and some were better than others at minimizing the back overheating but none of them completely cured it. Of course each time the phone overheated, the battery took a big hit
I then bought the Note 2 in September last year and Wow! I was impressed...faster CPU yet absolutely no overheating. I thought Samsung has finally solved this issue
Today I bought the S4 and sold the Note 2. What a big mistake! It overheats in almost any application, camera being the worst.
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We are in the same boat... I was so happy with my note 2. Samsung has disappointed me this time!!! :banghead:
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Very dissapointing news...
Just sold my Galaxy Note, and now i don't have any phone...
I was hoping that Galaxy S4 will be the best option for me. (
- HTC One is a useless brick, not an attractive alternative
- GT-9505 has a low efficiency (battery life will be a shame)
- Note II is not an option for me
- What else? What should i choice?
khrystyan27 said:
Very dissapointing news...
Just sold my Galaxy Note, and now i don't have any phone...
I was hoping that Galaxy S4 will be the best option for me. (
- HTC One is a useless brick, not an attractive alternative
- GT-9505 has a low efficiency (battery life will be a shame)
- Note II is not an option for me
- What else? What should i choice?
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How do you know the 9505 battery sucks? From the reviews it's more than decent
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I've just ordered one to shipping out with fedex. I guess we will just have to wait and see. Maybe its a software issue or some units have bad processors or heat sinks in them so they over heat. Hope mine is ok
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I am having the same problem!! Got my S4 just few hours back.. Even while watching videos it heats up!!!!
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We are in the same boat... I was so happy with my note 2. Samsung has disappointed me this time!!! :banghead:
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Is the media scanner running? This is very weird. How can they release a phone that has not been tested?
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How do you know the 9505 battery sucks? From the reviews it's more than decent
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Because the Exynos (big.LITTLE, architecture) version should be more battery friendly than the Qualcomm version, and if the Exynos fails, than imagine the Qualcomm version.
I just can't imagine that Samsung haven't tested both versions before starting to sell them worldwide...
BIG SHAME SAMSUNG!
I noticed mine to is getting a little to warm. Reminds of the s2 when I first bought it, and it had horrible battery life..
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I'm sure its related to "Mediaserver" misbehaving
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Because the Exynos (big.LITTLE, architecture) version should be more battery friendly than the Qualcomm version, and if the Exynos fails, than imagine the Qualcomm version.
I just can't imagine that Samsung haven't tested both versions before starting to sell them worldwide...
BIG SHAME SAMSUNG!
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That's not a reason you should wait for the owners reviews before judging. Anyway if this is indeed the case of all the octa phones then I'm cancelling mine and will wait for something else. My s3 and note 2 are running great
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prodigyX said:
I'm sure its related to "Mediaserver" misbehaving
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Exactly my thoughts. People please check your battery stats and look for media and media server stats
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The media server issue is normally down to a corrupt file on the phone or SD card.
Try removing the SD card and see if the problem stops. If it does then its a file on the SD card.
If it doesn't then its a file on the phone but this sounds odd as the phones are so new they shouldn't have lots of files on. On my s2 it was cached images from an app that did it, I just deleted them all.
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Note 3 heating issues ?

Anyone facing heating issues on the note 3....
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Make sure there is no rough app holds the cpu continously. May be files are being indexed. If you have external sdcard take backup of the content, format and the transfer only what is required.
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Nope. Hottest mine got for me was when running the 3DMark benchmark. In regular use it stays cool.
Gets warm after couple hours of use, but very very very little, I kinda have to look for it to touch it, a little below the camera can barely sense it.
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slimslim said:
Gets warm after couple hours of use, but very very very little, I kinda have to look for it to touch it, a little below the camera can barely sense it.
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For me, It doesn't get hot at all during normal use (browsing, downloading, chat apps etc)
However, it gets really warm durinng gaming and benchmark testing near the camera.
Mine is the Exynos one though
surfol said:
For me, It doesn't get hot at all during normal use (browsing, downloading, chat apps etc)
However, it gets really warm durinng gaming and benchmark testing near the camera.
Mine is the Exynos one though
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this. i played with one at bestbuy for almost an hour yesterday. AT&T edition so it was snapdragon 800 and only time it got warm was when i ran antutu. browsing, s pen, camera, etc etc nothing just benchmarks. so im very excited to get mine now! my s4 was like a hand warmer!
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Anyone facing heating issues on the note 3....
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CHECK YOURS NOTE CPU TEMP WITH THIS APP
https://www.dropbox.com/s/8ien822munuhtif/org.alldroid.apps.tempmonitor.21.apk
Note 3 heating near camera with regular use
File seems to be deleted. cam you please update the link
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Gets warm after couple hours of use, but very very very little, I kinda have to look for it to touch it, a little below the camera can barely sense it.
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I bought Note 3 a week back and having the same heating problem near the camera.....when I play Can Knockdown or candy crush (I am sure they are not high end games) ...I cancelled my plan to download Asphalt.
Did you get any resolution ?
I don't play candy crush but since bard's tale was on sale I've spent 5 hours on it already and again it just gets warm. No real heating issues, but again some games differ i guess
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I face the heat u mention but.. only sometime when charging while playing game.
But I think it's normal as the processor having high frequency when the hot happen.
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Heating is totally normal at this devices due to cpu consumption and no cooling system. So no need to worry about it.
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[Q] Does overheating kill my S4 (I9500)

Does the overheating eventually kill my S4? I have CM 11 (Android 4.4.2) and the problem still persist. I can't update via OTA since its rooted. I also don't want to lose any apps because they are large apps and dont want to bother to download them again. So will it actually gonna kill my S4 someday?
FreezIn said:
Does the overheating eventually kill my S4? I have CM 11 (Android 4.4.2) and the problem still persist. I can't update via OTA since its rooted. I also don't want to lose any apps because they are large apps and dont want to bother to download them again. So will it actually gonna kill my S4 someday?
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I can't catch what's your problem...
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Or actually imma change the question. Does android 4.4.2 kitkat fix overheating issues? Will it actually gonna break my device soon?
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FreezIn said:
Or actually imma change the question. Does android 4.4.2 kitkat fix overheating issues? Will it actually gonna break my device soon?
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The Android 4.4.2 for S4 is leaked version. It is not published Officially by samsung and it may has many bugs. (eg. overheating, ...)
Overheating can eventually cause some serious problems. The board is able to adjust slightly with flexing caused by heat, but eventually soldered connections will give in and break if your device is getting extremely hot. When or what is causing it to get so hot?
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The Android 4.4.2 for S4 is leaked version. It is not published Officially by samsung and it may has many bugs. (eg. overheating, ...)
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Overheating can eventually cause some serious problems. The board is able to adjust slightly with flexing caused by heat, but eventually soldered connections will give in and break if your device is getting extremely hot. When or what is causing it to get so hot?
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@martikp When smsung officially publish it, do i have to reinstall CM so it fixes the overheating issue?
 @megamanDJ It overheats when browsing, playing games. Does this eventually break the LCD screen ( not the gorilla glass 3 ) ?
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@martikp When smsung officially publish it, do i have to reinstall CM so it fixes the overheating issue?
@megamanDJ It overheats when browsing, playing games. Does this eventually break the LCD screen ( not the gorilla glass 3 ) ?
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No it won't break the HD Super Amoled screen.
Overheating will eventually cause logic board failures and shorten the batteries' life span
So if my phone is a little hot can this still happen?
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So if my phone is a little hot can this still happen?
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Not a little bit hot but perheps if it reaches 85 degrees+ all the time. But even in doing so it will still (from my experience) last longer that you'd ever keep this phone for.
Oh the is there any apps out there that tells you the temp if my phone. Something that is easy to set up?
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Oh the is there any apps out there that tells you the temp if my phone. Something that is easy to set up?
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They have quite a few apps out there for monitoring temps and whatnot. I personally use Android Tuner for everything I monitor. As a huge plus, this app is one of the most versatile apps (especially if rooted) I've come across and have had for a long time. Its good for adjusting or tuning down anything that may cause overheating as well as view summaries of the culprits
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Not a little bit hot but perheps if it reaches 85 degrees+ all the time. But even in doing so it will still (from my experience) last longer that you'd ever keep this phone for.
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I agree. You don't hear too often about someone's phone overheating to the point of failure. I've seen one phone that would get so hot you almost couldn't hold it in your hand, and had a habit of doing that but was ultimately broken months later by a shopping cart.:silly:
Still a decent monitoring app (among dozens on the market) can help you monitor temps and pinpoint when, where, and what is causing problems.
Thank you the app works. Is there anyway to drop the temperature as low as you can? Like 26 C? I disabled my Google account stuff and sync and removed the sim card because I use this phone as a gaming device. When I play a few rounds of subway surfers it already gets to medium warm and for 3D games it gets warmer more faster.
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Is 51 C - 56 C harm the device?
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FreezIn said:
Is 51 C - 56 C harm the device?
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I would say you are safe in that temp range. Its when you get 80 C and above that that's causing damage. Also are these temps from the battery or the CPU? The CPU can and will get to 60 C temps at times which is normal.
CPU I played the game six guns for almost an hour and it didn't go over 65 C and I think I totally screwed up my ext SDcard
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FreezIn said:
Thank you the app works. Is there anyway to drop the temperature as low as you can? Like 26 C? I disabled my Google account stuff and sync and removed the sim card because I use this phone as a gaming device. When I play a few rounds of subway surfers it already gets to medium warm and for 3D games it gets warmer more faster.
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If you are having heating problems while playing 3D games alone then you might want to try experimenting with using different GPU settings. You can try tuning down the frequency. It may or may not help with temp being its only a frequency setting. Try also using the app "Greenify" to put as many of the remaining apps that you don't absolutely need running into hibernation. Greenify is a lot more efficient when it comes to keeping apps from using resources.
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How to adjust the GPU frequency settings? Does this affect the quality of the game after its adjusted? But I do not think adjusting the GPU frequency settings will work. The overheating problem is caused by the CPU. May try Greenify app.
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FreezIn said:
How to adjust the GPU frequency settings? Does this affect the quality of the game after its adjusted? But I do not think adjusting the GPU frequency settings will work. The overheating problem is caused by the CPU. May try Greenify app.
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If your GPU is capable of adjusting the frequency then it will show you in the Android Tuner app next to the CPU settings, but you're right it wont help with overheating. You can set your CPU governor to "powersaver" and underclock by sliding the max frequency setting down one step at a time until you notice a difference in temp. Greenify is a huge help mainly with battery saving which in turn stops a lot of unnecessary CPU draw.
Does under clocking CPU will cause large 3S games crash? Hope it doesnt
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Bad idea. When I change it to power save it makes every sluggish and laggy even I turn one step down the CPU thing its sluggish
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Phone overheating issue

My G2 tends to get worryfyingly warm when im using a bit more cpu intensive tasks. The cpu managed to get to 67°C when playing 3 races in NFS Most Wanted and managed to get 76° when doing Antutu benchmarks twice and it started throttling. And battery temp stayed around 40~45°. Idk, if this is supposed to be normal(please bear in mind my previous phone was HTC Evo 3D, which barely got hot ). When idling, the phone is just a bit warm. I'm running OptimusRs Pro V4.1 Stock kernel. Is this supposed to be normal for quad core phones or should I get it to service?
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Oh, and when phone is idle, the cpu is 42°C and battery is 32°
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This is normal the g2 is a very powerful phone without a fan eventually phones will have to have small fans and phones may be noisier than today's phones
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I know that, but it tends to get hot very fast, a couple of minutes heavy tasking and its already throttling
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Is it really normal? I mean after 10 mins of browsing even the screen gets really hot..
see if you can check your kernel's cpu profile settings. could be that it's not allowing the cpu to idle when it should be. alot of times there are various profiles you can set it to 'on demand/powersaver/ect...' and this will change the behavior of the cpu's throttling.
Well now we're in the summer and the phone will naturally get hotter since the only thing that cools it down is the environment. If you're browsing under hot sunlight with 100 percent brightness then yes, it is going to get really hot.
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1ackass said:
I know that, but it tends to get hot very fast, a couple of minutes heavy tasking and its already throttling
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its not normal bro. i have the same issue on all aosp roms and cloudyflex roms. my phone becomes really hot. if you give a shot at cloudystock 2.2, your phone wont heat up at all. try it out and be sure to make a nandroid before. just incase if you change ur mind and want to get back to this rom. i wouldnt recommend it though, anthing above 25*C for the battery is bad for its health since its a lithium battery.while the cpu heating up to 70*C is fine i actually use custom throttling to reduce my phone heating that much, i keep the throttling at 60*C
No it gets hot even at 60 percent brigthness while browsing. NFC, BT, 3G are off, i am using only 2 widgets, The top of the phone gets really hot... my sis has S3 and it never ever gets that hot, so do my old Huawei phone..

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