S4 over heats a lot from screen on top..
It starts heating within 1 min of use..
No heavy work.
Its too much hot to put to ear to attend call..
Service centre replaced motherboard.
But still am facing heating problem.
Now service centre refuses to take my set..
So now i will file a case in consumer court for money refund and harrasment i had using set for 1 month
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I can't see your phone so I don't know what is exactly going on, but if you type into Google any smartphone name and word "overheating" you will see dozens of threads and articles. People are just overreacting, smartphones are getting warm it's just their nature, plenty of processing power etc. If yours is getting too hot maybe it's some app working in background.
My phone gets very hot on top of screen, near speaker
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My phone is also overheating very quickly now. It started after i rooted the phone and installed some root apps like greenify and clean master. I have now disabled those apps to see if it helps.
Anyhow, it's not a big deal. It won't burn up so what is all the fuss about?
I have the same thing, the same spot as you mention. On samsung stock rom its really worse!, but on cm its decent. however, my pone always turns off when testing antutu at stock max cpu speed...
I can only go to 1674mhz. any higher and it will instant shutdown on antutu
hi, i'm from singapore
and im using the i9505 variant of the S4 and i'm having the same issue about the heat on the top half of the phone
it heats up so bad i cant touch the top half of the phone at all
Is this caused by the 4.2.2 update like what everyone says?
My view/experience with i9505 on (over)heating. I direct this at Samsung ...
Dear Samsung,
Please can you move the WiFi Power Save Mode Toggle from the Service Menu and place it in the standard Settings Menus. Also make this setting persistent between boots.
On certain AP hardware and/or configurations, the Power Save Mode does no saving at all, in fact in my experience it just causes a huge mess. The culprit is spotty/erratic WiFi connectivity which causes all the background sync/update tasks to go in retry loop heaven (with wakelocks galore). These background tasks in retry loops hammer the processor continuously such that it start heating up (& draining more battery than normal).
So please implement this small change so that it can save many a lot of headaches.
Thanks.
OsloSwede said:
My phone is also overheating very quickly now. It started after i rooted the phone and installed some root apps like greenify and clean master. I have now disabled those apps to see if it helps.
Anyhow, it's not a big deal. It won't burn up so what is all the fuss about?
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Heating is a big deal for me. S4 is a lot more hotter then my former S3, and not because of the CPU. For me it's because of the modem. Root might be related also (I had my doubts on this) ... some apps keeping the 3G up more then needed, but I don't want to speculate more ...
PS: there are others "overheating" posts , a lot of them.
Same issue here (thread here), my brother has the same model and we tryed use same apps on both S4's, his S4 does not heat but mine does. so something wrong with my S4
i think the rom is causing all the overheating issue.
when i used stock, it would heat up that i can't touch it
now using phoenix rom 2.0 for 9500, and only get a slight warmth
My first smart phone was an Galaxy S2, and it got hot, i had two replacements they were the same, i then realized smart phones with powerful cpu/gpu`s just get hot when they work hard, i had had a few smartphones since the S2 from a few different manufactures and they all get hot, now i have an htc one, and it gets hot so it`s totally normal.
what i have realized with android is that you can get a faulty app or system process that really kills the cpu/gpu for no reason and they need to be shutdown/killed.
So i started using an app called watchdog, just change the settings to monitor system processes as well.
John.
junaid115 said:
Same issue here (thread here), my brother has the same model and we tryed use same apps on both S4's, his S4 does not heat but mine does. so something wrong with my S4
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my friend is using i9505 as well and his doesnt heat up like mine does
when i bring it over to Samsung, they said 'its normal'
and they said nothing can be done about it
My phone was overheating as well, and I found out the culprit was media server. It got confused with some old thumbnails I had on my old SD card (from my galaxy S3), I had thousands of pictures there, so I guess it was constantly scanning it.
So delete all the thumbnails, (there's a folder .thumbnails in DCIM I believe) or even better yet, if you can, format your external SD card, and copy the files you need on it again. then mediaserver will work hard one more time and that's it.
Alternatively, you can download Rescan Media ROOT, and disable the media scanner, and enable it when you need it (but that's not desirable for me, I'm always updating my media, so I prefer it being automatic, depends on you usage)
I flashed Cyanogenmod yesterday and all my problems with the device are solved. No lag, no overheating and much better batterylife.
OsloSwede said:
I flashed Cyanogenmod yesterday and all my problems with the device are solved. No lag, no overheating and much better batterylife.
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Me too ! Life saver
OsloSwede said:
I flashed Cyanogenmod yesterday and all my problems with the device are solved. No lag, no overheating and much better batterylife.
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hi,
the Cyanogenmod that u flashed, is it the CM 10.1 night life for S4?
thanks
anyone else experiencing this top screen heat issue? Mine does heat up even when I'm only browsing the web. I never really bothereed with heat opn my Desire HD, S2, and S3... this S4 feels really hot.
nm8 said:
anyone else experiencing this top screen heat issue? Mine does heat up even when I'm only browsing the web. I never really bothereed with heat opn my Desire HD, S2, and S3... this S4 feels really hot.
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The S4 does heat up quite often, what version you using? I would recommend to use KT kernel to underclock and undervolt so it doesn't heat up as much
Ow i like the heating part on my SG4 its really helpfull if ill ever go to Antarctic
Its a life companion.
Crauze said:
The S4 does heat up quite often, what version you using? I would recommend to use KT kernel to underclock and undervolt so it doesn't heat up as much
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I use stock rooted and debloated tw rom - MGA
Hey guys I have just now upgraded from grand 1 to 2. I am noticing that the phone heats up a lot with slightly higher use of 3g or playing a game even for just 2 mins. Any of you have a solution to this heating problem?
I have also noticed that the RAM is always above 0.9 GB of use. This maybe due to the heavy touchwiz so just need a confirmation. Also I have upgraded to android 4.4.2 and the heating still exists. Any help is much appreciated.
are you joking
PiKay said:
Hey guys I have just now upgraded from grand 1 to 2. I am noticing that the phone heats up a lot with slightly higher use of 3g or playing a game even for just 2 mins. Any of you have a solution to this heating problem?
I have also noticed that the RAM is always above 0.9 GB of use. This maybe due to the heavy touchwiz so just need a confirmation. Also I have upgraded to android 4.4.2 and the heating still exists. Any help is much appreciated.
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show me a single smartphone that doesnt heat up while gaming..upgrading to kitkat reduces heat issues but gaming performance is very bad on kitkat ..3g heating is common in all samsung phones..grand 2 is eetter..once take a look at galaxy s4 you cant even hold it..
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show me a single smartphone that doesnt heat up while gaming..upgrading to kitkat reduces heat issues but gaming performance is very bad on kitkat ..3g heating is common in all samsung phones..grand 2 is eetter..once take a look at galaxy s4 you cant even hold it..
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Cell phone without heating ? Grand duos i9082... it never over heats.. My only x phone i regret to change due to awesome btry life
I currently own A TMO Samsung Galaxy S3. I am thinking of moving to the international version of the Samsung Galaxy S4 however I am not completely satisfied with the S3. Mine overheat, slows down, and reboots sometimes when pushed hard. It pulls so much power while in the car that navigating will drain the battery even with the car adapter. So is the S4 any better?
The S4 can also overheat, though I've not encountered problems with heat.
You have a TMo S3. If you are in the US be aware that in the US the I9505's LTE will not function due to not having the correct bands. Best you'll do is HSPA+. You may instead want to consider a SGH-M919, the TMo S4.
I have the international version of the s4. It does get quite hot at times. Especially when charging and gaming at the same time (not hardcore games, casual puzzle games like Flow).
I don't want to know what happens if I really take it to it's limit
Anyway, so far I haven't had any reboots or slowdowns because of the heat.
I will be moving to Europe which is why I'll want an international phone.
I did google this question and there are complaints out there, just wondering if the problem was fixed with a software update.
Thank you for the replies so far.
I have mine on Android 4.4.2 and haven't had a single moment of overheating not even when downloading and gaming at the same time while still plugged into the charger. Unless your device is faulty or you are on Android 4.2.2, it shouldn't.
This is encouraging, sounds like Samsung got it right with the S4 after the software was updated.
I am also pondering if the Saygus V2 is vaporware.
http://ww2.saygus.com/v2/
for me, my S4 does not overheat 99.9% of the time. if it does happen to overheat, very rare for me, is usually because an app crash or sth. just reboot or remove battery and reboot, and all is fine.
Hi,
I'm thinking of purchasing Samsung galaxy S4 I9500 (black edition). I've seen some users struggling with it's battery and heating issues.
are all devices affected with this issue?
Can a custom ROM solve the heating and batter problem? if yes, which one is the best?
Please advice.
Im using i9500 with no problems
I cant say for stock firmware but on custom rom heating and low battery life problems are nonexistent. Heating occurs a little while playing cpu and internet intensive games, but nothing you would not expect. Battery holds easily through the day or even two of you will not play or browse much. About roms- currently I would recommend ozcan rom if you want to stay on 4.4 or barebones 5.0.1 android. Both are great for speed battery and features.
I'll choose i9505 instead, Qualcomm rather than Exynos, much better thermal and battery & 4G also
sadly when I bought the phone only i9500 was available and I didn't discover that till when I finished every thing and entered my car
hey guys i really have a problem with my s7 edge (g935fd) . it gets superhot and i feel the heat through my fingers by the metal sides and near camera (also powerbutton). i have tried all stock roms from january 2018 (cant go back because bootloader is locked).now im on btu oreo latest firmware still having the issues ..did factory reset nothing helped..battery is ok 5-6hr sot but device heats up in just 2-5 minutes on a very normal usage... ambient temperature > 40(degree c).. is it normal for this phone to heat up so much?
exynos or snapdragon ? im using the exynos one and never had any serious heating issues.. it might heat up a bit while charging or when using mobile data (4g) etc which is acceptable imo
s7edgefan said:
exynos or snapdragon ? im using the exynos one and never had any serious heating issues.. it might heat up a bit while charging or when using mobile data (4g) etc which is acceptable imo
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bro, its exynos and if i use it for just 1 or 2 minutes the right side starts overheating up till it burns my fingers.phone performance is fine..dont know why