Hello Guys, i registered to XDA developers to ask this question so please reply. i heard many say GPU of Nexus 4 is very bad because after 20 mins of gameplay the phone gets heated and the GPU performance is Dramatically Reduced to cooldown. I am going to buy Nexus 4 thats y im asking, i didnt hear this from my neighbours..., i saw someone say this in youtube comments. Anyone Experiencing this Issue? or its a defective product?.
This is a good thread to read about Thermal Throttling: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2144652
I am not sure about the GPU actually reducing it's power when the nexus is getting hot. I know the CPU will clock lower when it has reached 70 degrees so it can cool down. Most kernel's have the ability to up this to about 100 degrees so you won't have the thermal throttling as fast. You are also able to remove the throttling completely with a commando.
I've played alot of Dungeon Hunter 4/GTA Vice City/Real Racing 3 and I have never experienced severe FPS drops because of it getting hotter. The only thing you will experience is a battery that will be empty within 2 hours.
PS: This is based on what i've read on the forums, I do not have my nexus 4 for that long and I am not a developer, someone might be able to give you more accurate information.
The thermald.conf sets the battery threshold to about 40-41C before it begins to underclock aggressively (hence why it feels sluggish). I forget the exact number. It starts reading "Overheating" status when it reaches about 46C. Max rated temperature for the battery is 60C.
At that battery temperature ~41C, the CPU is no more than about 50C, so it's not the CPU overheating.
If you feel so inclined, you can modify the thermald.conf with root to modify how aggressive the thermal throttling acts, within reason. Otherwise you'll cook your phone.
desynch- said:
The thermald.conf sets the battery threshold to about 40-41C before it begins to underclock aggressively (hence why it feels sluggish). I forget the exact number.
At that temperature, the CPU is no more than about 50C.
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or you can run a custom kernel(like trinity) that disables the battery thermal throttle and not worry about it.
simms22 said:
or you can run a custom kernel(like trinity) that disables the battery thermal throttle and not worry about it.
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YMMV with that. My nominal binned SoC overheats really easily. With the way I use my phone, it'd be overheating way too often.
I modified my thermald.conf so it's less aggressive. It's not that hard to figure out.
The phone throttles its clock speed like a PC. It's not a big deal.
I was wondering that is it possible to undervolt our GPU and has it been found yet? My Galaxy S2 had GPU UV and it had a major impact on gaming temperature. If we could control it and CPU voltages then there might be chance to avoid thermal throttling. and maybe increase battery life..
So yeah, I'm still new for G2 and I found thermal throttling issues to be very bad. I enabled temperature property but it throttles on 70c and does it fast. I'm not a huge gamer but still would like to fix this. Is it possible to increase the limit or something? Talking about stock LG ROM.
Thanks.
I had this issue that on some games the fps start to be dragged down after 15, 20 min. I've instaled new custom kernel for thermal throttle due to cpu heating, but seems to be related to gpu, as the cpu stays constant at about the same speed. I have seen a fix for s4 on the web: to change a value in this file min_pwrlevel, though there is not on this os. If Anyone has an fix for gpu thermal please give advice. Cheers.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2433045
http://forum.xda-developers.com/samsung-a-series/general/kernel-f93-kernel-sm-a500f-stock-t3160317
Just like what the title says, how can i disable thermal throttling on my overclocked s6 edge.. There's no use to overclock when there's still a stock thermal throttling which is kinda aggressive.. Or atleast i can modify the thermal files to make the phone throttle a little bit slower.. I tried to disable dvfs.. But there's still throttling..