[Q] Does your Galaxy S4 overheat? - Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

What are your temperatures when using your phone and battery temo. Specify your temps. Thanks.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using XDA Free mobile app

I don't have exact temps but generally under 30, which is comparable to my high end PC. This is on idle or just using it normally.
I remember when I was playing gta vice city and the device was almost too hot to use comfortably.
Sent from my SGH-I337M using XDA Free mobile app

Mine used to.
Workaround (you may try)
1. Flasha custom kernrl
2. Download Kernel Tuner root
3. Stop 1 or 2 cores and underclock your kernel to 250-1200 min max via kernel tuner root.
4. Never face the heating issue.
"If someone helps, never forget to hit thanks ? "

When using AEL kernels my heating used to get to 60 degrees and sometimes over. using googymax kernels I've never ever seen more than about 45 degrees.
Edit:- sorry should mention they are CPU temperatures.
Edit2:- my current rom is carHDrom v33 googymax 1.1.9

Related

Phone getting heated

Hi guys I dont play much games on my phone ,
Yesterday when checked found modern combat for free on samsung apps downloaded installed and now when I started playing it gets heated very soon is this normal or is it due to over clocking of cpu and gpu?
Sent from my GT-N7100 using xda premium
Hello, what is your current voltage for your cpu and gpu? And frequency (cpu/gpu)?
Undervolt probably can resolve the problem!
Sorry for my english, i'm french!
aukhan said:
Hi guys I dont play much games on my phone ,
Yesterday when checked found modern combat for free on samsung apps downloaded installed and now when I started playing it gets heated very soon is this normal or is it due to over clocking of cpu and gpu?
Sent from my GT-N7100 using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It's normal. I haven't over or underclocked or overclocked my phone and when playing highly intensive graphiv games, it heats up. If you have a case on it, that could contribute.
SGH-T889.Rooted.Jedi X12
Having a case on heats the phone up? I haven't rooted or played any intensive games on my phone. I do have a case and I am noticing the phone heats up quite a bit when you charge your phone or if your 3G connection is ON for long. I think that's the reason my SD Card got busted, due to excessive heating. Can anyone confirm the phone heating up coz of a case?
Sent from my GT-N7100 using xda app-developers app
Yes guys ive a case bit when playing I remove it and the heating usually happens on the front and back side of my screen where the back camera is located
Ive set max feq to 1.8
Sent from my GT-N7100 using xda premium
If it isn't turning off then you are fine. A quad core cpu with a gpu on board will get warm in the designated area, especially given the fact there is no ventilation.
Your cpu set to 1.8ghz and voltage?
You can test decrease voltage by 0.25mv to reduce heat and better battery life.
For me actually 1.8ghz = 1250mv
killflaker said:
Your cpu set to 1.8ghz and voltage?
You can test decrease voltage by 0.25mv to reduce heat and better battery life.
For me actually 1.8ghz = 1250mv
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
perfect now
What did you guys use to set the frequency and voltage? I'm on omega v15 TW based and tried to use setcpu but it won't let me go higher than 1.6 Ghz
Sent from my GT-N7100 using xda premium
Its the case with only a few games. I hope it will be fixed with an update. The XXDMC3 firmware is said to have come up with a fix already!
Hope for the best ....
Sent from my GT-N7100 using xda premium

GT N7000 -XXLT5 Stock- Looks good

Hi All,
Want to share with you, experimented the XXLT5 on GTN7000. Superb ROM....so far no issues....you name it, it works fine. Note the downloaded file is above 1GB...seems this has all the fixes required. You can root it as well....if any issues found on this stock rom do let me know....will be interested to catch the bug.
Link for download...http://www.hotfile.com/dl/213299077/83496c8/N7000XXLT5_N7000OXXLT2_XEH.zip.html
Link for root : http://d-h.st/GiO
Installation...as usual....Odin...so have a latest pack..open, select the PDA and good to go.
the hotspot works?
aftabbabar said:
the hotspot works?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yes...works fine.
I'm running N7000XXLT4 as my build -- is this simply an improved update that just hasn't hit my German unit yet?
And what's better in this LT5 from LT5 posted on may 7th? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2267748 Why we need another thread?
...from SG NOTE N7000 with Tapatalk 2
Murshad007 said:
I upgraded ota from Gb to Ics. And i do a factory reset before. Then on ics i didnd factory due to brick bug. And ota update to JB UAE version. My cpu is always 15-35 % on idle and above 60% with any applictation like Google+ or Hangout..
I did wipe cache and factory reset in recovery.
Now i flashed LT5 And wipe and factory before and after. But still the same?
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Do you have a cracked screen? My CPU idled quite high when my screen was cracked.... Did you also experience the above problems with CyanogenMod?
Screen not cracked, outer body have some cracks. Phone is running smooth in gb and Ics
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda app-developers app
hotweiss said:
Do you have a cracked screen? My CPU idled quite high when my screen was cracked.... Did you also experience the above problems with CyanogenMod?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Cm10.1 nighties 29 06 2013 same issue.. Although phone not hanged up.. But CPU usage around 35-65% without any heavy usage
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda app-developers app
Murshad007 said:
Cm10.1 nighties 29 06 2013 same issue.. Although phone not hanged up.. But CPU usage around 35-65% without any heavy usage
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Something must be wrong with the phone if you have such a high CPU usage after a fresh install. Send it in for servicing.
hotweiss said:
Something must be wrong with the phone if you have such a high CPU usage after a fresh install. Send it in for servicing.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
first, whats your upgrade procedure, try without restoring stuff and let os settle in. restoring app+data usually causes this with me.
Also what app do you use for measuring cpu usage. That may be off for some reason. Also note cpu utilization v. s. governor. Example on demand scales up frequency when e. g. uses 80%, so it will seem high, but in regard to frequency it is not. Due to battery savings lower frequencies are used, until 80% frequency is reached before going to a higher frequency, thus for same task higher utilization of that frequency it may not be a bad indication is what I am saying.
Now a rom usually needs some time to synch, perform breakin tasks, scan all media etc, try to see through settings, development options then cpu utilization what is utilizing cpu. Maybe app has gone bad, rogue, or maybe its expected.
M using CPU Z, thanx for utilization info
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda app-developers app
Murshad007 said:
M using CPU Z, thanx for utilization info
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
your welcome, you can check also cooltool, that has a nice overlay you can position anywhere. You can configure and show e.g. frequency, cpu utilization, temp(battery I think), pretty fun.
Sent from my GT-N7000 using Tapatalk 2

[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?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I can't catch what's your problem...
Enviado desde mi GT-P7510 usando Tapatalk 2
Or actually imma change the question. Does android 4.4.2 kitkat fix overheating issues? Will it actually gonna break my device soon?
Sent from my SGH-M919 using Tapatalk
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?
Sent from my SGH-M919 using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
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?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using xda app-developers app
martikp said:
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, ...)
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
megamanDJ said:
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?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
@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 ) ?
FreezIn said:
@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 ) ?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
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?
Sent from my SGH-M919 using Tapatalk
FreezIn said:
So if my phone is a little hot can this still happen?
Sent from my SGH-M919 using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
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?
Sent from my SGH-M919 using Tapatalk
FreezIn said:
Oh the is there any apps out there that tells you the temp if my phone. Something that is easy to set up?
Sent from my SGH-M919 using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
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
---------- Post added at 10:21 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:10 AM ----------
MrAndroid12 said:
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.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
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.
Sent from my SGH-M919 using Tapatalk
Is 51 C - 56 C harm the device?
Sent from my SGH-M919 using Tapatalk
FreezIn said:
Is 51 C - 56 C harm the device?
Sent from my SGH-M919 using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
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
Sent from my SGH-M919 using Tapatalk
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.
Sent from my SGH-M919 using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
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.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using xda app-developers app
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.
Sent from my SGH-M919 using Tapatalk
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.
Sent from my SGH-M919 using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
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
Sent from my SGH-M919 using Tapatalk
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
Sent from my SGH-M919 using Tapatalk

phone gets warm

I just switched to g2 from the nexus 4. Seems like this phone gets a lot warmer than I'm used to. My CPU is hovering around 65 degrees just browsing xda..is that normal? Feels warm in my hand. I've tried installing a custom kernel (simplekernel) and UV by -50 and underclocked to 2ghz but that doesn't seem to help. My cpu bin is also PVS bin 2. Does that have anything to do with it? Any advice to help me bring cpu operating temps down would be appreciated. Thanks.
Reason why I installed Dorimanx kernel....I have no UV mostly defaults and I can use feedly now...
Sent from my LG-D802 using Tapatalk
Tried stock, dorimanx, and simple but they all run warm for me. I'm on an aosp rom with furnace now and I'm running cool but it'd be nice to be on an LG based rom because camera seems better.
Sent from my LG-D801 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
bump

Music lag on note 2

Hi all, I have galaxy note 2 and I have flashed AOKP Rom a couple of weeks ago. I bought the Samsung 64 GB MicroSD Pro Class 10 Memory Card which has 70 read speed, 20 MB/s write speed but the music lags on any and every music app. In every 5 or so seconds, music stops for a split second and then resumes. I can't seem to figure out what the issue is.
Is the music lagging when you put the songs on internal storage?
Or maybe you can try to format the sd card.
Its because the kernel problem of some roms at pegasusq based go to the kernel settings and change cpu baseline ondemand or something else that not pegasusq
Sent from my GT-N7100 using XDA Free mobile app
drker said:
Its because the kernel problem of some roms at pegasusq based go to the kernel settings and change cpu baseline ondemand or something else that not pegasusq
Sent from my GT-N7100 using XDA Free mobile app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
This seems about right. However, I've been through nearly all available governors on my current kernel with little improvement.
Raising the minimum cpu frequency to about 400 has helped but it's not an ideal solution.
Sent from my GT-N7105 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
conantroutman said:
This seems about right. However, I've been through nearly all available governors on my current kernel with little improvement.
Raising the minimum cpu frequency to about 400 has helped but it's not an ideal solution.
Sent from my GT-N7105 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
maybe you have a lot of app that running in background or wakelock ? I have great at ondeman min cpu freq 200 and usin spotify.
I had this issue in both official and dn3 and tried raising min frequency to 400 mhz also 600 mhz still it does exist..
I didn't find this issue in OmniRom at all, and before that I had Samsung Touchwiz which also ran very smoothly, the lag is quite irritating during music. I have minimum amount of background apps (antivirus, facebook, gmail) as of now, still no improvement.
intl said:
Is the music lagging when you put the songs on internal storage?
Or maybe you can try to format the sd card.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Windows 7 allowed me to format the card in exFat format, I have tried that, I also tried fomatting the card via the phone itself, it still didn't get rid of the lag.
drker said:
maybe you have a lot of app that running in background or wakelock ? I have great at ondeman min cpu freq 200 and usin spotify.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Nope.
It's cpu related and when I used to use ondemand with my old 4.1.2 rom this was never a problem. Unfortunately the 4.2.2 kernel I'm on only has silly governors that cause more problems than they solve and ondemand is no longer an option for me.
Sent from my GT-N7105 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
Thanks for the tips guys, I am using CPU Tuner now, I have kept the minimum frequency to 200 and music is playing nicely. I guess the default frequency was set even lower than that. Which would explain the unreal increase in the battery life that I was experiencing since I installed this rom on the phone.

Categories

Resources