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[Q] Battery heat ?

Hi.
While playing games my Xperia Play produces lots of heat. The back of the phone, and the gamepad feels really warm.
I checked the temperature with Battery Monitor Widget and when I don't use the phone it stays around 25-30 degrees Celsius, but when I play games (even 2D ones) it goes up to 38-40.
Is this a normal thing or there's something wrong with my battery ?

RossettiX said:
Hi.
While playing games my Xperia Play produces lots of heat. The back of the phone, and the gamepad feels really warm.
I checked the temperature with Battery Monitor Widget and when I don't use the phone it stays around 25-30 degrees Celsius, but when I play games (even 2D ones) it goes up to 38-40.
Is this a normal thing or there's something wrong with my battery ?
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I can confirm this happens. Basically it is using more charge, therefore as a side effect of that it produces more heat from the chemical reaction. Same thing when you have it charging.
It isn't horrible, but try not to let it get too hot as it may shorten the lifespan of the battery.

So this is true for all xperia plays that after some time of gaming the phone will be really warm ?

The phone will get warmer, of course... but 40 degrees is not excessively hot. It feels warm in your hand, but it's not dangerous. A dangerous temperature would be close to 50.

The highest temperature that I had was 44 degrees after a long Nova 2 session.
I am a bit worried by the fact that while browsing the net through wifi the battery heats up to 38 degrees, but it's okay as long as it's less than 50 :> ?
Thanks for the help.

I'd say if it goes above 46 or 47 you just switch it off for a while. Not only because you don't want to overheat it, but because running the phone on higher temperatures reduces battery life (higher temperature means higher resistance to conductivity for metals).

Thanks for the into that it's perfectly normal for the phone to feel warm.
Have you ever reached 50(or that 46,47) degrees on Xperia Play or any other phone ? What app made your battery that hot ?
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My former phone, the Galaxy S had HUGE issues with temperature while using 3G. Every time I toggled it on, the phone became awfully hot and the battery drain skyrocketed. I got it on 53 degrees once, since it was in my pocket. I was a bit scared, but the phone resisted it. Still, it wasn't pleasant.
The advantage of the Xperia Play being bulky and plasticky is that it's hard to bring it to extreme temperatures. If it's hard to make it hot, it has a positive impact on battery life as well.

RossettiX said:
Hi.
While playing games my Xperia Play produces lots of heat. The back of the phone, and the gamepad feels really warm.
I checked the temperature with Battery Monitor Widget and when I don't use the phone it stays around 25-30 degrees Celsius, but when I play games (even 2D ones) it goes up to 38-40.
Is this a normal thing or there's something wrong with my battery ?
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Yea, this happens to me all the time. When using anything that drains my battery it heats it up as well.

All batteries release heat as current passes through them. When the phone is idle, the heat released is low enough your hand doesn't feel it. As the current increases while gaming, so does the heat.
It's nothing to worry about. The batteries are designed to handle heat without being damaged.
Especially since android devices are becoming more popular in places like india, where there's a lot of ambient heat.
Sent from my R800a

LG G6 Temperature

Good morning,
I want to ask about your devices' temperature.
I attach a screenshot of my device's temperature in idle state, light usage.
Every sensors are around 35 degrees Celcius, battery is around 32 degree Celcius.
On surfing Facebook, Instagram, Youtube...etc it can rise to above 60 degrees & battery rises to ~37.5 degree Celcius.
The device is warm, sometimes hot (but not hot to touch) around the area of fingerprint scanner.
Is it normal? Do you experience the same?
My device is a Korean version.

thetrangdam said:
Good morning,
I want to ask about your devices' temperature.
I attach a screenshot of my device's temperature in idle state, light usage.
Every sensors are around 35 degrees Celcius, battery is around 32 degree Celcius.
On surfing Facebook, Instagram, Youtube...etc it can rise to above 60 degrees & battery rises to ~37.5 degree Celcius.
The device is warm, sometimes hot (but not hot to touch) around the area of fingerprint scanner.
Is it normal? Do you experience the same?
My device is a Korean version.
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Yes. Actually experiencing the same. This is also a Korean version.
It is not too crazy hot. But I think it does get warm a little to fast for my taste.

thetrangdam said:
Good morning,
I want to ask about your devices' temperature.
I attach a screenshot of my device's temperature in idle state, light usage.
Every sensors are around 35 degrees Celcius, battery is around 32 degree Celcius.
On surfing Facebook, Instagram, Youtube...etc it can rise to above 60 degrees & battery rises to ~37.5 degree Celcius.
The device is warm, sometimes hot (but not hot to touch) around the area of fingerprint scanner.
Is it normal? Do you experience the same?
My device is a Korean version.
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Yes, mine branded H870 suffering of extreme overheating issue. I have to turn off the device to let it to cool itself!
Your device has some kind of carrier's brand??
I have also other disappointing issues!

thetrangdam said:
Good morning,
I want to ask about your devices' temperature.
I attach a screenshot of my device's temperature in idle state, light usage.
Every sensors are around 35 degrees Celcius, battery is around 32 degree Celcius.
On surfing Facebook, Instagram, Youtube...etc it can rise to above 60 degrees & battery rises to ~37.5 degree Celcius.
The device is warm, sometimes hot (but not hot to touch) around the area of fingerprint scanner.
Is it normal? Do you experience the same?
My device is a Korean version.
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this is very normal...

suhridkhan said:
this is very normal...
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the same issue for me! can't be normal for a top level smartphone :/

I have the T-Mobile variant and it gets warm. But never to hot to touch. The only time it ever gets close to that is when charging in the car. I use the Anker QC 3.0 car charger so I assume that's why it gets warm. Plus the sunlight.
I've had a few glass phones and I've noticed they feel warmer than normal and I can only blame it on the natural heat dispersion that glass has. Whenever glass is warm at all it always feels way hotter than what it is. With the cooling system in place that is why you feel more heat around the fingerprint scanner and on the side of the phone it's just doing its job
Also if you are using a case and you take it off and it's super hot/you feel the heat through the case it's probably because of the case trapping heat in the phone. I almost always charge my phone caseless or with my fan blowing on it since the phone is designed and tested without cases.
Try closing all apps while it charges maybe try a new case? Turn down your brightness or something. If nothing works maybe try a warranty replacement. It's possible your cooling pipe is defective

Snapdragon phones have run too hot for a while now, this one is no exception. It's always warm or hot to the touch, even when it's idle lol.

biffwitch said:
Snapdragon phones have run too hot for a while now, this one is no exception. It's always warm or hot to the touch, even when it's idle lol.
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If it's warm while Idling you have an issue with the phone

Mine too..h870ds..not hot but warms..only doing light activities..surfing web,insta,twttr..is there anything to worry about?the warm feeling arise at the fingerprint scanner and camera part..

Those who are having hot G6 Try wiping Cache in settings-storage and do reboot.
If not Format the entire phone and install apps from playstore NOT from backup you have made
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Those who are having hot G6 Try wiping Cache in settings-storage and do reboot.
If not Format the entire phone and install apps from playstore NOT from backup you have made

Phone Speaker gets hot when full volume
The only time my phone gets hot is when I listen to music on phone speaker with full volume, for some time. The speaker area gets hot.
Other than that with web browsing, Youtube etc not even warm to touch. (Also I have a case on, if it affects anything)

jadajoo12 said:
The only time my phone gets hot is when I listen to music on phone speaker with full volume, for some time. The speaker area gets hot.
Other than that with web browsing, Youtube etc not even warm to touch. (Also I have a case on, if it affects anything)
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The speaker will warm up but that's because it maxes out at 4w which is insane for a phone speaker other than that ive played 3d intensive apps and my phone doesnt get above 38-44 degrees Celsius. Love this phone

My phone does never get warm :/

ben cherian said:
Those who are having hot G6 Try wiping Cache in settings-storage and do reboot.
If not Format the entire phone and install apps from playstore NOT from backup you have made
---------- Post added at 11:34 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:31 AM ----------
Those who are having hot G6 Try wiping Cache in settings-storage and do reboot.
If not Format the entire phone and install apps from playstore NOT from backup you have made
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Same issue

If you are still having issues with a warm / hot phone, I'm curious what OS / flavor are you running ? I haven't tried a custom rom yet, I'm still on stock and it takes a lot to get my phone hot.. it's even stuck inside an otterbox which can't help with the heat being cased in plastic lol.
--edit, I ask because I want to move to a custom rom but don't plan on it if it's going to make the phone hot idle !

Always cold.. Even during this hot summer it didn't get above 37....View attachment 4319732
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devaa01 said:
Always cold.. Even during this hot summer it didn't get above 37....View attachment 4319732
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I'm really curious to know, when everyone complaining about warming and heating up u say it barely heats even in summer.
Please let meknow, outta curiosity, i wanna know.
Which country do you live in and by meaning hot summer, how much is the temperature during summer and where do you use your phone like, Air-conditioned environment or under a fan, or just using the phone under the mentioned environment without any ventilation. It'd be more helpful for me to further raise a concern with LG if mine is misbehaving!

Heat

Some phones are great to take camping because if you play Asphalt 8 long enough, the back warms up to the ideal temperature that can bake bread. Rate this thread to express the extent to which the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 stays cool under extended heavy use. A higher rating indicates that even when playing strenuous games for long periods of time, the phone doesn't get uncomfortably warm.
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ТheMoreBan-TheMoreAccount said:
heating a lot, also sonetimes smells like a burnt. :silly:
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Oh not again. I was just about to ask about this, as my note 7 heats up as well but it hasn't exploded yet. When does yours heat up gaming or just casual use?

What was the ambient temperature of your environment of the time of use? Just wondering.

I've only had the phone get really warm to touch once, when using podcast, phone and navigation in the car. Around 68 degrees ambient. Nothing too unusual. This battery is much smaller and better tested. Though even my Note 7 never got dangerously hot.

I have been using my Note 8 heavy for 3 days now. With the brightness turned up to about 80% and my phone has not even gotten warm.
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I drive a lot, in the direct sun and while using GPS and streaming music to the car. Every phone I've ever had has shut down on me at least once, with the iPhone shutting down as well.
Internal temps are usually 60-70°c at that point, so I honestly don't think the Note 8 will be any different.
I'm genuinely excited to see how it fairs, with the larger screen and dual glass body.

I had my Hotspot on all night so I could upload files from my pc...phone was in its case and it was still cool to the touch in the morning...

Maybe I have an older wireless charger, but my phone heats up to 40C while charging and only running Sidesync (wireless). It's the Ravpower wireless charger (not fast charging). This only happened once, and now I'm unplugging the cable to the charging stand after it reaches 100%....may need the ones with the built in fans.

mine gets really hot when watching 4K HDR content on youtube with max brightness... I have to switch hands from time to time haha

I was in my backyard yesterday reading on mine, it was about 90 degrees out. I didn't notice outside but when I came in my phone was hot.
I won't lie, I was concerned and sat it on a table away from me.

Exynos Model here.
Mine gets hot when I watch 4k Youtube videos.
I also noticed that it gets mildly warm when using spotify.
Other than that, it runs cool.

I was recording right in the sun for about 10 minutes I had it set up in 4k, got a message saying that the phone is too hot couldn't use the camera until it cool down.

Never heats! Only a little warm at times

Barely feel any heat even with a long gaming session.

Might be exynos related my snapdragon barely gets warm even after a long periods of demanding games. This is the first phone I've ever used that doesn't even get warm my exynos Note 5 only last a minute or two before it gets pretty warm and thermal throttle kicks on my framerate in games drop.

My Exynos N8 gets warmer in general use than my Snapdragon Xperia XZ. Warm but never hot.

After 5 months of use, my exynos 950F 128 GB only gets a little warm, I have even tried to make it hot, using it heavily, but, no, just a little warm, even cooler than other devices I have had

My N950F Exynos Note8 barely if ever gets warm. Only time I have felt it get warm was when using Googleaps Navigation while the phone sat in direct sunlight in the car dashboard.
Sent from my SM-N950F using Tapatalk

Mine is exynos and it gets warm when i play world war heroes with full detail configuration, performance mode on and charging the phone at same time.

Despite living in a hot and very humid environment. I found that my N950N has been able to keep pretty cool even when in it's Spigen Tough Armor.
Conito11 said:
Mine is exynos and it gets warm when i play world war heroes with full detail configuration, performance mode on and charging the phone at same time.
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That is perfectly normal for your device get warm if you are playing graphics intensive games and while your device is charging.

Overheating problem on one plus 5 ?

So, I noticed that When gaming (especialy with game offering 60 Fps mode) the phone will freeze and then goes into reboot even when played on cold room
from CPU temp apps, it seems when the temperature hit 40 centigrade. the phone shut down
Anyone else have this kind of problem ?
is bellow 40 centigrade is the safe limit for this phone ?
for all its awesome spec it kind restrictive for use gaming

This is by far the coolest device I've ever owned, no heat no matter what I throw at it. What does your setup look like? (ROM, kernel, etc.)

Its basicly stock one. since I just got it 2-3 days ago
Im testing it to run some CPU intensive games (60fps)
when the temperature reach 40 centigrade. it shut down
on normal usage it is quite cold.
but it seems the thermal threshold were quite low, my old HTC might also throttled down at 40 centrigade
but it dont shut down until 50 or 51 centrigade.
1+ 5 dont thorrtled but instead goes straight into shutdown
my country ambient temperature were quite high due to located near equator (30 centigrade avg, with 35 centrigade being common on daylight)
so without air conditioned room, I found it can become overheated - rather quickly

only had overheat problems using camera related chat apps (kik) and in 110 Fahrenheit degrees in CA USA

humustz said:
Its basicly stock one. since I just got it 2-3 days ago
Im testing it to run some CPU intensive games (60fps)
when the temperature reach 40 centigrade. it shut down
on normal usage it is quite cold.
but it seems the thermal threshold were quite low, my old HTC might also throttled down at 40 centrigade
but it dont shut down until 50 or 51 centrigade.
1+ 5 dont thorrtled but instead goes straight into shutdown
my country ambient temperature were quite high due to located near equator (30 centigrade avg, with 35 centrigade being common on daylight)
so without air conditioned room, I found it can become overheated - rather quickly
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Might be a bit of an extreme solution but try doing a factory reset and see if that helps. If not, contact OnePlus support and see if you can get an RMA started. I say that because my device stays cool even on the hottest days of where I am.

rickysidhu_ said:
Might be a bit of an extreme solution but try doing a factory reset and see if that helps. If not, contact OnePlus support and see if you can get an RMA started. I say that because my device stays cool even on the hottest days of where I am.
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I agree with the RMA solution, something isn't right because I can do anything on this phone and it never gets hot. Even when it's 99 degrees Fahrenheit with 70% humidity here in Ohio.
I've done some seriously intensive gaming and crap on this phone, and I cannot get it to overheat.

The snapdragon 835 is the coolest phone processor, you don't have any overheating issue, it must be something else. When you say 49° are you talking about the cpu, battery, skin temp?

Naprzod said:
The snapdragon 835 is the coolest phone processor, you don't have any overheating issue, it must be something else. When you say 49° are you talking about the cpu, battery, skin temp?
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CPU temp record its 40 centrigade when device shut down
both battery and CPU were at similiar temperature (+- 2 degree)
rickysidhu_ said:
Might be a bit of an extreme solution but try doing a factory reset and see if that helps. If not, contact OnePlus support and see if you can get an RMA started. I say that because my device stays cool even on the hottest days of where I am.
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Ill try both, maybe the unit I got somewhat defective

humustz said:
CPU temp record its 40 centrigade when device shut down
both battery and CPU were at similiar temperature (+- 2 degree)
Ill try both, maybe the unit I got somewhat defective
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Cpu at 40° while gaming is really low, some phones hit 85°, of course they will throttle after that.

Naprzod said:
Cpu at 40° while gaming is really low, some phones hit 85°, of course they will throttle after that.
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yeah. Thats why when the phone shut down after reach 40 centigrade.
its confusing since the thermal threshold should not be that low

same problem here
freez then reboot in heavy games
temperature around 40-50
factory reset doesnt help

Heat

Some phones are great to take camping because if you play Asphalt 8 long enough, the back warms up to the ideal temperature that can bake bread. Rate this thread to express the extent to which the Google Pixel 3 XL stays cool under extended heavy use. A higher rating indicates that even when playing strenuous games for long periods of time, the phone doesn't get uncomfortably warm.
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This is by far the coolest phone I have run. I'm currently at 75° CPU. Unheard of. Never gets over 100° **** you Celsius people

Mine overheated and shut down today. I was using Waze in Android Auto for about 4 hours. Temp in the car was 70 degrees fahrenheit or less during the trip.

PARADOX-SEV said:
Mine overheated and shut down today. I was using Waze in Android Auto for about 4 hours. Temp in the car was 70 degrees fahrenheit or less during the trip.
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Have you contacted Google? That seems a little out of whack, and I haven't seen other complaints along these lines.
Regardless, let us know how things go.
Thanks!

wtharp2 said:
Have you contacted Google? That seems a little out of whack, and I haven't seen other complaints along these lines.
Regardless, let us know how things go.
Thanks!
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I just finished up a six hour trip where I used Waze and maps in Android Auto and did not have any heat issues today. If it happens again I'll contact Google.

What program do you use to look at the temperature?
Because I have used several and it is in the sun, in the car and charging the maximum battery at 50 degrees, and when it is in that area the phone becomes extremely slow.

Heating
Today when changing reach 65%, my phone for heat. dont know why suddenly my phone is heating.

Rare Heat
This is coolest i have ever used.... and their is less chance heating problem in Google Pixel 3 XL phone while playing a games or charging it..

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