How's the thermal throttling on this device? Is it that bad?
Haven't experienced any so far. Even while charging and playing cod for 40 minutes
Related
So since there is a thermal throttling problem going on with this device, that occurs during benchmarks, i was wondering if anyone has ever experienced performance dropping due to this throttling in real life usage (e.g. playing some performance-heavy games / using complex apps or whatever).
Just wondering, as I can't test this myself, because the phone isn't available anywhere.
I played Minecraft on my phone for about 2 hours the other day and didn't notice any performance drop off
NFS MW def drops frames.
custom kernels do help by setting the cpu low and then your manual edits on thermald conf to prevent too aggressive throttling on GPU.
Hi, i want to buy nexus 4, but i'm worried about temperature. I'll install custom kernel. Could you tell me what are the temperatures when gaming on - for example- franco kernel? How long can i play before it reaches 60 celsius? Is it overheating with franco kernel or it has stable 40-50 celsius maximum when gaming?
grzeluu said:
Hi, i want to buy nexus 4, but i'm worried about temperature. I'll install custom kernel. Could you tell me what are the temperatures when gaming on - for example- franco kernel? How long can i play before it reaches 60 celsius? Is it overheating with franco kernel or it has stable 40-50 celsius maximum when gaming?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The N4 has thermal safeguards protecting it from damage. Realy intensive gaming shouldn`t be a problem for a certain time, if you play too long thermal throtling kicks in and you may xperience some frame drops wich is normal. The heat will build up with any kernel and any phone when you play intensive games for a longer time as the cpu is not fan cooled as in a pc.
I know. But i'm asking how long can i play ;D Because it will be disappointing when this phone will get for example 60 celsius in 1 hour when playing angry birds
grzeluu said:
I know. But i'm asking how long can i play ;D Because it will be disappointing when this phone will get for example 60 celsius in 1 hour when playing angry birds
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
This heat building will happen with any smartphone. You may better buy a Play station or Xbox for gaming and a feature phone for calls and texts (just kidding off course )
60C is normal. you will feel uncomfortable with a normal device?
I mean 60c on battery not processor.
grzeluu said:
I mean 60c on battery not processor.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
dont keep it plugged in while playing intensive games and the battery will never reach 60C. heck, gaming while plugged in, ive never reached 60C.
simms22 said:
dont keep it plugged in while playing intensive games and the battery will never reach 60C. heck, gaming while plugged in, ive never reached 60C.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
But you've never reached 60c on nexus 4? Just asking because i've seen stability test on youtube and i was scared. 13 min of stability test and phone had 60c and shutdown.
grzeluu said:
But you've never reached 60c on nexus 4? Just asking because i've seen stability test on youtube and i was scared. 13 min of stability test and phone had 60c and shutdown.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
battery temp no, cpu temp every single day when i push my device hard. when benchmarking a battery, a stress test, its supposed to get hot, thats the whole point. that isnt a real life situation.
simms22 said:
battery temp no, cpu temp every single day when i push my devuce hard.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yes, my battery temperature is almost always at 30C or below. I played GTA Vice City once for about an hour, and the battery temperature went to as high as 40C. My phone was unplugged the whole time of course.
As for CPU temperature... It probably got to about 50C-60C when the battery was at 40C. Not sure though. Still not too hot to the touch, and not hot enough to trigger crazy thermal throttling.
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.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
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.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
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.
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.
So I got G6 yesterday and I liked it. but, after about 30-60 mins of gaming, the device starts to slow down
For example, I was playing PUBG at high settings at ~45 fps, but after some time , it drops to ~20 fps, extremely unplayable
Is there anyway to fix it??
I've heard that CPU Throttling is the problem, but I didnt find a way to disable it
I am using the LG H870DS Model
Then cool your Phone with something down, like playing under Water.
Of course its throttling down, cause of the Heat, LOL.
You were able to find XDA Forum and to login, so you cannot be stupid like that, not to know what thermal throttling means -.-
ric84 said:
Then cool your Phone with something down, like playing under Water.
Of course its throttling down, cause of the Heat, LOL.
You were able to find XDA Forum and to login, so you cannot be stupid like that, not to know what thermal throttling means -.-
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I am aware that thermal throttling was caused by excessive heat
If I am not mistaken, Thermal throttling is basically CPU and GPU underclocking automatically when reaching high temperature (50 celcius most of the time) to avoid potential hardware failure
But the problem is the throttling was so bad. compared to my other phone. But yeah I am aware that thermal throttling exist for a good reason
You play too much mobile Games, take a Computer and become Masterrace ?