I had my EVO 3D in my car dock today and noticed that the LED was alternating from red to green while charging instead of staying solid red. What does this mean?
WillJitsu said:
I had my EVO 3D in my car dock today and noticed that the LED was alternating from red to green while charging instead of staying solid red. What does this mean?
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It means the phone is overheated. When you get that alternating light, it's too hot and won't take a charge. I'm not sure if it has protection where it will shut the phone off, but the first thing that happens when it overheats is that alternating led light. I've only had it happen while charging in the car on a very hot day (live in vegas, gets real hot in cars out here)
That makes total sense. I had the phone in the car dock on the windshield and it was in the upper 90s today. My weather app said it had a RealFeel of 116 degrees. Thanks for the reply!
WillJitsu said:
That makes total sense. I had the phone in the car dock on the windshield and it was in the upper 90s today. My weather app said it had a RealFeel of 116 degrees. Thanks for the reply!
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You're welcome! Glad to help. I would try to avoid keeping the phone in direct sunlight, if at all possible. That will really heat it up quick, if the sun is hitting your dash. I do HVAC for work, and get exposed to some real hot temperatures up in attics and on rooftops in the sun. If i accidentally leave my phone in the sun for like 2 minutes it will be scalding hot. Definitely don't want to be doing that. Heat (and moisture) is a HUGE enemy of electronics.
Yeah the combination of the sun, charging, and GPS being on made the phone hot in a very short amount of time. I'll definitely avoid that in the future.
not so much the phone is over heated but the battery is, when i happens here in south florida i hold the back of the phone up to the ac vent to cool it off....
I just make my ac go to windshield and that seems to keep it cool
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Mine has been doing it for the past two days, even when charging in my air-conditioned house. Not sure why, either. It's only OC'd to 1.1Ghz and charging on the factory charger. Not to point fingers, but I wonder if my ROM might have something to do with it. I recently also changed from SetCPU (which was fine) to ViperControl...
very cold battery
Hi,
my phone blinking red and green rotating, but in Kernel Tuner I see temperature -38C . I bought some China battery .
kayncz said:
Hi,
my phone blinking red and green rotating, but in Kernel Tuner I see temperature -38C . I bought some China battery .
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38℃ is battery temp. What's your CPU temp? I would guess over 60℃. Let it cool down for two or three minutes and it's gonna charge just fine
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38℃ is battery temp. What's your CPU temp? I would guess over 60℃. Let it cool down for two or three minutes and it's gonna charge just fine
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Temperature is -38℃ not 38℃. So sensor of temperature probably doesn't work. I unpacked and tried this battery a moment ago.
kayncz said:
Temperature is -38℃ not 38℃. So sensor of temperature probably doesn't work. I unpacked and tried this battery a moment ago.
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Sorry, didn't see that "-" sign. That means you wasted your money on that battery. Don't even use it on your phone because you might burn your motherboard to a crisp
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Anyone returning their evo because of a overheating problem? Seems to be a serious problem and don't want it blowing up in my face. Read the article yesterday and checked mine and it charged at 4.348 mv. Or is this a software issue?
You wouldn't happen to have a eBay battery would you? Also the battery may get hot the first few charges. To reach 4.3V, well I'm not exactly sure how that's happening. Take it back I guess but if its your first charges then just give it time.
Unless the phone gives you a warning, or just shuts off its probably not overheating. You would be surprised how hot these can get and still be in a normal heat range. I tax my Evo pretty hard and it will get pretty damn hot, but never overheat hot.
What are you doing when it heats up? Are you playing games, charging, talking. Maybe some more info?
I've had mine in my pocket and noticed that some live wall papers really get the phone cooking. The My Beach one almost burned my leg! I guess my phone turned on in my pocket and it was going to town with random screen pushes. The phone was hot enough to hurt sensitve skin.
I've had my OG EVO get griddle pan hot several times. It has survived as well as the batteries. Every time I think I solved it, the next time it was something else.
Knock on wood, so far my 3VO hasn't got as hot. Yet.
next time you phone gets hot check and see how well your gps works.
there are some funky things going on with this phone.
Playing spider man and game froze the phone got extremely hot had to do a batt pull battery died in like 7 Min's
initial batt life was great like 14 hours and still had 50 percent after a week it got OG evo crappy, factory reset and juice def ultimate and batt is back to great.
Don't know if i should return for exchange.
toxicfumes22 said:
You wouldn't happen to have a eBay battery would you? Also the battery may get hot the first few charges. To reach 4.3V, well I'm not exactly sure how that's happening. Take it back I guess but if its your first charges then just give it time.
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No I'm using the stock battery and it was just plug into the wall charger and not doing anything. Don't we have 4.2v batteries? Shouldn't it not be charging anything about that?
xjman said:
Unless the phone gives you a warning, or just shuts off its probably not overheating. You would be surprised how hot these can get and still be in a normal heat range. I tax my Evo pretty hard and it will get pretty damn hot, but never overheat hot.
What are you doing when it heats up? Are you playing games, charging, talking. Maybe some more info?
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It was just plugged into the wall charger and i wasn't using the phone. I still don't think it should be charging over 4.2v since that's what we have?
kkwus74 said:
It was just plugged into the wall charger and i wasn't using the phone. I still don't think it should be charging over 4.2v since that's what we have?
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Is the battery getting hot or the SoC?
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Is the battery getting hot or the SoC?
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It did go to 102f but i guess that's normal but sometimes it goes to 105 or 106 while charging.... But I have the evo4g and that never chargers above 4.2v... Just kinda worried... Don't want this phone blowing up in my face.
Haven't had this issue. I've been traveling and have changed the phone quite a bit from using the phone as a game system. It does get warm after 30 mins of angry birds. Nothing extreme however.
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It did go to 102f but i guess that's normal but sometimes it goes to 105 or 106 while charging.... But I have the evo4g and that never chargers above 4.2v... Just kinda worried... Don't want this phone blowing up in my face.
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It wont blow up on you. You should be safe at those ranges. when you start hiting 115 and 120 thats when you may want to unplug it and turn it off.
I had mine charging in the car mount last Sunday while running google nav, and the LED started blinking red and green. I assume this is the overheat indicator, although I can't find it in any documentation.
I had one weird overheating incident right after getting it activated at the Sprint store. 15 minutes later, it had been sitting on my desk and I go to pick it up and its crazy hot. I quickly pulled the back off and removed the battery, the battery was not hot, it was something behind the cameras. CPU I suppose. I waited a few minutes to put the battery back in but then it wouldn't turn on (overheating protection?). Went back to the the Sprint store for an exchange. Waited, waited. In the meantime I put the battery back in and it started up. After waiting 45 minutes with no help in sight I gave up... sigh. Sprint stores around here are always a PITA.
I haven't seen this problem again but seriously what the f? I went ahead and applied the OTA updates in case they included some fix for this.
Yeah, in car charger mine hit 114 with gps going. Took it back, better but not great with the new one 102. EVO 4g ran hot but that was self induced. Oc etc... Stock shouldn't go above 102 ever
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my phone regularly gets to 105F from regular use sometimes; using the internet browser over wifi, playing games (cut the rope got the phone to 107F), charging also heats up the phone. I don't have auto syncing enabled.
is that normal operating temperature?
Disable auto synching of apps. no more overheating
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My question is should a phone be charging over 4.2 when the voltage of the battery is 4.2 max? Wouldn't that greatly reduced the battery life if charged over that voltage? Anyone care to explain? Cos I'm really not sure what the implications are.
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My question is should a phone be charging over 4.2 when the voltage of the battery is 4.2 max? Wouldn't that greatly reduced the battery life if charged over that voltage? Anyone care to explain? Cos I'm really not sure what the implications are.
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The voltage of the stock battery is 3.8V. I am surprised it would see higher voltages but it may have a variance that is +-(.4) even when charging the voltage shouldn't vary that much, but the amperage should increase instead to charge the battery and run the phone at the same time. I am not sure where you seen the voltage at though so if its an app, how accurate is that app. How often does this happen as well?
My phone seems to be getting warm in the lower left corner of the display when I'm using it and the charger is plugged in. If I don't use it and it's on the charger I do not get this warm spot. It has persisted though multiple ROMs/Kernels. The spot is just above the menu capacitive button and I can feel it on the front and side. Prob only about the size of a dime if it were wrapped around the side of the phone. When it's not plugged in I don't notice the warm spot. Is there a component for charging under that spot? Thought about warranty return but don't really want to get a refurb.
No one uses their phone when it's charging? Will usually take about 10 or so min of playing on the phone to get the spot to warm up.
my phone doesnt get hot there. During use, it'll get hot around the camera, where the battery connections are. Thats about it.
nyydynasty said:
my phone doesnt get hot there. During use, it'll get hot around the camera, where the battery connections are. Thats about it.
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Same here
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Hmm... Mine doesn't get warm there. I looked at the teardown of the international SGS2 on ifixit and it doesn't even look like there is much down there at all to get hot.
Mine gets very hot if used while charging. As hot as 128F on one occasion. It doesn't seem to matter how many apps are running. Its 105 right now with minimal use. I do keep the screen at its brightest though so I'm guessing that's the issue.
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adamandro12 said:
Mine gets very hot if used while charging. As hot as 128F on one occasion. It doesn't seem to matter how many apps are running. Its 105 right now with minimal use. I do keep the screen at its brightest though so I'm guessing that's the issue.
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That's dangerously hot. You need to figure out what's causing that. Enough times above 125° and your battery can die or have noticeably shortened life.
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Mine get the same way. Extremely hot to the point I can't hold it. Sometimes i play Zynga poker while charging and aftering 20/30 minutes my phone is burning hot and only recieved 1% battery. And sometimes i will wake up and the phone will be hot after not touching it for 6-7 hours and battery hardly charged.
I've noticed that this phone tends to heat up fairly easily..A lot of apps cause it..Not sure what to do about it though..
Mine only heats up noticeably if I play a game or something of that sort, but not really otherwise.
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Mine only heats up noticeably if I play a game or something of that sort, but not really otherwise.
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same here and I'm sure this holds true for everyone
Kaldrick said:
Sometimes i play Zynga poker while charging and aftering 20/30 minutes my phone is burning hot and only recieved 1% battery.
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if you're using the battery faster than the phone can charge, this will happen. Happens to me all the time while I'm using the phone while charging.
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Skv012a said:
Mine only heats up noticeably if I play a game or something of that sort, but not really otherwise.
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Ensomniacc said:
I've noticed that this phone tends to heat up fairly easily..A lot of apps cause it..Not sure what to do about it though..
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Mine get the same way. Extremely hot to the point I can't hold it. Sometimes i play Zynga poker while charging and aftering 20/30 minutes my phone is burning hot and only recieved 1% battery. And sometimes i will wake up and the phone will be hot after not touching it for 6-7 hours and battery hardly charged.
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Mine gets very hot if used while charging. As hot as 128F on one occasion. It doesn't seem to matter how many apps are running. Its 105 right now with minimal use. I do keep the screen at its brightest though so I'm guessing that's the issue.
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Where at? where I described or another spot?
My phone really only sunstantially heats up when I am using any browser. Also fyi, there was another thread on this subject.
Yeah, I turned it off that time. But even if plugged in with the screen off I saw it today near 114. If I use while plugged in it jumps from the 90's to the low 100's. I'm just trying to figure out if everyone sees it that hot. I'm using battery indicator in my notifications bar to monitor.
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Received my preorder galaxy s3 today from ATT.. It is simply amazing but device is getting hot at the bottom after prolonged use and while it is charging..
Is it just me or someone else is having similar issues..
Thanks So Much
apurvaas said:
Received my preorder galaxy s3 today from ATT.. It is simply amazing but device is getting hot at the bottom after prolonged use and while it is charging..
Is it just me or someone else is having similar issues..
Thanks So Much
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you musta been watchin about that one that burned up
Yes, mine gets mildly warm. But that's after extensive use. Not sure about charging--will check.
I posted this in the other thread. For me it tends to while mild usage. I understand while charging but not when its not
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I posted this in the other thread. For me it tends to while mild usage. I understand while charging but not when its not
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The processor is running at all times. Then you also have to take into account screen brightness. With my phone's I notice the amount of time to heat depends on the screen brightness. The brighter the screen the faster it gets warm.
Mine got a little warm but for sure not as hot as my iPhone would get...
Not hot at all. Video, browsing, calls, Skype. Being warm - yes, but it's normal
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I had a few hours today when it was warm just sitting in my pocket while in meetings with the screen off, etc... it may have been busy sync'ing emails, but shouldn't have been working too hard yet was definitely warm. Had to take it out of my pocket and set it on the table to cool myself off...
Warm yeah. Uncomfortable NO. So far I am really enjoying my smartphone.
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What's the normal phone temperature range where it's still ok.... My phone went up to 98degrees... Was uncomfortable for me to use
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Mine got warm too when it was in pocket sitting..so got here looking for if someone has same issue and guess I'm not alone lol
Come on guys we are talking about dual core with 2 gig ram. It's almost a home laptop or desktop. And not to say there is no ****ing cpu fan installed so it normal for the phone to get little hot or warm after some use or charging. Even my ipbone 4s gets hot and that ****, is only running at 800 mhz
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I believe many of us are saying that the phone is getting hot while NOT using it - - just while it's in the pocket...
I had it in the car with the charger connected, doing gps navigation while listening to music via BT and the wifi was on. After 30 minutes it was uncomfortably warm bordering on what I would call hot.
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I had it in the car with the charger connected, doing gps navigation while listening to music via BT and the wifi was on. After 30 minutes it was uncomfortably warm bordering on what I would call hot.
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It's the battery that gets hot. same as every other phone
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Mine gets warms at the bottom, but I've also been using it a lot than I generally use my phone simply because it's new. We have one of those laser temperature sensors at work. I will probably get some readings tomorrow.
yes, mine gets pretty warm too at the bottom
I had an AT&T HTC One X for a few weeks and returned it because I wanted this phone. Same processor. It never got hot or even warm enough to notice when using a lot (charging or not). Still waiting for stock in stores to get the GS3 but this is a real bummer IMHO as it may not be something that root/ROMs/etc. can fix.
I may be wrong about this but I believe metal dissipates heat better than plastic. I'm an electrical contractor and I deal with LED bulbs alot and I've noticed that the same exact bulb in plastic gets hotter than the ones encased in metal... Take that for whatever you may.
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I may be wrong about this but I believe metal dissipates heat better than plastic. I'm an electrical contractor and I deal with LED bulbs alot and I've noticed that the same exact bulb in plastic gets hotter than the ones encased in metal... Take that for whatever you may.
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Would rather have a "cheap" plastic phone that gets a little warm and can take a droptest better than a heavy "premium-feeling" cold metal phone that blocks the antennas and dents.
So , all of yous posting about your outrageous phone/battery temps...I tried to make mine get hot. I went outside in 96 degree heat standing in direct sunlight for 25 minutes, screen back light turned up to maximum, and playing Goldeneye on N64oid. Wow..closest I could get was 119. It was hot, but it was still quite useable. No 125/130/140/150 degree temps. Btw, to be exact, I bought my Rezound online on November 26th last year.........battery life still sucks @$$...
Oh, and Verizon car chargers are garbage...:-B
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So , all of yous posting about your outrageous phone/battery temps...I tried to make mine get hot. I went outside in 96 degree heat standing in direct sunlight for 25 minutes, screen back light turned up to maximum, and playing Goldeneye on N64oid. Wow..closest I could get was 119. It was hot, but it was still quite useable. No 125/130/140/150 degree temps. Btw, to be exact, I bought my Rezound online on November 26th last year.........battery life still sucks @$$...
Oh, and Verizon car chargers are garbage...:-B
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Congrats?
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Sure...but..I just couldnt see a phone getting that hot. How did they hold it without burning themselves, let alone the screen melting... :-O . I was just trying to see how hot it would get...seeing if it would get near those temps..
Trying being a place with bad reception and turning your wireless tether on. and playing an onlien game on your tablet. or charging your phone and using it to play games.
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At that temp your battery's already overheating.
If you can get it that hot, I'm sure there are things you could do that would make it hotter. Try talking on it for two hours with marginal signal strength. A 125-degree phone is not a pleasant thing against your ear. And you're most of the way there -- don't think your Rezound wouldn't do it.
Maybe you should run that 119 temp against some other types of phones for a reality check, instead of just comparing it to other Rezounds.
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The kernel doesn't like when you attempt to manually change the CPU speed (both up or down) so it overheats. My phone's battery mysteriously died after 2 hours of idling once because I didn't know about it.
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The kernel doesn't like when you attempt to manually change the CPU speed (both up or down) so it overheats. My phone's battery mysteriously died after 2 hours of idling once because I didn't know about it.
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Might explain why my phone doesnt wake from charging overnight. Damn thing
The hottest mine ever got from use was 109 F. I left it in the car on a hot day once and when I turned it on to check temp it was at 130 F
Anyone else notice the htc one aluminum backside gets extremely hot when the cpu reaches over 100 degree. Usually this happen when I'm charging the battery or watching a youtube video. Sometimes it too hot to hold in my hand and I have to set it down and turn off the screens in hopes it cool down.
My galaxy note 2 always stay at 84 degree unless I'm playing games, but even the it doesn't feel really hot in my hand.
Yeah the metal conducts heat better so it can feel a lot hotter. Maybe a case could help.
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Anyone else notice the htc one aluminum backside gets extremely hot when the cpu reaches over 100 degree. Usually this happen when I'm charging the battery or watching a youtube video. Sometimes it too hot to hold in my hand and I have to set it down and turn off the screens in hopes it cool down.
My galaxy note 2 always stay at 84 degree unless I'm playing games, but even the it doesn't feel really hot in my hand.
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If it is really that hot that u cant hold it u might want to call at&t or what ever carrier u have and tell them about the prob..or maybe thir is something bigger that is making ur phone overheat
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Yeah I just want to know if this is normal or not. I have a thin case on mine and it's still extremely hot when charging
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Mine gets fairly hot with heavy use. Not too hot to hold however. It doesn't bother me. If it's getting that hot through a case I would trade it out for a new one just to be sure.
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I've gotten mine up to "too hot to hold" temperatures while torrenting, listening to music and web browsing all at the same time with screen turned up to max brightness.
Mine would get really hot in the few days I had it, but now I don't notice it anymore
http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22166606
Just seems so similar...
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The aluminum body of the phone conducts heat a lot better than the plastic of other phones. So while it feels hot, its actually better for the phone, because the heat is going into the air (or into your hands) faster than it would with plastic.
The phone will throttle the cpu if it gets too hot, and completely shut off if it gets way too hot.
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Yeah I just want to know if this is normal or not. I have a thin case on mine and it's still extremely hot when charging
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That doesn't seem normal to me. While my phone is charging, it doesn't get that hot. It also charges slowly. I'm guessing this is to preserve the battery. Even with usage, it doesn't get abnormally hot. Only when I start playing games. But it feels like normal heat. Not something I should be worrying about.
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The aluminum body of the phone conducts heat a lot better than the plastic of other phones. So while it feels hot, its actually better for the phone, because the heat is going into the air (or into your hands) faster than it would with plastic.
The phone will throttle the cpu if it gets too hot, and completely shut off if it gets way too hot.
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**This
That is why aluminum is used for so many heatsinks on computers, cars and many engines. Its a great, lightweight, heat disperser. On the flip side though you feel it working with the warmth.
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for me it's a warning that I've been playing ingress too long. lol.
I had it a couple of times now..
When I'm charging my HTC One overnight the next morning the red light is blinking than I want to hold the phone but it's too damn hot
When I'm turning on the phone (from hybenate) the red blinking led is off... and I see the battery is on 96-98% .. very strange..
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I had it a couple of times now..
When I'm charging my HTC One overnight the next morning the red light is blinking than I want to hold the phone but it's too damn hot
When I'm turning on the phone (from hybenate) the red blinking led is off... and I see the battery is on 96-98% .. very strange..
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That's a problem, you need to exchange it now. Bad battery
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That's a problem, you need to exchange it now. Bad battery
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But this happened only 2 times now (in a row actually)... today I was charging my phone normally and it fully charged! I turned off the app BatteryGuru.. maybe that's the problem...
That blinking red light and extreme heat is a signal that the battery received "too much voltage" or extreme temperature, both can permanently damage the battery and circuits.
Do what you want, but it won't be the last time you have a problem. Also, are you using the stock charger?
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That blinking red light and extreme heat is a signal that the battery received "too much voltage" or extreme temperature, both can permanently damage the battery and circuits.
Do what you want, but it won't be the last time you have a problem. Also, are you using the stock charger?
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After disabling the BatteryGuru I luckly don't have this problem anymore..!! PFIEUWW!
I know the red blinking light is for extreme overheating, and I know that is a really bad sign..
EDIT: Yes stock charger!
Mine get hot too, when i'm using it on LTE for awhile, I guess this is normal, it wasn't that bad, my iphone5 also do the same.
Z is a little better on this.
What temperature are you guys getting. Mine is usually around 104f, too hot even with a case