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I just got the official word that as of January 15th HTC is actually looking into the OEM battery issues we are having from overheating to not holding a charge. In the mean time, Verizon is not hesitating to give out new batteries. They even offered to exchange my phone for the Nexus (HA ). Hopefully they will find something and make a significant improvement to these batteries.
** Do not hijack my thread. This thread is not for you to complain about playing games and your phone dying. Your "usage" complaints are irrelevant! This has only to do with people whose batteries will not charge from dead, are experiencing significant overheating, etc.
If you post in this thread anything unrelated I will just report it without hesitation.
Edit: My new battery is significantly cooler, and actually charges to 100% without any additional steps or modification to get it to do it.
Edit 2: After reading some other threads I called back into Verizon to ask if they noticed that all the batteries sent back were 3.8V or 3.7V, the rep stated that it looked like majority were 3.8V. This also sparked my curiosity to check what my Extended battery was (3.7V), and new OEM battery (3.7V). I would suggest at this point, if you have a 3.8V battery, and have had ANY instance of an issue, call Verizon and get it swapped out.
Edit 3: I am going to put this as plainly as I can. I don't work for Verizon, and I have no reason to prove myself to you. There are more people in this thread than not that are getting positive results. It is not my job to prove squat to anyone here, so if you don't get offered a replacement 3.7V battery, well, sorry for your luck! I really don't care 1 way or another. The fact that even 2 other people were able to be helped and their reps saw the same thing in their system is virtually proof enough. So if your rep doesn't look into it for you, ask for someone else. Don't cry to me and say I am wrong, when the facts are on my side.
got proof? don't want to look like a fool if i visit big red and this isnt true
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Yea, your proof is Verizon, the ones who told me. I don't care if you don't believe me, lol.
How wide spread is this? I haven't noticed this on my Rezound (Senseless ROM 2.0) but my wife was complaining about her phone (stock) after playing fruit ninja for 10 min.
killsforpie said:
How wide spread is this? I haven't noticed this on my Rezound (Senseless ROM 2.0) but my wife was complaining about her phone (stock) after playing fruit ninja for 10 min.
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I would just say "very" but 10 character limit and all. So...Very
Everyone, this isn't the battery life/complaint ***** and gripe thread. This is for people whose batteries ARE NOT CHARGING, or ARE OVERHEATING! No one cares if your battery died because you played games for 2 hours.
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so if i complain to verizon, they'll give me a free battery? lol
Need some kinda proof, mine just recently started overheating, so really not trying to go into Verizon and tell them I want a new battery or phone because someone on a forum said to LOL.
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so if i complain to verizon, they'll give me a free battery? lol
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Aren't YOU Verizon? lol, I just went in to the store to pay my bill and showed them the battery stats from the OEM battery. The girl said "It is definitely a known issue and is being investigated. I don't really want to give you another battery, I would rather trade your phone in since the issue doesn't have a solution." I said "No thanks, I will take the battery." lol
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Aren't YOU Verizon? lol, I just went in to the store to pay my bill and showed them the battery stats from the OEM battery. The girl said "It is definitely a known issue and is being investigated. I don't really want to give you another battery, I would rather trade your phone in since the issue doesn't have a solution." I said "No thanks, I will take the battery." lol
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ahahaha nah i'm a franchise store, not a corporate..if someone comes into my store complaining about a battery on a phone they didn't buy from me, i say "sorry brah bring it to the store you got it from"
so it's an exchange? meh, f that..thought maybe they'd just make it rain batteries up in dat *****hhhhhhhh
I went to a store this weekend because my battery will get super hot the LED will flash amber/green and it shows overheat on the battery indicator screen. They told me that they WOULD NOT give me a battery and that I could buy an extended one (NO have an otterbox) or could do a master reset on the phone HELL NO!!!!! I will go back in again and try
Chris
hot and charger wont keep up
I've had my rezound for 12 days. I have run temperatures of up to 127, with other figures fairly regularly. 110...115...120. The hottest ones are always when I'm streaming audio with the charger plugged in. I am also concerned that the charger won't keep up with the draw, even when I switch over to 3g. I know with my x, I saw a 137 reading once, but didn't swell the battery, and I'm wondering what the tolerances might be. I don't know it changing roms helps this or not. Considering unrooting and removing to try another unit.
Overheating but still charging (slowly but surely lol) can I haz new battery, Verizon?
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so posting in this thread will give me new batteries?
I'll take 2 please!!!
Had same issue. Went to store got fresh battery. No complaints.
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What defines overheating? Just the phone getting hot to a certain point or does it actually shut down? My phone has gotten hot but not shut down. I'm not clear as to when this situation applies. Battery temp over 120? 130?
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looks like 50 degrees c is overheat. that is like 130f. My phone went into overheat streaming netflix again today. Called CSR and in less than 5 minutes she has a new battery on it's way. Only bad thing is have to send old one back
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PaulQ602 said:
What defines overheating? Just the phone getting hot to a certain point or does it actually shut down? My phone has gotten hot but not shut down. I'm not clear as to when this situation applies. Battery temp over 120? 130?
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They didn't specify. But honestly, not everyone sits and watches their battery temp 24/7, lol. If you explain your circumstances, and being there is a known issue in the system they should be happy to swap it out for you. They did mine in the store because they realized the problem was pretty serious.
DbZ Gokuu said:
Overheating but still charging (slowly but surely lol) can I haz new battery, Verizon?
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It's worth a shot. What do you have to lose? Another overheating battery?
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I've had my rezound for 12 days. I have run temperatures of up to 127, with other figures fairly regularly. 110...115...120. The hottest ones are always when I'm streaming audio with the charger plugged in. I am also concerned that the charger won't keep up with the draw, even when I switch over to 3g. I know with my x, I saw a 137 reading once, but didn't swell the battery, and I'm wondering what the tolerances might be. I don't know it changing roms helps this or not. Considering unrooting and removing to try another unit.
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I can say from my experience, it is not the phone causing the problem. Shouldn't be the ROM unless the Kernel in it has some bugs. But when I put in my extended battery and see no issue, put back OEM to have an issue, and then put in extended and no longer have the issue, we see where the problem is here.
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ahahaha nah i'm a franchise store, not a corporate..if someone comes into my store complaining about a battery on a phone they didn't buy from me, i say "sorry brah bring it to the store you got it from"
so it's an exchange? meh, f that..thought maybe they'd just make it rain batteries up in dat *****hhhhhhhh
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Yea, just an exchange, that should be a given, we are talking about Verizon after all. lol
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I went to a store this weekend because my battery will get super hot the LED will flash amber/green and it shows overheat on the battery indicator screen. They told me that they WOULD NOT give me a battery and that I could buy an extended one (NO have an otterbox) or could do a master reset on the phone HELL NO!!!!! I will go back in again and try
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If you went to the store this weekend I am willing to bet they didn't even check for trouble tickets for you. Tell their lazy asses to fix their ****! They lady told me specifically the date, that Verizon had sent so many batteries back to HTC so they could test and diagnose them and everything.
My battery charged about 30% in 12 hours last night... Went to bed with 50, woke up with 80... Phone was plugged in all night, doing nothing. I'll try again tonight and go to VZ if it persists.
for the record, battery, on the back, says "do not expose to high temperatures: 140F/60C"
So you can consider that overheating.
I've gotten up to about 131 reported by battery program, but that was about 10min of Shadowgun, not plugged in charging.
So, i will make this blunt... This non overclocked phone gets hotter than any other mobile device i have tried...
I am already on my second one, after number one hit 125 while sitting on my desk. This one has hit 114, which is still unacceptable really, since the room is climate controlled to around 74...what happens when I use it in the summer??
Now, by virtue of need (infrastructure tether) , I am using the ICS beta, but I cannot believe it will effect it that much. I have a 3.7v battery, so that should be good.. I will admit that I am in a building that does not do well for 4g, but frankly, my phone burning itself up just searching for a signal is unacceptable as well...
I am about ready to throw in the towel and try a GNex, even though its radio problems scare me too...Any advice guys?
what apps are running, also is this while it is charging?
Just want to start with a big thanks for all of your work over on the nook boards. The overheating has been an issue since the start. I am on my third because of it. I only reach high temps when playing games. I can stream movies all day long, and never get over 110. I am waiting for an aftermarket battery that can handle the drain from this beast phone. I guess it depends on what you will use your phone for. Glad to see you here, and hope you stay. Sorry I couldn't be more help. Good luck....
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Most apps won't affect temperature in any real way.
Tethering requires broadcasting wifi signal, and equivalently large wifi broadcast (broadcast SSID, and all data) at an equal speed to the ultra-fast 4g.
Now, this 4g phone (as well as ANY OTHER LTE PHONE RIGHT NOW) will overheat if you download a 300-500MB file at a fast 4g speed (like 25 MBit for instance).
Overheat. Untouchable.
Wifi tether (even on 3g) will overheat a phone if you're using a decent amount of data (rather than using it for short bursts).
My HTC Eris, I had to leave the back battery cover off, and put a cold can of soda (with a paper towl in between to stop moisture) to keep it from overheating.
The Rezound will get so hot that you literally can't touch it.
Charging WHILE you tether will make it a lot worse, as the chemical activity within the battery (to charge it) is going to increase heat. Add that to 4g cell phone connection, and the wifi antenna getting hot broadcasting, and you've got a 125 degree phone (which IS hot enough to start breaking solder points).
If you have it OFF the charger at that temperature, you will notice that the notification light is now flashing orange/green back and forth. This means that the unit is overheating and should be shut off, immediately.
Get the extended battery to hang out and wireless tether for a while. It generates a whole lot less heat if not on the charger, and seems to (maybe due to the case that has more space for air in it) not heat up quite as much, in my experience.
Tethering can overheat your phone. 4g can overheat your phone. Add charging to that, and it doesn't matter how many rezounds (or GNEXes) you get. These things have no real ventilation, and there's no indication that they're going to start designing them with good ventilation that I know of.
Good luck, power user. Users like you force them to think about their poor designs and improve them. But it definitely won't handle a lot of 4g tethering without overheating. I'd expect that, without ever even having a Rezound (even though I have one).
They say 130 is the kiss of death for the Rezound but even if you're peaking in that neighborhood I'd swap out the phone for a new one. 120-130 degrees...That's like keeping lava in your phone and hoping it doesn't melt.
I hit 130 with my Inc1, and it was fine. Just navigating, not charging, for 30 min did it lol.
Mine heats up excessively and burns thru battery even sitting idle with airplane mode enabled and GPS turned off (damn Verizon and their location agent they snuck in with the update). The issue here is:
A) I'm not using it nor touching it period for a few hours at a time and its still already below 30% battery without my having used it.
B) yes I have an extra battery but when I try to switch out batteries it goes into a bootloop and won't recognize the Sim card for the next half hour.
These are my problems. I have yet to exchange it cause let's be honest...who here enjoys setting up a whole other phone? Should I seek a replacement?
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Mine heats up excessively and burns thru battery even sitting idle with airplane mode enabled and GPS turned off (damn Verizon and their location agent they snuck in with the update). The issue here is:
A) I'm not using it nor touching it period for a few hours at a time and its still already below 30% battery without my having used it.
B) yes I have an extra battery but when I try to switch out batteries it goes into a bootloop and won't recognize the Sim card for the next half hour.
These are my problems. I have yet to exchange it cause let's be honest...who here enjoys setting up a whole other phone? Should I seek a replacement?
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Back it up to your ext card and exchange. Don't forget to hard reset. They are sending refurbished units with prev owner data out there. Should only get hot when playing intense games or streaming lots data.
I had this heating and severe battery loss problem. There were times my phone would run fine and other times when it would lose 40% battery in 30 minutes. It seemed to be worse when I was moving around the city (changing towers???). I even had one experience where I turned the phone off and it continued to generate lots of heat until the battery died while supposedly powered off.
I tried every stock and rooted GB rom (no ICS) on XDA and a few not on XDA. I finally "fixed" it by RUU'ing my phone to the latest OTA, rerooting and reinstalling all my apps (no TiB). My phone now runs about 16 hours on a charge and only gets slightly warm (never hot) when you would expect it to.
I did a fair amount of reading and never did find an answer but my suspicion is that something between the rom and radio got out of sync resulting in the rom not controlling the radio properly. No science. Just a theory...
Hope this helps someone, somewhere. I know I've gotten lots of help from others on here.
Thanks!
Had many heat concerns/ issues with my rezounds in the past, now have a phone that games at about 115. My opinion after much research is that a 115 peak is about normal for this generation of phones (Gnex, S2, etc). Anything better than this is not the norm and if you get one that stays cooler, it's just luck. I had one that used to get around 150 so at 115, I never even notice anymore. My rule of thumb is to just keep exchanging the hot ones until you get one in the comfort zone. Unfortunately, it's just the reality we're dealing with until they start equipping better cooling solutions.
OK, first I think we need to understand if people are talking F or C when they throw out numbers like 124. If that is C, you have a seriously defective unit. If that is F, that is like moderately hot tapwater, and neither too hot to touch nor hot enough to damage solder joints. If it were, the computer I'm typing this on would be dissolving in my lap.
Welp
I have many a thread out there on this topic. I did 3 swaps for new units during my extended "no regrets" window, and this past week got 2 different refurbs for comparison. Here is my 2 cents (but based on a LOT of research and testing):
1) These phones run hot. If you look hard enough at XDA you will see people posting along the lines of "I don't know what you are talking about, I use my Rezound to chill a beer" and other such. You might be best to ignore those people.
2) There are some VERY bad Rezounds out there, but those are easily found. Those that jump to 130 straight off because they started to download some updates gotta go back. That was refurb 1.
3) My experience is that idling at 75-80 will produce 106 on a short HD game, 110-120 on a longer HD game. You might get 113 on Navigation. It will heat up to 100 on surfing (longer if you have more), but otherwise topping out at 120. If you fit within this, stop your search, and try to enjoy your phone.
Again, just my 2 cents.
I haven't done extensive testing, but I have noticed that when my phone has overheated it has always been when I left something running on it when I locked the screen. I've started hitting the home button every time I put down the phone for more than a few minutes and I haven't had many problems. I definitely get toasty when I play games while charging though.
As someone else already mentioned, the phone needs to get quite a bit hotter than most people are experiencing before it starts having problems. With how small the phones I would expect you would receive an instant 1st degree burn from touching it before the phone actually had problems. 150 C is somewhere around 302 F. For reference, I usually solder 400 F.
My first rezound got around 135 degrees I took it back the next day.
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This laptop is running at 120F just looking at this website, and it has active cooling.
Imagine a 1.5GHz dual core PC and then unplug all the fans, including the one on the CPU, and then close up all the openings in the case. Do you think it might get a little warm?
Not only do you have the CPU generating heat, but the more current you draw from a battery, the hotter it gets. And we all know how this phone can draw the battery.
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Mine heats up excessively and burns thru battery even sitting idle with airplane mode enabled and GPS turned off (damn Verizon and their location agent they snuck in with the update). The issue here is:
A) I'm not using it nor touching it period for a few hours at a time and its still already below 30% battery without my having used it.
B) yes I have an extra battery but when I try to switch out batteries it goes into a bootloop and won't recognize the Sim card for the next half hour.
These are my problems. I have yet to exchange it cause let's be honest...who here enjoys setting up a whole other phone? Should I seek a replacement?
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There is something wrong with your phone. I swap batteries instead of charging, swapping out 1 extended battery for another (got them onsale at verizon when they were 20 bucks), and the phone boots up in about a minute.
If it is bootlooping, then I would try a hard reset first, then contact verizon and tell them about it.
As far as the OP goes, if you are in a poor signal area, I have read in multiple places that phones use more battery and generate more heat if you are in a poor signal area.
Swapping this for a Nexus will probably get you no 4g at all.
I wouldn't worry about the phone unless it was consistently getting so hot that the LED starts flashing amber.
My Rezound has peaked at 140 according to System Tuner Pro. I was charging and web browsing as soon as I woke up, like what I'm doing now lol. Was on 3G. Also, I wasn't overclocked at all. Governor wasn't even on performance lol.
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I have many a thread out there on this topic. I did 3 swaps for new units during my extended "no regrets" window, and this past week got 2 different refurbs for comparison. Here is my 2 cents (but based on a LOT of research and testing):
1) These phones run hot. If you look hard enough at XDA you will see people posting along the lines of "I don't know what you are talking about, I use my Rezound to chill a beer" and other such. You might be best to ignore those people.
2) There are some VERY bad Rezounds out there, but those are easily found. Those that jump to 130 straight off because they started to download some updates gotta go back. That was refurb 1.
3) My experience is that idling at 75-80 will produce 106 on a short HD game, 110-120 on a longer HD game. You might get 113 on Navigation. It will heat up to 100 on surfing (longer if you have more), but otherwise topping out at 120. If you fit within this, stop your search, and try to enjoy your phone.
Again, just my 2 cents.
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lol dude, there is no point in ignoring us people who say our rezounds run cold, because of the fact that there's rezounds out there that don't exhibit behavior like yours.
i've seen all of your threads, and commented in all of them, and you got 3 shotty phones, plain and simple man. my phone never reaches over 100, even with over an hour straight of screen on browsing, facebooking, youtubing, gaming etc. so there, i have a normal rezound. it's from launch day, and it's never given me any problems like that whatsoever.
so no, don't ignore us who have cool running phones, because there IS such a thing..some people just have really bad luck dealing with it.
also keep in mind that the past two phones you got WERE refurbs. you do realize the refurb pool is gonna be full of hot running rezounds, since a lot of people returned the phone due to heat problems, right?
I believe some of the Rezounds get hot due to software issues. My phone will stay room temp and run for 16+ hours on a standard battery while running any GB rom . Once I flash any ICS rom my battery averages 90 to 120 degrees. As it is charging next to me right now, it is sitting at 104 degrees while doing nothing. I could switch back to a GB rom right now and it would be sitting around 80 degrees. So I believe some if not most are software/firmware issues. I am not saying their aren't ones with hardware issues but it can't be all of them.
I have ran the OTA update and am running Senseless ICS.
Sorry for creating a new post on this topic when there is one already, but I want to know if reaching 45-47° normal? I use 3G for 15-20 minutes and the temperature just shoots up..please suggest some solutions if it is abnormal
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Sorry for creating a new post on this topic when there is one already, but I want to know if reaching 45-47° normal? I use 3G for 15-20 minutes and the temperature just shoots up..please suggest some solutions if it is abnormal
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If I remember it should be. Last time I looked at mine it was 50 degrees.
Oh ok... Thanks.. I just hope the phone doesn't bulge up..
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That doesn't seem right at all, while hosting a wireless hotspot for 3 devices my phone doesn't get above 80 F. How how (to the touch) does it feel?
I can feel the heat from the screen and also from the back when I just place my hand over the phone!! It happens when I play games on my phone (angry birds and so on).. And after sometime it goes back to normal..
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I have gotten my razr to 125 F, (52C) But that was charging, 4G, netflix, HDMI out, bluetooth on and docked. Have had it at 108F with only 3g, and some games or high power programs.
Also will shoot up to 102 randomly in my pocket (higher sometimes, it was uncomfortable) till I rooted and set a cpu governor for when screen is off.
Just registered here and posting from my tower. My device, droid razr, felt like it was getting too hot with average usage. It is my third replacement since February but that is a long story.
I called VZW tech support and they never heard of such a thing LOL. Anyway, I posted the issue on a couple of forums and learned about a great widget called BatteryLife. It is available at the market for free and happily is not one of those apps that requires you agree to let them have access to everything you own and your first born child.
After installing the widget today I find my device runs at a low of 85 Fahrinheit to a high of 105. At least so far. The widget displays battery usage and current temperature. So one thing I found out was that a device can feel hot compared to our body temperature but be within a safe range of operation. Hope this is helpful.
I took the phone to Motorola service centre and they said that the phone is getting unusually hot. So they took it for observation and said that they will get back to me tomorrow. They said that they will replace it if necessary!!! So hoping for the best!!
Mine has done this a few times as well. Yesterday I was reading with my bible app for about 10 minutes and it just got smoking hot. Wasn't using data wifi or anything. Its like it just shot up in temp. Over the weekend this happened while in my pocket. I rebooted it both times and the temp came back down. I did not notice any force closes or anything running weird. Is there a way we can see what the culprit is? Maybe a logcat or something?
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Just registered here and posting from my tower. My device, droid razr, felt like it was getting too hot with average usage. It is my third replacement since February but that is a long story.
I called VZW tech support and they never heard of such a thing LOL. Anyway, I posted the issue on a couple of forums and learned about a great widget called BatteryLife. It is available at the market for free and happily is not one of those apps that requires you agree to let them have access to everything you own and your first born child.
After installing the widget today I find my device runs at a low of 85 Fahrinheit to a high of 105. At least so far. The widget displays battery usage and current temperature. So one thing I found out was that a device can feel hot compared to our body temperature but be within a safe range of operation. Hope this is helpful.
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I have to agree about this. Mine has gotten extremely hot atleast to me because of flashing etc..I stuck it in the fridge LOL just to cool before continuing with flashing. While it may feel hot it might not be in danger.
Having that widget is cool (no pun intended ) I've been charging my razr to 100% before I go to sleep.
It was @ 82 Fahrenheit when it began, starting @ 60% When I checked it after it reached the full charge it had gone up to 84°.
Off the charger overnight it had gone to 90% charge and the temperature of the device was 82°.
As an aside, if I use my car charger the temp goes up around 8° or so. I'd encourage anyone to get that BatteryLife widget. You'll know what is going on with your device and if there is a warranty issue you'll be on firm footing to prove it.
BTW, after about 15 minutes on tapatalk my device is @ 96.5° F.
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I just played dead space for 20 min and it got to 41C
I just got the phone from the service center in the morning and it hadn't heated up so far.. Actually haven't crossed 37°c.. The service guy just formatted and flashed the ROM. I have been using the phone normally till now but haven't installed some of the apps I had previously.. So will do that and let you know.
Anyway the service guy said that he will replace the phone if it still has the same problem.
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Does anyone have overheating problems with their GS5?
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Does anyone have overheating problems with their GS5?
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Nope. Stock kernel and ROM.
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aooga said:
Nope. Stock kernel and ROM.
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I have stock kernel and rom, so no overclocking or any mods.
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I have stock kernel and rom, so no overclocking or any mods.
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What are you doing when the phone gets hot?
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What are you doing when the phone gets hot?
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Let it cool off. It's minor stuff that gets it hot too: I have a black otterbox commuter on mine and it overheats when I sit on my phone texting with like 5-7 apps running in the background such as Snapchat, SMS app, What's App, Contacts, Settings, Facebook, or Instagram. Gmail, Yahoo Mail, Lookout, Wifi (off when at work), Hangouts, Twitter, and Google + are considered my background apps since they update in real time when I get messages or notifications. I hardly use it for gaming or any CPU/GPU power hogging. The device sits in my pocket for prolonged periods of time and is only a week old. It can get to even 50 degree celsius at times for little activity.
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Let it cool off. It's minor stuff that gets it hot too: I have a black otterbox commuter on mine and it overheats when I sit on my phone texting with like 5-7 apps running in the background such as Snapchat, SMS app, What's App, Contacts, Settings, Facebook, or Instagram. Gmail, Yahoo Mail, Lookout, Wifi (off when at work), Hangouts, Twitter, and Google + are considered my background apps since they update in real time when I get messages or notifications. I hardly use it for gaming or any CPU/GPU power hogging. The device sits in my pocket for prolonged periods of time and is only a week old. It can get to even 50 degree celsius at times for little activity.
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Yeah, I was just asking to see if you were playing games when it gets hot, but I see you don't. This might seem dumb, but is the weather hot where you live? If it's hot and the phone is in a tight pocket, it's going to get hot.
But if it isn't, maybe something is using your GPS...that makes the phone pretty hot quickly.
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Yeah, I was just asking to see if you were playing games when it gets hot, but I see you don't. This might seem dumb, but is the weather hot where you live? If it's hot and the phone is in a tight pocket, it's going to get hot.
But if it isn't, maybe something is using your GPS...that makes the phone pretty hot quickly.
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Nah, it's a fair point, but moot in my case since I am indoors at work since I work in an office and I am in an ac at home. Hardly outside much, but the temperatures are like 90 degrees fahrenheit. So roughly 32-33 degree celsius I think. I don't use NFC, GPS, or anything much at all. I turned off a lot of the extra smart features too. Only game that I have played w/ "high graphics" is Temple Run 2 on lowest settings. I took it to T-Mobile to get a diagnostic, but the guy said the case causes it to overheat and my dad says his Note 3 overheats, but my Note 3 never overheated unless I downloaded like 30 apps at once. I have a black otterbox, which the color does trap heat. I went to get it swapped out today, but the Kiosk told me that I had to go to a corporate store. I will go tomorrow. I might just swap out the phone to another device or another S5. They want to charge a $50 restocking fee for swapping the device. I love the S5, but the overheating is just awkward and unnecessary and excessive.
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Nah, it's a fair point, but moot in my case since I am indoors at work since I work in an office and I am in an ac at home. Hardly outside much, but the temperatures are like 90 degrees fahrenheit. So roughly 32-33 degree celsius I think. I don't use NFC, GPS, or anything much at all. I turned off a lot of the extra smart features too. Only game that I have played w/ "high graphics" is Temple Run 2 on lowest settings. I took it to T-Mobile to get a diagnostic, but the guy said the case causes it to overheat and my dad says his Note 3 overheats, but my Note 3 never overheated unless I downloaded like 30 apps at once. I have a black otterbox, which the color does trap heat. I went to get it swapped out today, but the Kiosk told me that I had to go to a corporate store. I will go tomorrow. I might just swap out the phone to another device or another S5. They want to charge a $50 restocking fee for swapping the device. I love the S5, but the overheating is just awkward and unnecessary and excessive.
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Swap it out, and if it still heats up, then just get another phone if you can. Try without the case first though...I don't have a case, so maybe thats why mine doesn't heat up much.
aooga said:
Swap it out, and if it still heats up, then just get another phone if you can. Try without the case first though...I don't have a case, so maybe thats why mine doesn't heat up much.
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I am afraid they might not since their diagnostic tool didn't show problems on Wednesday night. I think I will ask them to. If not, I'll ask for them to waive the restocking fee or meet me half way and take the HTC One M8.
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I am afraid they might not since their diagnostic tool didn't show problems on Wednesday night. I think I will ask them to. If not, I'll ask for them to waive the restocking fee or meet me half way and take the HTC One M8.
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I can guarantee you that a metal phone will heat up more than a plastic one.
aooga said:
I can guarantee you that a metal phone will heat up more than a plastic one.
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Ironically, I didn't have problems w/ my HTC One M7 regarding heating, but I got a new S5.
nviz22 said:
Ironically, I didn't have problems w/ my HTC One M7 regarding heating, but I got a new S5.
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Really? I had the M7 and that would heat up pretty fast, but I heard the M8 runs a lot cooler, so maybe it'll work out for you.
Try a few different kernels, some seem to run hotter than others. Happens to me all the time kernel hopping...lol
Good luck.
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Does anyone have overheating problems with their GS5?
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Mine started overheating about three days ago after working fine (I've had it about a month). The battery would drain after a few hours without use and anytime I used an app it would start heating up. Everything is stock. I did a factory reset and reloaded my apps. It seems to be working fine now but I'm going to watch it for a few days.
The only times I have noticed it getting hot was when I use Google Maps..I have been using Project Infinitiy and Alliance ROMs and only stock kernels.
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It happened on stock twice. 120+ degree fahrenheit on the phone with no apps in task manager. Swapped to the HTC One, which has its fair share of problems with the LED light and duplicate texts.
Affected Device
Manufacturer: Samsung
Make: Galaxy S5
Model: SM-G900T
State When Bought: Certified Refurbished + Carrier Unlocked
Store Bought From: Amazon.com
Hi.
So far, my Galaxy S5 I bought back in August has been running into issues lately. Here are the situations I've been through lately:
-The charging port on my S5 is broken. I went to my local repair shop and the guy there said that it's $129 USD to repair the charging port (that's over 1/2 the cost of the phone itself) because the people repairing my phone have to remove the glass to get access to the port itself. The guy told me to go buy an external battery charger and new batteries instead, recommending me an external battery charger and 2 batteries on eBAY. The batteries and charger were new and only $15.
-Now here's where the problems with the batteries start. After using my phone with the new battery for 15 minutes and draining from 60% to 39%, it shut off. I tried turning my phone on again, but it just wouldn't. So I charged it to 100% and put it into my phone, but when I turned my phone on, the battery starts at 81%. No big deal for me, so I start using my phone as normal.
-Now: drainage issues. My S5, no matter what ROM I flash on it, whether it be CM-based or TouchWiz-based, will drain from 81% to 0% in just ONE HOUR AND THIRTY MINUTES, and this was my defective battery before it was replaced with the ones I got from eBay. I STILL have the same problem to this day and I don't know what's going on.
-And finally, the overheating issues. When I start up and use my phone on any TouchWiz-based ROM, it will heat to somewhere about 100 Degrees Fahrenheit to 150 Degrees Fahrenheit based on what I feel on my hand. So far I've found NO WAY to fix this at all, so please help
I appreciate all the helpful comments and I hope to get my phone back in shape soon.
Since you've gone 3 days with no help, I'll try to give you what very limited help I can.
First, the overheating and short battery life go hand-in-hand. Assuming this isn't a straight up hardware issue, it would seem that the processor is running hard servicing some app. Have you added anything recently that might be running in the background? If you aren't sure what the possible cause may be, maybe using a power monitoring app like Better Battery Stats would be worth a try.
As for the early shutoff, there is such a thing as battery calibration. Don't know much about it myself, but there's information out there.
Also, I suppose you could just have a bad battery. New doesn't necessarily mean good. Ebay stuff is not always trustworthy.