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Download Manager causes high CPU usage on Motorola Razr with stock Android 4.0

My Razr (Stock ROM 4.0) is very very hot. After some research I found com.android.providers.downloads is responsible, since it's using about 60% of CPU. I have tried killing it, and it respawns, ...
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CPU usage by app on Android 8

My Samsung S7 is seriously overheated. Battery is being consumed super quickly. I need to see a simple list of applications with percentage of CPU usage. I am desperate because all attempts and ...
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Phone got blazingly hot and started to act glitchy

My phone is LG D855 also known as G3 international variant. I had my phone in my pocket normally. After picking it up after 45 minutes, it was hand-burning hot and nothing on the phone was working ...
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Is it safe to turn off kernel panic in Android?

So I'm using a custom kernel that overclocked my CPU and GPU. I turned down the frequency to stock but the big cpu freq can't be set(restore itself to default after some time), causing my phone to ...
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Is there a safety system to prevent overheating?

Is there currently a system in place that prevents overheating. I have recently been having issues with my mobile hotspot and I noticed that the issues I have seem to be when the phone is above 90 ...
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Batery overheating

I have a Samsung A8, last night i put it on charge, this morning while checking my phone, batery was completely down and showing an overheating signs. It doesn't allow charging. What can I do to fix ...
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Why does clearing cache fix Snapdragon 820 overheating issues?

I was researching whether Snapdragon 820 has overheating issues like 810, and found numerous advice on both LG G5 and Samsung Galaxy S7 that says "yes, overheating can happen, and to fix it, ...
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CPU getting hot. GPS can't lock on

I know this was probably asked several times, but here's the deal: A couple of months ago I was charging the phone (Alcatel Onetouch Star) at my friends house, when I got a warning that the phone was ...
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Samsung Gio overheating and no power

I have a Gio and recently have an issue with the phone being hot and not responding. I have to pull the battery to get the phone to work. Any help is appreciated!
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What should I do if a brand new Android phone is overheating?

I brought 'Moto G24 Power' smartphone 2 days back. From day one it is overheating evening when I am doing basic tasks. I brought it from Flipkart online. There is no return, only repair from service ...
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How to disable "Your phone is getting warm" warning?

I'm using Lineage 20, Android 13 on a Pixel 4A and often when I'm using the hotspot feature while charging I get a notification with the message "Your phone is getting warm". It then ...
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Keeping phone plugged in vs. using a charger control?

I have an old, quite banged-up Huawei Y6II. I want to use it as a static device and turn it into a security camera, web server, wifi hotspot, etc. Is it okay to keep it plugged in all the time? Or ...
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Can low battery percentage (like 10%) affect phone heating when charging?

I have LG V20 and I like to play Cyber Hunter Lite on low graphics, high resolution and high fps but I don't understand why it sometimes heat so much when playing, sometimes absolutely not, even when ...
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Galaxy s 3 overheating seemingly out of nowhere

Phone is fairly new to me, I got it November or so. It's always worked just fine. Today I had it plugged in, walked into the other room for a few minutes and came back. Phone showed an error something ...
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Nexus 6P Heating Issues

I have a Nexus 6P 64 GB which is just 4 months old. I feel that the phone is getting hot more than normal, mainly the display. When I do browsing say for 10-15 mins or shoot videos (4K) 2-3 mins or ...
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Overheating While Screen Locked

I have a Nexus 5 running stock Lollipop and lately I have noticed that when I lock the screen, but leave an app (or multiple apps) open (e.g. Chrome, Facebook, Youtube) the phone gets very hot and the ...
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Tablet CPU gets too hot,Shut down Resets tablet

I have a thomson MID1002 tablet (maybe Chinese). Problem is Whenever I shut it down, it instead resets the tablet, thereby restarting it. The internal storage shows 0.0B, hence no app can be ...
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