Questions tagged [overheating]
For questions regarding Android issues caused by excessive heat.
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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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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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Reviving my phone after a small part of it (eg the processor) overheated
I tried to compress my 1.6GB video in the Media Converter app by exporting it to mp4(h264,aac) on my OnePlus 3 as per https://www.quora.com/How-do-I-reduce-video-size-on-Android. However, ...
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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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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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Battery draining extremely quickly Galaxy S7
My phones battery was draining extremely quickly a few moments ago, around 1% per 2 seconds. It's been doing this fairly often but when I go to device management and clean everything it usually stops ...
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Is there any relation between processor clock speed and heating effects?
I'm planning to buy a new android smartphone, and I've heard that while high processor clock speeds are good, they are also accompanied by high heating effects.
Is there a way I can obtain the heat (...
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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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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 5 overheating problem
I saw a video on YouTube, where there's a guy who puts thermal paste between the CPU and a metal plate he installed on his Nexus 5. He says that reduced his CPU temperature.
I was wondering if it ...
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Pokemon Go causes overheating?
I was curious about Pokemon Go so I downloaded it and started creating a character. After about 3 minutes my phone said it was stopping all applications because my phone was overheating. Curious as ...
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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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High CPU usage and no sleep after upgrading to 4.4.4
I have a Sony Xperia E3. I recently upgraded to Android 4.4.4 from 4.4.2. I don't know if that is causing my issue, but it didn't happen before that.
I recently started noticing that my phone becomes ...
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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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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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What are those 2 parts on my tab's circuit board? [closed]
Can anyone tell me what those two pieces on the following image? (colored with yellow)
i suspect its the CPU and the Wifi but im not sure.
my issue here is that the temps on my tab is pretty hot (...
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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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samsung s4 extremely hot
Hi I have a samsung galaxy s4 that is less than a month old
The s4 when idle is around 28°Celsius and around normal usage it's around 32°
The maximum the phone has ever got is 36° by using the ...
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Android phone starts freezing when hot
I have a strange issue with my phone.
It's an octa core 1.7 Ghz running Android 4.4.2.
When I go outside and it's too hot, the touchscreen starts to not respond when woken from sleep (or in other ...
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Galaxy S3 heats up while using net or data
My phone gets very hot while using internet or data and it starts going slow. Can you tell me if something is physically wrong or give any advice on how to rectify the problem.
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How to troubleshoot overheating and high battery drain in an Android Device?
Device info:
Model : Micromax Canvas Nitro A310
Android Version : 4.4.2
Kernel Version : 3.4.67
Device Status : Rooted, Philz touch recovery, Xposed Framework installed
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My(relative's) ...
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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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Phone is overheating in less than 10 minutes of usage
I have Lava Iris 405+ running on Jelly Bean. It overheats in less than 10 minutes of Twitter, WhatsApp use. Even tethering overheats CPU.
How to prevent/fix this, or identify which causes the ...
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Does playing games damage the phone
I have a galaxy s4 GTI9505 and i'm playing N.O.V.A 3. While playing, my phone gets quite hot. I wonder if playing such games will damage my phone?
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Is it appropriate to heat the device using CPU when it's cold?
If I want the device to heat up for some reason (to warm my hands, to keep the display responsive below 0 centigrades, to avoid battery frost damage), is it appropriate to load all cores of CPU and ...
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Over heating problem
I am using Samsung Galaxy S II GT-I9105.
Lately I installed a game called Mini Warriors. At game play, my Mobile gets heated.
The weird thing is, when I touch the battery, it is normal. But the area ...
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Is it dangerous to keep my phone plugged in indefinitely? [duplicate]
I just recently got a new phone, so my old one has been sitting in a drawer for the last month. However, a friend recently suggested the Sleep Cycle alarm to me, and I'd like to try it out, but I'm ...
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Keeping important apps alive even on overheat
I recently updated my Samsung Galaxy S4, and it came with some new features and also some new problems. Since the new update I have been getting warnings on my phone telling me it is overheating. The ...
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Why does heat problems cause purple tint / pink spots on my camera (HTC One)?
A while ago, I got a new HTC One m7, It is the best phone I've had, but it has one BIG issue, its camera sucks on low light.
I've investigated the issue, and I was told it could be alleviated with a ...
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SGS2 screen gets more and more dark blue, possibly after overheated charging
My phone screen is gradually becoming dark blue and then black--see photo. Started with a single light blueish edge, and growing during the last hours to what can be seen on photo.
The only serious ...
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Can Waze cause the cell phone to overheat even after being closed? [closed]
By closed I mean clicking "switch off" in notifications panel and closing it in "recent apps".
Waze consumes at most 20% of my battery during normal use but after turning it off, my cell phone keeps ...
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What causes my Android phone to heat on low signal
I have noticed that 3 of my Android phones heat on low signal (Nexus4, Xperia U, and HTC One) 40~50C. My friend has an iPhone and it doesn't seem to heat as much (30C).
So, why does this happen? Why ...
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Xperia V heats up very much near the camera
So I purchased this new Xperia V today, updated to last firmware 9.1.A.1.140, but when I do stuff on the phone even when not too CPU demanding, it heats up very much, and I mean really heated up, near ...
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Does the Android OS provide any overheating protection?
Apple iOS devices display the following warning and suspend operation should they overheat:
Temperature
[iDevice] needs to cool down before you can use it.
Does the Android OS contain similar ...
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Can I Throttle the GPU on my phone?
My phone gets really hot when playing games. I've tried throttling the cpu all the way down, but it doesn't seem to help any. Is there anyway to manually throttle the GPU?
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My phone is an LG ...
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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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Android tablet gets hot and shuts down
I have an Imito android tablet. It gets hot and shuts down. Any have a reason for this and is it fixable?
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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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Prevent overheating when tethering
When I tether my phone and download big files or large numbers of them, and download is non-stop for a few hours, my phone (Nexus One) overheats. Is there any way to prevent that, except avoiding ...
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Phone connected to charger full time - never sleepmode - any danger?
Yeah, might sound strange, but I managed do install Debian Linux on my Android phone. Because the phone needs very little power, it is, for me, the perfect server.
I plan to disable sleepmode and to ...
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GPS reboots the phone
When I use a GPS-intensive app (like Sport tracker or endomondo), if I turn off the screen, the phone reboots within one or two minutes.
What is the problem? What can I do?
How can I check the ...
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My HTC Desire Keeps Overheating, what can I do to stop this? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I prevent my HTC Desire from overheating?
I've just purchase a HTC Desire and after about 10mins of using it, it will overheat and crash onto the opening green HTC ...
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Nexus One overheats/restarts when connected to car dock or car charger
Whenever I connect my Nexus One to the official car dock, my phone heats up rapidly, and eventually restarts. Obviously, the phone is restarting to prevent it from damaging itself. So the question ...
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How can I prevent my HTC Desire from overheating?
Recently I bought an HTC Desire overall I'm very happy with it. There seems to be one major flaw, it overheats quite easily causing it to reboot. I've run into this several times while driving using ...
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