Phone seems to be overheating. - Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)

My phone gets really hot when using the data connection on the phone. When i surf the web, video chat, or do anything that uses the data connection the phone becomes hot. it also happens when i play games too. it gets hot around the lower part of the phone around the area where the home buttons located. Just wondering if this is happening to anyone else before i get it exchanged. The highest temp i got was 104 Degrees F.

i cant say for sure what temps are safe. i haven't done the research. but my wife and i both will notice the bottom getting pretty hot when pushing the phone. surfing & gaming. not so hot you cant touch it, but much warmer than any of my other droids iv used in the past.

s0me guy said:
i cant say for sure what temps are safe. i haven't done the research. but my wife and i both will notice the bottom getting pretty hot when pushing the phone. surfing & gaming. not so hot you cant touch it, but much warmer than any of my other droids iv used in the past.
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i just played dead trigger for 10-15 minutes and now the phone is at 95 degrees lol. Idk if thats normal.

My phone gets hot at the bottom, as well.
Hopefully Samsung will make some firmware changes to better regulate clock speed according to temperature.

My phone gets really hot also towards the bottom when just using it for anything. Then again it doesn't help I'm in +100 degree weather and outside all day and night.
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Sephirothvfc said:
My phone gets really hot also towards the bottom when just using it for anything. Then again it doesn't help I'm in +100 degree weather and outside all day and night.
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Yeah, just like in desktop computers, ambient temperature plays a big part.

Mine gets very hot as well. I'm on the 2nd one too. Its just because it is a very slim design, coupled with a strong processor = hot.
Gets a bit scary when playing a game for 20 minutes though..

gaarry said:
Mine gets very hot as well. I'm on the 2nd one too. Its just because it is a very slim design, coupled with a strong processor = hot.
Gets a bit scary when playing a game for 20 minutes though..
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Did you replace yours because of the heat issues? Or do you just have two S3's?
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nojak said:
My phone gets hot at the bottom, as well.
Hopefully Samsung will make some firmware changes to better regulate clock speed according to temperature.
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You can change the clock speeds with SetCPU, because they're set pretty high on stock, 1.5 Ghz max and 1 Ghz min.

Mine gets hotter with regular use to heavy use.

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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.
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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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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Kaldrick said:
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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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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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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[Q] Heat issues?

My new TP seems to get rather hot. Is this an issue? It seems like the heat is worse when surfing and changing at the same time.
I would say that there may be an issue. Mine never got above 92 degrees. But its almost always at room temp ( around 70 degrees). Now my phone gets up to 104 if surfing the web on 3g so I guess it depends on the device.
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Are you running any other radio type hardware when surfing or location based software when you're noticing the heat issue?
Buy surfing you're referring to just viewing web pages and not streaming video or gaming?
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CharliesTheMan said:
Are you running any other radio type hardware when surfing or location based software when you're noticing the heat issue?
Buy surfing you're referring to just viewing web pages and not streaming video or gaming?
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I am not using any additional hardware. I am just viewing websites.
I estimate that the temp is rather high. Not just warm, but hot. Most of the heat was located in the middle of the back cover.
Do you have an app or widget that display core temps?
mine is getting hot also while browsing the web, and battery is getting low pretty fast. this only happens while using android stock browser.
after switching to another browser the heating stops almost instantly....
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mine get hot only when charging, I have mine clocked at 1.6Ghz on preformance mode, and it doesnt get hot when playing games.
it more noticeable when not useing the dock, I think it charges mush slower and thats the only reason is not getting as hot.
of you look at the design of the Prime the battery spans the lenght of the prime, so the heat will be middel but over the lenght of the tablet. if its the CPU from overclocking or over use, the hot spot will be top left middel.. ( if that make sence)
here is a pic of the board..
http://images.anandtech.com/doci/5286/_DSC8258_575px.jpg
johanjonker said:
mine get hot only when charging, I have mine clocked at 1.6Ghz on preformance mode, and it doesnt get hot when playing games.
it more noticeable when not useing the dock, I think it charges mush slower and thats the only reason is not getting as hot.
of you look at the design of the Prime the battery spans the lenght of the prime, so the heat will be middel but over the lenght of the tablet. if its the CPU from overclocking or over use, the hot spot will be top left middel.. ( if that make sence)
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http://images.anandtech.com/doci/5286/_DSC8258_575px.jpg
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same here basically. plus nothing to be worried about. Prime has a fail safe in it THST if it gets too hot/overheat, it'll automatically throttle the CPU speed down so it can cool off and reduce the CPU temps. prime will never overheat out of control and burn itself up.
thenrz said:
Do you have an app or widget that display core temps?
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I agree with you. This might be the first step.
thenrz said:
Do you have an app or widget that display core temps?
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Is there such an app? Is on the Google Market (Play)?
demandarin said:
same here basically. plus nothing to be worried about. Prime has a fail safe in it THST if it gets too hot/overheat, it'll automatically throttle the CPU speed down so it can cool off and reduce the CPU temps. prime will never overheat out of control and burn itself up.
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That's good to know. Thanks.
my Prime gets a little bit warm after a while, like body temperature warm, but it's never gotten really hot. my SGS2 gets warmer than my Prime when I'm using it
I use system info to get temp. Its on the market
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demandarin said:
same here basically. plus nothing to be worried about. Prime has a fail safe in it THST if it gets too hot/overheat, it'll automatically throttle the CPU speed down so it can cool off and reduce the CPU temps. prime will never overheat out of control and burn itself up.
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Interesting...I did not know that. Do you know around what temps this happens?

phone gets hot

not sure about anyone else but Just got my GS3 from sprint and turn on to activate n is working fine but the phone is getting hot. Any calibration need it? plus I'm not feeling the physical home button.
I still wish it had a dedicated camera button. I was once an iPhone owner... so the home button doesn't bother.
Mine gets warm, obviously more-so when charging. But nothing alarming yet.
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angital said:
I still wish it had a dedicated camera button. I was once an iPhone owner... so the home button doesn't bother.
Mine gets warm, obviously more-so when charging. But nothing alarming yet.
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I can tell you that this is not normal. My GS2 E4GT does not even get warm with heavy usage. Thanks for your input.
My Galaxy S III gets warm on just normal browsing for like 30minutes(?).
Charging, obviously, makes it a bit warmer.
My phone gets hot as a ***** when I use navigation.
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thats funny because the snapdragon s4 chip was made to not get as hot as the older s3 chips did. my old SII got up to 107 to 110. the hottest ive seen this phone is 95. my old galaxy nexus was the worst. it got HOT 140's at times. this phone doesnt get any where over 95... so... there u have it... its nothing to be alarmed about. this is actually an improved product.
I found the phone got pretty warm when I used it without having the power savings on (found in settings).
Once I turned that on it nearly doesn't get as warm as it did. I'm not sure if anyone else noticed that or not.
Death&co said:
I found the phone got pretty warm when I used it without having the power savings on (found in settings).
Once I turned that on it nearly doesn't get as warm as it did. I'm not sure if anyone else noticed that or not.
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I'm going to try this.
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Death&co said:
I found the phone got pretty warm when I used it without having the power savings on (found in settings).
Once I turned that on it nearly doesn't get as warm as it did. I'm not sure if anyone else noticed that or not.
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That's because it limits the CPU to reduce battery drain.
K.0.0.L. said:
I'm not feeling the physical home button.
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Yeah...me too. I could definitely live without it. I'm used to touch...not press. Now I've gotta workout my thumb muscles!
I ran it hard on my way from work today.
Conditions:
Navigation
100% brightness
Google music - streaming
Charging on Car Dock
Outside temp - 91F
Windows down, air off
Duration 20 mins
Temp maxed out at 113F
I'm not rooted yet but i use to have to put a limit through setCPU at 140F on my Mt4G. It constantly ran around 120F. This result is amazing, must be the better processor.
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angital said:
I ran it hard on my way from work today.
Conditions:
Navigation
100% brightness
Google music - streaming
Charging on Car Dock
Outside temp - 91F
Windows down, air off
Duration 20 mins
Temp maxed out at 113F
I'm not rooted yet but i use to have to put a limit through setCPU at 140F on my Mt4G. It constantly ran around 120F. This result is amazing, must be the better processor.
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Good for you.
at least its not as bad as the iphone trust me haha that thing is bad!
Got up to 119F today, stupid hot day though. Extreme conditions, on my dash car dock. Normal usage is around 92F.
Casing definitely transfers heat well. My old Mt4G had the metal back and even at hotter temps you could barely physically feel it. Being thinner too probably doesn't help.
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Mine gets warm, but not hot. My iphone used to get really warm where it would shut off, this has yet to get anywhere near that.
keep in mind that the S3 is a powerhouse phone. the S3 can match the processing power of some low end computers, and think about it.. those low end computers have a large fan. I would get a task manager and as long as your phone isnt constantly above 110 or maybe even 105 you should have nothing to worry about.
Got up to 119F today, stupid hot day though. Extreme conditions, on my dash car dock. Normal usage is around 92F.
Casing definitely transfers heat well. My old Mt4G had the metal back and even at hotter temps you could barely physically feel it. Being thinner too probably doesn't help.
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The battery?
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Ok lol I thought 105.3 on the battery was hot, but glad to see its not just me. its funny how with all these advancements in mobile gpu technology I still don't think it out performs my intel hd 3000 integrated graphics. Thanks to the android x86 I was able to run antutu on my intel core i5 2450m @2.5 ghz and scored a 21000. I highly doubt it was accurate as Im sure it isn't optomized and it fails to make use of turbo boost. Given this isn't a low end computer, but I still don't think we are that close. Apparently the new ipad's gpu is 30 percent slower then the on in the wii.

I tried to make my phone HOT. Hmm..I must have a good one

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 @$$...
Oh, and Verizon car chargers are garbage...:-B
THE-COPS said:
So , all of yous posting about your outrageous phone/battery temps...I tried to make mine get hot. I went outside in 96 degree heat standing in direct sunlight for 25 minutes, screen back light turned up to maximum, and playing Goldeneye on N64oid. Wow..closest I could get was 119. It was hot, but it was still quite useable. No 125/130/140/150 degree temps. Btw, to be exact, I bought my Rezound online on November 26th last year.........battery life still sucks @$$...
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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Explain the perflock?
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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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Explain the perflock?
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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.
scy1192 said:
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

This phone might get awfully hot in the summer.

I haven't used it heavily today, nor very recently, but the battery is up to 100℉ degrees right now. It's a pretty nice (read: comfortable) temperature in the house too.
So I have to wonder just how hot the One is going to get when summer rolls around and it's in the 90s℉.
I'm not worried about it right now, but for those of you in climates that are hot already, how is your phone holding up?
FWIW: the aluminum must disperse the heat pretty well. The temp dropped by 3 degrees while composing this message. So that's pretty nice.
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Dude this isn't a baby with a fever. Stop checking its temperature and just enjoy your phone.
And to think the weather outside would affect the temperature of the phone is kind of stupid.
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It is kinda a valid question. My Lumia 920 would get so hot that if I made a call, it wasn't comfortable near my ear. It has been in the 80's here, and no problems as of yet. I have noticed that for some reason on both of my devices, the app Viber heats them up quick, that's the only one I have seen do this.
Unless you plan on leaving it on your dash, it won't matter too much. Its not a PC in a hot room.
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shook187 said:
Dude this isn't a baby with a fever. Stop checking its temperature and just enjoy your phone.
And to think the weather outside would affect the temperature of the phone is kind of stupid.
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Here here!
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Well, it's going to be in the 100's this week where I live and my phone already gets pretty hot so we will see!
shook187 said:
Dude this isn't a baby with a fever. Stop checking its temperature and just enjoy your phone.
And to think the weather outside would affect the temperature of the phone is kind of stupid.
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If you don't think the weather outside will affect the temperature of your phone, you're more than welcome to leave it outside in the sun in the middle of July :thumbup:
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When these new high end phones get hot (I think the One is an internal temp above 34C) they start to under clock the processor and the GPU.
So yes heat WILL effect performance.
blackplague1347 said:
If you don't think the weather outside will affect the temperature of your phone, you're more than welcome to leave it outside in the sun in the middle of July :thumbup:
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Yeah I forgot that's something that we all do with our $600 phone. Hence my comment from earlier
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Sarcasm is not adding value. OP raised a very good question. My HTC phone used to have heating problem too. It is very annoying in the pocket in a hot summer! !!
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The construction of the phone acts like a heat sink drawing heat away from the components. I was told. So mean yeah it would get hot but not really affect the phone itself.
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This worries me never had this issue with note 2. Should I go back or forget about the heat and let the phone melt?
Oh I am POSITIVE this will get nowhere near as hot as my Verizon Galaxy Nexus did....I can already tell and I have only had the phone for a day. Even just texting and doing some random playing with it to get used to everything..its pretty cool..By now my Nexus would be frying my ear if I had a call
All electronics are affected by heat..but if this is any indication,,,,it will be warm..but not enough to fry an egg on!
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blackplague1347 said:
I haven't used it heavily today, nor very recently, but the battery is up to 100℉ degrees right now. It's a pretty nice (read: comfortable) temperature in the house too.
So I have to wonder just how hot the One is going to get when summer rolls around and it's in the 90s℉.
I'm not worried about it right now, but for those of you in climates that are hot already, how is your phone holding up?
FWIW: the aluminum must disperse the heat pretty well. The temp dropped by 3 degrees while composing this message. So that's pretty nice.
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I used mine today in 100F in the sun, I took over 100 pics with instant upload turned on. It got pretty warm, but just under too hot to use. The phone didnt seem to mind the heat at all, it did everything without even a stutter.
Lloyd76Mongol said:
I used mine today in 100F in the sun, I took over 100 pics with instant upload turned on. It got pretty warm, but just under too hot to use. The phone didnt seem to mind the heat at all, it did everything without even a stutter.
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Try using your phone while doing something intensive, like playing a graphics intensive game. It gets pretty hot.
adelmundo said:
Try using your phone while doing something intensive, like playing a graphics intensive game. It gets pretty hot.
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I did, and it was hotter when taking pics and uploading them at the same time.
Also check if nfc is on. On my wife's she was complaining about it getting hot. Once we turned nfc off it stopped getting hot. The only time I notice mine gets hot is when I have gps on, playing ingress lol
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my phone has never heated up.. its weird it gets warm at times but thats about it..never gets to hot to the touch.
When you play games the phone gets very hot but so does sgs4. In fact every android phone and I had a lot of them got hot when playing games except note 2.
Room/outside temperature doesn't affect the phone temp? So if it's 90 degrees in your room your phone will battery temp will be 74 like it would be on a 70-75 degree day?

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