Heat - Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review

Some phones are great to take camping because if you play Asphalt 8 long enough, the back warms up to the ideal temperature that can bake bread. Rate this thread to express the extent to which the Xiaomi Mi A1 stays cool under extended heavy use. A higher rating indicates that even when playing strenuous games for long periods of time, the phone doesn't get uncomfortably warm.
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XDA_RealLifeReview said:
Some phones are great to take camping because if you play Asphalt 8 long enough, the back warms up to the ideal temperature that can bake bread. Rate this thread to express the extent to which the Xiaomi Mi A1 stays cool under extended heavy use. A higher rating indicates that even when playing strenuous games for long periods of time, the phone doesn't get uncomfortably warm.
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But mine gets heated up while charging

rameezomer said:
But mine gets heated up while charging
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I agree. Mine does get warm while charging but I wouldn't say hot.

No heating issues

rameezomer said:
But mine gets heated up while charging
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Do you use your phone while charging ?

NITRO_100 said:
Do you use your phone while charging ?
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No, I don't. I even tried closing all the apps thinking if that may be the reason. But even then it heats up sometimes

XDA_RealLifeReview said:
Some phones are great to take camping because if you play Asphalt 8 long enough, the back warms up to the ideal temperature that can bake bread. Rate this thread to express the extent to which the Xiaomi Mi A1 stays cool under extended heavy use. A higher rating indicates that even when playing strenuous games for long periods of time, the phone doesn't get uncomfortably warm.
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I use Mi A1 on 4g data n also play some online games still the phone doesn't get uncomfortably warm and can be used easily so heating issues for me.... Maybe there is a problem with your device.

Heating while charging both phone and charger is normal?

It's quite relative when you say "heat"
Any quantify unit so we on the same page? I'm using GSam Battery Monitor and my range is from 30 celsius to 40 (max). Charging with all apps off from 40% to 80% would bring the heat to 40 celsius, but the heat gradually went down (like 1 to 3 degree less, from 40 celsius) when it's from 80% to 99%
Playing Hitman Sniper would hit 40 celsius too, but I won't do it while charging.

My device never gets even warm.

Only lukewarm (hand temperature) while playing 3 different games for an hour.

Mine got warm (not HOT) once or twice while surfing web in wifi at max brightness, at sun light in days of +35ºC (95F)... so I assume that was normal
Rest of the time it seems cool even while charging

Compared to Oneplus One I previously use, Mi A1 doesn't generate much heat. Slightly warm but not finger burning heat like how I experienced with Oneplus One when playing games.

In my opinion, do not turn on cellular data it will cause heat, clean apps running background

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Heavy use endurance

Playing Candy Crush for 22 hours straight can take its toll on your battery (and your marriage). Rate this thread to express how the honor 5X's battery performs under heavy use. A higher rating indicates that it lasts a long time even when playing games, streaming video and audio, and doing other CPU-intensive activities.
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not very good
Playing MC5 or asphalt8 with light brightness dosent lasts the phone long, but does better than my other devices,
Endures 5 hrs with straight heavy usage.
4.5 hours SOT
I can play NBA 2K17 for 3 hrs.
sniperlife:D said:
I can play NBA 2K17 for 3 hrs.
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My device heatsup while playing that game
gopinaidu77 said:
My device heatsup while playing that game
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That's expected. 2k17 is very graphics intensive.
sniperlife:D said:
That's expected. 2k17 is very graphics intensive.
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Can call it a battery hog
gopinaidu77 said:
Can call it a battery hog
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Yeah pretty much.
sniperlife:D said:
Yeah pretty much.
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Hahah .true story
Haven't faced any lag issue or anything with heavy usage and gaming.
on heavy usage its smooth no lag with normal heating.
At heavy use I experience mild to moderate heating.
heats up heavy usage.
Very noticeable heating while gaming.

Heavy use endurance

Playing Candy Crush for 22 hours straight can take its toll on your battery (and your marriage). Rate this thread to express how the Honor 3C's battery performs under heavy use. A higher rating indicates that it lasts a long time even when playing games, streaming video and audio, and doing other CPU-intensive activities.
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Gets 3 hours on heavy usage.
phone tends to struggle with heavy usage like games,gets warm which results in a lower battery battery life, getting around 2 hours of SOT
Heavy usage I just get 2 hrs.
Average of 3 hours on heavy use.
Sent from my DUK-L09 using XDA Labs
on heavy usage 3.30 hrs
on an avg 3 hours on heavy usage. this phone is not meant to be used heavily
heated up on heavy usage..and battery started to drain

Light use endurance

Once in a while, when your significant other yells at you, you might use your phone a bit less. Rate this thread to express how the Xiaomi Redmi Note 4's battery performs under light use. A higher rating indicates that the device goes a long time when you're using the phone sparingly: no gaming or video/audio streaming, light web browsing, some calling and texts, etc.
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Higher than expected.Very good battery with light usage almost two days
1-2 days with MiUi 10 global dev on my SD variant. Several days from 8 to 12 if I use custom Rom and kernel.

Performance Throttling Overheating Device Temperature

The lower scored benchmark is at from idle of around 40C (CPU temp) while the phone is in the room. The higher scored is when I placed my phone in the freezer and let it cool down to around 28C (CPU temp).
Why is the phone so hot even at idle? Do you r phones go as high? What are your ambient temperatures? I'm in a tropical country and it is around 29C here right now.
The battery temp is only a degree or two lower than the CPU. It's terrible for the battery to be at this temperature.
Mine is around 36 C after 30 min of browsing . inside room temp is around 22 C.
Yeah, Mine also get so hot like 40 -45 like your after 20min of used.
But our Poco got cooling system right, then why like that?
My previous Moto z play was not like that ?, It was only heat while charging because of rapid charge.
It's coz of that garbage of IU called MiUI. Every update it screwed something.
n00b_dr0id said:
It's coz of that garbage of IU called MiUI. Every update it screwed something.
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Looking at OP's screenshots, i don't think he's been using MIUI..
excel0 said:
The lower scored benchmark is at from idle of around 40C (CPU temp) while the phone is in the room. The higher scored is when I placed my phone in the freezer and let it cool down to around 28C (CPU temp).
Why is the phone so hot even at idle? Do you r phones go as high? What are your ambient temperatures? I'm in a tropical country and it is around 29C here right now.
The battery temp is only a degree or two lower than the CPU. It's terrible for the battery to be at this temperature.
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Mine is sitting at 31.0 degree celcius. Could be that you have many things going in your background?

Heat

Some phones are great to take camping because if you play Asphalt 8 long enough, the back warms up to the ideal temperature that can bake bread. Rate this thread to express the extent to which the Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ stays cool under extended heavy use. A higher rating indicates that even when playing strenuous games for long periods of time, the phone doesn't get uncomfortably warm.
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No Q here...
XDA_RealLifeReview said:
Some phones are great to take camping because if you play Asphalt 8 long enough, the back warms up to the ideal temperature that can bake bread. Rate this thread to express the extent to which the Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ stays cool under extended heavy use. A higher rating indicates that even when playing strenuous games for long periods of time, the phone doesn't get uncomfortably warm.
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The heat pipe system in it works very well... this phone should never run hot. If it does, something is wrong.
Mine needed extensive optimization to run cool... it's my favorite phone now. Like having a laptop in my palm. Avoid "upgrading" to Q, it's a nightmare.
[email protected] said:
The heat pipe system in it works very well... this phone should never run hot. If it does, something is wrong.
Mine needed extensive optimization to run cool... it's my favorite phone now. Like having a laptop in my palm. Avoid "upgrading" to Q, it's a nightmare.
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All phones with good cpu/gpu get hot when gaming for long time.
There is not any thing wrong with that.
Exynos phones get very hot ingame, cpu temp can go up to 70c.
If your note 10 don't get warm after 1h asphalt 8 there is something wrong with it like low fps and or trottle.
Batteri temp in heavy game around 40c
Cpu temp in heavy game (Exynos chip) 60c-70c.
Your phone will be warm..
XDA_RealLifeReview said:
Some phones are great to take camping because if you play Asphalt 8 long enough, the back warms up to the ideal temperature that can bake bread. Rate this thread to express the extent to which the Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ stays cool under extended heavy use. A higher rating indicates that even when playing strenuous games for long periods of time, the phone doesn't get uncomfortably warm.
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robalm said:
All phones with good cpu/gpu get hot when gaming for long time.
There is not any thing wrong with that.
Exynos phones get very hot ingame, cpu temp can go up to 70c.
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Talking about unwarranted running hot. dah.
The hottest my phone has reached playing games was 45°c. But it mostly sits at 43°c when gaming. Is that good?
Too hot
denism81 said:
The hottest my phone has reached playing games was 45°c. But it mostly sits at 43°c when gaming. Is that good?
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No.
107 F is too hot*. This isn't a desktop cpu; running an LI battery this hot will greatly diminish its lifespan.
Some of the CPU heat plus the extra current drain heat the LI bat up. I never let my battery temp exceed 103 F when in use or 100 F during a charge. >85 during charging is better.
Put a damp rag around it or on the backside if in use to cool it if the ambient temp is too high...
*43 C is fine for CPU temp as long as the battery isn't getting baked. F is easier for real world temp measurement.
My cpu and chips are running at about 104 F while the battery is at 95F; the ambient temp is about 90 F, acceptable.
This with a light cpu load with brightness at about 40%
For heavy cpu usage at these temps for more than 10 minutes would drive the battery temp unexceptably high without external cooling.
Monitor the battery temp. Lol, if the phone feels very warm/hot it's damp rag or shutdown time.
F is easier for"real world" ? F are only used in ONE country! Which, by no means equals ALL the world, science, real science uses metric system
denism81 said:
The hottest my phone has reached playing games was 45°c. But it mostly sits at 43°c when gaming. Is that good?
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winol said:
F is easier for"real world" ? F are only used in ONE country! Which, by no means equals ALL the world, science, real science uses metric system
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The Fahrenheit scale is centered around the temperature zone most used by humans.
A 10° F isn't too much a of a change but modest amount.
A 10° C change is huge.
It's ackward to use in real life... suffer.
[email protected] said:
The heat pipe system in it works very well... this phone should never run hot. If it does, something is wrong.
Mine needed extensive optimization to run cool... it's my favorite phone now. Like having a laptop in my palm. Avoid "upgrading" to Q, it's a nightmare.
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robalm said:
All phones with good cpu/gpu get hot when gaming for long time.
There is not any thing wrong with that.
Exynos phones get very hot ingame, cpu temp can go up to 70c.
If your note 10 don't get warm after 1h asphalt 8 there is something wrong with it like low fps and or trottle.
Batteri temp in heavy game around 40c
Cpu temp in heavy game (Exynos chip) 60c-70c.
Your phone will be warm..
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[email protected] said:
No.
107 F is too hot*. This isn't a desktop cpu; running an LI battery this hot will greatly diminish its lifespan.
Some of the CPU heat plus the extra current drain heat the LI bat up. I never let my battery temp exceed 103 F when in use or 100 F during a charge. >85 during charging is better.
Put a damp rag around it or on the backside if in use to cool it if the ambient temp is too high...
*43 C is fine for CPU temp as long as the battery isn't getting baked. F is easier for real world temp measurement.
My cpu and chips are running at about 104 F while the battery is at 95F; the ambient temp is about 90 F, acceptable.
This with a light cpu load with brightness at about 40%
For heavy cpu usage at these temps for more than 10 minutes would drive the battery temp unexceptably high without external cooling.
Monitor the battery temp. Lol, if the phone feels very warm/hot it's damp rag or shutdown time.
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Good thing you don't have the Exynos version.
The idle cpu temp is around 50c with about 20-25c room temp.
What program to you monitor cpu and chips with?
robalm said:
Good thing you don't have the Exynos version.
The idle cpu temp is around 50c with about 20-25c room temp.
What program to you monitor cpu and chips with?
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122 F is really hot for a cell phone... a very expensive hand warmer. When a phone feels hot; it's already too hot. This will greatly shorten LI life especially if above a 90% charge.
Current drain* at idle with 50% brightness level should be below 220 ma. Typical idle current on this one averages at 140-200 ma.
If it's running >400 ma, something's running in the background sucking the life out of it.
I use different temp apps. Been playing with the Gitlab one.
It's 26.6C (80 F) ambient temp here and the CPU is averaging about 35.5 C (96 F) as I'm using the Note.
Battery temp is the only one I need to really watch.
I monitor that and battery current drain.
*AT&T variat, not rooted but heavily optimized.
[email protected] said:
122 F is really hot for a cell phone... a very expensive hand warmer. When a phone feels hot; it's already too hot. This will greatly shorten LI life especially if above a 90% charge.
Current drain* at idle with 50% brightness level should be below 220 ma. Typical idle current on this one averages at 140-200 ma.
If it's running >400 ma, something's running in the background sucking the life out of it.
I use different temp apps. Been playing with the Gitlab one.
It's 26.6C (80 F) ambient temp here and the CPU is averaging about 35.5 C (96 F) as I'm using the Note.
Battery temp is the only one I need to really watch.
I monitor that and battery current drain.
*AT&T variat, not rooted but heavily optimized.
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exynos is running hot, there is not mutch you can do.
Here is one example
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LfZUNL5hyVw
If you pause the video when he start antutu you can se the cpu temp of the s20 ultra (about 56c without any massive load).
My old s8 with exynos got warm and it worked just fine for 2 years, sure i lost a few % on the batteri.
After 2 years just get a new batteri and enjoy.
I know snappdragon is running mutch cooler, but make sure you get a app that show the right temp. 35c in a 26.6C room sounds like idle temp at best.
robalm said:
Good thing you don't have the Exynos version.
The idle cpu temp is around 50c with about 20-25c room temp.
What program to you monitor cpu and chips with?
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robalm said:
exynos is running hot, there is not mutch you can do.
Here is one example
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LfZUNL5hyVw
If you pause the video when he start antutu you can se the cpu temp of the s20 ultra (about 56c without any massive load).
My old s8 with exynos got warm and it worked just fine for 2 years, sure i lost a few % on the batteri.
So after 2 years just get a new batteri and enjoy.
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Meh... I'm liking my Snapdragon a little more.
Samsung design engineers are like a box of rabid gerbils...
[email protected] said:
122 F is really hot for a cell phone... a very expensive hand warmer. When a phone feels hot; it's already too hot. This will greatly shorten LI life especially if above a 90% charge.
Current drain* at idle with 50% brightness level should be below 220 ma. Typical idle current on this one averages at 140-200 ma.
If it's running >400 ma, something's running in the background sucking the life out of it.
I use different temp apps. Been playing with the Gitlab one.
It's 26.6C (80 F) ambient temp here and the CPU is averaging about 35.5 C (96 F) as I'm using the Note.
Battery temp is the only one I need to really watch.
I monitor that and battery current drain.
*AT&T variat, not rooted but heavily optimized.
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[email protected] said:
Meh... I'm liking my Snapdragon a little more.
Samsung design engineers are like a box of rabid gerbils...
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Snappdragon 855 is great.
[email protected] said:
The Fahrenheit scale is centered around the temperature zone most used by humans.
A 10° F isn't too much a of a change but modest amount.
A 10° C change is huge.
It's ackward to use in real life... suffer.
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For you Fahrenheit may sound "logical" as you grew up with it. For us - the rest of the world - we grew up with Celsius. We don't need a scale "centered around a temp zone used by humans", we know what effect a 10°C drop in temperature has on us...nothing ackward about it.
Yes well...
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For you Fahrenheit may sound "logical" as you grew up with it. For us - the rest of the world - we grew up with Celsius. We don't need a scale "centered around a temp zone used by humans", we know what effect a 10°C drop in temperature has on us...nothing ackward about it.
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The west is the best.
Get here and we'll do the rest JM
I rest my case...
blackhawk said:
The west is the best.
Get here and we'll do the rest JM
I rest my case...
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What do you mean, exactly with"west" ?
There is just one country using that retrograde Farenheit scale, and despite that, scientist there use metric
winol said:
What do you mean, exactly with"west" ?
There is just one country using that retrograde Farenheit scale, and despite that, scientist there use metric
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Unlike the metric system of temperature measurement it is uniquely centered in a range where most living occurs... 96.8° is a better way to index human body temp. One degree matters.
It's Jim Morrison's quote... America, to find yourself.
winol said:
What do you mean, exactly with"west" ?
There is just one country using that retrograde Farenheit scale, and despite that, scientist there use metric
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I think we should leave it, his mind is limited to "west" only and he has not learned to see beyond that.
robalm said:
Good thing you don't have the Exynos version.
The idle cpu temp is around 50c with about 20-25c room temp.
What program to you monitor cpu and chips with?
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Update...
Trying out this temp apk:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.novelmatrix.temperaturemonitor
It will display in the corner of the screen real time. Low resource usage. Some ads on set up but liking it so far.
At 96° ambient I'm seeing the CPU, GPU typically going between 102-118 F depending on usage.
Browsing it's running between 100-102 F
Internet vid jumps to about 114 F at this ambient temp.
Obviously higher for cpu/gpu intense apks, haven't benchmark it yet with this running.
The battery is at 96.8 F and typically runs cooler.
The heat pipe seem to work well; dissipates heat rapidly from the cpu and helps keep the battery temp down.
blackhawk said:
Update...
Trying out this temp apk:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.novelmatrix.temperaturemonitor
It will display in the corner of the screen real time. Low resource usage. Some ads on set up but liking it so far.
At 96° ambient I'm seeing the CPU, GPU typically going between 102-118 F depending on usage.
Browsing it's running between 100-102 F
Internet vid jumps to about 114 F at this ambient temp.
Obviously higher for cpu/gpu intense apks, haven't benchmark it yet with this running.
The battery is at 96.8 F and typically runs cooler.
The heat pipe seem to work well; dissipates heat rapidly from the cpu and helps keep the battery temp down.
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"Cpu and gpu temp not supported"

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