Heating Up while charging - Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi,
Recently got my nexus, had it for about 3 days.
Everytime I use the wallcharger, the phone seems to heat up a lot.
Not to the point where its untouchable, but it doesnt seem right. None of my other phones did this.
Anyone else experiencing this?
Also, I just bought a case off ebay ( silicone, resin.. one of those.)
I'm thinking that when I have the case of while charging, the heat'll be trapped inside and could potentially do damage...
Sorry for the questions just making sure.

Snapdragon-equipped phones seem to do that: warm while charging, warm after extensive use. Happens with N1's, happens with Desires.

happened with all my nokias
happens with iphone

I shouldn't expect any damage from using a case though,should I?

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Seriously this phone is pushing my patience...

my phone has been giving me problems for the last few months now non stop. first that red light crap on the power button...now this....
My phones screen gets all distorted in Landscape mode. if i flip open my keyboard, it gets all scrappy, then i have to pop out the battery and restart in portrait...it runs fne until i flip the keyboayd out. freezes up and all that crap starts...why is this happening? how do i fix this? ive had the phone for 7-8 months not sure...but WTF man its still not even 1 year old....talk to me somoene is this just a piece of junk i bought? is there a fix? anyone else have this problem? ARRRGGGHHH!!!!!
what ROM are you using?
you should make a backup and then try a hardreset
If hard reset or new ROM flash will not fix your problem, then it is the flex cable that is at fault. I recommend replacement and had it done for my customers. Cheaper, albeit a temporary solution is to attach a thin sticky tape cut to shape to the flex. If you have no idea what I am talking about, then it is the job better left to professionals.
as enigma1nz stated, its the flex cable... i too had this problem, but i didnt buy a new one...
what happen is the sliding wears off the black coating on the wires and expose them to the interior parts, its like rubbing the two jumper cables together, it will spark...
what i did was cover the silver part with sticky tape, that solved the trick
Speng2 said:
ive had the phone for 7-8 months not sure...but WTF man its still not even 1 year old....talk to me somoene is this just a piece of junk i bought?
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I have owned my X1 for a year now, and yes it is now a piece of junk compared to other phones currently out.
Get a Dell Streak and be satisfied already!
It is not a problem affecting Xperia only, but rather something we call 'All slides disease', it affects all slide form factor phones due to vulnerability of the flex cable. It happens due to sheer act of someone using the phone as intended - sliding it up and down, answering calls in some phones, accessing the keypad etc. It does not mean Xperia is crap, just the downside of a particular form factor. Next one on the list of form factors requiring repairs are flips (clamshells). With a bar form factor very little can go wrong, apart from actual physical or water damage. With the advent of large-screened touch phones, as you can imagine, it's the screens that sustain the damage. Iphones are vulnerable in particular.

My Galaxy Note battery is slightly fatter after charging

Hi everyone,
I just charged my phone and the battery seems to be fatter after it was charged. I'm a little worried if this might explode or something. I opened it up and looked and the battery is cool and nothing is leaking from it but the battery looks slightly fat. This has never happened before since I got my Note. Is this normal?
I charged it using my laptops USB port when this happened. Also most of the time I charge it from the wall.
I get worried because batteries can be the main cause of device failure so I don't want to damage my phone.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
I dont think its due to charging.. Do you take it with you in bathroom when you take a shower? Or maybe you sweated while it was in your pocket and it was hot outside?..
I had a LG flip phone years ago and the battery got so fat too.. The reason I believe was that it was in my pocket when I was outside and the temperature was like 45-50 celsius..
maybe, but at the time this happened the phone had been idle and out of my pocket for hours. i'll keep close eye on this one.
thanks.
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Not heard of or seen this with Mobile batteries before TBH, however, this is "common" with overcharging of standard batteries in warping the cells etc..
I'm not tech enough to explain - but good call to keep a close eye, On the plus side, they batteries can be picked up dirt cheap on eBay or similar. Fortunately I have 2 as I returned my first Note after a couple of days and had it replaced, I just didn't send em the battery back
NutZInTheHead said:
Hi everyone,
I just charged my phone and the battery seems to be fatter after it was charged. I'm a little worried if this might explode or something. I opened it up and looked and the battery is cool and nothing is leaking from it but the battery looks slightly fat. This has never happened before since I got my Note. Is this normal?
I charged it using my laptops USB port when this happened. Also most of the time I charge it from the wall.
I get worried because batteries can be the main cause of device failure so I don't want to damage my phone.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
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If you have warranty then why not go to samsung service center ? Bulging of battery is not a simple issue or sth which can be ignored . As a normal battery it should not bulge , I suggest you to go to SSC and get it checked , if there is some problem they will replace it ( I guess )
NutZInTheHead said:
Hi everyone,
I just charged my phone and the battery seems to be fatter after it was charged. I'm a little worried if this might explode or something. I opened it up and looked and the battery is cool and nothing is leaking from it but the battery looks slightly fat. This has never happened before since I got my Note. Is this normal?
I charged it using my laptops USB port when this happened. Also most of the time I charge it from the wall.
I get worried because batteries can be the main cause of device failure so I don't want to damage my phone.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
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You should buy new battery, battery is cheap compared to phone.
there was a guy who owned a HTC Sensation and his phone caught fire whilst he was using it! it burnt his face.
sweet dreams
http://www.ukmobilereview.com/platforms/android/man-burnt-exploding-htc-mobile-phone/
Better buy an original Samsung battery from an official Samsung shop as there are many fake batteries online.....you never know if your battery is faulty or might explode. Better spend around 30-50usd on an original battery instead of being sorry afterwards.
That is simply because it got over-charged in the first case. Else might be a defect. A new battery can solve the issues. :good:

Please help me solve this once and for all....

I'm going to put short sentences for quickness
Bought N6 off Mobile Phones Direct. Good service. No issues.
Phone charger starts whittling.
Motorola replace charger.
Phone slowly develops symptoms of dodgy battery within 6 weeks:
Expanding battery, case pulling away, red hot charging and draining fast.
After lots of liaison with Motorola who did their best to suggest it was my apo usage they eventually take it for repair. I sent it off ' immaculate ' apart from the fault.
Despite me sending loads of documented online proof that devices like this are being replaced, the Phone comes back 'repaired' not replaced which disappointed me.
Any way I get it back a week later, and initially the phone seems better; apparently it's had a new back and battery.
However I noticed the back was not flush. About .5mm out in alignment and its slightly raised.
In addition, the phone battery gets up to 40 odd degrees when charging and at times it's not pleasant to touch, it's that hot when charging. This is how it all started in the first place!
They've offfered to take it back 'again' and do a ' sort this once and for all ' repair.
I just feel hard done by here. The phone was brand spankers in April and 3 months down the line it's in for a second repair and Motorola aren't even considering replacing this obviously dodgy handset.
If this second repair isn't perfect and working satisfactorily, surely I have some sort of legal rights here to demand a replacement under the not fit for purpose sales of goods act ?
Xperia23 said:
In addition, the phone battery gets up to 40 odd degrees when charging and at times it's not pleasant to touch, it's that hot when charging. This is how it all started in the first place!
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40C, you do realize that a human body on average is at 37C?? 40C isnt even close to being considered hot. when charging, 40C can be considered cool, not hot. lol.
Yeh I realise this I'm just saying that the CPU temp app suggests that temp, but to touch the phone is red hot. Like a cup of tea after its been sat for 10 mins Max.
Thanks for the condescending tone though.
Red Hot suggests burning your skin off. Red Hot would melt the device.
The device is going to get somewhat hot. Not red hot as you suggest.
If that were the case, you would easily be able to separate the glass from the LCD and also pull the LCD from the frame.
Xperia23 said:
Yeh I realise this I'm just saying that the CPU temp app suggests that temp, but to touch the phone is red hot. Like a cup of tea after its been sat for 10 mins Max.
Thanks for the condescending tone though.
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unfortunately, feel isnt an accurate way to discuss temperature. all feel does is show you whats warmer or cooler than what you are feeling with. and that has nothing to do with my tone towards your issie, it just is what it is. i read people complaining constantly that their phone reaches 40C(lol). well, guess what, it can get much hotter normally, up to 100C, thats 212F, or the boiling point of water.
i feel bad for you about your issue, but that happens. but 40C when charging has nothing to do with it.
I'd send it back for the second look-see, since you feel that the back is out of alignment (picture, please?)
I'd offer that the heat issue doesn't seem extreme for a phone, depending upon how it's being charged (e.g., fast charge). Also, do you keep this in any sort of case, perhaps?
I've actually never used the Motorola charger, instead I use a USB 99% of the time. I do recall reading about battery issues with a minority of folks who used the fast charger, so perhaps that's what you initially hit?
- ooofest
For starters the app might be inaccurate but all I know is the phone to touch is considerably hot. Heat kills battery life or increases degradation so therefore it won't be long at this rate, before I need another new battery. My point is this is how it all started and its starting again. Motorola seem quite happy to keep repairing. My simple question was where you feel I stand before claiming unfit for purpose. In a 2 year contract I expect the phone to be reliable but i have no trust in this device. I'll send it back see what they do. Probably another case and send it back.
Xperia23 said:
For starters the app might be inaccurate but all I know is the phone to touch is considerably hot. Heat kills battery life or increases degradation so therefore it won't be long at this rate, before I need another new battery. My point is this is how it all started and its starting again. Motorola seem quite happy to keep repairing. My simple question was where you feel I stand before claiming unfit for purpose. In a 2 year contract I expect the phone to be reliable but i have no trust in this device. I'll send it back see what they do. Probably another case and send it back.
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and unfortunately, touch does not give you a temperature reading. ok, try this experiment, itll show you about touch and temperature. get 3 glasses of water, one cold, one hot, and one room temperature. put your left hand in tbe cold water and your right hnd in the hot water. keep them there for about 3 minutes. then take out both hands and put both hands into the room temp water. your left hand, which was in cold water, will now feel warm. and your right hand, which was in hot water, will now feel cool. yet they both are in the same temp water.
anyways, send it back, and a hope for a better future from me to you
Right.....Thanks for that. However I know the difference from a phone thats warm to touch and overheating. I expect warm, but I know the phone should be getting this hot, end of. I'm not the only one as well with this issue... Just do a google search. See for yourself. Clearly im pissin in the wind here.
Xperia23 said:
Right.....Thanks for that. However I know the difference from a phone thats warm to touch and overheating. I expect warm, but I know the phone should be getting this hot, end of. I'm not the only one as well with this issue... Just do a google search. See for yourself. Clearly im pissin in the wind here.
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battery bloating, no you weren't the only one. with a heat issue, you are. sure, you can google and find people that think they have heat issues with the device, but in reality, the issue is in their heads.
Like you said pissing in the wind. Good luck getting help just ridiculed
Mobile Phone Direct in the end replaced - as I was told it fell to the retailer regardless of 28 days or not, if its within 6 months in the UK it falls to the retailer in cases like mine with faulty products. In the end, after sending the phone off to the retailer, they replaced it with a new one one, no issues - took long to get there, but I did in the end.
The new one was perfect throughout my contract. Not a single overheating issue - although it did get warm when charging (nothing like before) and the battery and back cover remain fine.

Put in freezer for dead spots on screen fix?

Hey guys, I have a dead spot and ghost touch problem on my vs980 touchscreen. I purchased it as a refurb on Amazon and I'm not sure whether the seller will replace it (noticed a problem early on, but thought it was an issue with my clumsy thumb- but now it's gotten worse a couple weeks after the return period). I read on a couple other threads that people have cured this problem on other phones by putting them in the freezer for a few hours in a plastic bag. The only problem is that they always describe removing the battery before doing this. Obviously, this would take some work on the g2. Any opinion on whether doing this with the battery in would be too risky? Anyone think this will work at all?
I have had my phone for almost two years and that same thing just started on my so I would be very interested if that works.
Nope. Didn't work.

Nexus 6 Screen Peeling Off

Hi Guys,
I was cleaning my phone the other day when I noticed an ackward gap between the screen and phone. I inspected it and I've just noticed the screen is coming off the phone. I had a look around and it's going from the bottom to the top. Has anyone had this problem?
BTW phone is has been in a pouch for 1.5 years and I can confirm has never been dropped. Given the phone is out of warranty what are the chances Motorola will repair this for free???
rmvembe said:
Hi Guys,
I was cleaning my phone the other day when I noticed an ackward gap between the screen and phone. I inspected it and I've just noticed the screen is coming off the phone. I had a look around and it's going from the bottom to the top. Has anyone had this problem?
BTW phone is has been in a pouch for 1.5 years and I can confirm has never been dropped. Given the phone is out of warranty what are the chances Motorola will repair this for free???
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Man, did you manage to fix your screen? I am having the same problem here, just like you I was cleaning my phone when I realized the screen was coming off on one side. I know its been some time since you posted this but I am just wondering if you managed to fix it.
I saw this problem on other smartphones, you should check your battery, because on iPhones when it happens when the battery push and finally detach the LCD from the frame
Axel85 said:
I saw this problem on other smartphones, you should check your battery, because on iPhones when it happens when the battery push and finally detach the LCD from the frame
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Right, it seems to be that issue.
Some early N6 have had battery troubles. Their batteries inflated because of warm which usually makes the back cover taking off.
You seem to have the same problem but pushing the front of the device instead. (back may be well glued)
Don't know if Motorola will take it back. Furthermore, they have been selled to Lenovo since that, so it may be difficult. In Europe, when warranty is over (2 years), you won't get anything from them.
Just stick it back to its position, it's not a big deal. Maybe you'll have to buy some special tape for this.
http://www.ebay.fr/itm/Rahmen-Kleber-Klebepad-Klebefolie-Adhesive-Sticker-Frame-Motorola-Google-Nexus-6-/272109920217?hash=item3f5b03dfd9:g:VH8AAOSwCypWnlXM Something like that. Don't know if it is a special tape or a basic one..

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