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OVerheating! HelP!

Hello there,
I am having HUGE overheating problems. Last week I was having issues with random restarts and generally slow operating, but I realized that this is only when the temps are high. Ive seen my temps on my SetCPU widget get over 100 degrees Farenheit! Basically, I cannot use the phone at all when it is charging, and have to repeatedly put it in front of a fan or near an AC vent to keep using it throughout the day. I recently bought an extended battery. Could this be the issue?
Is this hardware or software related?
Any help is greatly appreciate, please let me know if I left out info
Eugene

Ok a hundred degrees for your phone isn't that bad.. But you need to make sure that you stop overclocking it when you charge it. Charging is the main thing that heat up that big ol battery on the back. Plus this combo with overclocking hurts. I have the same problem sometimes.
Hoped this helped a bit
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Slow the CPU down! You are using a community ROM that runs the CPU at 528 MHz. There is a REASON why the OEM runs the CPU slower than that!
And as for your huge battery... yes, that can make heat. Try with a NORMAL battery and see if the problem goes away.

on SetCpu I have been using the recommended settings, which I believe was 576Mhz maximum. Should I just not run SetCPU at all? (charging nor not)

Like lbcoder said. He knows what he's talking about. You can use setcpu still. But its meant to only run at those speeds only short bursts. So don't have it clocked at 576mhz all the time. You might want to cut it back to 528mhz anyways. But definitly the combo of the fat battery overclocked and charging will heat your phone up big time. I have the same problem as you sometimes. You just have to get used to switching cpu down in your settings. When your not using your phone and need speed.
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Lo N Slo said:
on SetCpu I have been using the recommended settings, which I believe was 576Mhz maximum. Should I just not run SetCPU at all? (charging nor not)
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576? That's gotta tell you something about the program... the CPU's maximum is only 528!

Mine runs at 614mhz max... don't have any issues yet... the problem is that it may damage other electronic parts of the phone, not the cpu itself. anyway it isn't an expensive piece of hardware... it;s interesting to see how far it can go

[Q] How hot do your notes run?

On a scale of 1 to 5. How hot does your phone run?
Normal -1
Watching movie on mxplayer - 2
Browsing on dolphin hd - 3 to 4
Browsing and charging at the same time - a good 5
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Oh my goodness I think I posted in the wrong topic.
How do I move the thread??
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nobody???
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I find mine is generally quite cool & only gets slightly warm when charging & browsing at the same time.
Compaired to previous phone I've had, I find it one of the coolest.

Yup its gets warm while playing some games and while charging...and its only warm around the camera...and the upper part of the screen also gets warm....
anyone else..??

Are you all on stock rom? Mine is ultra hot when using and charging . . browsing especially

Mine goes quite hot whenever I do intense stuffs on my note.

It's scary that it is so hot
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Mine only gets "hot" (a slight increase) when i'm charging it and gaming at the same time. But i won't call it hot hot.

lqrt said:
Are you all on stock rom? Mine is ultra hot when using and charging . . browsing especially
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Yup...i'm on stock...2.3.5...so does your note get warm/hot at the upper part of the screen..??

I managed to get mine above 5o degrees celsius yesterday. There is an app called "Stability Test" on the market in case you too would like to get yours warm for these gloomy winter evenings

Im on 2.3.6 KK9 and it runs significantly cooler than my old SGS2. The only time its even warm is when charging and playing a game.

Same here. Charging and doing stuff makes it hot. Really scary. My hd2 isn't this hot.
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Heater
I was using my Note yesterday at work with no problems. Today while I was at work I could feel the heat on my leg from the phone in my pocket! I freaked out and I find out that it heats up and powers off. I have to hold power to get it running again. Checking the temperature in "spare parts" battery info it was upper 30 degrees celsius. Sitting beside me now it's 29. Super scary. I don't want to have to return my phone. I have the abyssnote kernel with Romow rom.

I was gaming yesterday and SGN reached 56*C...
Abyss 1.4 kernel and 1.7GHz @ 1.4v

vessk0 said:
I was gaming yesterday and SGN reached 56*C...
Abyss 1.4 kernel and 1.7GHz @ 1.4v
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that's hot... i had mine go up to 45* once and i thought it was going to melt lol

Wts! 56 deg. Arent you afraid?
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what's the documented (manual) upper limit of these batteries?
I live in a hot country I'm really worried that the hard work I put my phone through and the climate is going make my phone go Fukushima on me...

senectus said:
what's the documented (manual) upper limit of these batteries?
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I would like to know too. Actually, I guess the upper limit of the processor would be good to know too, but too bad we can't directly access those temps since I guess there isn't a CPU temp sensor. I tried looking around through Samsung's site & CPU spec sheets and can't find anything of use about operating temperatures. While gaming and not charging mine can get up to 46c and the phone becomes quite warm/hot to the touch.
I've got FM 2.0 Kernel on Cassies Lite ROM. I have it overclocked to 1.6Ghz and undervolted each step by roughly 25mV (couldn't do much more than that.)
I'm a bit worried and actually a bit disappointed that it seems I have to limit my usage of the phone incase it goes into meltdown. I have profiles set to reduce the max clock when the battery reaches certain temps, but I'm afraid that might not be enough.

Mine can get very uncomfortably hot if charged and have GPS app running for an hour. Usually in that case, I underclock it to 500mhz, which is fast enough to run the app and play music in the background smoothly
It gets quite hot with 3D gaming over long session too, but bearable to hold in a case, but you can feel the heat on the screen, usually underclock to it 800mhz to 1ghz in this case.

Battery Temparatures

Hi do we all have 'hot' running batteries? At normal - standby my battery like on around 30 deg C and during use up to 40. When charging can shoot up to 42.5.
Really worrying at times...
How your battery temps doing?
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The highest I have seen my modified battery is 40C. The highest I have seen my regular battery is about 35 (I think).

Damn I got original battery, maybe I got issues....
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My original battery goes to 42c while playing games or surfing for couple of hours.
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28-30c on idle. up to 38 on load, mostly with wi-Fi.

My battery temp is abouth 30oc, when i played game, the temp is 38oc.
But the back cover in CPU is hot, can i have app cpu temp for O2X? Thanks!
P/S: My English is bad!

same here,
idle around 28-30C
While using, can shoot up to 42C
Charging also heat up to 40C
After around 8 months use, I feel my battery is screwed.
just buy original LG battery at USD 10.
Still charging for 1st time. Hope OK

bactuong said:
My battery temp is abouth 30oc, when i played game, the temp is 38oc.
But the back cover in CPU is hot, can i have app cpu temp for O2X? Thanks!
P/S: My English is bad!
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use system tuner pro. but make sure you use trial first. because when i use system tuner pro with stock CM7 kernel it can't read the CPU temp.
@hd2000
your bat temp still normal

You should have a shut down profile for if it ever goes above 47c.

26,1°C right after sleep, goes up to almost 40° when loading.
anyone tested larger batteries yet?
www[.]mugen-power-batteries[.]com/mugen-power-1700mah-extended-battery-for-lg-optimus-2x-p990-t-mobile-g2x.html
www[.]mugen-power-batteries[.]com/mugen-power-4500mah-extended-battery-for-lg-optimus-2x-p990-t-mobile-g2x.html

langhaardack said:
26,1°C right after sleep, goes up to almost 40° when loading.
anyone tested larger batteries yet?
www[.]mugen-power-batteries[.]com/mugen-power-1700mah-extended-battery-for-lg-optimus-2x-p990-t-mobile-g2x.html
www[.]mugen-power-batteries[.]com/mugen-power-4500mah-extended-battery-for-lg-optimus-2x-p990-t-mobile-g2x.html
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already tried the extended battery 1800MAH but battery monitor widget can't display the temp which is disappointing so go back to stock battery

30°C 1500mah
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Nexus 4 throttle

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=koLJ4BU9tgc
Swedroids test
It throttles at 36 C and shuts down at 59 to 60 C.
They should increase the throttle to 45 C and when 45 C is reached make the throttle more aggressive would be a better solution.
What do you guys think?

taxas said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=koLJ4BU9tgc
Swedroids test
It throttles at 36 C and shuts down at 59 to 60 C.
They should increase the throttle to 45 C and when 45 C is reached make the throttle more aggressive would be a better solution.
What do you guys think?
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If it gets to hot people get the yellowing... I would rather run cooler and not worry about it.
Is this throttling effecting real world usage or just benchmarks? Not being sarcastic, asking a question.
sent via xda premium with nexus 7 while waiting for my shiny new Nexus 4!

Richieboy67 said:
If it gets to hot people get the yellowing... I would rather run cooler and not worry about it.
Is this throttling effecting real world usage or just benchmarks? Not being sarcastic, asking a question.
sent via xda premium with nexus 7 while waiting for my shiny new Nexus 4!
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Well i dont know, i dont care about benchmarks, just thought about informing what i found.
And increasing the throttle level and making it more aggressive later on was just my opinion.

I would like to see a comparison with the iPhone 5 and Galaxy S III on what temperatures they shut down.

taxas said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=koLJ4BU9tgc
Swedroids test
It throttles at 36 C and shuts down at 59 to 60 C.
They should increase the throttle to 45 C and when 45 C is reached make the throttle more aggressive would be a better solution.
What do you guys think?
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I think that the video was pretty painful to watch! lol WHO on earth would run a phone to death like that?? Hope they have an extended warranty... For real though, I would like to see them bump up the throttling temp a lil but in the real world most users will NEVER experience something like that because that app is meant to run your phone into the ground! I hate that they even make benchmarking apps cause it makes me competitive but I have found that the N4 is FAST as hell so I don't need anything else to prove that to me... Good vid though for the info but lets all step back into reality...

I'm thinking the S4Pro is rated to a higher temperature, and the thermal shutdown is really more for battery health than processor health... Regardless, 11 minutes at 100% load with no real cooling system...

Does the Galaxy S3 also shut down at the same temperature?

12 minutes with the CPU pegged at 100% on all cores with no cooling is impressive, IMHO. Yes it clocked down to 1150MHz but that's plenty fine.
No real world task will come close to pushing the processor that far. I doubt even gaming will task the cores so much that the phone throttles them back.
A lot of modern laptops won't run 12 minutes of solid prime95 before clocking down. This c2d 2.8GHz laptop I'm typing on now will clock down to 800MHz after 15-20 minutes of prime95...but it doesn't throttle at all when doing real world stuff, even compiling or encoding etc.

shojus said:
I think that the video was pretty painful to watch! lol WHO on earth would run a phone to death like that?? Hope they have an extended warranty... For real though, I would like to see them bump up the throttling temp a lil but in the real world most users will NEVER experience something like that because that app is meant to run your phone into the ground! I hate that they even make benchmarking apps cause it makes me competitive but I have found that the N4 is FAST as hell so I don't need anything else to prove that to me... Good vid though for the info but lets all step back into reality...
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In my opinion the throttle should engage at 43-45c because at 36c its idle temperatures when the phone i just on stand by.

Ok I fear that's a real problem. What if I want to play a graphic intensive game for a few hours? Expecially on a hot summer day?
Could the phone shut down?
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So much for Qualcomm's butter test

In the video description you can find:
"The reason as to why we published this video is because we've never experienced temperatures reaching ~60 degrees C before, nor have we ever experienced a phone shutting itself down after just 12 minutes of continuous full load, nor have we ever experienced such aggressive thermal throttling. It pretty much throttles down instantaneously from 1.5GHz to 1.2 or 1.1GHz during heavy load.
All temperature readings are presented in Celcius.
The Nexus 4 seems to have some issues with heat development. At least if we are to believe our findings. There might of course be a possibility that our unit is faulty. We are however not alone according to the Google Android issue tracker: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.into.stability&feature=.... A google search on the matter will also render lots of user reports concerning heat issues.
In comparison the quad core Galaxy S3 (3G) battery sensor reports ~41 degrees after 13 minutes of full load with the screen set to 100% brightness. It does however lower the CPU frequency to 800MHz at times, but mostly run at 1.4GHz. Our IR meter reports about ~34 degrees if we go ahead and measure the hottest spot on the back of the phone (area around the camera lens)."
For me, this is a no-go. I wouldn't buy a phone that shuts down after a few minutes of processor stress testing. Can somebody tell if the same happens with his N4?

St4hli said:
In the video description you can find:
"The reason as to why we published this video is because we've never experienced temperatures reaching ~60 degrees C before, nor have we ever experienced a phone shutting itself down after just 12 minutes of continuous full load, nor have we ever experienced such aggressive thermal throttling. It pretty much throttles down instantaneously from 1.5GHz to 1.2 or 1.1GHz during heavy load.
All temperature readings are presented in Celcius.
The Nexus 4 seems to have some issues with heat development. At least if we are to believe our findings. There might of course be a possibility that our unit is faulty. We are however not alone according to the Google Android issue tracker: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.into.stability&feature=.... A google search on the matter will also render lots of user reports concerning heat issues.
In comparison the quad core Galaxy S3 (3G) battery sensor reports ~41 degrees after 13 minutes of full load with the screen set to 100% brightness. It does however lower the CPU frequency to 800MHz at times, but mostly run at 1.4GHz. Our IR meter reports about ~34 degrees if we go ahead and measure the hottest spot on the back of the phone (area around the camera lens)."
For me, this is a no-go. I wouldn't buy a phone that shuts down after a few minutes of processor stress testing. Can somebody tell if the same happens with his N4?
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Thing is that if you search the web for this problem, you get a lot of hits about people have thermal issues. I hope it just is a defective unit but it seems it is not the case. The S4 pro seems to be generating to much heat and requires too much power. That's why it empty's the 2100 mha battery a bit faster compared to other devices.
Maybe the S4 pro is more suitable for tablets and not phones.

St4hli said:
Ok I fear that's a real problem. What if I want to play a graphic intensive game for a few hours? Expecially on a hot summer day?
Could the phone shut down?
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Very few applications will use 4 cores. Hell, most don't even use 2 cores by default. So the chances of you maxing out all 4 cores in routine usage isn't very likely. The extra cores typically benefit smartphones when one process is utilizing a core already, a different process just gets thrown over to a different core so it doesn't have to wait for CPU cycles. Most smartphone use is "burst-y" so this helps end-users out quite a bit.

99.9 % its not the S4 Pro`s fault, just the lame battery from LG. I mean WTF after 15 secs it clocks down !!!!

Yeah, thats weird. But I could live with it, expecially when the phone runs buttersmooth. But if the phone shuts down after a few minutes of processor intensive tasks that's a big problem. I know that barely any app is using 4 cores simultanously, but what happens if you stress-test only one core? Does the phone also shut down?

This doesnt seem that bad, you're stressing it pretty hard which wont ever be done in real word conditions, for example take intel burn test, most people find this stresses the chip to temperatures 15C+ over any possible real word tests/usage.
You say the SGS3 throttles to 800Mhz at some points well thats pretty poor is it not? Clock for clock the s4 pro is superior and so clocking in over 300Mhz faster when throttled its pretty good id say. If you're comparing the S4 vs the S4 pro (US SGS3) then its pretty hard to say the battery sucks when its got more power! Of course it will run hotter haha.
I think they could put back the throttling limits a bit though, I think it maybe a battery issue more than anything though so maybe its a fault... Please test it by stressing a high end game for an hour or so tracking the temps and clock speed, that would be a much better indication.
edit: Seen your reply before me, It wont shut down like that in the real world! If you stress test only one core I can assure you that it will run MUCH cooler, you are essentially testing 2x the amount in the s4 Pro than you are in the dual core varient, in these stress tests it works pretty much 110% each core, in the realworld there will be idle times and switching between cores handling different threads, lots of variences that should mean it would be ALOT cooler all the time even if using all 4.

St4hli said:
Yeah, thats weird. But I could live with it, expecially when the phone runs buttersmooth. But if the phone shuts down after a few minutes of processor intensive tasks that's a big problem. I know that barely any app is using 4 cores simultanously, but what happens if you stress-test only one core? Does the phone also shut down?
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1 core likely won't generate as much heat, and not to mention the whole point of the cores is to distribute load and operate at max efficiency rather than less cores at max.
I understand that some people have issue with the throttling, but until people report that they can't play x and y after z minutes it is a non issue. It may have to do with the glass, maybe LG battery. It is possible the throttle is there to preserve the higher recharge cycles LG Chem batteries have.
Unless it actually ruins an app experience, on stock rom and kernel, it is not an issue. If someone would rather pay 400 more to boost their bench by 5% that's up to them.
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Mhmm, I guess it won't be a problem in real world usage. Nevertheless it's quite weird that the phone heats up that much AND THEN SHUTS DOWN, expecially in comparison to other phones like the SGS3, where this problem doesn't occur.
But yes, I didn't hear any complaints about critical-heat-shutdowns in real world usage, so maybe I'm just overreacting. But at the moment it's winter in USA and Europe, so let's see how the phone performs in summer heat
My old HTC Desire often overheats and shuts down on hot summer days when I'm using GPS or playing games, so I just hope my next phone won't have this problem

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Mhmm, I guess it won't be a problem in real world usage. Nevertheless it's quite weird that the phone heats up that much AND THEN SHUTS DOWN, expecially in comparison to other phones like the SGS3, where this problem doesn't occur.
But yes, I didn't hear any complaints about critical-heat-shutdowns in real world usage, so maybe I'm just overreacting. But at the moment it's winter in USA and Europe, so let's see how the phone performs in summer heat
My old HTC Desire often overheats on hot summer days when I'm using GPS or playing games, so I just hope my next phone won't have this problem
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Mine has been shutting down due to overheating at least once a day. I've just exchanged it so will see how that is.
Worryingly, I will often be doing nothing other than web browsing or similar which should not stress the CPU

Nexus 4 Temperture's

I work in a cell phone shop ( Technician Manager ) so i fix phones everyday. Most of the people on xda and the internet have noticed the nexus 4 getting warm, I myself thought so too. I did stress test's on Three devices 1.) Nexus 4, which was mine Rooted no stock rom. 2. Galaxy nexus, GT-I9250 rooted stock rom. 3.) Samsung Galaxy III, T999. Rooted running Cm 10.1 latest nightly. Out of the three I found that the nexus 4 had the lowest temperature overall.
. The Samsung Galaxy Nexus got 50-58 C, basic web browsing and watching a short clip on YouTube. 60-68 C Gaming. Game used Eternal Warriors
The Samsung Galaxy S III got almost the same temperatures as the Galaxy Nexus 45-50 C with basic web browsing and watching a short clip on YouTube. Gaming 50-60 C. Game used Eternal Warriors
The nexus 4 with basic web browsing got 35-48 C. Gaming it got 50-62 C
All of the Three Devices ran for 45 minutes and used the same Game/ video to watch.
Just Wanted to share this information, hit the thanks if I've helped you out in anyway

My Nexus 4 gets so toasty if im running Spotify & GPS nav at the same time on long road trips. (And its charging at the same time.)
Kinda surprised to see your results.
IMHO the glass on the back may feel more warm that the plastic back of most other phones because glass conducts heat better than plastic. That is possibly why this phone has the overheating perception in most peoples minds.

doubleatheman said:
My Nexus 4 gets so toasty if im running Spotify & GPS nav at the same time on long road trips. (And its charging at the same time.)
Kinda surprised to see your results.
IMHO the glass on the back may feel more warm that the plastic back of most other phones because glass conducts heat better than plastic. That is possibly why this phone has the overheating perception in most peoples minds.
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That's what came to my conclusion, for the glass that's on the nexus 4. Notice that I don't have it on the charge it's just on the battery. I think you will get higher temperatures when it's charging

The glass is good in a way or another. This way, it helps the phone's internal components cool down by conducting the produced heat outside.

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The glass is good in a way or another. This way, it helps the phone's internal components cool down by conducting the produced heat outside.
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So, when the temperature outside is hot the device get's cooler ? Is that what your implying ?

Wow,how did you managed to go to 66 C on the gs3. I,even with the charger plugged in and playing heavy games(MC4,NFSMW) i couldn't make it even to 45 C
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Thin_Bezel said:
Wow,how did you managed to go to 66 C on the gs3. I,even with the charger plugged in and playing heavy games(MC4,NFSMW) i couldn't make it even to 45 C
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Ooops, was a typo. 45-50 C

dia_naji said:
So, when the temperature outside is hot the device get's cooler ? Is that what your implying ?
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Yes. The glass absorbs, theoretically, some of the heat inside, and helps keeping the device cool.

Hi,
I agree... I had the 3 phones.
Maybe a thread that can help user about temperature or "pseudo" overheating...
When I see a thread like "My Nexus 4 is overheating, help me" it annoys me. No CPU / battery temperature indicating to see, just a "it feels hot, it overheats" or "I see some threads about Nexus 4 overheating, mine is also overheating, I read it " (it's real ).
Plus people confuse CPU / battery temperature...
Or people complain about "overheating" when playing a game or browsing while charging their phone...
Even 70°C for the CPU temperature is (almost for the the stressed people) nothing and there is a thermal protection in any case. Thermal throttling that reduces the CPU freq according to the CPU temp, same thing for the battery. And in case of extreme temperature -> shutdown.
I remember the max CPU temp for the Galaxy Nexus: 120°C before shutdown , it's not the same CPU but it can give an idea... The max for mine was about 90°C with some benchs, I see some people (simms22 if I remember right ) with something like about 110°C...
With my Nexus 4 (about 21°C room temperature):
Iddle temperature: 24 / 26°C for the CPU and 21°C for the battery
Light use after 15 / 20 mins (XDA app in 3g, homescreen setting): about 38 / 42°C (about 45°C with only XDA app) for the CPU and about 26 / 28 °C for the battery.
Hard use (browsing in 3g, Youtube, camera): about 55°C for the CPU and 31 / 32 °C for the battery (for this I don't remember exactly).
Extreme use (multiple benchs): about 72°C as far as I see for the CPU and about 38 / 40°C for the battery (maybe 42,**°C once).
Browsing while charging the battery is about 44°C and the CPU about 60°C +.
With _motley kernel, no undervolt, 486 Mhz / 1.51 Ghz, and CPU temp set to 70°C before thermal throttling.
I do agree that some people can have an overheating problem but not all the users / phones like we can read in different threads... and people that claims their phones overheats... when tey post the temperatures all is normal...
The feeling of warmth and real heat are two different things and it's very subjective to say "my phone is very hot".

Hi Viking37,
I feel fortable after reading your post.
I have been using Nexus 4 for a month on 4.2.2. and feel very bad on the heating and warm. (compared with previous Desire HD temperature)
I am based on Bateria App, showing only the Battery Temperature.
On Light use after 15 / 20 mins (Chrome or Dolphin browser on 3G): about 30 to 42°C on Battery, but i do not have CPU readings.
On Hard use after 30-45 mins (Youtube, Waze on 3G): about 30 to 42°C on Battery, but i do not have CPU readings.
I noticed i do not gets battery temp reading more than 42°C....
Hope you can advise what app you use to check the Battery and CPU temperature.
Thanks.

Hi ykit88,
You're welcome
For the CPU temperature I use System Tuner pro (on the Play Store and there is a free version), you can add a widget or download for free an "extension" to add the CPU temperature reading in the notification bar (you can set different update time).
There is also at least one more app (I mean that it works perfectly but I don't remember the name).
Your battery temp seems normal to me, it depends also of the room temperature and if you have a case (even if it does not have much influence).

@OP I don't know maybe is just because of Easter but I can't understand your first post, - is just too many Galaxies and I don't think there's Galaxy Nexus 4? But I may be as well wrong.
On the other hand phone getting hot is not an issue for me as HTC Desire used to get a lot hotter just with some browsing where you could smell a little bit of plastic
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viking37 said:
Hi,
I agree... I had the 3 phones.
Maybe a thread that can help user about temperature or "pseudo" overheating...
When I see a thread like "My Nexus 4 is overheating, help me" it annoys me. No CPU / battery temperature indicating to see, just a "it feels hot, it overheats" or "I see some threads about Nexus 4 overheating, mine is also overheating, I read it " (it's real ).
Plus people confuse CPU / battery temperature...
Or people complain about "overheating" when playing a game or browsing while charging their phone...
Even 70°C for the CPU temperature is (almost for the the stressed people) nothing and there is a thermal protection in any case. Thermal throttling that reduces the CPU freq according to the CPU temp, same thing for the battery. And in case of extreme temperature -> shutdown.
I remember the max CPU temp for the Galaxy Nexus: 120°C before shutdown , it's not the same CPU but it can give an idea... The max for mine was about 90°C with some benchs, I see some people (simms22 if I remember right ) with something like about 110°C...
With my Nexus 4 (about 21°C room temperature):
Iddle temperature: 24 / 26°C for the CPU and 21°C for the battery
Light use after 15 / 20 mins (XDA app in 3g, homescreen setting): about 38 / 42°C (about 45°C with only XDA app) for the CPU and about 26 / 28 °C for the battery.
Hard use (browsing in 3g, Youtube, camera): about 55°C for the CPU and 31 / 32 °C for the battery (for this I don't remember exactly).
Extreme use (multiple benchs): about 72°C as far as I see for the CPU and about 38 / 40°C for the battery (maybe 42,**°C once).
Browsing while charging the battery is about 44°C and the CPU about 60°C +.
With _motley kernel, no undervolt, 486 Mhz / 1.51 Ghz, and CPU temp set to 70°C before thermal throttling.
I do agree that some people can have an overheating problem but not all the users / phones like we can read in different threads... and people that claims their phones overheats... when tey post the temperatures all is normal...
The feeling of warmth and real heat are two different things and it's very subjective to say "my phone is very hot".
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this. im sooo tired of telling people that their cpu temp is normal. it bugs me to see people posting that their phone is overheating at 45C, lol. someone even claimed that their 36C phone is overheating, when body temp is 37C

Very good explanation don't forgot the desire has only a single core. While the nexus 4 has 4 cores . It's only natural that it would get warm
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simms22 said:
this. im sooo tired of telling people that their cpu temp is normal. it bugs me to see people posting that their phone is overheating at 45C, lol. someone even claimed that their 36C phone is overheating, when body temp is 37C
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i can barely feel the warmth of my phone at 34°C and i never even reached 40° due to uv

The really only reason why everyone has this idea of overheating is because the glass. It was mentioned a thousand times because glass conducts heat :
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Has anyone felt the phone get hotter with a case on rather than it being naked?

yo2boy said:
Has anyone felt the phone get hotter with a case on rather than it being naked?
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Well, if you think a bit about it, it makes a lot of sense.

yo2boy said:
Has anyone felt the phone get hotter with a case on rather than it being naked?
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Depends on what case your using.

Thin_Bezel said:
Wow,how did you managed to go to 66 C on the gs3. I,even with the charger plugged in and playing heavy games(MC4,NFSMW) i couldn't make it even to 45 C
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He said t999 your on the 9300 different phones. The s3 T999 does heat up pretty quick but compared to my g2x that really did overheat occasionally thee's run cold
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