Why is Captivate extremely hot - Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

My girlfriend and i both have captivates and she said hers was getting hot. I didnt think of anything as all phones get a little warm while charging. However when i grabbed it last night, it was so hot it could have burnt my hand. It feels hotter than most dinner plates at resturaunts. New battery does the same thing. What could it be? Two bad batteries?
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If it's still under warranty, I would suggest taking it back in to AT&T. (If you've modded it, make sure it's back at stock first, of course.) It sounds like a hardware issue, and if you explain it to them, they might swap it out for you with one that doesn't behave that way.
Someone else may be able to offer a different/better solution, but if you've got hardware getting that hot, that signals to me that it's going to be trouble down the line, and it's better to take care of it now.

Not under warranty. Took in to store and att rep said something inside smells like its melting.
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stew1411 said:
Not under warranty. Took in to store and att rep said something inside smells like its melting.
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Yeah if its so hot to burn your hand then something IS melting...like the processor
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could be alot of things. first try changing the ROM on your device. How's your battery life? which part seems hottest?

Battery life sucks. Rom is stock froyo rooted. battery life was worth with other custom roms and stock seemed best since shes not into the whole modding scene like me. I think were just going to get her a samsung infuse probably.
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stew1411 said:
Battery life sucks. Rom is stock froyo rooted. battery life was worth with other custom roms and stock seemed best since shes not into the whole modding scene like me. I think were just going to get her a samsung infuse probably.
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what's your battery say? under settings>about phone> battery? is there an app at the top continuously using battery?
have you done a factory reset?

Woow that's bad
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what type of charger are u using

Display is really the only thing it shows using most of her battery. I lowered brightness. Stock charger.
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Trade infuse for thrill

Anybody interested on trading a thrill for an inspire
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Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha... Sorry I mean... No thank you.
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Oh really u think ur phone is that bad im only trying to trade it cause i have 2 infusesndi want to try something new
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Ill trade mines for infuse and cash
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Cash from me?
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Brand new 3D, dual core, first dual channel RAM phone = 6 month old single core phone + extra cash.
Sounds about right to me.
(Not that I am saying I want to trade my Thrill for an Infuse)
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I'm surprised you got so many takers in the Infuse forum.
I just don't see it, a phone that arguably out specs the SGS II as an equal trade for a phone that arguably does not out spec the SGS.
I think you'll enjoy the Thrill, welcome aboard. When you get it give Thriller a try, its awesome.
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Edit: whoops my bad, that was an Inspire. That trade I do see as equal.
I would have thought about it. I've had the Thrill for about a week now and I'm ready to throw it in the toilet. Might make the battery last a little bit longer. I haven't installed anything on it or set anything up, and I still have to charge it twice a day. I can quite literally watch the battery % drain.
Racing666 said:
I would have thought about it. I've had the Thrill for about a week now and I'm ready to throw it in the toilet. Might make the battery last a little bit longer. I haven't installed anything on it or set anything up, and I still have to charge it twice a day. I can quite literally watch the battery % drain.
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I've noticed my battery lasts considerably longer than it did during the first week- week and a half that I owned the phone. It use to drain 30-40% just sitting overnight. Now it MIGHT lose 1-2% overnight.
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Tweaks and underclocking....that is the key
CallMeAria said:
I've noticed my battery lasts considerably longer than it did during the first week- week and a half that I owned the phone. It use to drain 30-40% just sitting overnight. Now it MIGHT lose 1-2% overnight.
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00mred00 said:
Tweaks and underclocking....that is the key
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Underclocking did nothing for me. I gave up on that after a couple days of no improvement. The only things different on my phone from stock is that I removed all the att bloat and several LG services. I rethemed it, deodexed it and performed a zipalign. Oh and changed the io scheduler. A couple other little things here and there.
A HUGE thing for my battery life is keeping my wifi on at home. I get such a weak data signal inside my house the radio is constantly trying to find a better signal. This is a huge battery drain.
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Your next phone?

After owning the galaxy there's no question in my mind most of us will remain with Samsung and android especially people who use custom Roms. But what's next after having this amazing phone?
It has been a year now since I've had mine, and obviously its soon time to upgrade.
For me I think ill skip the galaxy S 2... I don't think its worth the upgrade just yet.
I am waiting to see if Samsung will release a phone with 2gigs of ram and maybe a quadcore? 2ghz CPU?
That's my dream within the next year but that's unlikely so ill likely settle for 1.5 gig in each and dual core CPU.
I wonder what area will get more attention in the near future.
Galaxy S III but its not out till later next year or the Nexus Prime
Possibly a Nexus 3 or a Galaxy S III. I really wanted a Nexus One but the GS is my first Android phone and the Nexus s wasn't all that appealing to me. I don't plan on buying a new phone until early next year so right now I would say it could be either of those two.
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I'll skip the SGS2 also and wait for number three, right now with all the custom roms I am very pleased with my SGS
What do you guys believe should be the focus of future upgrades?
Battery life?
More features? 4g etc nfc .. better front facing camera?
Or performance improvement?
We know they will attempt to do it all but the likelihood of pulling off everything is very low.
Samsung Galaxy Note 5,3 Zoll
SGS II .
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Sidneymac said:
What do you guys believe should be the focus of future upgrades?
Battery life?
More features? 4g etc nfc .. better front facing camera?
Or performance improvement?
We know they will attempt to do it all but the likelihood of pulling off everything is very low.
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I think that they must give us a battery which can last for days otherwise, why do I need the phone which is on the power almost every night? What if I want to take it to the hiking or camping? Or, they can make solar cells in the back. There is nothing else that they can add to this phones , maybe altimeter, barometer. But I think they will go the pc way, programs and games will get bigger and needy, so performances will follow..
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defenderko said:
I think that they must give us a battery which can last for days otherwise, why do I need the phone which is on the power almost every night? What if I want to take it to the hiking or camping? Or, they can make solar cells in the back. There is nothing else that they can add to this phones , maybe altimeter, barometer. But I think they will go the pc way, programs and games will get bigger and needy, so performances will follow..
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There was a rumor going around that Amazon was making a Mobile Phone. The battery cover had solar cells on the back.
I have a G2x right now, and I'm in no rush to upgrade. My phone is up to par with most devices out right now.
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I would expect when they get the 2012 quad-core
I'll wait a couple of years, when there will be a 16-core which can do me a coffee, teleport me and make me travel in time
Xiaomi M1!
Most probably the Galaxy prime, looks sexy to me. My galaxy s now feels slow after I tried a dual core.phone.
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The i9250
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Definitely not a phone bigger than the SGS.
I want a phone, not a tablet. The Prime and the SGSII are automatically eliminated.
Fortunately my SGS and Atrix will buy me time, until the right form factor comes along with the extra muscle under the hood...
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I hate my Galaxy. Most unreliable phone I have ever had: Terrible battery life, hickups and random slowdowns, poor GPS and modem, poor wifi and (happened again yesterday) random resets. I'm done with anything Samsung makes - you just never know about their products.
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Iphone 4s....... Jk something with ics gs3??
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Probably SGS III. The Galaxy S lineup is too awesome.
ckjeldmann said:
I hate my Galaxy. Most unreliable phone I have ever had: Terrible battery life, hickups and random slowdowns, poor GPS and modem, poor wifi and (happened again yesterday) random resets. I'm done with anything Samsung makes - you just never know about their products.
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Are you still running éclair 2.1 version??
Btw, I love my galaxy s, tried out a couple of dual cores but in day to day tasks my galaxy s runs perfect!! I'll wait a little too
ckjeldmann said:
I hate my Galaxy. Most unreliable phone I have ever had: Terrible battery life, hickups and random slowdowns, poor GPS and modem, poor wifi and (happened again yesterday) random resets. I'm done with anything Samsung makes - you just never know about their products.
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For anyone else not happy about battery life on the SGS, get yourself a Samsung Armani 1650Mah battery. (Same physical size as stock!)
I get a day to day and a half with no problems, and I abuse my battery. (especially with the display and browsing)
I can easily make it through the day on a full charge...
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Talk with att

Just talked to att fond out LG has problems with the thrill and are working on fixing it, I hope they do this soon and I'm getting a 4G sim card turns out I'm not getting 4G speeds because my sim is to old
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What problems? They say that about every Android device.
Mine is working just fine, sans the occasional glitch, which I also had on my Atrix, and the wife's Inspire, and my captivate, and the GS2 I tried... See a pattern?
Oh, and even my iPhones had problems.
No problems here.
They said that some of the thrill's battery's cause power failures like mine and have freezing problems another problem I have I had to warranty mine out
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So its a battery problem and not a phone problem?
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Well that's what they have to do first with my thrill replace the battery
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Well after getting a new battery it does seem to work better and it is nice not having to charge 2-3 times a day.
Juice defender.
Lately my battery has been dying pretty fast. I think it's either going bad or SPB Launcher is draining it.
Got my new battery my phone already works better
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I'm very lucky that I haven't had too much trouble with my thrill. Battery life sucks, but that's because of the software...
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Lately my battery has been dying pretty fast. I think it's either going bad or SPB Launcher is draining it.
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i can imagine a graphics intensive launcher like spb will drain your battery pretty quickly.
...fighting ninjas at night, talkin' about this and that.

No more hope?

I'm getting ready to dump this sob of a phone... I mean the battery sucks so bad, I cant go a full day without it dying on me and I hardly ever use it, I'll lock my phone and look at it like 10 min later, when no apps are even running and i'll be down quite a bit of battery (I've had to tone down usage A LOT coming from an Atrix 4g, I could go a couple days with some heavy use and not have to charge it, and now it seems like whenever I get the chance I have no choice but to throw this phone on a charger)
Besides the fact of a poor battery, I've always hated LG, they have crap for customer service and phone support, I figured something might change with this phone, but nope...
I was hoping for a GB update soon, but looks like those dreams are crushed after reading something on LG forums saying they probably won't release a GB update EVER! LG and ATT can go die...
Also the community for the thrill is relativity small and it seems like Dev's have very little to offer or gave up on this phone all together...
I figured I'm going to jump back on board with the Atrix 4G or 2... I'm undecided as of right now
So this is goodbye to everyone else who is in this community and noticed my little efforts in helping Peace
Check out the Rogers gingerbread thread the att Guys are putting the canadain rom on there thrills and getting awesome battery times it also fixes all the other problems of this phone should read the thread before u dump this phone it might change your mind
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If you're ever thinking of selling/giving the phone to someone, let me know. It'll be a backup. In case I brick mine during development.
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xstokerx said:
Check out the Rogers gingerbread thread the att Guys are putting the canadain rom on there thrills and getting awesome battery times it also fixes all the other problems of this phone should read the thread before u dump this phone it might change your mind
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Is this thread under Thrill 4G?
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life=42 said:
Is this thread under Thrill 4G?
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Yes, Rogers 925 getting 2.3.5
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Well besides all the other reasons, did you try getting a different battery. I have no problem getting over a day's life of battery out my thrill with medium useage. The only thing that really kills it are the 3d games. Stock 2.2.2, rooted with about half of AT&ts bloat ware removed. I read somewhere (not sure where) about bad batteries shipped with a lot of these phones.
Yeah, the upgrade part and lack of support are downers, but overall this phone really is good. My uncle got the new Droid Razer and my phone out performed it on all the benchmark tests that we compared head to head.
At the very least, Rogers releasing GB is a sure sign ATTs GB has to be right around the corner.
Captivate (July 2010 release - updated to froyo 8 months later)
Infuse (May 2011 release - updated to gb 8 months later)
See the pattern......it's all at&!
Well I did that Rogers GB update... aside from the huge headache it took to get on my phone and all the crap apps from Rogers and what not...its a solid update. The battery is by far better I can tell you that for sure I'm happy and might just stay with this phone if it holds up tomorrow and on Tuesday...
Its so much smoother and my internet is blazing fast compared to froyo, for those who haven't tried this, I suggest you do so ASAP.
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That's good to hear bud hope you stick around
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xstokerx said:
That's good to hear bud hope you stick around
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Ill be sticking around for a bit longer... its a great phone now that its past froyo!
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I bought an extended battery off of amazon...I get 2 full days of medium use...one full day with extreme use...I'm one happy camper with this battery go check it out man it Hyperion extended battery 3500mah 18 bucks can't beat it.
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life=42 said:
Well I did that Rogers GB update... aside from the huge headache it took to get on my phone and all the crap apps from Rogers and what not...its a solid update. The battery is by far better I can tell you that for sure I'm happy and might just stay with this phone if it holds up tomorrow and on Tuesday...
Its so much smoother and my internet is blazing fast compared to froyo, for those who haven't tried this, I suggest you do so ASAP.
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Good the hear. The phone is pretty awesome. I actually got an extended battery before I got the update, now it last 2-3 days with decent use.
I just hate how the extended batteries look :/ I'm might just get a USB extended battery
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battery wont fit

hey guyz i woke up today and i held my note and it was boiling up like fire i couldnt hold it so i quickly took out the battery and let it cool down then after when i try to put the battery back in im having trouble getting it in its like the bettery is bigger than its supposed to be !!!
plz tell me what is the problem and how can i fix it ??/
If the battery is swollen up you need to change the battery
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Obviously the battery is faulty. Is it a genuine Samsung one or one of those cheap Chinese knock-offs ?. Dont use the battery again or you may destroy your phone next time.
bidboy said:
Obviously the battery is faulty. Is it a genuine Samsung one or one of those cheap Chinese knock-offs ?. Dont use the battery again or you may destroy your phone next time.
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yes its the official battery that came with the note
i will go to samsung to buy a new one !!
thank u all for the help
don't know how but these official Samsung note batteries don't last more than a year
Mines still okay after a year #touch wood#, i think it depends on your usage.
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yeah may be mine just sits for charge a lot of times as I am a heavy user. but still, I have had other phone and should say the battery were more friendly
nokiamodeln91 said:
yeah may be mine just sits for charge a lot of times as I am a heavy user. but still, I have had other phone and should say the battery were more friendly
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Yeah, agreed.
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I am seeing a trend of bad stock batteries,
people please dont go buy new ones but hand them in for warrantee replacement. That way Samsung knows there is a qa issue
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baz77 said:
I am seeing a trend of bad stock batteries,
people please dont go buy new ones but hand them in for warrantee replacement. That way Samsung knows there is a qa issue
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Agree.. :thumbup:
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