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[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Atarii:
There's a Sony Ericsson dev blog post here: http://developer.sonyericsson.com/w...from-source-code-release-to-software-upgrade/

This explains in great detail the process of developing from the ICS source code (released by Google on Nov 14th) to releasing the finialised SE build. You can make you're own opinions on possible release dates from this...
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaytwo:
Great read that, nice of SE to give us an insight into what has to be done to get ICS to our phones.

Nice post Atarii, thank you.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] YDardeer:
The back of my phone is really heating up with only moderate use. Only a few minutes of youtube or angry birds will get the phone hot. The hot spot is only on the right side of the rear camera, or the backside of the front camera, however you wanna see it

Has anyone had the same problem?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] @rbiter:
My phone gets warm playing wind up knight. I haven't experienced hot yet.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bleets:
when i've been using mine for a while and then make a call it is rather warm around the earpiece, dunno if thats normal or not.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sluflyer06:
Your thread title implies the phone is having a problem (ie. crashing, stuttering, FC) getting warm isn't really 'overheating' many mobile devices get pretty darn warm during intensive activities.

Are you experiencing a problem?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] cbutters:
I just used my nexus as a wifi tether for my laptop for 3 hours, while charging off a usb cable and usually I get high temperatures usually when doing this with other phones, however nexus was cool to the touch after all this... haven't noticed much heat ever with this phone.... however I'm not a big gamer either.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] wonshikee:
Facing the front of the screen, the top right corner in an L shape seems to heat up quite a bit - from something medium intensive like web browsing.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] YDardeer:
No the title does not imply crashing of stuttering. If I did it would have the word 'crashing' or 'stuttering' in it.The title implies exactly what I'm getting. The phone overheat strongly in one spot , from very normal use. Not intensive tasks.

I haven't had FCs or anything like that so far. But it does get pretty hot. It is alarming if I may say.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] YDardeer:
Yes this is exactly what I'm getting. So its not only me.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rakh1:
ok, so it is heating up... not overheating. Mine gets pretty warm too but no adverse effects so far.

R
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] wonshikee:
I have a feeling there is something in that corner that is dissipating the heat. I have a battery temp monitor and when it was really hot in that corner, my battery temp was 40C (30C seems to be normal idle temp) - but the center of the phone where the actual battery is doesn't feel hot.

So I'm assuming the heat is drawn to that corner.

Another thing I noticed (comparing to my previous phone) is that even though it got hot, it cools fast as well.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] oatterzonxda:
I get the same issue as well. But it wasnt particularly alarming since my Captivate, Infuse, and Skyrocket did the exact same thing. I have used the captivate and infuse for a long time now. The captivate was purchasd on launch day last year and has been passed down to my girlfriend, infuse is still being used daily by me since launch day as well, and the skyrocket (least used phone) was JUST sold for the funds to get my new gnexus. All of these phones have the same issue. I just figured Samsung phones get warm but thats it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] @rbiter:
My phone is fine. I don't even get warm unless playing a 3d game. Charging is unusually cool. And I haven't even felt warmth from heavy hspa use.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bleets:
to be honest...mine does seem to be getting rather excessively warm at the top right on both the front and back side...it's around where the RAM chip is on the PCB or could be around the CPU (which is more central but *shrug*). I cant think it's normal since i've never had a warm ear when i've been making a call with any phone i've had before!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ljwnow:
You lied to us.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] vosszaa:
My GN can be "very" warm at the back where the rear camera is. By playing 720p/1080p video files. Heavy HW decoding I believe.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] YDardeer:
So there is something. Can't believe no tech news site reported this before. Giving how quickly everyone rushed out to point a flaw the GN.

Has anyone contacted any Samsung rep on twitter or something? Who do we raise our concerns to?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bleets:
I'm wondering if i should get my phone returned as DOA (since i need to do that by monday) with the getting quite hot and sleep of death and random reboots :|

i havent owned a high end phone like this though, and it's personally my first android phone (other people in the household have had one that i've mucked about with) so i dont actually know what to expect from it really...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] @rbiter:
I watched a netflix movie over mhl. The nexus got fairly warm. Still no overheating issues or reboots for me.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Danny80y:
There is nothing wrong with it....... LOL "overheating" denotes your phone is crashing,stuttering,melting,burning or warning you that its hot....ect. So far nobody in this thread has this issue sooooo..... If the device is functioning properly then its not "overheating" as your thread title suggests. You should have put....does your phone get warm? Yes, just like computer processors they must get rid of the heat somehow this one dissipates it in the back just like most other phones.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bleets:
except...the front is getting rather warm too. Doing simple things. Is that normal? Probably not. And excess heat + displays = bad. Also rather uncomfortable when you're making a call...if people use phones for calls anymore
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] theltrj:
yes, maybe a coincident but I was on the phone and then requested traffic info via the widget the phone heated up tremendously....turned GPS off and the heat dissipated rather quickly
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] yyz71:
I have the same problem gets quite hot. Have to remove back cover take out the battery and cool it down!!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] YDardeer:
You're talking like this is normal and it happens to every phone there is. I've had a Magic, Hero, and Nexus S before the GN, and non of them got this hot. So when this happens, and not even with heavy use, people get worried. So, no its not a normal behavior like in PC processors. When a phone usually get that hot quickly, it probably means there is something wrong with it. I get that you love Google and the nexus and everything. But when you spot something unusual happening, you don't pretend like nothing is wrong. Stop being a fanboy about it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] deepNjazzy:
All morning my Nexus has been warm while idle on the coffee table. I've noticed it the heat more when charging the device, but figured the extra heat was semi-normal while charging. My My Nexus One never felt that warm.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] @rbiter:
my nexus has only got hot when using mhl to watch a Netflix movie. It barely gets warm charging.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] superlj:
I know two ways to get it warm or hot, browsing web while making phonecall, and browsing while charging.

I use HTC Desire HD before GN. Doing the same things above will make the phone warm, not as hot as GN.

There is an widget named Battery Solo Widgets. When the phone is not being used, its temputure is 30℃-ish. Now, it is 47℃ and I feel it is hot to me.

I don't know how to get 40% battery left with descent web browsing in 12 hours. Mine drops to 60% in three hours when browing. I am planning to return and get a new one.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
Thin phone, powerful processor, quick charging battery.

Its no surprise when running two cores at 1.2ghz while charging the phone is going to cause some heat dissipation.

Only way to minimise this is limiting the time spent at 1.2ghz or undervolting the processor (some GNs will under volt considerably! Others very little. This depends on luck of the draw with your CPU).

With general usage the processor spends very little time running a Max clock speed and shouldn't get any hotter than what most people would consider 'warm'. However running a CPU intensive app will keep the CPU at Max clock a majority of the time. This is expected. If its hot while not running a CPU intensive task, then your kernel may not be utilising the processor correctly with poor CPU governors etc (Shouldn't be an issue on stock kernel). You can check your CPU usage with CPUSpy, free from market.

As for it getting hot when charging the battery, STFU. You'd be *****ing if it took 3 hours to charge your phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
You think they would design the phone to only dissipate heat through the back and effectively half the heat removal rate from the processor? Seriously, learn2engineer.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DArkwIng24:
artifacts when using html5 video in dolphin hd browser

I get artifacts and blocks on my screen just like an overheating ati or nvidia car on a pc when using html5 video in the browser, after 2 min of video, very hot beside the camera
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] case0:
Basically this is just a load of people whining about a non-issue.. this thread should just be locked..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] voxigenboy:
the top of my phone gets really warm... especially during calls. felt nice on my ear anyway.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] JDinc77:
Feels hot after several activities

My Nexus gets hot after using the camera primarily especially around the camera itself, but also the glass at the top of the phone. It's unusually hot and making me nervous.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] albokay:
When I first signed in with my google account and activated the nexus it was downloading around 70 apps. during this process the top of the phone was almost too hot to put up to my ear. I have a cpu temp widget on now and after moving some apps around in folders, installing and uninstalling apps and adding some widgets im in at about 105 degrees Fahrenheit.

What would an unusual cpu temperature be for a phone?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] deidein:
Silly question; those of you experiencing hotness on the front of the phone; are you using a shell case or a case of any kind? I've not noticed any excessive heat in my own Nexus, but I haven't exactly been stress testing it in any way. I use a shell cover w/ a kickstand (the crap one Verizon sells you)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] albokay:
No case on mine yet. Just made a phone call and now im at 111 degrees F.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] azn android:
My LTE galaxy nexus overheats when I watch video over LTE but otherwise it seems to be fine..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] LauraJoFrog:
Overheating

I just returned the second overheating and yes, crashed Galaxy Nexus to Verizion. I was told they had not heard of that happening before even though they had both phones there to see. I had used only basic apps and no cover or games on either phone. The first one worked fine until I added the extended battery then it was in my pocket and got extremely hot when I removed it from my pocket it had used almost the entire battery and crashed the phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] price31:
my phone heats up quickly as well without doing much (just browsing for e.g) it mostly starts on the left side or rear camera (right behind the front facing camera).

This might help out figure what is causing this heat:

http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Samsung-Galaxy-Nexus-Teardown/7182/1

at first look it seems like it is coming from the RAM, anyone expert in this?

Thanks

EDIT:

So it is either:

1) Texas Instruments TWL6030 Fully Integrated Power Management with Switch Mode Charger (very close to camera, and on the left side of it... this could be it?)

2) Samsung KMVYL000LM Multichip Memory Package, which we believe to house 512 MB of RAM in addition to the main processor. (very big and very close to camera, I highly suspect it is here that it starts)

3) RFMD RF6260 Quad-band Multimode Power Amplifier Module (kinda far from the camera, so unlikely)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] price31:
hum, no one is experiencing overheatings? Anyone???
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Antzor:
Mine was getting considerably warm during heavy use before I undervolted.. now its cooler when doing the same things (playing minecraft etc)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kms108:
whiles everyone say it gets warm, mine gets rather hot, this only happens during charging/or adaper connected whiles using wifi or video.

but I still think it's normal, the phone is rather thin and the main chips are really close to the shell.

this area
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] marco333:
Hi guys! I bought this smartphone in Italy and i've got the same problem. It is really boring me. Any advices? Should we try to return the product to samsung?

I'm looking for an app that can monotir temperature's level on my device. Any ideas?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] publicanimal:
Actually, the title DOES imply crashing or stuttering. If you say your car overheated, it usually means smoke was billowing out from under the hood.

So your phone feels a little warm to the touch. Big deal. This DOES NOT qualify as a "problem".

NEXT.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] isoman2kx:
Way to be an ass
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] vago34:
Mine gets hot after being on a call for longer than 5 mins. It feels like it's cooking my ear off!! I have been using the extended battery and I'm going to switch back to the non-ext battery to see if that fixes the problem.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] trueislander:
Have you checked the Battery usage to see if any processes are running amok? I remember having an issue w/ MediaServer on my DInc that would eat up CPU cycles and thus kill the battery in a couple hours overnight. Turned out it was a simple app that was trying to backup my photos to my home server and wasn't able to find the correct folder path due to me restructuring the folder heirarchy.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DArkwIng24:
Overheat then reboot

After watching youtube 720p in browser for 15 min or so the phone got hotter and hotter. until it rebooted. even the glass on the screen was almost intolerable hot.

i think the CPU + GPU is to close together and is causing a cooling problem. attach a cooling fan next samsung :-)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] arpan25:
I got my phone the first day it was launched, December 15, 2011. Not until recently I started noticing it getting extremely hot and the battery was not taking charge also. Went to VZW store and they replaced the battery but the problem continued. Called them back and they are sending me a new phone. It got so hot that if I had it in my front pocket while wearing jeans, my leg would start to get really really hot also. I mean through the jeans?! That's not normal....it was HOT!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] MrBojangels:
All of these phones use a SoC...the CPU/GPU are on the same die, they are never separated.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] GianNucci:
Hi guys. I bought my nexus in December and I am having the same "problem". It heats up very fast when I watch a video or while I'm playing.

But it seems be normal, cited that the cooler gpu / cpu is this area.

One way to "fix" it is reducing the screen brightness to zero during intensive activities.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] HybridByNature:
I have noticed this problem as well. When playing games like WWF, or just constant Tubing, I get this heat issue. The only real downfall I've noticed during this situation is once it gets hot, the battery drops like a rock. The same usage without the phone burning my hand off, keeps the battery much more steady, so maybe something is just overzealously eating cycles?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lilirose:
The Gnex is a dual-core phone. Seven or eight years ago when I got my first dual-core PC, the processor had a bloody gigantic heat sink and fan, not to mention the same on the GPU on the video card. This is a dual core device that manages to operate with no cooling system other than heat dissipation. Of course it's going to get warm when the phone is under heavy load. This is not a problem unless the phone is crashing, shutting down, or actually catching on fire (remember the iPhones that did that a few months back?).

My Gnex gets quite warm around the camera area when I use it for a while. It hasn't crashed or shut down, which would indicate "overheating which is a serious hardware problem" as opposed to "normal operating temperature which tends to be on the warm side for obvious reasons."

Again, people, if your phone still works, it's not overheating. Going by the battery app I use, the highest temperature (around 114 degrees Fahrenheit, 45C) is nowhere hot enough to burn skin, either. I expect that we'll see a class-action lawsuit soon enough if people are really, literally being burned by their Gnexes...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] MilkPudding:
Mine does get pretty hot near the camera just from browsing web pages. It's not burning hot per se, but I wasn't expecting any personal electronic device to get this hot with the battery just below it.

I seriously hope the hardware's built to withstand that kind of heat; and the battery too.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] squaii:
Galaxy Nexus, rooted, flashed custom rom, ARHD 2.13, never overclocked. And on one day, was charging, bluetooth headset talking, and playing 3D games at the same time, for at least 1 hour continuously. After done, phone feels very hot, check and found out, battery is at 70 ºC = 158 ºF. Let it cool down, sleep. Next day found out it cannot be charged anymore, took it to technician, and they said some chip is burnt. Not that I mind, because normally when you root any phone, flashed custom rom, warranty void. But is this a design fault? Or was it my luck?

BTW, it was in a leather case, Melkco.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lilirose:
This is the first report I've read of heat causing an actual problem (other than possibly the under-screen cracks discussed in another thread).

I expect that the tolerance testing done when the Gnex was being designed didn't take an after-market leather case into account, so it's really not fair to call it a "design fault". Personally I'd take the phone out of the case if you intend on doing all that with the phone at the same time, so that the heat can effectively dissapate.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] cirian75:
My 1st GN (the one that went POP! and died when I turned on its blutooth)

That one used to get very hot.

The new one, 3 months younger runs a hell of a lot cooler.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lilirose:
Yeah, I saw your thread- what a bummer, but that was an obviously defective unit. Doesn't change the fact that the average Gnex is going to feel pretty warm when you use it heavily, and this is *not* a problem in itself, when there are no other issues present.

I do keep an eye on the temperature of my Gnex phone under stress though...better safe than sorry.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] boddianlogic:
reception fluctuate greatly often and gets very hot sometimes

My GN gets very uneven reception (3G sometimes varies back and forth from none to max) in locations generally known to have good reception from my carrier (Vodafoon) and where others around me all have good and steady reception. It also gets very hot, but only occasionally and with no patern (e.g. when charging)

It is an off-the-shelf GN, no cover, standard battery, etc and so far I only use it for very basic things (email, agenda, LinkedIn, weather, very occasional youtube).

No games, no power apps. Do to reception problems almost all data use is WiFi. I use a tiny fraction of my data bundle. I suspect that it gets hot due to trying to use data services when 3G is going up and down. Does this make sense?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Kit:
I think some phones get hotter than others based on the quality of the silicon, just comes down to luck.

Often models that come out of the factory at a later date are higher quality but not guaranteed.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jale2ice:
Artifacts

I experienced artifacts yesterday while testing the Navigation/GPS. I want to know if this happens when the phone heats up, an issue with the kernel I'm running (franco #116 on leaked 4.0.4) or defective hardware. Anyone have this happen?

imgurDOTcomSLASHwGswZ

I found another user with the same artifact problem and we both use franco r116 (due to the GPU overclock).
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lilirose:
I'm totally stock and unrooted (4.0.4, but only for the last hour or so)...I've never noticed any kind of artifacts or graphical problems, ever, even after hours of running apps that warm up the phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mcreokhan:
My Galaxy Nexus with LiquidSmooth Rom Undervolted&NativeClock heats up a lot if I play Games more than 20 minutes and even when I browse the web. I never saw any adverse effect on the phone itself but I had pain in hand !!! :mad:
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] antovolk:
Hey,

At the moment there are 3 major ICS ports for the HD2:

Tytung's NexusHD2 based on Nexus One port http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1354267

The CM9 alpha port from CM sources http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1361859

Sportsstar's AOSP port http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1354309

I'm using the EU HD2 on 220M MALGDR partiton.

Which one of those 3 ROMs work best for you in terms of stability/data/bugs (yes, I know Camera and USB storage aren't working...)

Thanks!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] michie:
3 major ICS ports ?

They are all the same atm :)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] kylew1212:
Their all almost the same, Tytung seems to be ahead of sportster, and I haven't tried cm9.

I'm running tytung beta 4 and its great, nothing seems wrong at all except camera and wifi signal..
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] 84DGR:
beta 5 is out now, yet the camera is not working still, i want to find the driver and code yet being new i cant ask on the posts,

the tyTung ics is great im using as daily
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] ys8574:
You have to wait a bit longer..

They are still working on it, but test them and give feedback to the developers ;).
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] guecom:
me wifi is not workin on Tytung's NexusHD2 based on Nexus One port http://xdaforums.com/show....php?t=1354267

i can activat it and typ a password. wifi connect and me phone restart and restart and restart....

but all other things in this ics works very great.

________________________________________________

:)Sorry for bad english its not my language:)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] kolyan:
I switched back to CM7, 4.0 is not ready yet. plus it lacks CM7 features that I use everyday
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Stephen:
Tutyngs beta 5 wifi is working fine for me. EU CLK 200/5
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] tecle2595:
tytungs beta 5 is the best out at the moment. usual problems that plague all other roms such as camera, usb storage...etc:D
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] guecom:
i use the same and for me is it not working :mad: i what for beta 6 and try it again
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] kylew1212:
I'm afraid it will be awhile yet on the camera. The drivers have to be either rewritten or back ported. Neither is an easy task. Best of luck to the developers!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] jdcream123:
I've ran Beta5 since it was released and have had wonderful results. super smooth. I don't use my camera enough to justify *****ing about it, though wi-fi would be nice.... other wise F-ING great so far. GOOD WORK TYTUNG!!!!!