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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shamsher1528:
s4 heating issue please help samsung and xda devolapers

I want to say that samsung is good company I have used his gxy note, gxy note 2:I am very happy the samsung is number one..but when I buy smsng gxy s4 and use half and hour it start heating more and more what to do..please help me try to take my money back from samsung our give solution...thanku all of the xda team..
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lofike:
I get Overheating without even using an SD card....

where as my screen power usage is about 65-70% - when I just turned on my phone....is that normal?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Godinhell:
i have s4 i9500 Indian version, my phone only overheats during charging with ac adapter.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] K3RN3L H3LP3R:
A real solution could be installing a rom that doesnt consist all the bloatware that samsung installed on stock rom. Because these pre installed apps also run in Background. I personally prefer roms by Albe95 just try them out. There running smoothly and you could change CPU Settings that also avoids overheating. You can also control the overheating mechanism, that means you can lower the value for that mechanism so that your cpu will be throttled down much faster then before. (lowering to much will result in laggs/freezes)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tromick:
It looks nice. Fmp v5 s4 vs this?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] daogiahieu:
You can try this rom

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=64392877&highlight=memory+leak#post64392877

and this kernel:

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s4/i9500-develop/kernel-voltaqe-kernel-t3106049

They are good with our device.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dhairya:
Anyone has voltage kernel with them v15 please upload it and set max frequency to 900mhz it will solve things re format sd card it will work it wont heat
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] openmovies:
I'm down to 31% battery life after 2hrs 43mins of use
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] makuchaku:
Thanks for blogging about it :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] souvik101990:
My i9500 getting crazy hot. Tried removing sd card in vain. Anybody knows the replacement rules of Samsung?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BioSoiD:
Hello, can anyone run StabilityTest for 20-25 min and share results. Thanks.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skivnit:
Dude let the phone scan for files and check your Dropbox settings it might be pulling all ur pics and videos to the phone. Mine is running cold

Swyped from another galaxy
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] souvik101990:
Thanks for the reply. Thing is

1. I dont have any photos for Dropbox to upload :P

2. Its not trying to scan for much media btw. (so far nothing)

3. The phone gets heated randomly. Sometimes it does sometimes it does not. So its harder for CC guys to detect it.

How cool is your S4? Does it not get heated much (especially at the earpiece area)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skivnit:
It got hot for 2 hrs after I got it but that was media server scanning and Dropbox lol. Then it cooled down. I'll check later for temperature as I'm still using my gsn2 got nothing installed on it yet. Btw I can't remember how I transferred all my apps from gs3 to gn2, how can I do it

Swyped from another galaxy
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mateenf:
I will try this today once I back up my SD card. I use a class 10 64gb sandisk. Is there any specific class to be used with S4?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mateenf:
I got a software update notification today on my I9500, I am downloading and checking. Hopefully this one resolves heating problems.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vivek_bhoj:
this update resolves screen red tint issue, phone heating while charging

Now we have more than 1GB of free RAM and couple of new wallpapers
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] firestartar:
I got mine monday evening this week and had overheating (as described above) for short periods of time furing the first two days. Seems to have stopped since thursday plus received the update this morning. i9500 in malaysia.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mateenf:
Even after the update my phone warms up.. When the update was installing, it was o n extreme heat. Will observe for sometime and keep posted...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skivnit:
Mine is running with all smart features on 3g + sync Gmail at 30c..it's the Octa as well

Swyped from another galaxy
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bala_gamer:
You have to double check the pattern you are using, I haven't felt any heat apart from heavy usage
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skivnit:
I did a stress test for 40 minutes the highest temperature was 34c
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] souvik101990:
Yeah I agree. I did a wifi download and insane gaming and the phone got crazy hot but the temperature was 34. Its interesting to mention that even though it was 34, it was clearly impossible to make a call when the phone felt THAT hot. Wonder if build has something to do with it.

Any solution for the purple tint yet?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] p4j1:
I had a firmware update earlier today, it seems to have fixed the overheating issues I had at first. I also formatted my SD card too, so either one of these has done the trick!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] POLO_i780:
You're famous: http://www.phonearena.com/news/Is-your-Samsung-Galaxy-S4-overheating_id42616 :D
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sadekmefti:
This is Exynos mate !
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] POLO_i780:
I've got the Octa but I'm not having any heating up issues, running XXUAMDE.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ickyboo:
My SGS1 used to hover 60C when playing games (dungeon defenders) and auto shutdown at 65C which happened quite often that I had to underclock the CPU and GPU

My SGS2 hovered around 55-60C when playing games and didn't shut down at all. Same goes for my SGS3.

This is a quote from the AnandTech review of the SGS2 (http://www.anandtech.com/show/4686/samsung-galaxy-s-2-international-review-the-best-redefined/7) which confirms that Galaxy S2 phones run upto 60C and function perfectly fine:

"Some other people have reported SGS2 crashing or encountering a thermal shutoff after a certain point, so I braved the heat and stayed outside even longer using the device until it hit well over 140F (60C) and still no system shutdown or overheating happened. That’s not to say it isn’t possible, as the SGS2 clearly does have thermal monitoring, for example the following lines from dmesg suggest some thermal monitoring going on, though I definitely crossed these boundaries to no ill effects"

40C on the SGS4 doesn't sound bad AT ALL and if anything sounds pretty damn impressive considering all the SGS's I've had in the past usually hit 60C and most of them don't reset (only the SGS1 did)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SuperAce609:
1GB free? Why not root and use Autostarts to freeze unwanted processes? Works great everywhere I've tried it. Ram is free and clean.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] celtichazard:
what a mess... today i have my S4 and is like a peace of fire...

tomorrow i put in ebay to sell... I prefer my Note II

im really diaapioment.. :(
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BioSoiD:
Anyone?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skivnit:
I did that and it was almost flat with the highest temperature at 30c. I ran the test for 40 minutes

Swyped from another galaxy
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] p4j1:
Has anyone who has overheating issues tried a custom rom/kernel and had the problem fixed?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] souvik101990:
I haven't tried a custom ROM yet. Anybody has an occasional screen flicker issue?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vivek_bhoj:
i know but i was talking about update here

after rooting i won't keep unwanted apps, will just uninstall them and will use Titanium backup for freezing and backing apps - the perfect app
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] p4j1:
I've got the update and my phone still heats up whilst charging - it's only been charging for 5 minutes and the temperature is 47c already =/
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skivnit:
Def not normal. My stress test lasted more than 40 minutes and Max i hit was 35c
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sys. Developer:
I'm using the exact same SD you're using (Class 10 Sandisk 64GB)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zanis_87:
overheating s4 GT-I9500

i bought my s4 2 days ago .. its octa core i dont have any battery issues but the thing is whenever i play a game like iron man the device burns im beginning to think its a hardware problem .. such a waste of money 1st the 8 giga byte free space and now the overheating =/ i sold my note 2 to get this is there any 1 here that thinks this is really a software issue ?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Opiecool2008:
GT I9505

I bought my I9505 3 days ago.

Day 1, I have several hot peaks during update and setup. But not that hot as previously mentioned. It was still bearable.

Day 3, I insert my old 8gb micro sd. Before that I format the card first in my computer, reformat it in the phone, transfer the data from my computer to the memory via adapter (about 2-3gb data), insert back to phone, phone scan it for less than 1 minute, no heating issue.

Play GunBros 2 for about 30 minutes, heating a little (maybe about 30 C) but bearable.

Done stability test, no hard heating issue.

Last I charge my phone was around 1.30 am (now is 6.10 pm so about 16 hours 30 mins), I use it normally, some photo shoot, browse, short youtube, short movie, social media, chatting. I still have 60% of juice available.

Conclusion: With all activities I done, I don't have heating issue that really bad that can make my phone untouchable.

Maybe some problem in Octa version?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mkrmec:
Do you really expect a phone with 4 cores running a game at 1080p make the phone run colder that it already is?

Seriously a bit of heat and you all go crazy. I still have a S2 and that thing had software problems at launch, battery lasted 4 hours max WITHOUT using the phone and it was seriously hot all the time.

It's a software problem that Samsung will fix soon, you already got a update when you started the phone, you will get more and it will be fixed.

PLUS.... when you think the phone is really hot to the touch it usually never goes past 40c which is nothing really.

So please stop crying over Note 2 and 1 etc. You could have waited a bit and see how the early adopters would describe the phone and additional reviews. If you don't like it, change your phone.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rajataghi:
that was pretty rude. He just got an s4 man,atleast congratulate him :P

and also, im hab=ving the same overheating problem with my s3 also,,(running cm10.1,the problem was there with touchwoz also)..hope they find a n early solution.. :/
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mkrmec:
it was meant in general not against any one person. The heating is not gonna go away completely, you gotta understand that if the CPU has something to do it will produce heat. just like a computer CPU. A normal computer CPU at idle still produces a lot of heat, granted that ARM cpus are designed to almost shut off when screen if off...the point is

you can't expect NO heat, that's just ridiculous. 30-40 C is totally normal I think, unless it's like that all the time, even when you do nothing, then there's a problem and certainly not when you play games and then say "OMG it's so effin hot, it's gotta be a defective phone" seriously people??!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] av!:
No overheating, absolutely fluid performance and battery life of 20 hrs with regular usage.

And one I am using is the Exynos version.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skivnit:
Nope got the octa and no heat issues at all. Peak is 35c for me, i haven't done some heavy gaming yet but 1 40 stress test did the job
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rajataghi:
Hahahah..

Fair enough (y)

Sorry, I went with the emotions :P

Haha
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LOSTLOGIC89:
I have that issue if i play a game but its under the back camera that overheats
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] doncieslacco:
I have that issue if I make calls, then it is really hot. I read some articles here and I removed my microSDcard and problem is not so much inconvenient now (definitely lower temperature after removing card).
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MultiLockOn:
You guys are over reacting, the phone can handle getting hot, it's supposed to. Install gsam battery monitor and tell me the temperature reading, my s2 is two years old and hits 125 F whenever I play a game

Swyped from a minimalist S2
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mateenf:
The warming issues are gone now after the update... smiling along my s4 now
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nedo Ukradan:
Strange, after 10 minutes of talk time my screen is as cold as ice is. After a few minutes of simple playing with icons and widgets screen starts to feel warm, not to warm, but calling becomes unpleasant.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] newstar:


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Hard reset fix it for me ... any other guy experience same thing ?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] appunaran:
Heating Problem on S4

My Galaxy S4 also is getting heated up after browsing using Wi Fi for just 15 minutes also the battery comes down quickly

I have updated to latest firmware then also the issue persists

Any solution friends
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sys. Developer:
Update?!!??? When? How? What? :p

Haven't receive any update till now :D

But good to know that an update is coming soon :good:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] i9100g user:
Try under clocking cpu to 600mhz which should completely disable A15 cores(which I think are the main cause of overheating)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ranveer5289:
I am also facing the heating issue with my I9500 even when I turned off all the S-features and downloaded the latest OTA update. I installed System Tuner app and it shows my phone temperature at 53C when I am doing light-weight stuff like browsing, flipboard etc on Wifi
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zanis_87:
what update ? i got no update for the device :(
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mateenf:
Check earlier posts there is an update rolled out ...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marcindpol:
Electronic devices do heat up, they heat up differently depending on what environmental conditions they are used. As long as your device is stable there is no problem. Also wait for software update which will optimize cpu clock speed used for certain tasks , it will work at lower speeds during less demanding tasks. Do not forget that your cpu in your galaxy not always have to be clocked to its full potential which is 1.9 gigahertz.

Hope I brought some interesting point.

Sorry for my English.

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Just take it easy and enjoy your new shiny baby:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] doncieslacco:
After hard reset S4 working fine, no more issue with overheating during the calls so imo - HR was very helpfull :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] newstar:
Then say me thanks :) i mention it in my previous post

Btw you hard reset from recovery ?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] appunaran:
S4 Overheating issue

How can I underclock the cpu
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] khrystyan27:
Hard reset should be done from menu/settings, or from recovery?

The hard reset should be done before or after setting up the phone (name, location, accounts, etc...)?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] i9100g user:
Use any application like set cpu etc.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] newstar:
any other user fix this heating problem with hard reset ?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] p4j1:
How do we hard reset?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] newstar:
Settings -- accounts --- backupand reset -- factory reset
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] appunaran:
S4 Overheating issue

Underclocking CPU can be done only on a rooted device using set cpu

Mine is not rooted device and rooting will invalidate the warranty

Is there any other way
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] newstar:
Triangle awaybapp by respected chainfire can safe your warenty after root
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] newstar:
Try hard reset frim recover you will feel difference
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lostmyphone:
No probs here.

Does it get warm during benching or games? Sure.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Paolonicus:
You can actually revert back to stock non-rooted, and your device status will be back to Official.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] appunaran:
S4 Overheating issue

Hard reset did not show any difference in the issue

Rooting and making it back .......

I feel bit uncomfortable

I would better see for an official firmware update
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] privategun69:
S4 GT-I9505 Overheating issue

Hello,

I received my galaxy s4 Friday and day cares even heating and the screen became ilisible.I received my galaxy s4 Friday and day cares even heating and the screen became ilisible.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] appunaran:
S4 Overheating issue

Ohh

The issue is also present with I9505, I thought it is the problem of octa core chip in I9500
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skivnit:
Hahahaha whatttttt ? Screen illisible ? Wtf that's just a horror sorry plot lol

Swyped from another galaxy
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] datura77:
Do I have to reformat the SD card or I can just disable the Media Server? How to disable and what will be impacted?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jagan164:
My ATT- S4 Over heating - I am afraid my ears will burn..!

Its been 4 days since I own this device. My S4 is heating up more when I turn on 4G (ATT). I am really afraid to make calls as I feel it is going to burn my ears..! On WIFI its getting hot when I am playing games. Not sure what do . When contacted Samsung they simply asking to Factory reset the phone and refusing to replace it.

Please advice what to do now ?

Thanks
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] appunaran:
S4 Overheating issue

I think overheating is an issue in almost all S4 handsets

I went to the service centre and they examined it and was unable to rectify the problem

The service personal called other service centers and he got the information that some software update is available

I shall get the update tomorrow and they told that if the issue still persists They will reccommend for a replacement

MY ADVICE TO ALL FELLOW BLOGGERS IS THAT PLEASE ADVICE YOUR FRIENDS NOT BUY S4 IN A HURRY

PLEASE DO WAIT FOR SOME WEEKS AND WHEN THE ISSUE IS SOLVED THEN GO FOR THE PURCHASE
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skivnit:
Dude shut up. Go back to your HTC one.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SoKoOLz:
I have the same problem here with GT-I9500 model, May be the GT-9505 doesn't affect by this issue. That's why there are few of us instead of the whole world.

My S4 starts heating up after 2-3 conversations on Whatsapp or LINE and after that it drains the battery almost 30%/h I think this is definitely the problem. And they need to release the fix very soon, I ended up turing off my mobile data to avoid the heat issue and use wifi instead. Still drain but it better than let eat cooked up and dried before the end of day.

I think Sammy failed big time for this, I'm a big fan of Sammy since S2>S3>N2>S4 All were just fine except the latest S4 model.

I'm thinking of returning it to the shop and wait for the new firmware to be released.

Hope you guys can avoid the heat problem, since it will definitely ruin the handset in the end. So use it Light.

Goodluck
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sys. Developer:
Guys, I received an update today for my I9500 version, it may solve the overheat problem

Has anyone got this update?!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sys. Developer:
Formatting the SD should do it, no need to disable anything, Media Server cannot be disabled anyway, and there is an update and it may solve the problem
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Al Gore:
Yes, on 30th of April. I bought it that day, on the way home it started overheating in my pocket while idling (felt like I peed in my pants). Turned it off, turned on at home, the update was there and I installed it (maybe different update but the size and description match). It's only heating in GTA Vice City.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] datura77:
What update are you talking about?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mist813:
Hi guys. I have galaxy s4 GT-I9505 with firmware XXUAMDE. Is this stock software? because I don't recollect any updates.

I have problems with overheating - phone is becoming hot during wi-fi, 3g, heavy apps and games, stability test ect. in the upper part both front and back.

In antutu benchmark on the graph the temperature have risen from 27 to 35 celsius, the stability graph is like a zig-zag. Dont know if this is right, the phone seems much more hotter. Of course I do understand that it may get hot :) Just question how much.

Please let me know if I should worry, or this is as it should be. The phone is usable, have great functions and I love it. But the heat may trigger some serious things in the long term (my HTC HD2 is dead because of overheating). I'm thinking about replacement, warranty or whatever. The pinkish tint is also annoying. Any chance software update will help with these problems?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] appunaran:
S4 Overheating issue

Thats it

These are exactly the symptoms that my S4 was showing

I am getting hopeless day by day as no relevant solution is been found

What this Samsung Engineers are doing

They are definitely aware of this problem but what is the use

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I have got a similar update but there is no use

The problem still persists
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 19neon:
well i was getting the same issue with my Galaxy s4..

so spoke to my dealer & now handset is gone for replacement with a new unit

hope all turns up well with the new one..

issues faced:- Over heating in idle mode, browsing web, playing games, watching videos,while charging phone,

talking on the phone for abt 6 to 7 min, battery draining quickly.

Regards

RK
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nkamurlekar:
I tried to flash it 3 times and also update doesn't help fix heating issue... i give it to service provider who came back saying heating is normal... This sucks
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shimoy2003:
The same problem... Complaining this 3 days ago... But I'm just leaving it.. But now another problem is my signal because it's so weak and sometimes it's totally out means there's a circle icon with a line.. While my blackberry with the same carrier doesn't have this problem at all.. Anyone experiencing..?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] l19980623:
Seems Samsung didn't have optimized system well

I habe the same problem too. During 3D gaming, camera shooting, even Chrome web browsing, my phone got really hot in upper-right areas. See attatched pics for detailed temperatures. Someone said the official system didn't have temperature-controlling function integrated so that phones got so sh1tty hot.:( Hope Samsung will release a patch to fix that that soon!

Plus, I found the battery is kinds of short-life, as I light the screen for a long time. The battery percentage is dropping distinctly (if you enabled that). Is that also a bug?