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[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Guides, News] Salam.Vivek:
Exynos S20 exynos 990

Same problem. So I went to Samsung Service center and told them the problem regarding this overheating issue. What they are telling me is that 41.8 degrees(what they have read from my device using a thermal scanner) is normal (I don't think so as 42 degrees for trivial task is absurd) also they inform me that they will reinstall the operating system once again and check whether the problem still persists, if yes replacement will be done by giving us one certificate that we can take it to the shop where we have bought the phone and get a new s20 (what a lengthy process).
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Guides, News] BlazeBot:
New Software updates

Since I wrote this post, there have been two updates pushed by samsung.

None of them made any dent to the slew of problems that this phone has been having.

I tested antutu score, I know they are not the real test for day to day usage but these scores have actually dropped since latest update.

The camera albeit is better at focusing , I can testify to that as I made two videos before and after the updates and I can see some difference but the heating is still going on like crazy.

Now I think, Samsung should have added a heat vapor chamber in the phone to manage this hot garbage.

Very disappointed to have payed so much and not even get the performance as good as the last year's SD devices.

:(
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Guides, News] Swetsubhra:
Facing the same issue. I just want to know how can I get is replaced.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Guides, News] goTouch:
Samething on Exynos. When it hits 40c, it automatically switches to 60hz and get back when it cools down. Exynos was never good.

But one thing I can say for sure if you are worry about longevity. Never user your phone while it is charging. One thing is using your phone hot while discharging. Another thing is using it while charging and it will definitely impact battery life long term speaking.

I would disable fast charging too.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Guides, News] IOmega666:
Same here! And if you have like 30-35% battery and your phone begins to heat up, say goodbye to 120hz, I think it throttles so hard that the performance can't go beyond 60.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Guides, News] VRaju:
It is really very very disappointing .It gets up so hot just using the device continues for 30 min. Once the temp cross 40+ it switches to 60hz. hahahah for this we have to pay a premium price.

Have already started to have 2nd thoughts for next galaxy devices with exynos. really really very annoying to use this phone these day in hot summers.

I hope to get it fixed soon. if not probably iam goning to quit this phone. very disappointed.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Guides, News] kunal396:
Display turns into yellow

Same problem here with ultra exynos after watching serval videos and using camera for 10 to 15 mins. At low brightness display turns yellowish :rolleyes: because of heat and screen turns into 60 hz automatically. Has anyone noticed this yellowish problem? :confused:
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Guides, News] Aezhyr:
Yeah, noticed that too. I tried turning off the 120hz and it fixed the issue.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Guides, News] kunal396:
That's strange. I have noticed 2 times yellowish display like a filter and after increasing the brightness it was OK but after reducing again it went to yellowish. Thank you for the info..
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Guides, News] Aezhyr:
Yeah, i also noticed that the yellowish tone was more at night. During the day i didn't notice any problem
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Guides, News] mohammed510:
Same. But it wasn't happening before so it might be a software bug.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Guides, News] glampro76:
Same issue

Same problem here guys, I am very frustrated.

First of all why make two variants, one with snapdragon an other with exynos?

Why this discrimination?

Secondly why should I pay for a flagship and get a less than flagship experience?

I hope it is partly software fixable.

I am so gonna be very unpleasant and persistent at support. Greece here and bought s20 two days ago
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Guides, News] speedyjay:
It goes back to the early 90's when Samsung made a trade deal with Qualcomm. As a result of the trade deal, Samsung were allowed to use Qualcomms products but only in the markets where Samsung's products didn't compete directly with Qualcomms i.e the USA.

Nobody held a gun to your head when you bought the device. You could've just done a simple Google search and found a way to import the SD variant. Samsung aren't discriminating - it's called business.

If you dont like the Exynos variant, the OnePlus 8 is being announced on the 14th - that'll surely have the SD865.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Guides, News] arsenal74:
It sucks, the only software solution I can see is throttling TBH.

Honestly thinking about cutting my losses on my S20+
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Guides, News] arunava.sircar:
Least expected from a flagship

I have a S20 and it heats up to that level that with a cover also it gets uncomfortable to hold. And this observation is with not any heavy use, very routine use like checking Gmail, watching Youtube, browsing Instagram.

I sold my one plus 5t and got this phone, very disappointed, should have waited and bought a one plus only. Samsung, if you are hearing me please fix this - if it's a hardware issue, please recall and provide a replacement, if it's a software issue please fix. But stop asking customers to go to service centres as it is not a specific problem to any phone. Most if not all exynos customers are facing it.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Guides, News] yodainascoda:
We been really ****ed over by samdong with latest updates the charging has gone from 1 hr to charge from 0 to 100 too 80 mins and only reason i can think of is because of the overheating that exynos is suffering so we pay nearly 1400 notes for this piece of **** and its getting worse on every update **** you samdong
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Guides, News] JBoen:
Damn, i have my s20 exynos for 2 weeks. Battery is only my concern at the moment since i only play idle rpg game. I watched youtube, netflix, sometimes via smart view on smart tv, it gets warm up. I really really hope that new update will solve them all.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Guides, News] tahucanada:
The prob is im already bought this thing. Can i get refund my money back? Im happy to change to another brand though
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Guides, News] yule dee:
Agreed. This phone has major issues which seem to be down to the Exynos CPU.:confused:
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Guides, News] PW101:
In the same boat here with my Exynos S20, bought it in UK and it heats up after just a few minutes of regular daily use to the point where I really don't get to enjoy the 120 hz for more then a few numbered minutes, it's absolutely absurd and it gets like really freakin hot!, Had an Exynos S10 before this and it also used to kind of get hot at times but not to this level.

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Theoretically you may be correct but don't forget that they are a large number of countries and places that the Snapdragons bands aren't support and/or cause serious connection issues.

Actually had a friend that imported a Snapdragon Galaxy S10 back in the day when that came out because he wasn't happy with the local Exynos one and really suffered with it afterwards with connection issues that he could not get support for because it wasn't a local device so Samsung Support wouldn't help him and told him that he had to get support from the country where he bought it from and had to sell it in the end.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Guides, News] JBoen:
Damn you exynos!!
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Guides, News] VRaju:
Additional if u need AOD to be active with bixby routines method for Medium power save.

1) select medium power mode from settings/power mode. then uncheck the AOD option.

2) Revert back to Optimize settings

3) Now Enable bixby routines Medium power save.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Guides, News] mrlunacy:
I conducted tests using the FLIR meter.

The conclusions are as follows ... applications for temperature monitoring reduce the actual temperature about 2-3 degrees.

The top two photos show temperatures during the movie playback on youtube after 4 minutes.

Two lower ones with benchmark running (for about 3minutes).

If you have ideas for other tests, write :)

Interestingly, during "games" the phone heats up more on front upt o 47 degrees. Room temperature 24 degrees.

I hope we will not have fire or exploding s20 ... when outside will be over 30.

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[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Guides, News] vash_h:
Usually my phone gets really heated up after an hour or so gaming, let it be pokemon go or pubg or codm.

Recently i tweaked the gaming centre settings to prioritize on battery life, by default is set to prioritize performance.

The phone doesn't heat up much and game remains stable even after 2 hours non stop gaming.

I have to mention I never set the game to maximum graphics and its always on medium.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Guides, News] sublimaze:
47°C ?!? I can't imagine putting that in my pocket after playing a game.

I am not a fan of class action lawsuits because attorneys get most of the money, but I wouldn't be surprised if Exynos 990 becomes a legal nightmare for Samsung. They should have done more testing before releasing that POS, as it was clearly not ready for prime time.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Guides, News] DoKaTSuYa:
Still heating up even after May update...
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Guides, News] yodainascoda:
return it and get snapdragon or refund this isnt just software related it would've been sorted by now
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Guides, News] DoKaTSuYa:
Not easy to return it, we are in quarantine in France, not much people are working... Too risky. I'll sell it after this period.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Guides, News] AlvinZahran98:
Before:

- Battery temp: 32°

- CPU temp: 34°

After 45 min heavy gaming at 96 Hz, 50% brightness, room temp 32°:

- Battery temp: 38°

- CPU temp: 40°

Fair enough, I guess. It's an Exynos S20 Ultra LTE.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Guides, News] DoKaTSuYa:
Candy Crush?
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Guides, News] tim84us:
seriously

what the F efffing is going on with this phone

mine starts to heat up about 5min into using it

let me confirm - i dont use games, and the phone is at 60zh qHD set up/optimised battery

after 5min of checking apps (like email, facebook instagram) it starts to heat up FAST - the worst of the heat (mind you i have a cover so that could also be why) feels like on the front side (screen) upper left - i believe that is where the chip is

the heat doesnt go down until 5 min after i stop using the phone - during the time the phone gets hot, the battery drains at 1% every 2-3 min

may update didnt make any difference probably because it wasnt more than a security update

I mean honestly this is messed up - think about battery life over time - if its constantly submitted to such high temp

also i am not exagerating when i say the phone is so hot you cannot hold it or put it in your pocket afterwards

WHAT IS CAUSING THIS ISSUE????

is it software - i doubt - i fear is hardware

i read somewhere that is because exynos/mali setup isnt right

did no one at samsung bother to *****ing check these things before releasing millions of phones into the wild

do they not care at all if they start exploding again???? im sure is only a matter of time before they do - i wonder if THEN they will acknoledge this issue???

they have also locked super fast charging - basically once the phone heats up (so quite quickly) the display drops back to 60 and the super fast charging gets locked to fast charging - so 2 MAIN features - stop working

I didnt pay £1000 for this - for limited usage, burning my hands, cant put the phone to my ears etc

I also didnt pay to have samsung burry his head in the sand about it and act like this is not them or the phone when millions are facing the same issue

is there NO ONE here that can shed light into WTF is going on and how is this going to be fixed - if it will

I cannot see my self using this phone for 12mo in these conditions, i also cannot return it nor sell it - so am in a really bad spot like many here are - SAMSUNG what are you doing about it???????
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Guides, News] yodainascoda:
if you physically cant hold phone because of heat then you have a serious problem and losing 1% battery every 2 mins is another sign you have a faulty device 1%drain every 8 to 10 mins is normal take it back and demand a refund
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Guides, News] tim84us:
problem is samsung doesnt sees this an issue with the phone and wont replace/refund

given everything is locked up - is not the greatest time to be alive
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Guides, News] mikey_sk:
Other than the battery draining quite a bit more than my previous note 10 plus, the phone is fine. Doesn't really overheat. I have an exynos s20 ultra 512gb/16gb ram.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Guides, News] DoKaTSuYa:
Mine overheat 1% every 2min so it's not fake, the battery drop very fast... Especially at morning after a full charge, I take my time (maybe 15min) it drop 7% (100 to 93%) after I took a poop. Just checking Instagram and Twitter. F**k you Samsung with your scam products.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Guides, News] K4Y3R:
Honestly looks like there are multiple versions out there. Mine for example is like any other device I had beforehand, and performs as expected ( better than an Oneplus 7 Pro Stock imho).

Maybe different countries got different qualities or idk, but atleast in germany I got my hands on 3 different S20 (1 S20 and 2 S20+) and all were fine and worked fine. Or 5g is broken, because all were 4g. But in my expirience all was fine so far..
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Guides, News] marko68:
same for me in Italy

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Same for me ...no heat on my s20 ultra
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Guides, News] dr.memo1o:
the ones who have s20 ultra

are u playing games like pubg?

i noticed that this game pushes temps to 44c most of the time
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Guides, News] chieco:
I've noticed on my S20+ another downside of this heating issue.

When the phone get's hot, the WI-FI speeds drop down to those of a 56k Modem.

I was transferring big files from my NAS via it's app DS File, and while the phone is cool speeds are perfect but, while the phone is hot the speeds drop extremely. A 1GB file that usually takes 30 seconds, now takes a few minutes to finish. Also while watching twitch vie browser and the phone get's hot and the becomes unwatchable because it begins buffering but never ever working unless you stop and let the phone cool down. Same if I use kodi to watch a video of my NAS... after a while the phone gets hot and buffering begins.

Not only the CPU get's throtelled or the phone decides to switch from 120Hz down to 60Hz... NO...! Even WI-FI gets throtelled. I ****ing hate my S20+ for this. **** Samsung for this hot pile of ****.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Guides, News] Raigar:
I have done the following :

1. Disable the Scanning nearby device, GPS, Bluetooth, body sensor for google playstore

2. Change FB to FB Lite

3. Disable all the app like Bixby, Samsung Daily, remote printer, etc using CCSWE

4. Use dark mode

5. Set the refresh rate to 96hz

6. Clean install without any carry over from old phone

7. And many more

My phone heated up to 43'c from chatting using line and browsing using samsung internet (for 15 mins and without any gaming). Exynos is really trash
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Guides, News] Sleepycat3:
If you use CPU monitor, you should see periods where the cpu usage and speed drop to the level as per my screen shot. My temperature of 34°C is after 1 hour of web browsing using Opera.

I suspect one of your installed apps is causing the cpu to be locked at full speed.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Guides, News] roydok:
Hi. I have an Exynos S20 Ultra (SM-G988B/DS). I use it daily to watch videos (Youtube, Netflix, Amazon Prime videos) non-stop for at least 2-3 hours without experiencing overheating. It also does not overheat during fast charging. The only time I experience some heating (warming to be exact) is during software upgrades.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Guides, News] Raigar:
That is the thing, I didn't install a lot of apps. Just 1 game, 1 taxi booking, few banking apps, netflix and spotify. so it's most unlikely rogue apps. And If I may know, what is your room temperature?
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Guides, News] iamnotkurtcobain:
My S20+ stays cool. Newest ATD5 Firmware.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Guides, News] Sleepycat3:
The taxi booking app could be having for on all the time and continuously updating your location to the taxi provider. Spotify is definitely an app that can cause high CPU cycles as I have it top and it has caused deadlocks which drained my battery on my previous phone. On my S20 Ultra, I have restricted background usage but it causes Spotify to stop playing when the screen turns off. I have not found a solution for this. Banking apps are usually pretty good. Game apps have been previously okay for me too, I have not come across one that stays awake in the background, they then to go sleep when I switch apps or turn the screen off.

My room temperature is 24°C here.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Guides, News] tim84us:
realistically this is meant to be a flagship phone at over £1000 with 12GB RAM

you shouldn't have to do all these things like uninstalling app or force closing or background restrict them - to get a usable phone

clearly something is wrong with the actual phone
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Guides, News] Raigar:
And this shows how ****ty the Exynos is. Well, It's indeed are usable, but it's not as expected from $999 phone. Trying to survive with this ****ty exynos phone until I can get my hand on Mi 10 pro or Oneplus 8 pro. I'm tired of samsung fiasco. I've been using Samsung since S1 and they used to be top of the game. Now they are so messy with all their other series.. (M-Series, A -Series). Sometimes their mid range have a bigger battery capacity, better design or faster charging.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Guides, News] mohammed510:
Get the OnePlus 8 pro like i did. Awesome phone [emoji106][emoji106][emoji108]
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Guides, News] IOmega666:
Something is WRONG with the SOC. One thing I do not understand is why there are people defending the Exynos variant. Are you guys paid by Samsung or something?

Got the phone since march and no update made any difference, the only thing they fixed because they broke was fingerprint sensor being unresponsive sometimes when you woke up the phone. The phone gets pretty warmed up in games like CoD Mobile and frames are really dropped when playing too much. The phone gets extremely warm with software updates and jumping from one app to another, editing a photo, editing a video, sharing documents and folders in Drive, copy-pasting stuff here and there, for like 30 minutes straight, gets the phone warm and bye-bye 120hz, say hello to 60hz.

Anybody that says this does not happen, does not use the phone more than 1 o 2 minutes between 20 or 30 minutes at a time or does not use the phone at all. Or maybe they have a Snapdragon version instead of an Exynos and they don't know.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Guides, News] ralex76:
hi all, same issue with my s20 5g, overheating problem without watching any HD movie or playing any game...I had call with imo app for around 20 min and I couldn't keep my phone close to the ear because was very hot....I guess it is a hardware cpu in the exynos architecture and any future software updates will be able to fix it.

So, I personally will go for a full refund.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Guides, News] mobzw995:
i think they used s20 models as a teaser of whats to come next lol, like they gave us all these features but it seems like they didnt care about how it effects the battery or the phone they just gave us a preview of what can be done.

for an expensive phone with a big battery it shouldnt matter if we use 120hz it shouldnt drain the battery like it does.

i came from xperia 1.

when i first got the xperia 1, i didnt have to disable this, lower this that or change a few other settings to make the battery last like it should.

i never used the stamina mode function even if i used the phone most of the day.

it seemed like the features of the phone were optimised for the battery.

with s20 ultra is seems like yes it has a big battery, yes it has this much ram, yes it has these features but its not battery friendly if you get what im saying.

if you want to use these features then it comes at the cost of draining your battery life.

so probably in the next models the battery will be optimised with the features so it lasts long like it should.

just my opinion ??*♂️
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Guides, News] Nisar Ahmed Nisar:
Exynos S20 bought 2 units one for self one for brother, both occasionally get heated while using, At times very hot during charging, I put mine in refrigerator for 10-20 seconds couple of times a day ?

As they say exynos is crap but what about snapdragons??
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Guides, News] Powergeek2017:
I am an heavy Dex user. Switched from Note 10+ to S20 ultra Exynos to have more power but this is a disaster. Every 3 minutes I got a warning message telling me that the front end app is heating the phone and will quit within 20 secondes !!! Totally useless. I tried the Dex station as well as the Dex pad. They both have a fan to cool down the S20. But not cooling it down enough! Going back to my Note 10+.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Guides, News] arsenal74:
Maybe it is an app specific thing? I have an exynos s20+ and have done some package disabling too. Today I loaded up a few apps in the background and then watched netflix for 45 minutes and it never went above 32-34c.

I am wondering though, other than a trained eye how will you even though if it is dropping to 60hz?
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Guides, News] Argjent:
Could you share a list of apps you have disabled, cause I have disabled some and it still heats up farily easy.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Guides, News] arsenal74:
Everything bixby

Facebook Services

Smart switch

Smart things

Secure WiFi

Tips

Up day
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Guides, News] kkh786:
I have had the S20+ Exynos for nearly three weeks now and I was having the heating issues.

After much research online for fixes, I came across the high performance mode suggestion. This was a week ago and seems to have mostly solved the heating issue.

To me it appears to be software based especially on the default optimised performance mode.

Please note, I have not disabled any apps, I have all GPS, WiFi, NFC etc on all the time. I also use 120hz refresh rate.

Plus side of using this mode is butter smooth performance with minimal CPU restrictions.. battery life has taken a slight hit but worth the benefits.

People with severe heating issues, have you tried this?
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Guides, News] Kuba1996:
Hello, it is possible that it is not stupid or maybe even stupid but I assume that most of us have a phone case and I have the impression that when using it is much cooler. sry for my eng