Nexus 7 Root Heat

**nikolay1243** · 11-20-2012, 02:42 AM

Hello there kind people of android central! I was wondering if you could help me with a problem...I got a new nexus 7 2 weeks ago and rooted it. All was fine apart from the fact that it had a temp increase in the CPU and battery by about 6 degrees and 5 degrees respectively. I went to get a replacement thinking this was a manufactures defect. Tried rooting that one and the same problem is there. Can anyone help?

**2defmouze** · 11-20-2012, 04:45 AM

Originally Posted by nikolay1243

Hello there kind people of android central! I was wondering if you could help me with a problem...I got a new nexus 7 2 weeks ago and rooted it. All was fine apart from the fact that it had a temp increase in the CPU and battery by about 6 degrees and 5 degrees respectively. I went to get a replacement thinking this was a manufactures defect. Tried rooting that one and the same problem is there. Can anyone help?

Just unlocking and rooting alone will not cause any issues, especially extraneous heat like you describe. Remember as dmmarck likes to say, all "root" is, is an app and a binary. The binary enables root access, the app (superuser or supersu) gives you control of your apps' root access. I would say whatever temperature increase you have noticed cannot be related to the fact that you have rooted, it must be caused by an app you are using that is overworking the CPU, or some change you have made to your system following getting root access, which only you would know.

**digitalslacker** · 11-20-2012, 05:50 AM

Originally Posted by 2defmouze

Just unlocking and rooting alone will not cause any issues, especially extraneous heat like you describe. Remember as dmmarck likes to say, all "root" is, is an app and a binary. The binary enables root access, the app (superuser or supersu) gives you control of your apps' root access. I would say whatever temperature increase you have noticed cannot be related to the fact that you have rooted, it must be caused by an app you are using that is overworking the CPU, or some change you have made to your system following getting root access, which only you would know.

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Rooting won't do it but a root app you installed could if it's taxing the CPU. Open up your root (super user) app and see what's got root access, then uninstall it and see if the temp drop.

Also, if you went non-stock and installed a custom rom/kernel that could do it too.

**nikolay1243** · 11-20-2012, 10:39 AM

Yes I do understand that rooting alone won't contribute to the heat but I've tried to restore/unroot/relock and the temps are the same... could you guys load up a battery widget and tell me what your temp is? Also a CPU app like CPU tuner and tell me what your temp is? Cheers