Phone heat while not in use.

**One King** · 07-24-2012, 05:58 PM

S3 is heating up while not in use. is there something wrong with it?

**Roboticz** · 07-24-2012, 07:29 PM

It's it plugged into a charger?

**funkylogik** · 07-24-2012, 10:23 PM

id check if any apps are running while the screens off

**funkylogik** · 07-24-2012, 10:24 PM

....maybe turn off wifi?

**phone-a-holic** · 07-24-2012, 10:28 PM

Mine was doing the same thing and I had to return it

**GMJeff** · 07-25-2012, 01:57 AM

My S3 does this when I am in a bad signal area or when it is trying to auto connect to a WiFi access point.

**One King** · 07-25-2012, 05:15 PM

Originally Posted by crester

It's it plugged into a charger?

No.

**funkylogik** · 07-25-2012, 11:06 PM

try installing a temperature widget m8. id say anythin over 50°c is dodgy on the s3

**jc86** · 07-26-2012, 07:52 AM

I had this happen to me once. You might have something running in the background. Try clearing tasks and/or RAM. I was doing something on my phone, put it in my pocket and started having dinner. Few minutes later my pocket felt really hot. The battery drained from 30% to ~15% in maybe an hour. I cleared my tasks and cleared the RAM which seem to have helped.

**tdoom15** · 07-26-2012, 11:45 AM

I've had this happen to me once as well. I tried to send a text and email and for some reason it wasn't sending, so it kept trying to resend in vain. The phone got fairly hot and lost a like 10-15% battery in maybe 30 mins.

**One King** · 07-26-2012, 06:00 PM

Originally Posted by funkylogik

try installing a temperature widget m8. id say anythin over 50°c is dodgy on the s3

Is that the name m8?

**One King** · 07-26-2012, 06:42 PM

Has anyone had a problem with phone getting hot while using phone you tube,etc?

**funkylogik** · 07-27-2012, 01:48 AM

Originally Posted by One King

Has anyone had a problem with phone getting hot while using phone you tube,etc?

oops sorry i keep forgetting this is a US forum lol m8 is short for mate

i use "battery notifier (big text)" and switch off the normal battery percentage in status bar. it puts a nicer percentage in the status bar which changes colour at set percentages and tells u time unplugged, temperature + voltage in notification pull-down