Recent content by Amyautopsy

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    Galaxy s 3 overheating seemingly out of nowhere

    It starts flashing the triangle/thermometer as soon as I plug it in (even though it's not hot) and then starts getting hot after disconnected from the charger now. I can't power up to check anything else because the overheat killed both my batteries.
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    Galaxy s 3 overheating seemingly out of nowhere

    NEVERMIND. I tried to put in a charge cord and it showed me one of those yellow warning triangles and a thermometer.
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    Galaxy s 3 overheating seemingly out of nowhere

    It's been brought to my attention on another forum that this phone should be charging with a cord that says 5V-2A. The one I was given with this phone says 5V-0.7A. Is that maybe what fried it? I've located a USB to wall plug that reads 5V-2A, but I'm not sure how to choose the "right" Usb cord...
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    Galaxy s 3 overheating seemingly out of nowhere

    It's been off since I posted. Put battery back in and just powered up. Battery is now at 1%. Phone stayed on without error until it died, but still seems to be getting warm quickly. the heat doesn't appear to be from the battery, It's like it's getting hot behind the power button on the side. Or...
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    Galaxy s 3 overheating seemingly out of nowhere

    Phone is fairly new to me, I got it November or so. It's always worked just fine. Today I had it plugged in, walked into the other room for a few minutes and came back. Phone showed an error something like "Charging paused. system is too hot." So my Boyfriend told me to restart it and put in my...