Battery Overheating (GPS in Car)

[optimum5]

I did do the gmaps update and do experience heating issues.

I've been doing my tests over and over again, and it's weird how uninstalling the Google Map Update seems to be my working solution to the over-heating problem. I'm not 100% confident to say "case closed," but I'm just happy that my battery is not over-heating anymore.

 

[konstantph]

I had a similar problem with a different app. Droid In. I was in the city on Saturday so had 4G all day. Phone in coat pocket during a play. Battery went to 48 C by intermission. I suspect chatty apps at 4G speeds.

Something to watch out for?

 

[cadzilla74]

Vent mount is the only way to go here in TX. Need that AC blowing on the phone to cool it while charging/navigating. Putting it in a windshield mount is an invitation to internal component cookery. I've had radar detectors fail due to overheating here.

Having read the whole thread though, there may be something to the Google Maps Update possibly overtaxing GPS trying to maintain a signal lock. I haven't had my TB long enough to put it through its paces on a long road trip yet. I have been using the Google Nav to compare to VZW Navigator on my old BB Storm and have been very happy with it insofar as its ability to Navigate but nothing further.

As a result of what I'm reading here I plan on using Google Nav even if I don't need it to guide me just to see if I can help reproduce what has been reported here. Good thread folks. This is how we can all contribute to app debugging.

 

[cheeta186]

PJnc284,
When you say the 'battery wouldn't drain' do you mean it was just holding the same charge while plugged in rather than charging? I think after I turned my phone on (after it cooled) the battery was lower than when I started. It seems crazy to me that these phones use power as fast, if not faster, than the charging circuit. Plugged in and losing battery...sigh.

This actually depends on the car charger you are using. I used my droid 2 for a navi before this and I had the standard VZW car charger which only has a 750(some unit of electricity, I knew sleeping through physics would come back to haunt me) and my phone would drain, slowly, but the charge rate was not enough to keep up with my energy use. Now I use a motorola charger I bought off amazon for $5 and it has a 1Amp output which is what you would normally get from a standard wall charger, so it is able to charge the phone while using it as a navi, while others are not.

 

[prijo]

Just noticed this today, got the flashing red/green telling me it overheated and the back of the TB was HOT. I was only using it for about 20 minutes. It was laying on a console not in view of the sun, so it was all the TB. Using the Verizon micro usb charger. Wondering if anyone else solved this. Still searching.