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My phone has gotten hot three times now and the screen dropped down in brightness. I don't understand this. I love this phone but this is a real concern. Only 3 days left in my return period. Very confused.
Concerned with LG G3 overheating.
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Re: Concerned with overheating.
Don't worry, if you are using it for a while with bigger apps it's quite normal, especially if you are charging it.
Screen brightness dropping is super common and you shouldn't be worried. And at the end: It's only -10% brightness.
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Don't worry, if you are using it for a while with bigger apps it's quite normal, especially if you are charging it.
Screen brightness dropping is super common and you shouldn't be worried. And at the end: It's only -10% brightness.
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Re: Concerned with overheating.
Today out happened when I was watching videos. It seems to drop brightness in videos anyway then it gets hot and drops more
Today out happened when I was watching videos. It seems to drop brightness in videos anyway then it gets hot and drops more
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Re: Concerned with overheating.
My device hasn't had your issue but then again, I haven't watched videos for a prolonged period of time either, just quick minute clips on youtube. I do have some 720p ripped movies so I'll start watching one on my commute to work tomorrow and see if anything happens. If I were you, I would just take it back to get some peace of mind, especially since you still have 3 days left! Won't hurt to just swap it out for another!
My device hasn't had your issue but then again, I haven't watched videos for a prolonged period of time either, just quick minute clips on youtube. I do have some 720p ripped movies so I'll start watching one on my commute to work tomorrow and see if anything happens. If I were you, I would just take it back to get some peace of mind, especially since you still have 3 days left! Won't hurt to just swap it out for another!
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I'm listening to music on YT and browsing Chrome in dual window on my balcony and because the outdoor vis sucks on this thing, I had to pump the brightness and just got limited.
I'm listening to music on YT and browsing Chrome in dual window on my balcony and because the outdoor vis sucks on this thing, I had to pump the brightness and just got limited.
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I haven't had an issue with any hotness or warm-ness on my phone and I'm a heavy user...
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I haven't had an issue with any hotness or warm-ness on my phone and I'm a heavy user...
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Take it back. I got mine yesterday morning and mine barely gets warm with heavy use. I've tried everything but gps. Of course gps gets every phone warm.
Take it back. I got mine yesterday morning and mine barely gets warm with heavy use. I've tried everything but gps. Of course gps gets every phone warm.
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bassplayrguy, can you please tell us what model, carrier and software version you are currently on?^MA
bassplayrguy, can you please tell us what model, carrier and software version you are currently on?^MA
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Re: Concerned with overheating.
Were you on wifi or LTE? I watched a few videos on LTE once and the phone got quite warm around the buttons, camera area very quickly. I would not call it hot but warm. The screen did not dim because I had disabled that feature.
Were you on wifi or LTE? I watched a few videos on LTE once and the phone got quite warm around the buttons, camera area very quickly. I would not call it hot but warm. The screen did not dim because I had disabled that feature.
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Re: Concerned with overheating.
Reposted from pockynek on XDA:
The whole thermal throttling thing is a pain i.e. LG’s decision to turn down brightness when it gets hot. However there is something you can do and which I have now done for two weeks with no adverse problems. Turn it off! Put this in the phone app: 3845#*400# and then scroll down to 'high temperature property' and switch to enable and do the same for 'thermal daemon mitigation'. Please note my model is ‘400’ so this will work in the number sequence above. For models with other numbers I am pretty sure you just substitute and put that number in e.g. 855.
Substitute the model number i.e. I had the ATT model so I entered 3845#*850# into the dialer.
Reposted from pockynek on XDA:
The whole thermal throttling thing is a pain i.e. LG’s decision to turn down brightness when it gets hot. However there is something you can do and which I have now done for two weeks with no adverse problems. Turn it off! Put this in the phone app: 3845#*400# and then scroll down to 'high temperature property' and switch to enable and do the same for 'thermal daemon mitigation'. Please note my model is ‘400’ so this will work in the number sequence above. For models with other numbers I am pretty sure you just substitute and put that number in e.g. 855.
Substitute the model number i.e. I had the ATT model so I entered 3845#*850# into the dialer.
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Re: Concerned with overheating.
Do y'all think I should take my phone back under insurance? All I have done within the last 10 minutes is browse here, send a text, receive a text (and I mean one each) and send 1 hangouts message and I am at 105.3*F at the time of posting this....
I have a screenshot of it going up. I can't even open my GSM app to take a screenshot of the thing going up...
This is like the hundreth time it has done this since I got it on the 10th...
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Do y'all think I should take my phone back under insurance? All I have done within the last 10 minutes is browse here, send a text, receive a text (and I mean one each) and send 1 hangouts message and I am at 105.3*F at the time of posting this....
I have a screenshot of it going up. I can't even open my GSM app to take a screenshot of the thing going up...
This is like the hundreth time it has done this since I got it on the 10th...
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Re: Concerned with overheating.
Just an update my phone is cooling itself down now even though I haven't changed what I am doing.. Same number of apps open and everything...
These screenshots make it heat up again but 105*f is just too hot.... I thought I could ignore it but I barely want to take it outside in this humidity when I am inside in a cool house and it is doing this....
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Just an update my phone is cooling itself down now even though I haven't changed what I am doing.. Same number of apps open and everything...
These screenshots make it heat up again but 105*f is just too hot.... I thought I could ignore it but I barely want to take it outside in this humidity when I am inside in a cool house and it is doing this....
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