First GPS goes wild, now GNex is HOT

[Brooke]

Yesterday the GPS icon started appearing every few seconds in my notification bar. Posted this thread: http://forums.androidcentral.com/verizon-galaxy-nexus/146108-searching-gps-flashing-notification-bar.html#post1525615

Now the phone is running very hot. Never an issue before. I'm looking into the heat issue, but are these related?

Thanks, and HNY!

 

[DBVille]

Something is probably keeping your phone awake and running. Reboot and check for running programs. They could be related. What apps have you loaded or used lately?

 

[nkd]

happened to me on another phone where the speedtest app was tripping out the gps on the phone. So I had to kill the app, but it hasn't happened on this phone yet.

 

[Brooke]

Couldn't figure which new app it was, if it was, but not much new in last few days. Doing a full re-set ...

BTW, the hot area was not the battery area, but around the camera. ???

 

[Droid800]

Couldn't figure which new app it was, if it was, but not much new in last few days. Doing a full re-set ...

BTW, the hot area was not the battery area, but around the camera. ???

That's where the processor is.


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[albokay]

Ive been running into that flashing gps symbol in the notification bar too. It freezes my time in the notification bar too. Widgets show the right time though. I have to reset my phone. Uninstalled all weather widgets and it still happens.

 

[dmmarck]

The Facebook app loves randomly turning on the GPS as well, just FYI.

 

[greydarrah]

Did you ever try a good old battery pull?

 

[Nakrohtap]

I was using my phone at lunch the other day on 4G (normally use 3G to just browse) and it got really hot.
I didn't notice what app may have been over-cycling the CPU, but the one thing I did notice was that when I plugged it into my car charger, it would not charge. I am not sure if this is some safety trigger or what. When I plugged the phone in, it said "Not Charging". When I unplugged it, it said "Discharging".

 

[albokay]

The odd thing is that a regular reboot will fix it for awhile but I have tried bat pull and also cold booting and clearing system cache.

Its not a huge deal and I did not expect perfection from a new phone with a new OS. I expect bugs so ill deal with it until some updates come out.

 

[Brooke]

Thanks, all. Since the full re-set, I've done re-boots and battery pulls. Still gets hot on occasion. I assume a fix will come along. Until then, I won't let it spoil enjoyment of my Nexus!

 

[greydarrah]

Thanks, all. Since the full re-set, I've done re-boots and battery pulls. Still gets hot on occasion. I assume a fix will come along. Until then, I won't let it spoil enjoyment of my Nexus!

If you've got facebook installed on the phone, you should try deleting it and see how it does for a day or two (you can always get to facebook from your browser in the interim). I think that app has way to much junk going on in the background.

 

[albokay]

I think the demon app may be foursquare. When it happened again i removed foursquare and it stopped. I still had to reboot because the keyboard stopped typing letters and the time froze on tje notification bar. Ill leave it off for awhile and see if it stops.

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