HOT while charging?

[graphickellie]

Hi everyone! While I charge my phone it gets SUPER HOT, I did the *#*#4636#*#* and it says it is 43.5* C which is like 105* F!!! Has anyone else noticed this? Should I be concerned? I just don't want my phone to burn up!! Is this something I should call Verizon about?

ps- I searched in the forum and couldn't find anything about this, so I apologize if it's been covered, feel free to post a link to it if you want

 

[FrankXS]

I look at it like this, 105F is only ~6 degrees above body temperature. How bad is that?

-Frank

Sent from my HTC ThunderBolt 4G/LTE using Tapatalk

 

[dpham00]

I've seen higher temperatures when charging, over 110. Highest I've seen on my Thunderbolt is 129.7 but I wasn't charging then. Can't wait to see how hot it will get in the summer.

 

[tcapote]

I have not seen much higher than about 106f, when charging.

 

[lindros2#AC]

Mine gets hot under moderate/heavy usage, GPS usage (as my BlackBerry and iPhone do as well), and charging.

Charging was the least of the heat-related problems I faced.

 

[graphickellie]

OK so I shouldn't be worried about it? It just seems like it didn't used to do that, but it recently started. I got it on St. Pattys day, the day it came out, and just NOW started noticing it..

 

[flyodd]

I wouldn't be. My phone gets warm too. These devices don't have dedicated fans built in them to cool them so they do get warm. I'd avoid charging it on a blanket or a place that the phone can't breathe to let off heat.

 

[paulmike3]

To the OP, you need to make sure your wall charger is plugged in the proper direction. The HTC logo should be on top, if the 3-prong outlet has the 3rd prong at the bottom (and vice versa if the 3rd prong on the outlet is on top). For whatever reason, when it's upside down, it gets uber hot. My charger and phone got so hot it almost caught fire once -- fortunately it shut itself off and I noticed it before the charger and phone started melting.

 

[graphickellie]

To the OP, you need to make sure your wall charger is plugged in the proper direction. The HTC logo should be on top, if the 3-prong outlet has the 3rd prong at the bottom (and vice versa if the 3rd prong on the outlet is on top). For whatever reason, when it's upside down, it gets uber hot. My charger and phone got so hot it almost caught fire once -- fortunately it shut itself off and I noticed it before the charger and phone started melting.

OMG!!! well it's a good thing the phone shut off!!

I have a few chargers, one at home, one at the office, and one in my car. the one at the office is the stock one, where as the other 2 are ones I bought online or in the store. Does it matter? Like, are there differences? I apologize if I sound extremely ignorant right now haha I've just never had an issue before with chargers or anything. Are all usb chargers usb chargers?

 

[dpham00]

OMG!!! well it's a good thing the phone shut off!!

I have a few chargers, one at home, one at the office, and one in my car. the one at the office is the stock one, where as the other 2 are ones I bought online or in the store. Does it matter? Like, are there differences? I apologize if I sound extremely ignorant right now haha I've just never had an issue before with chargers or anything. Are all usb chargers usb chargers?

if you bought the charger from vzw, then you should be fine, or any quality charger would be fine so long as it provides5v/1a. well, the 1a isn''t a requirement, less than that, it would charge slower than the stock charger though.

 

[graphickellie]

if you bought the charger from vzw, then you should be fine, or any quality charger would be fine so long as it provides5v/1a. well, the 1a isn''t a requirement, less than that, it would charge slower than the stock charger though.

OK thanks!

 

[youngrich1987]

Not only will the phone charge slower if the charger is less than 1 amp, but it will create a larger draw resulting in increased temperatures on the plug end of the charger. Possibly even hot enuf to melt it.

 

[dpham00]

Not only will the phone charge slower if the charger is less than 1 amp, but it will create a larger draw resulting in increased temperatures on the plug end of the charger. Possibly even hot enuf to melt it.

Uhhhh.. Completely false information. A smaller charger would just charge slower

Sent from my Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II

 

[youngrich1987]

Completely true, higher draw from a resisted source results in increased heat production. The more the resistance the more the heat.

 

[donnyhat55]

Yes it happened to me and it cost me a phone, which was replaced under warranty for a refurbished one and that one too had to be replaced. It also ruined my 2700 amp hr battery.

Donny