Phone heats up

[axis.]

Surprised nobody has posted anything about this, there have been a couple complaints but it doesn't seem to be a common problem for the most part.

For me, sometimes even regular browsing on FB, Chrome, or 9gag causes my phone to heat up, especially while playing games and especially while charging. Is this something normal with everyone else? It isn't burning hot but it definitely does get fairly warm compared to my other phones.

Is this something I should be concerned about? Everything else seems to run pretty finely (no dead pixels, buttons aren't annoying, etc.)

 

[clevin]

its likely normal. Still, whats the temperature reading you are referring to?

 

[TheDroidKid]

Yeah to be honest its hard to find an Android phone that doesn't heat up with heavy use or using it well charging.

 

[queenren]

Yeah to be honest its hard to find an Android phone that doesn't heat up with heavy use or using it well charging.

This.

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[bulletmark]

its likely normal.

It is normal. For some reason my N5 just gets really hot sometimes, just like my N4 always has.

 

[clevin]

It is normal. For some reason my N5 just gets really hot sometimes, just like my N4 always has.

before I hear the temperature, I can only say "likely", I don't want to mislead people, 20-40 C is normal, 50-70 C is not.

 

[Adamsberg]

If you mean the warming of the powerful multi-core processor, no need to worry about ... unless its heat affects the battery's temperature.
What you'd look it's the battery's temperature ... because it's the phone's most sensitive component.

The Li-Ion battery's allowed max temperature is for discharging 60C (140F) and for charging 45C (113F).
If the battery remains below this temperatures that means it doesn't represent any danger.
But high temperatures of the battery on the limits over very extended periods of time will decrease some of the battery's lifetime ... I don't care about but others might

 

[N4Newbie]

I am not a game-player but use the web a great deal as well as audio books and music; with this normal usage, my Nexus 5 never feels anything much above "cool" to the touch.

You can get the current temperature by opening the phone app and dialing *#*#4636#*#* and then tapping Battery information. Mine is currently at 29.1 deg C (84.4 deg F).

 

[anon(50597)]

I am not a game-player but use the web a great deal as well as audio books and music; with this normal usage, my Nexus 5 never feels anything much above "cool" to the touch.

You can get the current temperature by opening the phone app and dialing *#*#4636#*#* and then tapping Battery information. Mine is currently at 29.1 deg C (84.4 deg F).

That seems to be where I run also.

 

[yfan]

The phone does heat up with heavy screen on usage while charging, but not that much. I'm not really concerned about it.

Still, I'm curious. How do you find the battery temperature? Is it a native setting or do you have to get an app?

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[N4Newbie]

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Still, I'm curious. How do you find the battery temperature? Is it a native setting or do you have to get an app?

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Ummm, I just told you how. Dial *#*#4636#*#*

 

[yfan]

Ummm, I just told you how. Dial *#*#4636#*#*

Oops hadn't noticed that. Thanks.

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[Adamsberg]

... How do you find the battery temperature? Is it a native setting or do you have to get an app?

I use 'Battery Monitor Widget'. The app logs the battery's figures, eg. amperage, and show them in a graph by time, temperature too ... and even the actual figures on the notification bar if you like ...

 

[N4Newbie]

I use 'Battery Monitor Widget'. The app logs the battery's figures, eg. amperage, and show them in a graph by time, temperature too ... and even the actual figures on the notification bar if you like ...

Does it work with KitKat? Apparently most battery appsv don't...

 

[Adamsberg]

Does it work with KitKat? Apparently most battery appsv don't...

Good point ... I don't know
... but the app does update regularly.
Update: Supports N5