Ran into insane, ridiculous charging issue

[bassman2112]

Hey guys,

When I awoke this morning, it was to one of the craziest things I've yet encountered with technology. I finished an extremely long day of school and such, plugged my phone in, and fell asleep. When I woke up, the phone was EXTREMELY hot to the touch. It actually burned my hand, it must have been at least 60 celsius - I'm lucky it didn't start anything on fire or explode. Now it will not connect to the network (I imagine some important connections melted), so I will have to bring it in to be replaced.

I have left it plugged in overnight before, and never encountered the issue. The only change between tonight and the night previous is that I had installed Cerberus - but I doubt that has anything to do with it (but it means I did have to root my phone for it to have full functionality, so we'll see about warranty...)

Has anyone else encountered this??

 

[BlackPrince310]

It happened to my girl a few days ago. Really strange. This happened on my S3 a few times as well. On reddit someone posted a while back about their S4 literally melting just by charging it overnight.

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[bassman2112]

As an update, it will now connect to the network - do you guys think it would be worth replacing?

 

[SpookDroid]

Getting hot is not normal, so even if it now works, you SHOULD take it in for replacement. I leave mine charging overnight every day and the temperature is normal. Don't risk it, it might not have damaged tonight, but it might in any other night... Get it fixed/replaced.

 

[bassman2112]

Getting hot is not normal, so even if it now works, you SHOULD take it in for replacement. I leave mine charging overnight every day and the temperature is normal. Don't risk it, it might not have damaged tonight, but it might in any other night... Get it fixed/replaced.

I have replaced it, thankfully it was still within the 2-week free replacement period (VZW). Hopefully no-one else encounters this problem.

 

[veggie59]

Mine gets really hot while charging...though I haven't left it charging overnight. Also, if I use the phone at all while charging it is extremely hot. It is very hot while on a phone call too.....feels very hot on the ear. I have read many have this issue. SAMSUNG needs to fix this!!

 

[Aaron Watson]

Its kinda normal for it to get a little hot while charging especially while using it. But charging overnight shouldnt get it got the way you described. Glad you are safe and that you replaced it.

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[bassman2112]

Its kinda normal for it to get a little hot while charging especially while using it. But charging overnight shouldnt get it got the way you described. Glad you are safe and that you replaced it.

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Very agreed. This is not the first time I've charged it overnight, I often have very long days and the only time I'm home to charge is at night. Generally, once it's at 100% it stops charging and is cool to the touch; but this morning was quite a rude awakening. But yeah, keep an eye on this one folks =)