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Hot Battery? Record it's Temp

Wynnded

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Mar 30, 2010
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If you think that your battery is getting too hot record it's temperature so that anyone interested in researching the issue has some consistent numbers.

To do this, go to your phone and:

-Dial: *#*#4636#*#* (You don't have to press Call)
-Press: Battery information
-Post: Battery temperature

Mine, after it's been sleeping is: 23.8*C

I don't know if the temperature can be displayed in *F.

I haven't found an App that records CPU temp for the Incredible, if it's possible.

 
records highest temp or shows current temp?
Current temp.

tempmonitor works on the Inc. system panel and many other apps also show the current temp.
No App needed for battery temp....or do you mean that the ones you're talking about will read the CPU temp? A CPU temperature App is the one that I haven't encountered.
 
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Current temp.

No App needed for battery temp....or do you mean that the ones you're talking about will read the CPU temp? A CPU temperature App is the one that I haven't encountered.

the apps i listed and many others as well, will show current battery temp. there is no need to punch a funky number that i'll never remember into the dial pad to get this info. it's more convenient in an app that we can just open. even some of the battery widgets people seem to love will show the battery temp.

i suggested tempmonitor because it puts the temp right in your notification panel so it's right there constantly updating. i was really nice on my rooted and overclocked droid. i tested it on the Inc and it was nice to see that it worked on it, just the battery temp of course, not the cpu temp. on the moto droid seeing the cpu temp required being rooted and a custom kernal to be loaded, i would imagine it would be the same on this phone.
 
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Updated first post with conversion formulas.

Any speculation as to what may be too high of a temp? I've read where some folks get an amber flashing LED and the phone becomes unresponsive.

the battery says 60C on it. so that's definitely to hot. i wonder what temp people are seeing this flashing led at. would be nice to know.
 
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im guessing the max temp for the snapdragon is probably around 115-150 degrees C. Just to benchmark. The intel core 2 duo 2.5 Ghz has a max temp of 115 i believe. While using skype which seems to kill my computer the max temp it got to was 52 in the second core, and my laptop is always hot. My friends quad core in a gaming case stays around 30 degrees almost all the time, i think it went up to 36 when he was encoding video and burning dvds.
So a safe range is anywhere from 0-45 i would say. Anything above 45 for a cpu you might have long term issues. As for the battery i dont know how hot/cold it should be, i would assume it should stay farely cool all the time, in the 0-20 range.
 
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ok, so.... How many of you are using cases, and what kind?
Any trends as to what cases hold in the heat?
Mine regularly runs 100+F ,
have the hard plastic red to blk vzw case .
I made a post wondering if the silicone cases were able to diffuse any of the heat or if it acted as an oven, back when I was still deciding whether to buy the case. Didn't really get an answer, but after buying and using the case, IMO, it seems the temperatures are only a tad bit higher but nothing extraordinary.
 
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