Back getting HOT.

[dcrowder03]

I know this has been reported. Does this happen on all phones or is it a defect and I should exchange mine?

Happens when streaming video with the standard battery and with any 4G use with the extended battery.

 

[olbriar]

My Rez gets pretty warm while streaming video as well. I would not call it hot however. You have to understand the phone is working hard when uncompress a video and displaying it. Others might chime in here too. I don't know how hot is hot.
There has to be a point when the device becomes so hot that there could be damage to the phone. My phone falls below anything I would consider dangerous to the device.

 

[TxGoat]

If you have your Rezound in a case, I advise taking it out of the case when under heavy use. I wouldn't go so far as to recommend removing the back case or else your phone will lose signal faster than a Nexus....but just barely....

 

[jbird720]

Just think of it as a built in hand warmer!

 

[andr01d]

I just took my back cover out to see how great a google experience i was going to get!! Wow... -105 dBm 1x mode, and a few seconds later a nice small x (no service)

Re: Heat
I streamed youtube for 110 minutes continuously the other day. It got warm but it was not too bad. (My phone is without a case.)

bye

 

[leroybrute]

If you have the screen brightness turned all the way up you might want to turn it down some will help.
Because of the curvature of the back of the phone and how it rests perfect putting the weight in the center of your palm where your most sensitive makes it seem hotter than other 4g phones when its not.

I went through hours of agonizing research to gain these hot palm results.
PS. After turning screen brightness up for sex scenes don't forget to turn brightness back down afterwards!

 

[Frisco]

The bigger/better processors in these things do seem to generate heat. Even my little ole X2 gets good and warm on the back when long downloads are occurring, etc.

 

[dcrowder03]

so it seems fairly normal and nothing to be concerned about.

 

[TheXFactor]

When I watch vids on my MB Air, the fan turns on. And this thing runs so very cool and quiet. The rezound doesn't have a fan and that's probably why it gets warm. I would think the longer you watch, the warmer it gets.

 

[zazan]

Not to state the obvious but we all tend to forget that these things are not phones they are a combination of computer, high frequency radios, storage arrays and high def monitor screens, they will act and react like computers and radios and screens, all of which get warm when they are working.

My phone also gets warm, sometimes very warm when I am doing heavy processing, but that is not the same as HOT. The phone has a dual core and so when streaming or using applications that put heavy processing demands on the chip it will get warm. If you have a case this can keep some of the heat in as well, the verizon vinyl cases are especially good at this.

 

[Kane5581]

Battery monitor widget monitors, logs, and can alert you of your battery temps. Your phones battery temp should never get above 130

 

[zazan]

Kane, where do I find the monitors and logs you wrote about. That is a great piece of info, thanks.

 

[Kane5581]

Kane, where do I find the monitors and logs you wrote about. That is a great piece of info, thanks.

Market search: "battery monitor widget"

 

[zazan]

Thank you, my brother.

 

[not2gutta]

I havent noticed this phone getting hot really...though the nexus is a different story, you can cook up some eggs on that sucker!

 

[BlueBiker]

I know this has been reported. Does this happen on all phones or is it a defect and I should exchange mine?

Happens when streaming video with the standard battery and with any 4G use with the extended battery.

As was pointed out, streaming video puts stress on any phone, so it'll probably get warm. If it gets hot from 4G use, maybe it's a poor connection and the phone's struggling to maintain the connection (not normal). Does it do the same under WiFi or when forced down to 3G/CDMA mode?

There has to be a point when the device becomes so hot that there could be damage to the phone.

I doubt that's possible unless you're running some custom kernel that's disabled the built-in throttling mechanism. Modern phones automatically underclock themselves (and turn off unused cores) as needed, so I'd expect them to do the same (possibly losing video frames as a result) to prevent overheating damage.

If you have a case this can keep some of the heat in as well, the verizon vinyl cases are especially good at this.

That's a bad thing, not a good thing. Better the waste heat should be allowed to dissipate than be bottled up.

 

[JoeCoolinATL]

just over a month of use, and when I've got a few things running, it gets HOT.
kill the apps and it cools down.

only had the flashing green/orange led 3-4 times so far

 

[jlb0305]

I was watching a football game over 4 g. Part way through it got to 108

 

[Fatalpipsqueek]

My rezound gets warm after streaming on 4g for long periods of time but not nearly as hot as my girlfriends Dinc2 did when she got it. it like actually burned a little. the rezound gets warm but not too warm and its to be expected with a processor this powerful and so much work being done by the phone