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Does ur S3 run hot?

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Serdroid12

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Right now I'm streaming music using Google play in the background while using Tapatalk and obviously writing this post... and the phone seems to be getting hot.

Not to the point where it's becoming unbearable... but my gf's one x doesn't get this hot... and its only in the bottom back half of the phone.

Considering this is my first smartphone... how hot does ur S3 get?

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It does get hot, specially in the bottom side of the phone. Not always, but when running specific tasks. I noticed the S3 getting hot very fast when playing Adobe Flash videos.
 
Do you u know what the max temperature the phone can reach before it cause damage? I've seen my temp reader reach almost 39 degrees... :what:

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Sometimes when charging the device in a car it can get hot, but the main time it gets hot is when using data in weak signal areas. The power draw is high, so the device gets hot.

Mainly seems to be when in 3g areas.
 
Of course it does. At this thickness and with this amount of processing power no phone will run cool.
 
Serdroid12 said:
Do you u know what the max temperature the phone can reach before it cause damage? I've seen my temp reader reach almost 39 degrees... :what:

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39 degrees is nothing to worry about. I think max temp for most batteries is 120F, which is close to 49C. At least that's what it was on my HTC rezound. That thing would heat to 39C with just moderate use. With the S3, the hottest its gotten was 38C and that was after about 40 minutes of playing ME Infiltrator, which is a fairly graphic intensive game. It idles between 25C and 30C depending on the ambient temp. Right now, its sitting at 25C, but it's pretty cool in my office and I haven't used the phone in the past hour.

If you're regularly hitting 39C with light-to-moderate use, that may be a concern. However, if it reaches that temp occasionally and only with heavy use (gaming, streaming video), I wouldn't worry.
 
kishin14 said:
39 degrees is nothing to worry about. I think max temp for most batteries is 120F, which is close to 49C. At least that's what it was on my HTC rezound. That thing would heat to 39C with just moderate use. With the S3, the hottest its gotten was 38C and that was after about 40 minutes of playing ME Infiltrator, which is a fairly graphic intensive game. It idles between 25C and 30C depending on the ambient temp. Right now, its sitting at 25C, but it's pretty cool in my office and I haven't used the phone in the past hour.

If you're regularly hitting 39C with light-to-moderate use, that may be a concern. However, if it reaches that temp occasionally and only with heavy use (gaming, streaming video), I wouldn't worry.
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Ahh ok, glad to know then. I thought it was just mine but it also idles at around 25
 
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