Whether S3 has the temperature sensor in it?

[xiaoyaoworm]

Hello, everyone,

Recently, I am doing the work on sensors in Android phone now.
I find Samsung Galaxy S3 has no temperature sensor device in it through my coding? I want to use the temperature sensor to detect the temperature in the room.

I search for the Internet and find nothing on it.
Could anyone who are familiar with such things give me the proof?

Thank you very much.

 

[Rxpert83]

I highly doubt it has a temperature sensor other than the one for its battery.


Samsung cut costs with sensors on the s3

 

[scrabbley]

Samsung cut costs with sensors on the s3

Well it has a barometer which seems like something they could easily have cut out, unless it has a purpose I don't know about...

Do other phones have thermometers in then? Surely they aren't able to give accurate air temperature readings?

 

[Rxpert83]

The S3 features GPS/A-GPS, a built-in gyroscope, digital compass, plus screen-flipping accelerometer, proximity as well as a barometer.

 

[xiaoyaoworm]

I highly doubt it has a temperature sensor other than the one for its battery.


Samsung cut costs with sensors on the s3

Thank you for your reply. I already use the software method to test whether it has temperature sensor. I should tell my boss the verification that it doesn't have the temperature sensor. I don't want to make sth. wrong. Do you know where I can find all the device info(including all the sensor devices in it) about S3?

 

[xiaoyaoworm]

Well it has a barometer which seems like something they could easily have cut out, unless it has a purpose I don't know about...

Do other phones have thermometers in then? Surely they aren't able to give accurate air temperature readings?

Thank you very much, too.
I want to ask for the same question: Do you know where I can find all the device info(including all the sensor devices in it) about S3?
I should make sure whether it has temperature sensors in it.

 

[scooter1942]

just google "(insert model number here) specs gsmarena"

dont just type "galaxy s3", use the specific carrier model to get the correct specs, such as i9300, sgh-t999, et cetera...

 

[ImgBurn]

My S3 has the temperature sensor in it
Battery & CPU

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[Rxpert83]

Not quite what the op is asking for

 

[ylexot]

The only smartphone that I know of that has a thermometer for ambient temperature is the Casio G'zOne Commando. Most smartphones just have a temperature sensor for the battery/processor so that it can shut itself off if it gets too hot. There's no way you'd be able to use it to get an accurate ambient temperature reading.

 

[bvbull200]

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Side note. Is there some benefit to pandering for "thanks" or "likes" on this site? I see pleas like this from time to time and figure I must be missing something.

 

[Rxpert83]

Nope, nothing there. I personally don't like when I see that but that's people choice

 

[anapospastos]

My S3 has the temperature sensor in it
Battery & CPU

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You mean that S3 has different sensors for battery and cpu right? Can you name the widget app?

 

[Ballymoss]

I have Android Assistant and it gives the temperature of the CPU plus very detailed info about usage, as pie charts.

 

[Ballymoss]

Sorry it is the battery it gives the temperature of.


Android assistant by pinzac55, on Flickr

 

[Acts7]

The Galaxy S3 has not a temperature guage.
However the S4 does indeed have a thermometer
EDIT: just realized this was a few months old. Apologies.