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Question

Is there any overheating issue in Galaxy S4??

Jan 3, 2014 12:56PM PST

I want to buy it but is there any overheating issue?

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I have had mine.....
Jan 4, 2014 12:00AM PST

....since the release date this summer and no overheating issues with my S4.

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I'm sure under the right conditions
Jan 4, 2014 2:31AM PST

I can cause any device to get overheated. So yes, all devices can get into a state of non-operation.
Bob

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Hi
Jan 8, 2014 3:08PM PST

There is no heating issues in Galaxy S4. You can buy it....

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There is always a small chance....
Jan 8, 2014 9:32PM PST

....of a defective device, but the same issue could happen to any phone. No major recalls by Samsung that has been reported for the S4. If I needed another cell phone, I wouldn't hesitate getting another one if I had no other choice.

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What about the Knox issues?
Jan 9, 2014 12:25AM PST

Given the issues about Knox if I got this one I would disable, remove or ignore Knox. Samsung's coders must be taking lessons from MSFT.
Bob

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Knox
Jan 9, 2014 1:17AM PST

Never knew about any issues with the app, but I have never used/activated the feature on my S4. Guess I won't experiment with it after your post.

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What did I hear recently?
Jan 9, 2014 1:49AM PST

"Another lab rat escaped the maze."

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(NT) They call me Mighty Mouse !!
Jan 9, 2014 3:06AM PST
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overheating issue in Galaxy S4
Jan 19, 2015 8:54PM PST

I bought a Samsung Galaxy S4 3 months ago and was perfectly happy with its performance. Then suddenly it started frying my ear and visibly discharging before my eyes. It seemed location was using a lot of CPU so I turned that off. This helped for a short time then the problem returned. I took the phone back to Carphone Werewolf. They took one look at it and one assistant said to the other "He's using Viber" like I was an idiot. I mentioned that when I bought the phone, noone told me not to use Viber. They agreed the phone was overheating and wanted to send it to Samsung for 2 weeks and wipe its memory. They would not replace the phone or allow me to pay for an upgrade, so I took my hand warmer home, after all it has been rather cold recently.

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after 2 years, yes
Apr 10, 2015 7:26AM PDT

I dont know if its just my phone, but after using it for 2 years, my phone has been overheating frequently. Especially when I am using the navigation in my car. I just stick my phone between the air conditioning holes, and within a minute the phone cools down. But I still get worried whenever my phone overheats. I think its because I'm using a car charger that was not provided by the cell phone company. That could be one of the reasons for the overheating issue.

http://www.ehow.com/info_12211584_phone-overheating.html

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Think about rated battery cycles. (300)
Apr 10, 2015 7:32AM PDT

Most batteries are rated for 300 cycles so try a new battery.

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battery
Apr 10, 2015 8:10PM PDT

Okay R.rofiit. I do try today.

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for sure
Apr 14, 2015 9:08PM PDT

every mobile device will face that problem at some point of time. its just that some device can hold on long enough from over heating.

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Yes there is.
Jun 1, 2015 6:57AM PDT

Don't believe the Samsung suprer fans. There are serious overheating problems. I have tough skin but still have a problem holding the device. I installed a cooling and optimizing program, which is about all they did with the S5, and I still get messages saying the device is too hot to keep on charging and stops. I minimize the running programs and the battery still goes down at about 1%/min. I have used the unit outside in the shade on a warm day and it overheats even faster.
I was forced to upgrade from my old Blackberry 8530 when Bell bought Virgin Mobile Canada (cell phone costs went way up). I still use it for some things including an alarm clock. I's on all night and I hit snooze 3 times and the battery still has lots of life and no overheating.
I have Samsung monitors and a Samsung digital camera which I am happy with but in my opinion their cellphones are junk .

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Hogwash.....
Jun 2, 2015 12:28AM PDT

Depending how old the phone is and how many times the battery has been charged, the battery length can be diminished. You have not provided any proof of a known issue, just provided an opinion. I just traded my S4 for the S6 and never hesitated doing so.

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I agree.
Jun 2, 2015 12:34AM PDT

But somewhere out there is a bad one. It's rough on those that have a bum unit and they may lash out that all of that model are junk. My son had a Samsung for a few years with no such issue and with what must be a few hundred models around the offices I haven't seen this problem.

Maybe they need to get theirs exchanged.
Bob

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Proof?
Jun 2, 2015 2:39AM PDT

What in hell proof do you want? Drop by and you can try it out. If all you do is text and talk, there may not be a problem. Other people have reported the problem in other forums. Are you suggesting I'm lying??

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Only in the scope of the problem.
Jun 2, 2015 3:03AM PDT

While I truly enjoy the move to open the market to other than proprietary chargers that did create other issues along with your defective phone.

Here's where you went from believable to not. You seem to claim all of them are having this issue. Here, I can't find one. I think there must be a few out there with an issue but you seem to purport that all of them are bad.
Bob

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My point.....
Jun 2, 2015 7:30AM PDT

.....is that I had a Samsung S4 for two years and it wasn't a rampant issue. You must keep in mind that the more applications that are running, the hotter the processor gets. Watching streaming video/audio is notorious for causing overheating. It is not a chronic problem and rarely happened to me. You original post did make it sound like every user has the same overheating issue.