Notification Light and Overheating

[kern417]

I have two issues with the Android build. I am running Android 2.1 with sense and love it. It took a while for it to stabalize completely but after giving it some time it is running fairly smooth. Only issues are

1. The notification light turned on suddenly and now will not turn off. It switches between green and orange but never turns off for some reason? Not sure if there is an actual purpose or if it is a known bug.

2. The phone is on FIRE...it is running way to hot to handle. I can't hold it for long because it is burning from the battery...is there something running in the background I can turn off? I turned off automatic updates for most apps or limited the update schedule to every 1-2 hrs so I'm not sure why it is overheating.

Are there any fixes for these issues? Or are they known bugs? I tried searching through the main CAB thread but couldnt find any answers.

[cody_cummins]

As far as the notification light, did you plug it into the charger? I know with mine if its plugged in and i unplug it the light will stay on, it is a known bug and you have to reboot android for it to go away, but as far as the overheating situation i have no clue, are you running the blazn build? If you are then it might mean your phone is overclocked too much! Hope this helps!

[Ragster]

The light is for diagnostics.. Green means your phone is sleeping (Low power mode) Orange means that phone is awake and doing something..

I don't think 2.1 sense has a "blazin" build either.. But if that LED light stays Orange a lot while the phone's screen is off, that might be the problem, your storage card, which is by your battery, might be getting hot

[kern417]

Originally Posted by Ragster

The light is for diagnostics.. Green means your phone is sleeping (Low power mode) Orange means that phone is awake and doing something..

I don't think 2.1 sense has a "blazin" build either.. But if that LED light stays Orange a lot while the phone's screen is off, that might be the problem, your storage card, which is by your battery, might be getting hot

i restarted android and noticed this now, but it was definitely orange while asleep before...i guess something was still running in the background or something.

Thanks for the info i'll look out for it in the future.

[Skrobel]

I don't know how about the Android, but when using WM the blinking green/orange LED means exactly overheating.
I also have this issue on my phone when it's connected to a car chager in a hot day. The LED starts to blink green/orange and of course it's not charging and the housing is very hot.

[one80oneday]

How hot is too hot? If the temp readings are correct, mine heats up to 110 degrees within an hour of using Android. At what temp should I start to worry??

[kern417]

Originally Posted by one80oneday

How hot is too hot? If the temp readings are correct, mine heats up to 110 degrees within an hour of using Android. At what temp should I start to worry??

Mine actually doesnt heat up anymore but i suppose if it remains a steady temperature it fine. My situation was i couldnt even hold the phone because it would feel like it was burning my hand. You can try what i did, i turned off most of the auto update features because i think that was causing my data to constantly run. I changed most things to update every 30min to and hour other things like weather i set to every 6 hours

[2phonejones]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=md_5n8XZWbo

[one80oneday]

Originally Posted by 2phonejones

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=md_5n8XZWbo

Thanks but I'd rather just take the back cover off instead of removing the orange sticker because I always worry I might set my phone down on a puddle of water. I know the sticker probably won't help much but it might and I am always extra careful when the back is off. Either way it doesn't get nearly as hot as my TP used to!

[LiquidX]

True, even tethering my TP1 would get smokin hot, with heavy usage my tp2 doesn't even get half as hot.