Samsung S5 getting hot

Lincs Lass · Mar 1, 2015

Has any body else found the battery on an S5 gets very hot at times and drains power very quickly ,,literally gone from 50% to 25% in less than an hour with no use .
Having to take apart to cool it down ,,this isn't the first time ,,also had the same problem with my S2 ,,that nearly went up in smoke

phil t · Mar 1, 2015

Never had that issue with any of mine my s5 is definitely best phone I've had

Lincs Lass · Mar 1, 2015

Only started doing it this last week ,, it started getting very hot an hour ago ,,couldn't put it to my ear it was so hot

phil t · Mar 1, 2015

Hell that's not good is it a Samsung battery or aftermarket

Dr Evil · Mar 1, 2015

I've had the same problem with an s2 and my s4, and there's quite a few Web pages with details- although i can't say I've read up on it really- just got on with it. This page might help-

http://android.stackexchange.com/qu...ning-unusually-quickly-on-the-s2-s3-and-now-t

DieselRob · Mar 1, 2015

I've had the s4 and s5 get warm and drain battery, I find a restart sorted it out

Robigus · Mar 1, 2015

Lincs Lass said:
Has any body else found the battery on an S5 gets very hot at times and drains power very quickly ,,literally gone from 50% to 25% in less than an hour with no use .
Having to take apart to cool it down ,,this isn't the first time ,,also had the same problem with my S2 ,,that nearly went up in smoke

Clean Master App claims to help with over heating.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cleanmaster.mguard

Lincs Lass · Mar 1, 2015

phil t said:
Hell that's not good is it a Samsung battery or aftermarket

original ,only 6 months old

Badshot · Mar 1, 2015

When I took a phone in for repair they told me I was basically carrying a bomb around in my pocket, Li-ion batteries burst into flames quite easily, especially if damaged. I'd get a new battery as it's only just started doing it.

Lincs Lass · Mar 1, 2015

My old S2 had 3 batteries in 2 years ,,all genuines and all overheated ,,starting to suspect its a Samsung thing

davidroberts30 · Mar 1, 2015

my s2 is over 2 year old now and had none of the symptoms you have described
its slowly getting tired now mind

Dr Evil · Mar 2, 2015

Robigus said:
Clean Master App claims to help with over heating.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cleanmaster.mguard

Whoops- just deleted that from my phone this weekend- got fed up with constant messages from it..

Time will tell if I get any problems without it.

marcot · Mar 2, 2015

Lincs Lass said:
Has any body else found the battery on an S5 gets very hot at times and drains power very quickly ,,literally gone from 50% to 25% in less than an hour with no use .
Having to take apart to cool it down ,,this isn't the first time ,,also had the same problem with my S2 ,,that nearly went up in smoke

Have you looked at the battery tool to see what is draining your power?

Robigus · Mar 2, 2015

Dr Evil said:
Whoops- just deleted that from my phone this weekend- got fed up with constant messages from it..

Time will tell if I get any problems without it.

So did I for the same reason. I'm not claiming it's a great app, it is just that it claimed to be able to control battery temp.

part timer · Mar 2, 2015

Robigus said:
So did I for the same reason. I'm not claiming it's a great app, it is just that it claimed to be able to control battery temp.

Just go into settings and change the notifications to what you want to be reminded about or switch them all off. The app does a good job but like everything not perfect!

Lincs Lass · Mar 2, 2015

Its behaved today ,,loaded that clean master app that @Robigus recommended ,,no overheating and still has 60% battery

Old Codger · Mar 6, 2015

Lincs Lass said:
Its behaved today ,,loaded that clean master app that @Robigus recommended ,,no overheating and still has 60% battery

I'll have to try it - I have the same issue with a Moto Razr I, gets so hot it scorches my ear!

Cowabunga · Mar 6, 2015

I had the same occasional problem with a HTC. That was kept from doing so by switching completely off every three or four days while on Honeycomb or Ice Cream Sandwich.

My wife's new Asus/Google Nexus 5 running Android Lollipop has no such issue so far.

Is it a hardware problem or is it an issue with certain versions of Android? Maybe an App issue? Certainly using the sat-nav feature used to make the older Androids boil.

Down farmer · Mar 6, 2015

Samsung s 5 here which occaisionly over heats and runs battery down rapidly it's about 8mths old

corkman2013 · Mar 6, 2015

Probably not a good idea to those phones in your trouser pockets.

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