Battery Woes, extremely hot device!

[invictive]

Hi guys, I finally sorted my issues with the disappearing radio, but now it seems I have another issue.

Starting 2 days ago my battery just started draining like crazy, I'm lucky to get an hour or 2 of use out of the thing.

I noticed when I plug it in to charge it it takes forever and the device gets extremely hot. The battery is so hot you can almost burn yourself when you touch it. Maybe its just my imagination, but it seems to swell slightly when it gets very hot as well.

Obviously I have stopped using my device as I am worried about the battery catching fire after all the Lion battery issues lately.

Just wondering if anyone else had experienced this? Is the battery covered by any type of warranty?

I'm sure I need a new battery and I'm hoping that will fix the issue, hopefully its not some internal problem that is causing it to overheat.

Thanks in advance,

-Kai

[URPREY]

Have you backed up your device and hard reset to rule out any software issues? I've run into this before, and there was something running on my device that cause the battery to drain VERY quickly. Never figured out what it was, but after a hard reset and reinstall, everything was fine.

[chrisjasper]

I've had similar issues since putting black 3.01 on, draining anyway, not overheating as yet. I have stopped the battery draining by instaling Daniel Herrero's Bandswitch and setting it to gsm during the day, it seems to switch between gprs and hsdpa more frequently now with 3.01 which drains the battery enormously. Havent done a hard reset yet though.

[CUSTEL]

you should feel my battery after tethering for hours, sigh....

[chrisjasper]

Hmmm, mine spends half the day tethered at work, no heat issues thus far (apart from one time I left it under my pillow (too much Jack) and the heat woke me up (Not a great way to ease into a hangover)). I only ever have battery drain issues.

[invictive]

Yeah I dont think its a software issue as I have done several hard resets, and tried it with a couple of different Rom's and radio's, with no other software installed.

As for the 3g draining the battery, I have my phone set to only use Quadband, not UMTS or 3G.

I'm hoping to pick up a new battery tomorrow and maybe that will solve my problem.

I wonder if I might be able to get a new battery for free from HTC? I'm going to send them an email and see what they say.

-Kai

[zoeshcn]

Hey invictive,

i have the same problem, and am also thinking about buying a new battery. plz let me know how the new battery work.

thx

[hoss]

I've just had the same problem. It was red hot in my belt clip & bat low warning.
Mines only 3 months old, been fine until now.
There were a lot of apps running incldung camera & wifi.
I'm going to charge again & close all apps, see if its ok.

[chaos42]

had the same problem with my first tytn. called htc support (germany) and they told me that this behavior is not normal (obvious)
i recieved a free replacement, allthough i had to send in my tytn and not only the battery.

edit:
it was even worse with wifi turned on...