Heat

[XDA_RealLifeReview]

Some phones are great to take camping because if you play Asphalt 8 long enough, the back warms up to the ideal temperature that can bake bread. Rate this thread to express the extent to which the LG G5 stays cool under extended heavy use. A higher rating indicates that even when playing strenuous games for long periods of time, the phone doesn't get uncomfortably warm.

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!

 

[faremoney]

i think the G5 heats a little bit too much
today i was simply downloading Hearthstone (800MB approx) and in standby it heated too much

 

[GottZ]

i think its quite excellent actually.
i could not notice any throttling during gaming etc. well maybe thats just because even the gpu is idling at <15% during asphalt 8 play

 

[thunderbls]

I had zero issues with thus device heating up until last night... I was at the movies with the fam.. In the theater I only had 1x for data and the phone got hot while searching for a better data connection. Cooled right down after leaving the theater.

 

[sierrawhiskey]

Coming from an htc m7, so a huge step anyway... Phone is top!

 

[AdamRahman]

This was one of the first things I noticed because I used the gps probably 45 mins after taking it out of the box. I watch YouTube vids for around an hour a day and after a while it does become noticeable but I have to be honest; it really doesn't bother me all that much.

 

[qwahchees]

Can feel warm and a little uncomfortable in warmer weathers (20-30 Celsius).

 

[modiko]

Mine heats up a lot. I'm a little concerned honestly.

Sent from my LG-H850 using XDA-Developers mobile app

 

[galr]

I don't experience anything unusual.

 

[mikesal57]

heres the deal boys...

Yes this phone gets hot when its used hard.....if your not incurring reboots while running it hard , then you'll probably be good
After a month buying this , I started getting reboots ....hot and cold
The first time I sent it in , they said to leave sim and battery at home...
I got it back and started the usual 30 or more updates from App Store and phone got real hot and started rebooting again every minute
even when it was cool...it rebooted but at a longer interval...
They told me to send battery in too on second go around...
Just got it back , it had a system update to do and then the 30+ app updates....this phone was getting a workout...
I did the App updates right after the system update with the optimization ....

I'm 20 apps into it...the battery cooled down and the apps are still going...

looks like they have a battery issue with these phones. If I don't report back , then all is good...

mike

 

[galr]

heres the deal boys...

Yes this phone gets hot when its used hard.....if your not incurring reboots while running it hard , then you'll probably be good
After a month buying this , I started getting reboots ....hot and cold
The first time I sent it in , they said to leave sim and battery at home...
I got it back and started the usual 30 or more updates from App Store and phone got real hot and started rebooting again every minute
even when it was cool...it rebooted but at a longer interval...
They told me to send battery in too on second go around...
Just got it back , it had a system update to do and then the 30+ app updates....this phone was getting a workout...
I did the App updates right after the system update with the optimization ....

I'm 20 apps into it...the battery cooled down and the apps are still going...

looks like they have a battery issue with these phones. If I don't report back , then all is good...

mike

No, it doesn't mean that LG has an issue with the batteries. It only means that YOU had issue with YOUR battery.
I'm glad your phone is OK and it was just the battery.

 

[daz606060]

Only got mine yesterday, but I've used it a lot in that short time and it get nowhere near as hot my previous 2 phone a Nexus 4 and G3 it gets warm but not what I would call hot compared to them 2 anyway, at its worst mostly watching videos it can get a quite warm, but gaming it barely gets warm, I'm loving it so far but time will tell I guess but so far so good.

 

[aLmoravado]

Mine heats up too, specially while using Snapchat or YouTube. Haven't played Asphalt or other graphic-intensive games, so I can't comment whether my device has the same issue with them or not.

 

[Withoutab]

Mine stays quite cool during heavy usage, it does get realy hot while charging though. I expect this is the same with others?

 

[sayoonarachue]

Coming from the Samsung Galaxy Note series (Note 1 - Note 5), the LG G5 gets pretty hot even when idling.... My solution? Waiting for the Note 7 to be released and then goodbye LG!

 

[galr]

Coming from the Samsung Galaxy Note series (Note 1 - Note 5), the LG G5 gets pretty hot even when idling.... My solution? Waiting for the Note 7 to be released and then goodbye LG!

Check what's running in the background. Mine is very cool (H850).

 

[XAlexander_AlexanderX]

Better than the V10. My old V10 overheated while I was using Skype to the point it shut itself off. Had no problems with the G5.

 

[fatapia]

Better than the V10. My old V10 overheated while I was using Skype to the point it shut itself off. Had no problems with the G5.

heat was worse with the v10 running snapchat... but have you tried running pokemon go on the g5? I've never had a phone get this hot besides my galaxy s4 and that thing sucked

 

[xanderin]

heat was worse with the v10 running snapchat... but have you tried running pokemon go on the g5? I've never had a phone get this hot besides my galaxy s4 and that thing sucked

I'm so excited for some Pokémon Go! ... But I assume with high precision GPS, screen, camera, connection, my phone's going to get spicy hot. It warms up easily, otherwise, but it gets hot to the touch sometimes while charging.

 

[ODSTZ3RO]

I'm so excited for some Pokémon Go! ... But I assume with high precision GPS, screen, camera, connection, my phone's going to get spicy hot. It warms up easily, otherwise, but it gets hot to the touch sometimes while charging.

I wish I could play it , I keep getting "GPS location not found" :'( .

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