Heating up near home button.

[Sunsparc]

I've been having an issue lately where my S3 will get pretty hot to the touch right above the home button on the screen. The last time this was happening was when I found out that my SD card reader is apparently going bad.

Is it possible that the SD reader is still causing the heat or is there another cause?

 

[montecarlo5]

I've been having an issue lately where my S3 will get pretty hot to the touch right above the home button on the screen. The last time this was happening was when I found out that my SD card reader is apparently going bad.

Is it possible that the SD reader is still causing the heat or is there another cause?

that could be but i don't think so as the card slot is higher in the phone. all of the antennas are at the bottom of the phone and if my memory is right so is the cpu. if you are using the phone longer then normal the cpu will heat and make the phone warm front and back also if you have bad cell signal, your phone will turn up the power to the antenna to keep the strongest signal and in turn use more battery. some phone cases can make the phone warmer then normal too. i had a rubber case on an old hd2 phone and after using it for bit it was really warm. if you have just changed or put a case on your phone, maybe take it off and see if it still heats up. just a thought. worse case, i think your phone is going to let you down when you need it most due to being fried from excess heat. if you can't find the reason, take it to sprint and see what those wonderful people say.

 

[Sunsparc]

The SD card slot is right in the area that I'm talking about.

I'm about to order another battery since my battery life has been kinda crappy lately. I've had the phone for over a year, so it's probably about time to order one.

 

[Sunsparc]

The SD card slot is right in the area that I'm talking about.

I'm about to order another battery since my battery life has been kinda crappy lately. I've had the phone for over a year, so it's probably about time to order one.

 

[Quetzalcoatl]

The exact same thing was happening to my s3 since the first day I got it. It didn't happen to my dads which he got on the same day as me. This excessive heating happened both on touchwiz and aosp with and without the buttons lights turned on. Sprint told me it was normal so at that point it was whatever I got used to it. I'm pretty sure the excessive overheating from doing literally nothing (on debloated aosp roms) eventually destroyed my sd card, I believe.

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[dragonhart6505]

Have the same issue, right on the bottom of the screen and around the home button, back gets pretty too, within about 5 minutes of booting

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[prboy1969]

Gents normally the Device should only feel warm to the touch after extended use. By extended I mean over 45 min, an hour, or more. Even then it should not feel so hot you need to put it down. If your Device is feeling warm near the top of the home button, you may want to Un-Root and take it in to be looked at. If you want to see some pics of the inside of the S3 check out THIS thread.

 

[GrazoR21]

Gents normally the Device should only feel warm to the touch after extended use. By extended I mean over 45 min, an hour, or more. Even then it should not feel so hot you need to put it down. If your Device is feeling warm near the top of the home button, you may want to Un-Root and take it in to be looked at. If you want to see some pics of the inside of the S3 check out THIS thread.

I changed the motherboard and nothing got better is it possible cause it's coming from the screen?