[Q] Heating problem

[plade]

Since Sunday my Aria has started heating up weirdly. When charging and while using, there is tremendous heating in the area right behind the optical touchpad.

Also the battery is not charging properly and discharging quickly.
I first thought it may be a battery problem, but wanted some genuine views regarding this.

Will changing my battery remove this issue? Has anyone faced anything similar?

 

[smiles.smiley]

There will always be heat around the touchpad whenever you are charging while using it. Happens to me all the time at least. Unless your battery exceeded 45 degrees Celsius, then that's abnormal.

You can track your battery stats for example, heat with apps in Market.

You said it discharges awfully quickly. Mind telling me, how long does it take for it to discharge from 100% to below 10%?

 

[plade]

Really quickly.

For example, I charged the phone whole night from a wall charger, while switched off.
In the morning, I turn on the phone, it shows me 19% battery. I rebooted: 8%. Rebooted again: 2%. This all happened in about 5 minutes after taking the phone off the charger.
The phone used the 2% battery for about 15 minutes on standby, with no internet, before dying.

Now it does not even turn on. The battery is definitely gone, since it has bulged a bit. But I want to be sure before buying a new battery, if the new battery will face the same fate or not.

For now, I have given the phone to my brother who will test the battery in his phone. Let's see.

 

[smiles.smiley]

There's definitely a problem with the battery. It is advised you do not charge a faulty battery. It may damage your device or worse, explode depending on what the fault may be.

 

[drumist]

But I want to be sure before buying a new battery, if the new battery will face the same fate or not.

New battery should fix the problem. There's no reason to suspect that the phone is causing the problem.