Droid Charge overheated -- battery temp 107 degrees F

[curtisdr]

I was inside the local YMCA for about 15 minutes when I noticed that the front pocket I was carrying my Droid Charge in felt a little too warm.  I removed the phone to find it excessively hot.  I removed the back cover and the battery was hot to the touch. I wasn't sure what the problem was, so I quickly looked for a sensor program, found AndroSensor, and then downloaded it.  By the time I had the program installed, the battery temp was showing 107+ degrees F.  I rebooted the phone to see if it would help.  I also remembered that I had left LTE turned on from a trip I had taken a few days ago.  I set it to back to CDMA mode since I live in a 3G only area.  It took about 15 minutes for the battery temp to drop to around 85 degrees F. An hour later it's about 80 degrees F. I have no idea what caused this, but it does concern me that the phone could get that hot. 

[Elitist_Jerk]

The phone will turn off if it overheats. You might want to do a master reset though the phone really shouldn't get that hot doing nothing. Uless it was a black shirt on a hot day and you've been walking..

[WCMack · Accepted solution]

There are other threads on this issue, one of which is:

http://community.vzw.com/t5/DROID-Charge-by-Samsung/Does-your-Charge-run-very-hot-when-searching-for...

You may want to search the forum and review those.

I believe the general consensus is that if the battery is hot to the touch, not just warm, it could be defective and should be returned for a replacement under warranty.

[heartsing]

overheats when maps is being used and it is charging; gps is on;

[redfirecarbon]

my droid charge overheats to 140 degrees