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Re: Overheating MX4 - cases for phone safe or not?

 

Dear Marco,
there is one bug
https://bugs.launchpad.net/canonical-devices-system-image/+bug/1469369
It's critical, it's new, it's for a long time now and no milestone.
I think that Community or Canonical has strange policy about labeling bugs.

2015-09-07 18:52 GMT+02:00 Marco Graziotti <graziottimarco@xxxxxxxxx>:

>
> Hi Krzysztof,
>
> this problem affect me too.
> My Meizu MX4 Ubuntu Edition (with Arale r4 installed) have overheating
> when I use it for 10 or 15 minute in YouTube or similar websites.
> The same thing happen when I'm on a call for 10 minutes or more. The phone
> burning at the top.
>
> I see that the top of the phone it's more subjected to overheat, because
> in this part there's CPU and GPU and both use the aluminium frame as a
> dissipator (you can see it in YouTube, in a video that show you how to
> disassembling the phone).
> Right now i'm using a plastic (transparent) back cover that permit the
> dissipation at the top and bottom of the phone.
>
> I don't know in case of high temperature whats happen, I think there is an
> automatic shutdown, like a pc.
>
> You have opened a bug for this overheat problem?
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Marco Graziotti
>
>
>
>
> Il 07/09/2015 13:29, Krzysztof Tataradziński ha scritto:
>
> Hi
> I will buy case for my MX4.
>
> http://allegro.pl/etui-meizu-mx4-futeral-pokrowiec-portfel-i5407607752.html#tabsAnchor
> or
>
> http://www.aliexpress.com/item/For-Meizu-MX4-High-quality-ipaky-brand-Meizu-MX4-case-silicone-protective-cover-with-slim-design/32297717665.html?spm=2114.031010208.3.3.v8mv2x&ws_ab_test=201407_4,201444_5,201409_1
> But I'm concerned about overheating MX4 - in case heat radiation is
> limited. When phone reach really high temperature that can damage it,
> does phone automatically turn off? (like in many laptops - if temperature
> reach some high, risky value, they turn off immediately)
>
> Best regards,
> Krzysztof Tataradziński
> https://launchpad.net/~ktatar156
>
>
>
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