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How can I view the temperature that is used to determine the charging speed of my phone?
My phone is overheating a little bit so the charging speed is much lower than typical. If I place my phone in the fridge for a few seconds, The temperature that AccuBattery indicates is much lower but the charging speed remains slow. How can I view the temperature that is used to determine the charg...
My phone is overheating a little bit so the charging speed is much lower than typical. If I place my phone in the fridge for a few seconds, The temperature that AccuBattery indicates is much lower but the charging speed remains slow. How can I view the temperature that is used to determine the charging speed of my phone?

Franck Dernoncourt
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Feb 14, 2025, 09:04 AM
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Galaxy S10 5G phone won't charge or charge up to only 77~78% due to low temperature in room temperature
The Samsung Galaxy S10 5G phone is my sub-device only used for gaming at home under Wi-Fi. When I plug in the charging cable, it sometimes or frequently won't charge at all or charge up to 70 or 77% and says that the temperature is too low. However, I only use it indoors at around 21~24 degrees Celc...
The Samsung Galaxy S10 5G phone is my sub-device only used for gaming at home under Wi-Fi.
When I plug in the charging cable, it sometimes or frequently won't charge at all or charge up to 70 or 77% and says that the temperature is too low.
However, I only use it indoors at around 21~24 degrees Celcilus (70 ~ 75 Fahrenheit) and the device is actually a little warm due to the heated battery, so it doesn't make sense that the temperature is too low.
I think there's something wrong with the temperature sensor..
Is there no way to fix it? I think to disable the temperature sensor which prevents charging when the temperature is too low, but I don't know if the user can do that by myself.
user67275
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Oct 30, 2024, 01:10 AM
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Which folder contains the temperature sensor output for the CPU in /sys/devices/virtual/thermal?
`/sys/devices/virtual/thermal/thermal_zone0/temp` shows 37°C (37000 millicelcius) no matter what the actual temperature is. The device is Moto G32, Android 12, not rooted. Using `cat` on Termux to view the temperature.
/sys/devices/virtual/thermal/thermal_zone0/temp
shows 37°C (37000 millicelcius) no matter what the actual temperature is. The device is Moto G32, Android 12, not rooted. Using cat
on Termux to view the temperature.
Totaly engliz litrate
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Jun 4, 2023, 12:45 PM
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How do I change temperature units in Android Wear's Weather app?
Just got a Fossil Q Founder smartwatch. Currently, it is showing Fahrenheit. How do I change the default weather app to use Celsius? I've changed literally every single setting I can think of. I have used the Fossil app to change the watch faces to show the temperature in Celsius. I have Google Now...
Just got a Fossil Q Founder smartwatch. Currently, it is showing Fahrenheit. How do I change the default weather app to use Celsius?
I've changed literally every single setting I can think of. I have used the Fossil app to change the watch faces to show the temperature in Celsius. I have Google Now cards configured to show in Celsius. I even tried downloading the Google News and Weather app and changing the temperature units used there. I checked every settings menu I could find in both the Android Wear app and the Fossil app. Nothing.
Rocking a Nexus 6P. Everything is the latest.
Multiple Google search results have pointed to Google Now weather card settings as the place to change the units in the Android Wear app, but as I mentioned above, I already have those set since before I even had the watch. I tried changing to Fahrenheit and back to Celsius, but still no luck. I've tried restarting the watch and my phone a million times, but also had no luck getting the settings to take on my watch.
Can someone please help? It doesn't help that Google has the worst support imaginable. I would bet my life savings that if I called them for support, they would tell me to do a factory reset without even attempting to understand that actual issue.
gnomed
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Dec 24, 2015, 08:36 PM
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Is it possible to infer ambient temperature from battery temperature?
A few questions here and at Stack Overflow make battery temperature available for the inquiring minds: * [Get temperature of battery on Android](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3997289/get-temperature-of-battery-on-android/3997349#3997349) * [How does Android obtain battery temperature](https://...
A few questions here and at Stack Overflow make battery temperature available for the inquiring minds:
* [Get temperature of battery on Android](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3997289/get-temperature-of-battery-on-android/3997349#3997349)
* [How does Android obtain battery temperature](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/29405/how-does-android-obtain-battery-temperature)
Yet, I'm curious if there's a method for deriving ambient temperature from battery data. A [quick search](http://patft.uspto.gov/netahtml/PTO/search-bool.html) at U.S. Patents and Trademarks' Office revealed no such patents (yet).
Deer Hunter
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Mar 30, 2014, 03:03 PM
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Keeping Samsung mobile phone cool in car while making a Zoom call
I have a Samsung Galaxy Note20 and sometimes make personal Zoom calls to friends in my car as I live with roommates. I live in the Seattle area, so during the warmer months, it'll get anywhere from 70 to 85 or even 90 degrees Fahrenheit. Today, it's about 70 degrees outside today and I got a notific...
I have a Samsung Galaxy Note20 and sometimes make personal Zoom calls to friends in my car as I live with roommates. I live in the Seattle area, so during the warmer months, it'll get anywhere from 70 to 85 or even 90 degrees Fahrenheit. Today, it's about 70 degrees outside today and I got a notification on my phone that it was overheating, even though I had my car windows open.
I'm thinking I could put my cell phone in an insulated container, and then put that insulated container in a cooler with cold packs in it and use Bluetooth earphones for audio on a Zoom call.
Would that work? Or does anybody else have ideas about how to keep my mobile phone cool in my car while making a Zoom call?
risingPhoenix1979
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May 13, 2021, 07:41 PM
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