Is it normal that smoke started coming out of my...

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android phone? Well I have this Htc vivid droid phone and I downloaded this cool shooting game on it. I played the game nonstop for at least 3 or 4 hours when I started to notice the back of the phone getting hotter to the touch with each passing hour. 5 hours into the game I noticed what seemed like steam/smoke coming from under the battery cover. I opened it up,removed the hot battery and smoke was coming out of small openings from inside the phone. I freaked out and haven't played for that long since. The phone still works but could it have overheated or something?

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  • Captain_Kegstand
    11 years ago

    They package the smoke in there at the factory, when you are playing a game for WAY too long for a normal healthy person it releases to get your attention.

    Just kidding smoke should not come out of phones, unless it is a Native American phone, I heard they use them for smoke signals!

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  • trollx1
    11 years ago

    put a egg on it and cook the egg and eat it

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  • DUUUUUUDE
    11 years ago

    Am I the only one that was hoping for a different story because of the title?

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    • Legion
      11 years ago

      Dammit, my ass is smoking again

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    • kelili
      11 years ago

      no

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    • Popcornbro
      11 years ago

      No. But I like how you didn't put lol at the end. This generation is sad. It pisses me off when people put lol at the end of EVERY, FUCKING, SENTENCE. Sorry for the rant.

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      • Anonymous Post Author
        11 years ago

        Popcorn bro.lol. No need to get mad when someone online posts lol at the end of every sentence.lol. Anyways have you experience the same thing as the post describes at any given time of your walking life?lol

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        • Popcornbro
          11 years ago

          no.lol.

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          • Anonymous Post Author
            11 years ago

            Cool.lol.Be prepared if it does happen someday.lol

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            • Popcornbro
              11 years ago

              Cool story bro. LOL.

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  • alv1592
    11 years ago

    I thought for sure it was gonna be butt/weiner/vag. Either that was OP's intention or I just have a sick mind lol

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      11 years ago

      3 people(u included) so far that have commented have a sick and dirty mind...sad but true.

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      • Ryan556
        11 years ago

        I was going wtf.lol what is he talking about hell of a fever he must have

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  • Avant-Garde
    11 years ago

    I got scared and thought it was coming out of your penis for a hot second.

    No, it's not normal. I think you stop using that phone and report it to the manufacturer. Get a new phone if you can. My old phone used to overheat and the guy told me that was a common complaint. Which caused me to wonder, why was it still being sold? My current phone, on occasion will get hot and make a burnt smell (there's actually a faint smell now), but it has never smoked on me... Yet.

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  • GuessWho
    11 years ago

    Interesting fact: I had one game on my old Sony X10 that could deplete the battery quicker than the charger could replenish it.

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  • GuessWho
    11 years ago

    Yeah. It's not supposed to do that.

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    The manufacturer is supposed to limit either the hardware or the software to prevent the CPU from running at a speed that would generate enough heat to do that.

    If for some or other reason it did overheat, there should be a fail-safe to cut the power so as to prevent it from getting hotter and damaging something.

    Either your phone is a dud or the HTC Vivid is poorly designed and has none of the aforementioned methods of protection.

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    If you rooted it and overclocked it, then it's your own fault (and not covered by the warranty)
    ...otherwise I'd send it in and see what they have to say about it.

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    If it's still covered under warranty I'd actually keep going to see if I can burn it out, then send it in and get a new one that's hopefully not prone to overheating.

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  • NeuroNeptunian
    11 years ago

    The heat of your hands combined with the heat of the processor for an extended period of time might have fried a circuit. Not normal.

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