How to Solve LG G4 Overheating Issues

After being quite disappointed about the LG G3 with its performance issues and questionable software, LG really surprised me with its latest flagship. Unlike its predecessors, the G4 comes with a variety of impressive features such as a camera with a full-on manual mode where you have manual control over your smartphone, a removable battery, expandable storage, a trademark rear button layout along with a stylish look, the back cover options including the leather variants.

No one can deny that LG G4 has a great design that’s amazingly paired with its functions, becoming a real pleasure to use it day by day.

However, you know that LG has dumped the Snapdragon 810 chipset in favor of a Snapdragon 808 one because of the overheating issue in the 810 SoC and this was a real compromise. The hexa-core Snapdragon 808 chipset – with its two Cortex-A57 cores clocking speeds up to 2.5 GHz – manages to handle standard tasks, but it cannot be compared to the octa-core Snapdragon 810.

And believe or not, some of the LG G4 users are complaining that their handset gets uncomfortably warm, even while not performing any graphic or processor insensitive tasks.

Well, just imagine that things would have been even worst with the other chipset, so let’s be thankful for that. As for the heat on the device, it is generally something normal, so here you can find some potential solutions to try out.

How to Solve Overheating Issues on LG G4:

1. Do you know that if you have a case on, it might help to take it off while running processor intensive tasks such as gaming? I know that there are plenty of interesting options to choose from, so don’t give up on using it and put it right back when finishing;
2. Yes, gaming might be fun, but do not forget to let the LG G4 smartphone cool down for once in a while, especially if you notice that it starts to get uncomfortably warm;
3. Even more, using the power saver mode when the device is heating up way too much is ideal if you want to cool it down much faster. The standard LG settings has it set so that Power Saving Mode on LG G4 is activated only when the battery life is below 20%; however, if you think that this is not the best option, you can choose to have the Power Saving Mode on the LG G4 enabled all the time or simply use it immediately for this overheating problem (feel free to use this guide on how to Keep LG G4 Power Saving Mode Enabled). After all, it cannot do any harm as it reduces the power consumption and also lets you use the smartphone for a much longer period of time;
4. A rogue app might cause this issue, so you know what to do in order to solve the problem. Boot into Safe Mode and see if the issue persists. If not, you must uninstall the last few apps you have downloaded before the problem started, and see if that fixes it;
5. None of these potential solutions proved to be helpful? Then, you have to perform a factory reset with the help of this detailed guide on How to Hard Reset LG G4 with ease.

If this doesn’t work either, then take in consideration the possibility of asking for a replacement. There is definitely something wrong with the device, beyond your power to fix it at home.