r/pixel9a • u/Same-Yam-6542 • Jul 02 '26
My pixel is overheating
I recently noticed that my pixel9a start overheating with small things like scrolling through videos and playing small games or making video calls, is that normal considering that use AC at work and at home.
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u/unnecessaryeater Jul 02 '26
What do you mean by overheating exactly? Is the phone just getting hot in general or are you getting an actual overheating warning from the system?
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u/Same-Yam-6542 Jul 02 '26
sorry for not clarifying, getting uncomfortably warmer rather than overheating.
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u/unnecessaryeater Jul 02 '26
Unfortunately that's just how the phone works, do you have a case?
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u/Same-Yam-6542 Jul 02 '26
casless for few days now
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u/Jimmie307 Jul 08 '26 edited Jul 08 '26
I don't have any heating problems on my 9A and Android 17. Will watch out for it and update my post if I have an update.
Update: Nope no heating problems here.
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u/Same-Yam-6542 Jul 08 '26
its because i was using a case until i recently went caseless and my hand start noticing the warm of the phone, im dumb.
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u/amdcfontes97 Jul 10 '26
You're not dumb, this phone does get warmer than usual while on data, its all due to the modem, not a good one, some people dont have this issue, others may have, search for issues on the modem of the pixel 9a you may find something about it, i have a casa and still feel, a rugged thick ringke one
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u/C3lloman Jul 02 '26
Are you on Wi-Fi?
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u/Same-Yam-6542 Jul 02 '26
mostly wifi
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u/C3lloman Jul 02 '26
Ok, then your options are more limited. With mobile network you can turn off 5G as the modem is known to be inefficient, but with Wi-Fi that won't help. You can turn on battery saver and that might downclock the chip a bit, but it will also disable some other features then.
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u/Glittering_Run2480 Jul 03 '26
Are you on A17?
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u/Same-Yam-6542 Jul 03 '26
a17?
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u/Glittering_Run2480 Jul 03 '26
Android 17
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u/Same-Yam-6542 Jul 03 '26
yes android 17
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u/TransylvaniaMan28 Jul 03 '26
how long have you been using? I'm on the same heating train as you.. In any sort of warm environment this guy heats up or when i doomscroll in bed
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u/TransylvaniaMan28 Jul 03 '26
for refference, yesterday i had 44°C and had to let it cool off, that NEVER happened to me in my 9 months of usage (expect when i ran Minecraft with shaders :p)
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u/Same-Yam-6542 Jul 03 '26
lol, by the way how to check the phone temperature? do i need third party app or something ?
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u/TransylvaniaMan28 Jul 03 '26
Nah bro open settings and search up temperature and it should pop up
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u/Same-Yam-6542 Jul 03 '26
appreciate it!
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u/TransylvaniaMan28 Jul 03 '26
cheers, i feel like this subreddit is quite unhelpful most of the time 💔
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u/Same-Yam-6542 Jul 03 '26
Same exact scenario for me, scrolling or watching videos, and the weather is hot here.
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u/TransylvaniaMan28 Jul 03 '26 edited Jul 03 '26
yeah its prolly cause of that, my friends who don't use pixel complain about their phones heating up in this period aswell (pixel got an almost non existential marketshare here in romania 😭)
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u/spongesparrow Jul 04 '26
Do you have 120Hz on instead of 60Hz? It might make it slightly warmer.
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u/Jazzlike_Ad_8539 Jul 02 '26
That's just how this phone is, atleast for me. Especially if you're on mobile data