You can't control this with an app: you'll need custom firmware. I don't think any vendor would ever expose this API because it would essentially allow people to brick their phones.
Kris On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 8:29 AM, Glen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > My aim is throttle sensors/GPU/CPU at a user-defined temperature. The fabled > HTC Desire is my test-bed. I have monitored temperature on an early model, > and it reboots at 34.7 Celcius with stock ROM and without root. Forums are > full of complaints dating back to 2010, so clearly its a long-standing > problem. > > I don't think the issue is limited to specific devices because every phone > is capable of being exposed to dangerous temperatures. I don't think a > hard-coded threshold is appropriate because HTC Desire threads suggest that > no two devices are identical. This could be down to variance in > manufacturing processes, or each phone could also be influenced by external > ambient temperature, or internal background processes, etc. > > > On 1 August 2013 11:56, Michael Banzon <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Are you talking about deviced overheating from running apps using the >> standard SDK/API? (no root) I am not sure I have encountered such >> problems - but _warm_ devices and _rebooting_ devices are not >> uncommon. >> >> Out of curiosity - how big a problem is this? Any specific numbers or >> devices it is limited to? I am tempted to say that it clearly should >> be a device maker problem - but hardware updates are a bit tricky to >> deploy ;-) >> >> On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 11:41 AM, Glen Whitehead <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > Hi all, >> > >> > I'm looking for code solutions to an overheating issue. >> > >> > Questions: Can an application disable specific sensors (not the same as >> > stop >> > listening) and throttle the CPU? Can we inject false readings from the >> > temperature sensor? Do Android phones have separate internal system >> > temperature sensor, and external temperature sensor for user >> > applications? >> > >> > All other crazy/wacky thoughts are welcomed, with the proviso that they >> > can >> > be coded. >> > >> > Thanks. >> > >> > -- >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> > Groups "Android Developers" group. >> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > [email protected] >> > For more options, visit this group at >> > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en >> > --- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> > Groups >> > "Android Developers" group. >> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >> > an >> > email to [email protected]. >> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Michael Banzon >> http://michaelbanzon.com/ >> >> -- >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Android Developers" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Android Developers" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Android Developers" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
