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How to cool down a hot phone with Coolify

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© Google / Coolify

Whether you’re pushing your Android device to the limit by playing some of the latest games or just using it for extended periods of time, you’ve probably noticed that it gets a little hot.  Well, if you’re not trying to use your smartphone or tablet as a replacement heater during the winter, you might be interested in giving out Coolify a test and help curb your overheating issues.

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Overheating will not longer be a problem with Coolify! / © Google / Coolify

What is it?

Coolify is an app that can be used to help prevent overheating on your Android devices. By constantly measuring the temperature values of the device, it provides useful information that helps you maintain an optimal internal temperature and also extend the life of your battery.

How does it work?

First and foremost, we’ll preface this by saying that you do require root access on your device for Coolify to work. Coolify works by tweaking some system values, such as VM, to optimize your device to keep it cool. By doing this, the app can optimize the processes having to do with the processor and battery so that they’re performed more efficiently and don’t generate as much heat as they usually do.

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The Coolify main screen.  / © NextPit

When you fire up the app, you can click on the menu button on the top right and get access to a bunch of different options within the app, such as:

  • Temperature control records
  • Settings and options
  • Changing the background colors
  • Updating the app
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The different options within Coolify./ © NextPit

In practice, Coolify does provide a good solution for monitoring and managing how hot your device gets. While newer smartphones are definitely starting to concentrate on providing hardware options that focus on generating less heat and becoming more efficient, Coolify provides a practical solution for those that do not. No longer will you start to feel the heat of your device when you’re playing your favorite mobile game.

(originally by Daniel Viego of AndroidPIT.es)

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From all the way over on Vancouver Island, Sterling Keys started off his smartphone adventure with an HTC S710 equipped with Windows Mobile and knew there had to be something better. Over the next few years, and countless different operating systems, he has finally found his home on Android.

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    cameroncarpenter59@gmail.com Aug 14, 2015 Link to comment

    ANDROID USERS 😟 MY EYES


  • My1 37
    My1 Sep 26, 2014 Link to comment

    sounds intresting. especially when I play a lot of episodes that dont support HW decoding, my device (Note3) tends to get a "little" hot sround the cam.


  • 14
    Sean Stockemer Sep 25, 2014 Link to comment

    installed. but I'll have to pay some really taxing game to evaluate the effectiveness...


  • Anibal Camunas 9
    Anibal Camunas Sep 25, 2014 Link to comment

    great!


  • 19
    Moni Mihailov Sep 25, 2014 Link to comment

    Awesome app. Thanks for showing it to us :)

    Loie Favre


    • Loie Favre 33
      Loie Favre Sep 25, 2014 Link to comment

      Did you give it a try yet?

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