During the CCC presentation the librem 5 devkit had a heat problem. As it is a devkit it should be quite easy to cool it. (No need to but the devkit in a small Case. So a big cooler/Fan can be attachted.)
Also I don’t think that the devkit had a Lot of Activity laying around without Interactions.
I couldn’t find any info in your latest news regarding this problem.
What is the status of the librem 5 regarding the heat problem?
Is it fixed there?
Are you still working on it?
You can find two open issues related to this problem here (#54 and #17): https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/linux-next/issues?label_name[]=critical
Thx
So still Major issues:
-) Display Support for the Phone
-) Touchscreen Support for the Phone
-) Charging Problems
-) Heat Problems
Hopefully we will see updates regarding the issues. And hopefully everything can be fixed.
I think the first 3 have been solved. It’s just they didn’t close the issue.
We need Purism to make a statement about this issue. The other design compromises are acceptable but if the phone is physically incapable of running for extended periods at near max rated cpu frequencies this project will fail.
Looking at the figures here, I’ld say it’s fine. It is on the hotter side of the spectrum (compared to android phones). But it is acceptable.
And we can always slap a piece of metal onto the CPU to the case to conduct heat. 
There was talk about this in the other CCC-thread. They need not make statements at this time but concentrate on the work. They got a few weeks to sort them out and another few to test (if Q3 deadline is to hold). It would be nice to hear something, but if they only got some pcbs last week, a week or three is more realistic at this stage. No point in saying anything before that, since nothing is certain or known before.
Besides: if “work * time = 1”, then we should expect major work done the closer the deadline nears 
In this issue they test the device unser stress.
I don’t think they stresses device during the presentation. It was just laying around without Interactions.
And at the end of the presentation it wasn’t usable anymore.
So it looks like its still a major issue. Probably more than it is described in the issue entry.
The uncontained dev-kit should have exposed thermal issues in early testing. Why proceeded to ‘final’ pcb’s whithout addressing this problem?
Because it’s not related to the PCB but to the CPU drivers.
On one hand, the i.MX 8M Quad silicon issues meant not only that the temperature of the battery was way too high, but also that it could discharge too quickly. On the other hand, the i.MX 8M Mini is made in an updated silicon process (14nm instead of 28nm) and has reduced features, resulting in a lower power consumption–but it’s new, and there could be unknown issues and risks. So a lot of research was made, and our development team started evaluating the i.MXM8 Mini to see if it could be used within our requirements–free software only, no binary blobs, mainline based software stacks.
And then the month of February began, and something else unexpectedly happened: NXP released a new software stack for our first CPU choice, the i.MX 8M–and all of the power consumption and heating issues suddenly disappeared!
I’m sure they’ve worked / are working on the drivers and dev-kit, but it’s not untill the final pcb and housing (which is probably part of the heat transfer and dissipation) are worked on, that it’s possible to know how it’s going to perform - different airflow (compared to dev-kit), accumulating heat within the case, heat transfer to and from other parts (especially under different stress/use profiles)…
Well, we can do what android have been doing for ages - disable CPU cores when we don’t need then and have them back online when we do. It’s a simple enough hack to build.
wouldnt that be funny if i died before ever getting to see my L5 ? lol Im a mile from the coast where this now projected cat 4 hurricane is supposed to make landfall .
That would be a bummer if I never even got to see it . Well purism donate my L5 to a nice person on here if I die hahaha
Or you know, evacuate. Kind of the silver lining with hurricanes.
whos going to protect from looters ? plus my job has a generator and i might have to work . i have no where to go anyways
At that point, I say screw the job. My L5 is already paid for anyway
Could be because of my family, but I wouldn’t stay with the hurricane barreling down on me.
I just dont have anywhere to go and my bronco has an untraceable coolant leak my mechanic said he couldnt find . I was here for jeanne and frances in 04’ 145mph sustained with gusts upto 195mph . So this aint my first rodeo . Last cat 4 I was in I saw a 60ft singlewide trailer doing cartwheels down my road end over end . It was wild. plus I got enough food and gear to make it if I survive the hurricane. Itll be fun 
Even more?
The CPU makes up for everything else pulling way too much power (see the open issues), and gets up to 99% slower in the process. It only shows that the thermal driver works. This test (stress -c 4) currently makes the phone (lockscreen) unusably slow. A few minutes after stopping “stress -c 4”, the cpu still won’t be able to cool down and stays at 80°C + 99% idle-injection. Indeed this is important, but right now, results in really bad user experience.
https://source.puri.sm/martin.kepplinger
This sounds already frightening and it was only 3 weeks ago.
80c? that cant be good
The presentation on the Chaos Communication Camp of the Chaos Computer Club was on 2019-08-22 so just a week ago. At about 44:20 of the presentation Nicole Faerber wonders about the development device: “Now it is off. I don’t know why.” and assures: “It works perfectly well.” and says: “It’s pretty hot so power management is still an area we have to work on.”
My experience of performances on ramps is limited but as far as I know it can get very hot up there because of the spot lights. That may promote problems of overheat.
We could speculate all day long. As this is potentially a major issue and it is stated officially just a week ago by the CEO (she is?, isn’t she?) of Purism I think Purism should go for transparency and clarify the situation. No matter if overheating was the reason that the device was off.
I really don’t want to make panic. I just think a clarification is better than speculation.
Web page with video:
https://media.ccc.de/v/Camp2019-10238-a_mobile_phone_that_respects_your_freedom
Direct link to video: