Running Hot and How to cool down

[FranklyFlawless]

@mm_food

1. Do you agree that running hot is more of a hardware than a software issue?

No.

@mm_food

• Anecdotally I have heard similar stories of Librem phones running hot. Anyone have personal experience they can post about on this topic?

No.

@mm_food

• Are there specific current or future measures intended to lower operating temperature, either software or hardware?

It's a burning phone

For what it’s worth, the blinking red LED while charging means that the charging controller did its job and paused charging due to high battery temperature (I don’t remember the exact threshold but IIRC it was slightly above 40°C). There’s no need to unplug it in such condition since the charging is already stopped and the phone stays powered from USB, so the battery stays mostly unused (at least unless there’s a power peak that can’t be handled by USB alone). After unplugging you start to draw …