Liquid Metal in a PHONE!?!?!

[AlexTheGreatish]

It's a really bad idea to put Liquid Metal in your phone - so we're going to try it.

 

Buy Liquid Metal:
On Amazon: http://geni.us/iKHy
On Newegg: http://geni.us/hmwAUe

 

 

[NMS]

Those very last seconds... BUSTED!

[Levent]

I applied thermal pads to my LG G4 , while temps got lower, screen started to get extremely hot when gaming, almost to a point where I have to wait for it to cool down.

Edited March 1, 2018 by Levent
drunk typo

[TacoSenpai]

I put liquid metal in my phone once and it came out looking like Robert Patrick.  Send help.

[DoctorWho1975]

@James has looking creepy down to a science. Well done!

 

So can liquid metal cool off any hothead? Would I get in trouble applying to someone in the office?

[AlexTheGreatish]

1 hour ago, DoctorWho1975 said:

So can liquid metal cool off any hothead? Would I get in trouble applying to someone in the office?

Gallium is actually safe¹ for human consumption so you could do a lot worse.  If you want someone to be cooler maybe offer them a beer.

[DoctorWho1975]

2 minutes ago, AlexTheGreatish said:

Gallium is actually safe¹ for human consumption so you could do a lot worse.  If you want someone to be cooler maybe offer them a beer.

 

But applying liquid metal.. you know, for science would be much more fun.

[jmbadu]

 

 

 

 

 

487/5000

 

It's definitely a risky procedure. On the other hand, some phones asks for a better thermal solution. 

My 2017 LG K10 was shutting down the video recording app with few minutes of use due to overheating. So I applied the Artic MX-4 (to play safe with a non-conductive solution). Now the app can continue to shoot for a long time. Of course the case and the screen heats up more, but that doesn't bother me, since I use a tripod.

[molszanski]

Hey guys, I suggest using toothpicks as an alternative to cotton swabs.

 

For the love of all tech, try it!

 

They are more precise, look better on video and do not leave occasional micro fibers around.  

[Murasaki]

rip alex

[KAN1102]

Just now, DoctorWho1975 said:

@James has looking creepy down to a science. Well done!

 

So can liquid metal cool off any hothead? Would I get in trouble applying to someone in the office?

Yo doc...gallium infused in a beer gonna do the trick

[someunregpunk]

so... would they have seen better improvement if the team applied liquid metal to the entire heat pipe instead of that small section of it? 

 

at 1:53 you see the entire heat pipe exposed. 

 

[DoctorWho1975]

31 minutes ago, KAN1102 said:

Yo doc...gallium infused in a beer gonna do the trick

 

Or maybe shots of liquid metal?

[KAN1102]

Just now, DoctorWho1975 said:

 

Or maybe shots of liquid metal?

HELL YEAH!!(call linus...might be intrested)

[DoctorWho1975]

You @LinusTech , since you are running out of devices to take apart start with the staff! See if liquid metal can cool them down.

[AlexTheGreatish]

1 hour ago, someunregpunk said:

so... would they have seen better improvement if the team applied liquid metal to the entire heat pipe instead of that small section of it? 

 

at 1:53 you see the entire heat pipe exposed. 

 

We put liquid metal on the part that contacts the CPU, additional liquid metal probably wouldn't help and increases the chance we could destroy the phone.