Rooting fixed my lag (via SmartPack-Kernel Manager and tweaking the governor to schedutil), but the phone now runs at an average of 45°C - 48°C on the CPU during light use.
Here is where it gets weird:
I suspect Motorola has a proprietary thermal engine (/vendor/etc/thermal-engine.conf) that detects root and falls back to a "safe" (but aggressive) throttle profile, or the patched boot image breaks the DVFS (Dynamic Voltage and Frequency Scaling) handshake with the MediaTek power HAL. root moto g 5g 2022 hot
You’ve rooted your Moto G 5G 2022, but now the back glass is uncomfortably warm, battery drains in 4 hours, and performance stutters. Here is the fix.
A: No. Root can disable “thermal throttling while charging.” Use a Magisk module called “ACC” (Advanced Charging Controller) to limit charging current to 1500mA and temperature to 40°C. Rooting fixed my lag (via SmartPack-Kernel Manager and
This is the permanent fix. Search for “Magisk Module – Thermal Disabler for Dimensity” (specifically for MT6833).
Install:
Several users on XDA Forums have reported a strange phenomenon: After rooting, the Moto G 5G (2022) runs abnormally hot, even during idle.