Smartphones Changing The World
Virtually everyone, especially young people, now own a smartphone. The mobile device has become one of the most popular creations of technology that has come to be accepted as useful by people around the world.
Owning a Smartphone also comes with a cost; knowing how to protect it from damage. Most people don’t understand how to protect their phones and this ends up affecting the full functionality of their devices, limiting the lifespan of the smartphones.
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It Takes Quite A Lot To Maintain And Repair Smartphones
It is noteworthy that the cost of repairing and or maintaining smartphones has begun to rise in recent times as more and more people begin to gain access to owning their own devices. In Nigeria, this is partly due to the fall of the Naira as well as the incredible stress which is associated with accessing forex.
Owning a smartphone itself is not a thing of joke because a good one costs quite a lot of money. It is, therefore, advisable to pay close attention to the best practices for extending the life of your smartphone.
There are many ways to achieve this. Find them below:
- Take Note Of Your Power Source
It is very important to take note of the kind of power source you use to charge up your phone. This is because it has been found out that extremely high or extremely low voltage indeed does some damage to batteries and even chargers of smartphones.
According to experts, the accepted voltage for charging your smartphone is 3.7 volts. This means that power sources which give out power lower or higher than this are bound to damage your phone.
When you want to plug in your smartphone to a socket to charge, make sure you observe the electricity or the light bulb first. If you observe that the bulb is unusually bright, this means that the voltage is most likely too high and you must not charge with it.
- Make Sure You Remove All The Unnecessary Apps And Photos From Your Phone
This is very important although many people don’t realize this. Sometimes, the owners of smartphones observe that their phones are going through serious lag times. This is really frustrating because your phone becomes very slow and unattractively unresponsive when you’re trying to use it.
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Now, when your phone becomes really slow, realize that it must have maxed out its storage and RAM capabilities. At this point, you may be convinced that you need to upgrade your device before it’s really time to do so. Of course, this leads to unnecessary expense and may even lead to the phone developing problems and when you go to fix it with technicians, the phone might develop additional qualms, thereby reducing its lifespan.
Apparently, to avoid all the trouble, just make sure you remove certain apps and photos from your phone when you don’t really need them. This includes text messages and documents.
- Get A Screen Protector For Your Phone
This sounds very simple but most people who ignore it have had to regret sooner or later. Like the name implies, a screen protector does the job of protecting the screen of your phone from damage. They are additional coverings designed to be attached to your phone’s screen and they are usually made of glass or polyurethane.
Screen protectors will prevent your screen from scratches when you use them. They also serve the purpose of preventing the screens from breaking when they fall face flat on the ground.
These days, tempered glass protectors are the most commonly used and the reason is that these protectors are usually considered five times tougher than the regular screen protectors we have around.
You need to understand that phone screens are currently the most expensive parts of the smartphone to buy so to avoid these unnecessary spending, get yourself a screen protector.
- Learn To Power Off Your Phone Regularly
This is important but most people don’t know it. You have to realize that leaving your phone awake for months at a time will do more harm to the device than not. It is funny that people who cannot leave their computers running for several days or weeks at a time, leave their phones doing so when in fact the phone is similar to the computer in many ways.
Experts have revealed that leaving your phone running at several weeks or months at a time will make it less efficient in the long run as it continues to wear out at tremendous speed.
- Use Only The Recommended Chargers For Your Phone
When you buy a smartphone, you will find out that they come with manufacturer’s unique specifications on the kind of charger you should use. You have to stick to these specifications because any deviation from the said specification might eventually lead to the damage of your phone’s battery and even do serious harm to the phone itself after destroying the charger.
If you are buying a charger for your phone, ensure that it does fit the manufacturer’s specifications.
- Beware Of Viruses And Malware
It is not very common to see a smartphone get affected by viruses and malware but they do happen and when they do, your phone can begin a long, tortuous journey to destruction.
You need to realize that viruses come from most times from the malicious apps which you download from the internet. So, if you do not trust any app, do not proceed to download it.
Also, if you notice that your phone has begun to malfunction shortly after downloading an app, check its data usage so as to be sure if it is sending out your information to an unknown third party or not.
You can delete viruses from your phone. The only way to do this is by resetting your iPhone or if you have an Android device, just take it into “safe mode” so as to remove the virus-laden app.
