Five Ways You Are Damaging Your Smartphone Without Knowing It

Smartphones have become increasingly fragile in recent times that a little thing could cause a great damage to them.

There are some things we do every day (actually mindlessly) which affect out smartphones negatively and damages it either directly or indirectly.

I examined five of those habits which are not exactly healthy for your smartphones in this article. Happy reading! 

Charging your phone

Oh! Don't panic yet. Of course, you should charge your phone, but you know what they say about too much of everything being bad right?

Exactly! Charging your phone too much weakens the battery and shortens its lifespan. You should be able to pamper your phone just like you pamper your other valuables.

Try as much to unplug your phone once it is fully charged and resist the urge to charge again until it goes down (not completely down as this can also cause severe damage to your phone).

Allowing your phone overheat:

Speaking of overheating, your phone doesn’t have to be plugged in for the device to get too hot. It is relatively easy for your phone to overheat in strong sunlight.

And in some cases, a phone can get hot enough to shut down when left in direct sunlight, even in an air-conditioned room. The problem there is that excessive heat can damage the battery.

So, shielding your phone from the sun, turning it off if you have to leave it in a hot car, and otherwise keeping your device at a comfortable temperature is a good idea to prevent accidental damage.

Keeping your phone in your pocket

Leaving your smartphone on the couch can be a bad idea. When you’re watching a game or just engrossed in a movie, it is easy to forget that your phone is sitting right next to you, just waiting to be dropped on the floor when you jump up (either for a popcorn break or to celebrate a goal). Even accidentally sitting on your phone can damage it.

The same argument could be made to advocate against keeping your phone in your pocket. If you repeatedly sit on your phone or routinely find it falling out of your pocket and clattering to the ground, then you should probably reconsider your habits.

Filling up your phone’s storage

Keeping your phone packed full of apps and data will slow it down. And of course, if the memory is full, you won’t have any room to download a new app or store a new video. Deleting apps, browser data, and unused media can all help keep your phone performing well; avoiding the temptation to overload the memory will save you the frustration of the constant struggle for space.

Slotting in your charger carelessly

Being careless about plugging your phone into its charger is a great way to end up with a damaged port. Being rough or careless when you’re plugging your phone in is always a bad idea since tiny ports are easy to ruin and major force is never necessary. From a scratched phone to a broken port, the outcome when you force the cable is never good.

Leaving your phone on 24/7

Just like you turn your computer off when you aren’t using it, it is a good idea to shut your phone down at least occasionally to give it a rest. Leaving your phone on all the time burns through the life expectancy of its components more quickly than you would by shutting it off every occasionally.

Regularly shutting down your device, or even simply rebooting it, will help ensure that caches are cleared and that everything is running smoothly.