5 Things You Should Avoid Doing To Your Smartphones
Paul Brooke said, we shall never understand the environment until we see it as a living organism, this applies to all spheres of our lives, both the organic and inorganic aspects of our daily routines, that is why all we use, including what you’re using right now, yes, this very device you’re using, must be treated like the living organisms in the biosphere.
Your mobile devices play an integral role in how you relate with your daily activities, hence, their health matters too. Below are actions that can deny your phones the long life they deserve:
1. OVERCHARGING YOUR PHONES
It is always common for people who use their smartphones regularly for businesses to always want to have their phones always charged. Humans have gotten addicted to their smartphones, in the sense that they do most of their activities (buying & selling, chatting, checking updates on social media) online on their smartphone. Making use of our mobile phones keeps us active when we’re less busy, it keeps us company when we are bored, these are a few reasons why we tend to overcharge our phones: for continued use.
Our intentions for overcharge are genuinely to keep our phones up and running continuously but we don’t however think about the effect of charging phones for a long period of time, we are mostly interested in the benefit we get from it. The smartphone uses the Lithium-ion/Li-ion type of rechargeable battery. Lithium-ion batteries charge faster, last longer and have a higher power density for more battery life. Overcharging them cause an unstable condition in the battery cell which shortens the battery life cycle, reduces the charging rate and cause the battery to have a very high temperature when in use. The best way is to unplug your phone when it has charged up to 80%
2. EXPOSING PHONES TO SUNLIGHT
The following are the effects of exposing our mobile phones to prolonged direct sunlight:
a. Touch Screen Malfunction
The major components in mobile devices are metal and glass, these two components have a very high thermal absorption. This ability can have a weird reflection on the calibration and screen display; the ripple effect of these are series of difficulty experienced during operation.
b. Complete Shutdown
Often times, many mobile devices begin to misbehave when temperature is around 90 degrees, although phones like iPhone have been integrated with sensors that will notify users once overheating is on the crust. However, users of brands without this function might stand the chances of exceeding their phones' heat limit, which consequently leads to a shutdown, it is just as simple as working under the sun for a long time; overheating is to your phones just the same way fever is to you.
c. Charging Difficulty
For now, sun transparency can cause the battery to lose its charge quickly. What happens in the unlikely event that the phone is left in the sun for a more broadened time period? It puts considerably more strain on the battery and eventually the battery can truly lose its ability to charge, leaving you without a working phone.
d. Loss of important files and virus susceptibility
Another reason you should never leave your phone in the sun is that it can cause internal hardwares issues. Battery overheating can cause different issues like data corruption, motherboard damages, among other minor damages your local technicians would love to monitise by explaining the fault with huge terminologies..
e. Complete damage of Battery
Exposing your mobile devices to sun can cause complete damage to your battery via explosion or battery leakages. The new inbuilt methods has made it somewhat difficult to physically note some common faults in our device battery, however, continuous exposure to sunlight could cause overheating which would eventually hit the attention of the faults noted above.
3. TAKING CALLS WHILE CHARGING
It is true that charging raises the temperature of the inner hardware of the electronic devices, the ripple effect of this might result into a device blast. Cell phones normally discharges radioactive materials during charging and also while taking calls. Moreover during incoming or active calls, the degree of radioactivity advances to a disturbing level that can cause an awful explosion. It has been found that failure to use the device manufacturer charger and battery might be responsible for blast in many cell phones during calls while charging.
4. SLEEPING CLOSE TO YOUR PHONES
For most people, the last thing they do at night is to press their smartphones. The act of falling asleep with your smartphones is very common and is very dangerous. This act puts the user in the position of running a health risk due to radiation, as the phones continually emit radiation in form transmission signal in the mobile communication network. The smartphone is a low-powered radio frequency transmitter operating at a range of 450-2500MHZ. In some cases, keeping them underneath the pillow could also set the mattress on fire.
5. DOWNLOADING UNAUTHORIZED SOFTWAREs
Downloading softwares from unauthorized platforms might seems interesting to novice cyber explorer, however if your personal/brand information is very important, then you should maintain the recommended way of software installation. Most times, unauthorized apps are usually in the path of cyber bullying and intellectual stealing as hackers and illegitimate fames use these software as their attacking tools. Downloading applications even from official application stores might be dangerous for your devices, so getting softwares from unauthorized platforms should not be considered at all. Although these platforms often time give access to needed softwares that might be not be accessible on the authorized platforms, the accessibility is always accompanied by mobile malware and network threats by third parties and hackers. Hence for information protection and data safety, keep unauthorized softwares/applications out of your devices.
REFERENCES
- mobileklinic.com
- https://www.who.int/
- https://www.fluxpower.com/blog/is-it-ok-to-leave-a-lithium-ion-battery-on-the-charger-and-other-forklift-battery-charging-faqs#:~:text=In%20a%20lithium%2Dion%20battery,the%20temperature%20is%20too%20high.
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