Mobile Phone Care Tips
Are you having issues changing your mobile phone due to a fault shortly after purchase? Or does your mobile phone keep acting-up a period of six months after purchase? Well, I want to guess it is due to poor device maintenance. These ‘mobiles’ need to be cared for to ensure an efficient and smooth run. Here are few tips that can help, for both android devices and iPhones.
iPhones
1. Protective Case:
The first thing to do to make sure you’re keeping up with your IPhone is to get a Protective case as well as screen protector.
2. Make sure the charging port is clean:
One of the most common causes of charging problems is surprisingly dust. Ensure to clean your charging port regularly to avoid dust accumulation. If it has already been completely covered, compressed air can be used to remove the debris. Just direct the nozzle of the cleaner all-round.
3. Free up device space and memory
i. Delete Apps that are not in use
Make sure to free up space by removing apps that are not in use. This helps improve your device performance and gives a fairer power management
ii. Restart your IPhone
Always ensure to restart your device once in a while. This helps to free-up memory and give a better device performance.
iii. Clear Safari cookies and data
When you browse part of the data you receive is usually being stored locally (cached) to improve delivery speed on re-request. This is usually done at the expense of device storage space and RAM. Ensure to clear the cache once in a while free the device memory
iv. Delete old messages
Delete quite old and relatively useless messages. E.g. messages from your service provider. This helps to free-up space and improve device performance.
v. Create more iPhone Storage Space
Generally create more storage space by deleting useless files and media. All to improve device performance.
4. Update to the most recent IOs:
With newer IOs, expectedly comes better efficiency as you run an app. Ensure to keep your IOs up to date to improve device performance and prolong its lifespan.
5. Update your Apps:
As with the improvement of IOs, so also are apps also worked on and improved. Ensure to keep your apps up-to-date, to ensure you are running the most optimized version available for your device.
6. Keep your iPhone charged:
Always keep your phone battery percentage above 50% to prolong its lifespan and ensure optimal performance.
7. Clean the speaker:
Always clean the speaker and mouthpiece regularly to avoid clogging of dust at the openings.
8. Back-up your Data:
Always back up your data, settings and relevant information to ensure they aren’t lost that easily.
9. Manage the iPhone Battery:
turn on low power mode, turn down the volume, turn off icloud, turn off background app, turn off push notifications from apps, turn off automatic download, reduce screen brightness, reduce Auto-Lock time, etc.
Android
1. Get a Protective case:
there’s nothing worse than accidentally dropping your phone and shattering the screen; there’s really no guarantee it will be able to get fixed. Buying a case is ideally one of the first things you should do after purchasing any smartphone and it is also advisable get one that feels quite comfortable in your hands. Basically, a case helps minimize and damage due to fall or abrasion.
2. Protect your screen with a screen protector:
Speaking of screens, nothing can disappoint you like an ugly scratch right in the middle of your shiny new phone. The screen protector will protect the phone’s screen from taking directly taking scratches.
3. Be careful how to put it away:
Avoid putting your phones in the same compartment with car keys or books or any rough edged surface. Imagine your keys scratching the surface and you’d have to swipe-to-unlock your phone. That’ll definitely be sad. It’s best to keep them away from places that can cause any damage.
4. Avoid water and extreme temperature:
Be careful with any accidental drop of water on the device .If accidentally some water dropped on it, quickly clean off the water and allow it dry before using them again. Here are some tips;
i. Submerge the device in a bowl of silica gel packets.
ii. Submerge the device in a bowl of dry rice.
iii. Do not use hair dryer because of the amount of heat generated by the dryer.
iv.Do not stick a wet phone in a microwave for the sake of drying it. NEVER
5. Keep it clean:
keeping the device screen clean will make the phone look great. Clean once in a while with a soft screen-cleaning cloth and not with any other material or washing aid.
6. Clear the cache:
when you install apps or when they run, they may leave junk files behind in the cache. Those takes up memory you could use for other stuffs. Clear those files out from time to time.
7. Use trusted Sources:
Downloading files from any source exposes your device to a high risk of virus. The best advice is to use the app store or any trusted app store like Amazon’s.
8. Expand your storage:
This is done by installing an SD card (External memory) unto the device. It helps creates room for more space on the internal storage. When the Internal storage gets too full, some data (important) on your device gets wiped.
9. Look after your battery:
Following the manufacturer’s guidelines on Battery helps in damaging the life span of your battery.
10. Update the device’s OS:
Latest versions of the OS comes with bug fixes for better performance and enhanced security.
11. Avoid choking your phone with unnecessary apps:
you don’t have to load your phone with 100 thousand free apps. Keeping this apps that are hardly used or never used consume memories, which can slow down your phone.
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