Most people know that dropping their phone in a sink full of soapy dishes is a situation they want to avoid just like throwing a phone in the pool or even dropping it into the toilet. Failing to reboot or occasionally power down your phone will keep it from running at its most efficient. 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 once in a while.
Headed to a movie? Hanging out at a concert? Planning to sleep in Saturday morning? Regularly shutting down your device, or even simply rebooting it, will help ensure that caches are cleared and that everything is running smoothly.
Think of it as a well-deserved power nap for what may be the hardest-working device you use on a daily basis. Keeping your phone on the couch or in your pocket are great ways to accidentally sit on and damage it.
These are all overuse or repetitive stress injuries caused by excessive scrolling, clicking, and holding a cell phone. Changes you can make:.
Set boundaries with your employer about when you are able to communicate outside of work. Plug your phone in across the room or in another room at night. This way you are not scrolling before bed or when you wake up in the morning. It will also help you get out of bed! Leave your phone tucked away the whole time you are out to eat or hanging out with friends. Switch up your hands. Hold your phone with the opposite hand and use your finger instead of your thumb.
At home:. Wrist roller - mini foam rollers are helpful, check out www. Stretching: Stretch your arm out in front of you, pull fingers towards yourself. It preserves juice by automatically turning off after a set time. That's a shame. All those unofficial apps you downloaded from the Web Oh yeah, did I mention jailbreaking causes iOS to crash on occasion as well? Please sir, no sobbing in the Apple Store. Most of us treat our iPhone like our MacBook and dismiss the idea of shutting it down when not in use.
Additionally, to keep things running smoothly you should let the battery fully drain once every month or two. Keeping too many apps running in the background takes up RAM and can result in anything from freezing iOS to performance lag.
Familiarize yourself with the Multitasking feature so you can close apps simultaneously. Like the Net, the mobile landscape is a malware cesspool. Be it an app, suspicious web domains aka porn sites , or random Whatsapp messages -- malware can strike and unleash a bug programmed to destroy the operating system. Hell, it might even brick your iPhone. Step up your anti-virus game and download Avira.
I think you know what brand to stick with. We get it -- after years of incessant pop-up alerts asking you to update iTunes, you're pretty much oblivious to any and all iOS system upgrades. But updating your iPhone can be the radical solution that prevents your device from crashing frequently or running slow.
Not to mention the latest round of iOS features tend to improve system performance and security. Tap the "Install" button next time, you won't regret it. Even with a sturdy protection case, the iPhone is still susceptible to taking damage when hitting the ground.
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