10 Tips to Make Your Phone Last Longer

One of the best feelings in the world is the first day you use your new smartphone. We all want it to last as long as it possibly can, in great condition. However, our daily routine and habits can be pretty cruel to these helpful devices.

We at Bright Side have spared no effort in finding super-useful tips to help your smartphones last for years and years.

1. Clean the dust out of your phone’s charging port.

Use a toothpick to gently scrape the inside of the port. Sweep it around the inside of the port to loosen up any dust and then give the phone a little shake to make the dust fall out. Take your time and be as gentle as you can possibly be — you don’t want to damage the port.

2. Don’t use car pads and mats

Non-slip dash mats and pads don’t give you a real guarantee that your phone won’t slide down. There is still a possibility that it will fly away at the next corner you speed through. This kind of situation can severely damage your phone, or worse, it might completely destroy it.

3. Eject water and dust from your speaker

Your phone survived contact with water, but is the sound coming from the speakers muffled? That’s because some water may still be trapped in the actual speakers. The majority of people will use rice to dry their smartphone, but we have a more efficient way of doing this. Download the android app or shortcut for iOS and these will help you eject water from your speaker.

They play a special sound that squeezes all the water out. The same thing works with dust, and if you do it regularly you will keep your speakers in wonderful condition for many years to come.

4. Bring your phone to the warranty services regularly.

Doing this is easy and it will save your nerves along with your money. Specialists at stores and authorized service centers will diagnose your smartphone and repair any internal or external damage it might have. This probably won’t cost you anything depending on the warranty.

5. Don’t put your phone in your back pocket.

You might forget that you put it there, then sit on it and crush it. It would be a shame to destroy a phone this way.

6. Turn off Bluetooth when not using it.

Bluetooth is a very useful tool, but it can also be dangerous. The recommendation is to turn it off when you’re not using it, and by doing so, you will be blocking all sorts of harmful downloads that might be coming your way.

7. Charge your smartphone before the battery dies completely.

There’s nothing wrong with your phone being at 0% battery, but if it happens a lot, then your phone will serve you for a much shorter time. Every single smartphone has a certain amount of charge cycles. That’s when you charge your phone to 100% and then use it until it is completely drained of battery. If you do this regularly, then your phone’s battery won’t last.

8. Update your software regularly.

These are necessary updates that are used to get rid of some bugs you might encounter, have your smartphone run smoother and faster, and keep its defenses up to date.

9. Do not use the airport’s USB chargers.

There are USB chargers spread around airports, and these airport chargers can indeed be very convenient for us, however they’re not necessarily safe. As you charge your phone, you will be transferring data. This data can also be accessed by hackers using the same ports. When you plug your phone’s cable into a compromised port, it connects your device to an external drive. This can launch a process of third parties downloading your data, video-jacking your media, or even uploading harmful software.

10. Don’t use your phone with a fitness armband.

Heat, water, and salt. Sounds like a recipe, right? A recipe for destruction, maybe. These are 3 factors that will destroy your smartphone if you carry it around in an armband. The lack of air circulation may lead to overheating and your sweat might get even get into the charging port of your smartphone. The sweat’s salt can damage hardware and even cause other problems with your device just as any salt water would.

Do you have any useful tips on how to preserve your smartphone’s life? Share them with us in the comments!