Don’t put your phone in the fridge for quick cooling. Instead, you can apply some of the tips below to cool down without damaging the device.
The return of hot weather poses many dangers to electronic devices, especially smartphones. If the outdoor temperature is too high, the device can heat up quickly, leading to a battery bottle, reduced durability of internal components or even an explosion.
But the outside temperature is not the only cause of smartphone overheating. It could be because the user is playing a heavy game or the device is plugged into a fast charger. Sometimes a conflicting application in the background can also cause the processor to heat up. In fact, heating is not always an unusual condition of the phone. Users can apply some of the tips below to reduce device heat in hot weather.
Protect your phone from the sun
Using a smartphone in direct sunlight such as taking pictures or surfing the web can cause the device to heat up quickly. Smartphones will automatically raise the screen brightness to make it easy for users to read, leading to energy consumption, even sudden power off because of overheating.
Let your phone rest
Therefore, the next advice is that users should let the smartphone rest for a while to recover. Stopping using it completely for a period of time will help the phone cool down quickly. However, if you need to use it urgently, users should limit using the phone camera such as taking photos and recording videos because these are all very resource-intensive tasks.
In addition, turning on 4G/5G, playing mobile Wi-Fi or tasks that require a lot of hardware power such as playing games continuously for a long time also makes the device unable to cool down.
Remove case, leather case
Phone cases are a very popular and loved accessory that protects your phone from bumps and scratches, and decorates and personalizes your device. However, many people believe that they can also harm smartphones because they interfere with the cooling function.
The cases are too thick, poor quality, bad materials affect the heat dissipation process, unintentionally increasing the machine temperature. Therefore, the advice is that if the phone is too hot, you should remove the case and put it in your pocket, backpack, not in direct contact with the human body.
Benefits of the battery saver feature
Besides, users can turn on the battery saving feature to limit the amount of heat emitted from the device. With iPhones, Low Power Mode turns off 5G connections, reduces screen lock timeout, and turns off some background tasks. These changes will help the battery last longer, while limiting sudden overheating.
Android smartphones also have a similar feature called Battery Saver, which has a few more features such as reducing the hardware power to only 70%.
Don’t put your phone in the fridge or wash it with water
Many users mistakenly think that putting the phone in the refrigerator can help cool it down, helping the device recover faster. In fact, experts say that this habit is not good for smartphones because too low temperatures can condense water vapor inside the device, causing damage to components.
Some people even say that when the phone is too hot, they “bathe” it under cold water because they believe in the water resistance that the manufacturer promises. But users should note that the water resistance standards that the company offers such as IP67, IP68 is only the limit of the smartphone’s tolerance in water with a specific depth, does not mean that they can “survive” under the force strong water from a faucet.
