Android mobile: How to make your phone last more than 2 years

Since the beginning of time, android phones have had the shortest useful life of all the digital tools we use on a daily basis, because they are constantly under the shadow of planned obsolescence that hardly anyone tries to refute.

 There are definitely several factors that have led us to these short periods of recovery, from the substantial progress that successive generations of smartphones have undergone, producing new demands and requiring a change from year to year, to problems with their batteries, normally reenergized practically daily, due to the breakage or fall of a gadget that we always carry with us or other reasons of a similar nature. 

However, many individuals and also some manufacturers such as LG are beginning to wonder, now that generational leaps are not so high, why a phone should not last more than 2 years, without the need for it to be an all-rounder or specially developed to withstand heavy use and/or carelessness in all scenarios. So, with the need to offer a helping hand and also making use of a sea of ​​knowledge such as Reddit, here we bring you the 15 best tips and also behaviors that will help you keep your mobile phone well cared for, seeking to prolong its useful life. as high as possible, or at least as long as possible.

How to make your android mobile phone last more than 2 years

1.- Use an instance

It seems like a truism but it is not, and in fact it is the most effective suggestion that someone can give you to keep a phone without damage for longer. There are numerous types, so use the one you want however use one, because a gadget that you keep in your hand for so long is very likely to eventually drop or get bumped.

 2.- Also, if it is waterproof, do not get it wet. 

By now, many of you have smart devices with IP6x certification, but be careful because that does not mean that your phone can get wet at will. If you eventually need to clean it with water, do so, the same if you are going to use it in the rain, but do not submerge it for no reason because it will probably reduce its useful life. 

3.- Do not subject your smart device to high temperatures. 

As a general policy, the cooler your phone is, the better. Your lithium battery will lose efficiency if it draws on heat, and also all digital parts suffer a lot more as they get hotter. On a bright day, when your phone also burns, it is better not to use it.

4.- Keep the battery grade between 20 and 80 percent. 

To ensure the stability of your battery, it is best not to release it completely or always charge it at 100%. In fact, phones come from the factory with around 40 percent consumption, its optimal degree to keep it stable, and also the ideal is to always keep it between 20 and 80 percent.

5.- Do not use the gadget while billing

Billing the device raises its temperature level, and also using it while billing raises it much more. If we know that the temperature is the biggest adversary of your battery, it is best not to use the phone while it is being billed. 

6.- Turn off the links you don't use.

 If you are not going to use Bluetooth, Wi-Fi or GPS at a certain time, it is best to keep them turned off. Your phone will consume less battery and sources, as well as spend more time on standby, which helps to safeguard it.

7.- Deactivate the automatic synchronization of the services that you do not need. Automatic data synchronization in the background is one of the most resource-intensive features on your gadget, both in terms of processing time and linking to the information network. If you don't need an app to be constantly alert, turn off its auto-syncing. 

8.- Do not mount applications if you are not going to use them, and do not keep a lot of data either. 

We already know that solid-state drives are really robust and secure, but their lifespan is limited by usage time and read-write cycles. Therefore, try not to keep many documents or constantly occupy the memory practically at full capacity, keep the data on a COMPUTER, as well as if you sanction you have not used an application in the last 3 months, maybe \N you do not need to configure it.

9.- Do not use applications to clean your mobile. 

These apps consume resources, slow down the smart device, and are usually pretty poorly handled by Android's native resource manager. Don't use them, they're not necessary since Android already has a manager, and if you need to free up a memory area, it's better that you spend half an hour deleting what you don't need.

10.- Do not use task killers or apps to close processes. Extensible to the applications that clean your smart device, we can talk about the 'task awesomes', those applications that are dedicated to killing applications and also procedures without order or consensus with the native Android supervisor, increasing the expense of sources by reopening the apps that have been closed… If you can avoid these types of applications, do so.

 11.- Do not close your applications continuously.

 If you are going to use an application every 10 minutes it is better that you keep it in memory. The Android manager will keep it in a "still" state, idle, but it won't need to be fully loaded when you open it again, conserving sources and power, as well as running much more efficiently.

12.- Use a _ light _ launcher and don't configure many 'widgets'. 

We understand that Android is customizable to the millimeter, however if your desktop is too heavy the phone will shrink as well as get hotter needing even more processing power to pack it. If possible use lightweight and well-optimized launchers like Nova Launcher, and also don't set too many widgets on your desktop or fill them up it will certainly use a lot more sources as well as power. 

13.- Install fewer social media applications. 

This is one of the most widespread uses of a smartphone, however, social networking apps are resource and power vampires as they require keeping the automated syncing on behind the scenes that we discussed above. If you want your battery to last much longer, yes, uninstall Facebook and also use the Internet browser variant for mobiles...

 14.- Keep your system updated.

 Firmware updates that manufacturers and also service providers send to your phone improve its security and include useful features as well as boost system optimization, so don't be reluctant to mount them. If, after updating the system, you find that it does not work smoothly, you can delete the cache.

15.- Also update your applications 

For the same factor, the ideal is that you keep your applications well updated from the Google Play Store, since it is very likely that the new versions will be much more maximized and consume less resources along with the improvements made. 

How are the phones taken care of? Chances are that much of the advice you've seen is already recognized. Just as many of you probably aren't willing to be so “manic” about using your smartphone simply to extend its life by a couple of months… Who doesn't like throwing around a smartphone? Anyway, we are sure that some of the ideas will help you, so we are waiting for the comments as well as the feedback on those routines that you follow and that you also miss in the list, or if you wish, we can also check against the ones you think are nonsense. What do you do to deal with your phones?