With the summer in its full splendor and the holidays at the door, the time has come to face some small smartphone problems, annoyances to avoid or prevent in order not to lose the functionality of your mobile phone. From general overheating to the problem of sweat on the screen, summer is certainly not the best time to bring your smartphone out, whatever it is.
Below we see how to deal with 8 of these annoying summer problems caused by the heat, the beach and the light with some tips to avoid any inconvenience with the mobile phone during the holidays .
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1) The phone overheats
Although many people like to stay in the sun to tan, the sun hurts a lot on their cell phones. In fact, the problem of overheating of the smartphone that occurs in hot environments or when left in operation, in the sun, for example to hear music, is not uncommon.
When the mobile phone becomes too hot, to save its integrity, it interrupts each operation by displaying a warning on the screen followed by the subsequent shutdown. If this happens, leave the phone to cool down away from the sun and heat. This problem can also occur due to the battery, for example in summer, using the smartphone as a GPS navigator in the car while keeping it under charge.
If this problem occurs frequently, the battery may need to be changed.
2) Sweat on the screen
This happens to everyone and every summer day: we answer the phone and, after not even 5 minutes of calling, we discover that the screen is covered by our sweat. Unfortunately, this problem is inevitable and all that remains is to carry a microfibre cloth such as that of the glasses to clean it from sweat and other finger or makeup stains. In severe cases, if the mobile phone is dripping with sweat, turn it off immediately, open it if possible by removing the battery and absorb sweat with a soft cloth or cotton ball and let it dry.
3) Camera lens fogging up.
Sometimes it happens that humidity or the condition can cloud the camera lens causing blurred photos. To clean the lens, it is better not to use the finger that would leave only the fingerprint, but the usual soft microfibre cloth.
4) Sand enters the crevices of the smartphone
On the beach it is easy for the sand to fall on the phone or the phone to fall on the sand. Ideally, to avoid problems caused by sand, it would be prudent to put a transparent plastic film, such as a piece of scotch tape, to cover the cracks. If the phone is full of sand, turn it off and clean it, perhaps with a small can of compressed air to blow the sand away. Failing that, it's also okay to blow hard, as long as you don't spit on your cellphone doing worse. An alternative is to use a vacuum cleaner with a small nozzle.
5) Telephone in the water
Unless you have a Samsung Galaxy S5, if your phone falls into the water or gets wet it is serious trouble, but you must not lose heart.
In another article, the guide of things to do to save a wet or fallen cell phone . The trick of putting the phone in a bowl or bag of uncooked rice overnight or for a couple of days to absorb moisture works.
6) Little visibility of the screen
When going to the beach or to the mountains, when the sun is high and the light is blinding, the smartphone screen may not be easy to look at. It then becomes necessary to maximize the brightness in the settings, which however will drain the battery first. If there are battery problems or you are not satisfied with the maximum brightness, you can buy an anti-glare or anti-glare protective film (to look for on Amazon or in any mobile store).
7) Camera roll full and out of memory
On holiday everyone likes to take many photos, only that the smartphone's memory can run out and there is no computer available to empty the memory, to keep the photographs taken to take others. If you use your smartphone to take photos, remember to activate the automatic uploading of photos to Google Photos or Onedrive or other online cloud services in order to save photos on the Internet and be able to delete them from the phone's memory.
8) Disconnect from Facebook on vacation
Thanks to Facebook you can see photos of all the beautiful places where our friends can describe incredible holidays, concerts, crazy evenings etc. Logging out of Facebook, on the other hand, is useful not only to take a real break and therefore get rid of stress, but also to get rid of negative feelings.
For the holidays, also prepare to face any problems of loss or theft by activating the anti-theft functions to find or block the smartphone, both on Android and on iPhone and Windows Phone.
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