How do you take care of your smart device?

Some smartphone users may experience problems with their devices shortly after buying them due to the misuse of and non-compliance with the device maintenance methods to be considered upon buying a smartphone. Below are some tips that will help prolong your smartphone’s life:

1. Handle your phone carefully, protect it from environmental factors and put it in a clean and dry place. Do not expose it to moisture, such as wet environment (in bathroom and kitchen), as it cause damage to electronic parts of the device. Try to make your device out of children's reach, do not allow them to put the device in their mouths and be careful to sterilize and clean the device from dust and bacteria.

2. Do not expose your phone to high or very low temperature or sudden change in temperature. Do not leave the device inside the car due to the high temperature of sunlight during the day.

3. The battery must be permanently and regularly recharged whenever available without waiting battery low sign. It must be connected to power supply at a power level of 20-40 percent.

4. Do not connect the battery to metal pieces, such as keys or pin. These pieces can cause serious malfunction leading to fire, Allah forbid.

5. Use original chargers, cables and parts customized to your phone. Otherwise, unoriginal parts may cause a malfunction revoking your warranty right.

6. In interchangeable battery devices, close the device before removing the battery.

7. Do not attempt to disassemble the device by yourself. This will expose you to risks such as electric shocks and other unforeseen risks. In addition, this leads to nullity of the warranty and you then have to present it to the agent’s competent technician.

8. Disconnect all applications connecting your device to other devices, such as Bluetooth or Wi-Fi, when you recharge the battery in order to accelerate charge as such applications take a lot of power.

9. Use a flexible protective cover covering all sides of your phone. Use also a screen protector sticker recommended by the manufacturer of your phone. Avoid any severe clashes, vibrations or fall because they negatively affect the internal parts of the device being made of thin and very small layer.

10. Store the important files and applications only and periodically check the memory level. Do not fill the memory because it leads the device to be slow and out of service.

11. Be sure to check the source of any uploading link and ignore unreliable or anonymous links.

12. Give the device enough rest after each long period of use.