Heat: What effects on smartphones and how to avoid overheating?

In summer, your electronic devices also suffer from heat!So what are the effects of high temperatures on your mobile phones and tablets?What to do to prevent them from melting from the inside?Our five tips to spend the summer.

Heat effects on your electronic devices

You are on the terrace of a restaurant, lying on your towel by the sea or the pool...You have not been careful and your mobile phone stayed in full sun.Result, it is hot!Nothing abnormal to that since the screen and the shell, generally of dark colors, will automatically attract heat.The latter indeed contain components whose temperature increases rapidly.The same goes if your electronic devices are in the shade but under tension, in other words, if applications are open or you play.

If this happens once or twice, the damage is reversible and you do not risk anything.There is currently only Samsung who had to face a big scandal in 2016, after 35 Samsung Galaxy Note 7 began to burn while they were in charge.Summer was not in question.

You can notice warning signs: your smartphone is slower than usual, applications close without explanation, tasks appear on the screen because of the sun.On the other hand, if you are more of the negligent kind, in the long term, your mobile phone or other electronic devices can see their components falling asleep and the lifespan of your device will be shortened.

Without going into too technical details, the materials used by manufacturers for processors: CPU (Central Processing Unit) or SOC (System on Chip) according to models, are composed, for the most part, of sensitive metals to high temperatures.The main victim of your mobile phone will be the battery made with lithium-ion.

The temperature recommended by specialists for its conservation is 30 degrees.It can easily reach 40 degrees if applications are used.You will feel it in general if you hold it in your hands.In the sun, in summer, it can easily reach 50 degrees or more.In this case you will see that your terminal will discharge much faster.In the long term, the performance of your battery will be seriously altered.

Our five tips to avoid overheating your electronic devices

Beyond the fact that it is better not to leave its devices in the sun or in a car - watch out for children who use them, more subject to inattention - here are our tips to avoid overheating that we do not always think!

Do not put your mobile phone or tablet in the refrigerator to cool it

Your laptop or tablet took a hot stroke, a little tour in the refrigerator and voila.Serious error!Going from a very high temperature to a very low temperature can cause condensation and therefore bring humidity within your electronic devices.Now we know that water and electrical circuits do not mix well.If you are not likely to be electrocuting yourself, your laptop will undergo an internal short circuit which he will find it difficult to recover.

Info in + Finnish researchers (from Mikropc) carried out studies on the eight most sold mobile phones in the world: iPhone, Samsung, Nokia...They found that smartphones could withstand very low temperatures, on average - 20 degrees: the Nokia being the most resistant, operating very well at - 30 ° C, as well as the Samsung.The iPhone, on the other hand, shows signs of weakness from -5 ° C and dies at -10 ° C.

Remember to close the applications of your smartphone or tablet

Whether on your smartphone or your tablet, if you see that they are abnormally hot, avoid calling in full sun.Make an empty phone call, much more than everything else.Use your phone only in an emergency, to answer an SMS or call someone quickly.You can also cut the wifi and the bluetooth which very much request your battery.Book your games and other communication applications for the home, this will allow your battery to rest a little and stay at room temperature.

To close applications:

Download an application to control the temperature of your smartphone or tablet

To check the temperature of your smartphone, you can compose the code*#*#4636#*#*as if you are going to make a call and all the information related to your terminal will appear.This code does not work with all models.In this case, you can download the Ampere app for free, available on Google Play Store or Apple Store.

Other free applications also exist: Coolify, Tempmonitor or CPU GAUGE.The latter will only focus on the processor temperature of your mobile phone.Keep in mind that a good temperature must not exceed 30-32 ° C for all components.

Remove the protective shell and battery

Remove the shell that protects your laptop, if you have one.Often they are made up of leather or plastic, real heat nests.Avoid using external batteries also.

If you notice that your laptop is really too hot, wait until you are at home, to prevent water and sand from entering the circuits, turn it off and then remove the battery from your laptop for a short half hour, the time it finds a normal temperature without being used.

Isolate your electronic devices

If you are essential to take your electronic device as it is hot, remember to separate your laptops and tablets in a bag, in different compartments.Bringing them together risk increasing heat.There are also useful accessories during your excursions: insulation pockets, well -insulated bags or even the Beach Vault, little known but very useful!It is a plastic box in the shape of a screw.It has a compartment to store what you want and a cover.You will be able to screw it into the sand, under your towel, where the temperature is cooler because the sand is damp.Your belongings will be cool but also dry since it will prevent humidity from passing.Otherwise any other box closed in the sand does the trick.And if you really don't have one, you can wrap your laptop or tablet in a white garment that will attract the sun's rays less.

You can also follow these tips, when applicable, for laptops and ultra portables that we tend to take everywhere.