How to Keep Your Smartphone Cool During the Summer

It’s summer! As much as heat and sunshine are more than welcome to replace those grey, rainy days that we know all too well, they might not be ideal for your smartphone. That’s right; it feels the heat, too! When the temperature rises, it’s not uncommon for your device to become unresponsive, plain shut down, or give off a worrying “overheating” warning on its screen. And that’s understandable; smartphones weren’t designed to handle extreme weather conditions! But don’t worry—we’re here to share our knowledge to help you keep your smartphone cool, quite literally, even on the hottest days of the year!

From understanding why your phone gets hot to suggesting a handful of easy steps to prevent overheating, join us as we tell you how to keep your smartphone from turning into a mini-oven!

Why is your smartphone feeling the heat?

Okay, we get it. The UK doesn’t get as hot as Spain, but when the sun shines all day, it can become roasting. Plus, your phone comes with you on holiday to sunny places! And that’s when you may notice your smartphone getting slow, with its screen brightness going down. So, have you ever wondered why your smartphone seems to overheat as soon as the sun comes out? Well, it’s not just about the weather! Think of your phone as a computer. It generates heat during normal use because the internal components, such as the CPU and GPU, work hard. When you add a hot environment to the mix, you get the perfect recipe for the heat to build up more quickly than usual. And when it’s running more than one app, streaming videos, or handling heavy tasks, it’s working harder and producing more heat!

Such heat becomes even more intense when your phone is exposed to direct sunlight or left in a hot car, making it difficult for your phone’s internal cooling mechanisms to keep up, leading to potential overheating. So, it’s super important you prevent this from happening in the best way possible!

Tweak your settings to keep your phone from melting down

So, what’s the best you can do to make your phone chill out during the summer? The easiest and most obvious thing you may want to do is to fiddle with your settings to reduce your device’s heating production. Here’s our list of cool tips:

• Lower the screen brightness. The display is one of your smartphone’s biggest power drainers, so if you dim it, you can help reduce heat buildup.
• Turn off Bluetooth, GPS, and Wi-Fi when they’re not needed so that the strain on your phone’s processor is minimised.
• Enable battery-saver mode. This will limit processes running in the background, reducing your phone’s workload.
• Close apps that you’re not using. Apps that keep running in the background will continue to use processing power and generate heat, and you don’t want that.

Voila—it’s that simple! With these easy tricks, you can give your phone a little holiday from the heat.

Accessorise with cooling gear

If you love your phone to the point you don’t mind going the extra mile for it, you may want to invest in some useful cooling accessories that can make a difference when handling “hot situations”. On the market, whether online or in specialised stores, you can easily find gadgets designed to efficiently manage your smartphone’s temperature, like phone cooling fans, which can be attached to the back of your device to help draw the heat away from it, or cooling phone cases, which are built with special materials designed for efficient temperature management.

Then, of course, as phone technology never ceases to amaze us with its developments, some advanced models include built-in innovative features to actively cool your device when under pressure, especially during unbearably sweltering summer days!

Charge wisely: avoid hot spots

Now, let’s talk about charging your phone. We’re sure you’ve noticed that not always, but quite often when you put it in charge, the device tends to heat up. Needless to say, charging it up in hot weather might be a bit of tricky business. So, how do we solve this thorny affair? Our recommendation to keep things cool is to avoid charging your phone in direct sunlight or near a heat source whenever and wherever possible! Find a cool, shaded area and plug it in there. It won’t solve the issue completely, but it’ll improve things immensely!

Another tip is to unplug your phone once it reaches 100%. Overcharging is not healthy in general, and in this scenario, it can cause your phone to get warmer than usual, leading to potential issues. Using a good quality, original charger can also help; don’t trust cheap chargers that might turn out incompatible with your phone and damage its battery by producing excess heat!

Hot weather surely poses some challenges, so the trick is to be mindful of these few practices to ensure that your phone remains at a safe and manageable temperature!

Keeping it cool with handy tips

Finally, we have a handful of additional tips to make sure you can sip your cocktail by the pool without worrying about your phone!

• Tip #1: avoid leaving your phone in hot environments like a car or a sunny spot; the temperature can quickly skyrocket, making your phone as hot as a cooking stove!
• Tip #2: use a phone stand or holder. When your phone is lying flat on a surface, it can trap heat, especially if it’s a warm surface, like a table. By keeping your phone lifted, you’ll allow better airflow around it.
• Tip #3: give your phone a break by turning it off or restarting it now and then. This not only helps cool it down but also clears out any background processes that could be causing additional he

We hope you found these tips useful in keeping your smartphone cool throughout the summer! Your device deserves to enjoy the sunny days just as much as you do, without overheating issues getting in the way.

However, if your phone has already faced some battery troubles and you’re considering an upgrade, check out our Sell My Phone service. We take phones in all conditions, and it’s a quick way for you to get cash and put it towards a new gadget! Contact us to learn more about our phone trade-ins; we’ll be happy to answer your questions!

And if you’re hungry for more how-to guides and tech insights, why not explore our blog? We offer a range of handy tips, reviews, and the latest tech news to keep you informed and ahead of the curve. Happy summer, and may your smartphone stay as cool as you do!