overheating – PSafe Blog https://www.psafe.com/en/blog Articles and news about Mobile Security, Android, Apps, Social Media and Technology in general. Thu, 19 Jan 2023 14:49:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 https://www.psafe.com/en/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/cropped-psafe_blog_purple-shield-32x32.png overheating – PSafe Blog https://www.psafe.com/en/blog 32 32 <![CDATA[How Overheating Can Cause Hardware Problems]]> https://www.psafe.com/en/blog/how-overheating-can-cause-hardware-problems/ Thu, 21 Sep 2017 13:00:13 +0000 https://www.psafe.com/en/blog/?p=14421
When it’s warm outside and the apps on your phone are working overtime, it can quickly lead to your phone having hardware problems. If you want to keep your phone safe from overheating, The cpu cooler feature in dfndr security will scan your device for the apps that are causing your device to overheat, and disable those apps that are causing your phone to overheat. Cool down your phone now:

This feature will speed up your device overall and eliminate lag time with the apps that you do want to use.

The best thing to do to keep your phone from overheating is to use the cpu cooler to ensure that the apps that cause your device to overwork itself are disabled when you’re not using them. Using this feature will not only improve your experience with your phone, but improve your battery life, too.

Read More: Hardware Upkeep Tips for Android Smartphones

How Smartphones Overheat
Phones can overheat for a variety of reasons. Your phone’s processor and battery are constantly producing heat. The temperature of your phone’s surroundings also can affect your phone’s heat and can cause it to overheat. Finally, the easiest way for you phone to overheat and have hardware problems is through heavy multitasking and gaming. These apps can overheat your battery and cause your phone’s electronic components to deteriorate over time.

How To Prevent Overheating
One great way to prevent overheating is to keep your phone out of direct sunlight. Although it may be convenient to keep your phone out in the sunlight so you have easy access to it when you’re outside, it’s really terrible for your phone. Your phone absorbs sunlight and heat and remains hot, which can damage your hardware. Keep your phone tucked away in a cool bag or else indoors.

Another way to keep your phone from overheating is by turning your brightness down. Having your brightness turned all the way up will affect your battery and force it to work harder, therefore heating up your phone. Also, if you’re not using your phone, try turning it to airplane mode.

If it’s too late and you can feel your phone is hot and already overheating, there are a few things you can do to cool it off and prevent further damage. You should take your phone case off if it’s overheating because the case traps the heat. By removing the case you are allowing the phone’s heat vents to run without being blocked by the case.

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<![CDATA[Overheating: Is it a Charger Issue or a Phone Issue?]]> https://www.psafe.com/en/blog/overheating-charger-issue-phone-issue/ Wed, 28 Jun 2017 14:00:26 +0000 https://www.psafe.com/en/blog/?p=12136 When your cell phone is overheating, it’s often difficult to tell if the battery or the charger is responsible. However, the heat’s location can help to determine the culprit. If the back of your device is getting hot, then the battery is probably to blame. But it’s more likely the charger’s fault if the bottom of your phone is becoming too warm during charging sessions. This, of course, isn’t an exact science. You may have to try various troubleshooting methods before you can resolve the issue. Still, one way that you can quickly cool down your device is to use the CPU Cooler feature:

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The CPU Cooler will quickly cool down your device by closing apps that are running in the background of your phone, causing it to overwork itself. This feature will help your phone to decrease its temperature and eliminate lag time. But why is your phone overheating? Read on to discover the reasons behind an overheating Android.

Read More: The Google Pixel Smartphone Has Been Overheating

When It’s a Phone Issue

  • You’re using your phone too intensely. Normal use shouldn’t affect an Android’s temperature. However, if you’re using battery-draining apps for hours upon hours, eventually your phone won’t be able to keep up. So, why not give both of you a breather?
  • You’ve left your Android in the hot summer sun. Ideally, your cell phone should be kept at a moderate temperature between between 50°F and 86°F. Lithium-ion batteries are prone to swelling, leaking, and even exploding at high temperatures.
  • Your phone is infected by a virus, malware, or other malicious bot. These threats to Android security are also known to compromise a phone’s physical health. Since they can cause an excess in data activity, overheating may occur as a symptom of that. Run a Full Virus Scan on your device to check for malware:

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When It’s a Charger Issue

  • You’re not using the official charger. No matter the brand of Android, it’s always recommended that you use the original charger that came with your phone. If that charger breaks, you should order a new one from the company. Cheap chargers are known to cause overheating problems.
  • You’re leaving your phone charging for too long. For optimal performance levels, you shouldn’t actually charge your phone to 100% capacity. Going from 30% to 80% is far easier on the battery and helps to maintain its life. If you’re regularly charging your phone for long periods, such as overnight while you sleep, this can cause the battery to overheat as it’s being left at 100% for hours. Make sure that you don’t overcharge your phone — and damage your phone’s battery.
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<![CDATA[How to Help Your Parents with Their Lagging Android Phones]]> https://www.psafe.com/en/blog/help-parents-lagging-android-phones/ Mon, 03 Apr 2017 14:00:47 +0000 https://www.psafe.com/en/blog/?p=9443 Not that long ago, few people owned cell phones. They were mainly reserved for the wealthier class. Now, everyone seems to have a cell phone — or more accurately, a smartphone that functions similarly to a PC or laptop. For those that didn’t grow up using this technology, learning how to use it may be difficult or frustrating — especially when it changes so rapidly every year. Luckily, your parents have someone like you to help them with their smartphone issues, such as problems with lagging or crashing.

Prevent Their Devices from Overheating

Just because smartphones today are capable of performing a wide variety of tasks that used to be reserved for computers, doesn’t mean that these tasks can all be performed at once. If your parents have a lot of applications running at the same time, this can cause their devices to overheat. In order to return their devices to an optimal temperature, they’ll need to utilize DFNDR’s CPU Cooler. This feature is easy to use and works instantly. The CPU Cooler will cool their devices by closing background applications, all at the touch of a button. Click here to launch the CPU Cooler:

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Read More: Which Apps Are Secretly Using Your Phone’s Data?

Optimize Their Smartphones

Emphasize the importance of closing applications that aren’t being used in order to prevent their devices from overheating. Many of their apps are probably connected to the Internet, which means that they’re constantly updating throughout the day. Do they really need their apps to be behaving this way? Probably not. Overloading a phone with tasks to perform can lead to overheating, which can damage the batteries. This will then cause their smartphone to last for a shorter length of time.

Use DFNDR’s Memory Booster feature to manage apps that are running in the background of their phones. This feature will identify and close these apps in order to free up memory and speed up their devices. When activated, their phones will no longer experience lagging or crashing. Click here to speed up their devices:

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All of these reasons show why DFNDR is a great app for your parents to have on their smartphones, because it offers a variety of tools for them to help manage and optimize their devices. They won’t have to worry about how to close certain apps, or why their phone is functioning poorly. All they have to do is launch DFNDR and click a button — it’s that simple.

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<![CDATA[5 Ways to Keep Your New Phone Working Like Magic]]> https://www.psafe.com/en/blog/5-ways-keep-new-phone-working-like-magic-2/ Wed, 29 Mar 2017 18:00:07 +0000 https://www.psafe.com/en/blog/?p=9253 It’s often exciting to get a new smartphone. Odds are it’s an upgrade from your last phone, which means that it is faster and runs smoother. It might have a better camera, more storage space and memory, or even virtual reality capabilities. These cool new features also often come with the desire to continuously use your new phone. But if you constantly overwork your new phone, it won’t be acting like a new phone for much longer. Nonetheless, if you keep the following tips in mind, your phone will be sure to run efficiently for years.

  1. Don’t let your phone overheat

Performing too many tasks on your device at one time can cause it to overwork itself and to overheat. Overheating can damage your device’s battery, which means that your phone will work inefficiently. Your phone can also overheat if you leave it plugged in after the battery has been charged to 100%. In order to prevent this from happening, you’ll need to use a feature like DFNDR’s Total Charge to prevent it from overheating by monitoring your phone’s charging process. Click here to prevent your device from overheating:

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  1. Don’t overload your phone with tasks

As mentioned, too many tasks can make your phone overheat. However, you may not be aware of how many tasks your phone is trying to complete at once. That’s why it’s important to monitor all of the apps that you have connected to the Internet, and all of the background tasks that they are performing.

  1. Practice safe online habits

If you want to keep your phone working like new, then you’ll need to practice safe online habits. Be sure to create strong passwords, avoid suspicious-looking apps or downloads, and avoid entering personal information on public Wi-Fi. Run virus scans regularly on your device to check for malware or other security threats.

  1. Regularly remove unwanted files and apps

Although your new device may have more storage space than your last device, you still shouldn’t download apps or files that you don’t want or need. It’s a good idea to regularly review the apps and files on your phone and to remove anything that’s unwanted. That way, you’ll have more storage space on your device, and your phone’s performance will be improved, too.

  1. Always install software and app updates

This is an important step that people often overlook or ignore. These updates come with necessary security patches, bug fixes, or new features that will help improve your experience with your device and protect it from software vulnerabilities or malware.

 

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<![CDATA[How to Cool Your Device with DFNDR’s CPU Cooler]]> https://www.psafe.com/en/blog/cool-device-dfndrs-cpu-cooler/ Mon, 20 Mar 2017 14:00:15 +0000 https://www.psafe.com/en/blog/?p=8920 DFNDR’s CPU Cooler is a feature that quickly cools your device whenever your device is overheating. This happens when your device is trying to complete too many different tasks at once. The CPU Cooler will scan your device for the apps that are causing your device to overheat, and disable those apps. This will help your device to run more efficiently at an optimal temperature. This will speed up your device overall and eliminate lag time with the apps that you do want to use. Click here to cool your device down right now:

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How to Use the CPU Cooler

There are two different ways that you can access this feature. You can click on the button above or open the DFNDR app, then click “Tools,” followed by “CPU Cooler.” Both options will run the CPU Cooler to quickly reduce your phone’s temperature.

Once launched, a screen will appear that shows the CPU Cooler’s progress on cooling your device, in addition to the apps that are causing your CPU to overheat. In order to cool your device, this feature will disable those apps that are using too much power. At the end of this process, your device will be back to normal.

Why the CPU Cooler is Important

Whenever you use the CPU Cooler to cool your device, you’ll improve your device’s performance all around — you’ll no longer experience lagging, buggy behavior, or crashing. This will improve your experience with the apps that you want to use, such as games, social networking apps, or video streaming apps.

This feature is important to take advantage of because overheating can damage your device and your device’s battery. A damaged device will not operate as it’s meant to, nor will it last as long as it should. If you activate the CPU Cooler whenever your device overheats, you’ll not only improve your phone’s performance, but you’ll make your phone last longer, too.

However, don’t forget to pay attention to why your device is overheating. The CPU Cooler may help to cool an overworked device, but you also want to prevent this issue from happening, too. Use PowerPRO to figure out which apps use the most power, and see if there’s a way that you can do without certain apps on your device. If you can’t do without certain apps, simply make sure that they’re only active when you need to use them.

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<![CDATA[The Google Pixel Smartphone Has Been Overheating]]> https://www.psafe.com/en/blog/google-pixel-smartphone-overheating/ Thu, 16 Mar 2017 14:00:27 +0000 https://www.psafe.com/en/blog/?p=8869 The Google Pixel has a lot of power and impressive features. It has a 5-inch display, a screen resolution that rivals many laptops, a 1.6GHz processor, 4GB of RAM, 32GB of storage space, a 12.3-megapixel rear-facing camera, and a powerful battery, among other features. It’s Daydream-ready, which means that you can use the Pixel with Google Daydream to experience high quality virtual reality. With this capability, however, comes reports of the phone overheating, particularly when accessing VR apps or other high-power apps.

This issue of overheating doesn’t solely plague the Google Pixel — it is an issue that affects most smartphones. Whenever your device is overheating, use DFNDR’s CPU Cooler to cool your device down to an optimal temperature. This will help to speed up your device overall, and help prevent crashing, lagging, and freezing. For Google Pixel users, this feature will help to eliminate unwanted background tasks so that your phone can focus on extending and improving your VR experience. Click here to cool your device and improve your phone’s performance:

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Smartphones often overheat because they are trying to perform too many tasks at once. That’s why it’s important to not only cool your device as soon as it begins to overheat, but to also prevent it from overheating. If you neglect your phone whenever it overheats, you’re allowing the heat to damage your battery and performance of your device. This means that your phone won’t last as long as it’s supposed to — you’ll have to replace it sooner than expected.

Why has the Google Pixel been overheating?

Many Google Pixel users have reported that their phone begins to overheat whenever they open a VR app on their device. Even though Google Pixel is an impressive phone, it’s still not able to handle the demands of the VR world. It is still a smartphone, after all, and it is trying to perform an incredibly complex task. Google is looking into this issue, however.

Other users have reported that the Google Pixel overheats after a few hours of use, even without using VR technology. In this case, it would be best to use the CPU Cooler in addition to restarting your device. You should also determine which apps are causing your device to overheat. The easiest way to do this is to consult the list of apps that the CPU Cooler gathers. It will also disable those apps, so that you have a better experience with your phone. However, if you continue to have the same issues with the same apps, you may want to consider whether or not you can do without those apps.

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<![CDATA[Here Are 4 Ways That Your Phone Can Overheat]]> https://www.psafe.com/en/blog/4-ways-phone-can-overheat/ Mon, 13 Mar 2017 17:00:59 +0000 https://www.psafe.com/en/blog/?p=8761 One of the biggest ways people cause their phones to overheat is by running way too many applications on their device at once. Multitasking is one thing, but there’s no reason that a dozen apps should be open and operating at once. Consider cutting down the app usage to only what you need. The easiest way to do this is by using the CPU Cooler feature. This not only helps close unused and battery-hogging apps at the touch of a button, but it also helps to decrease the overall temperature in order to prevent damage to your device. All of this will help your device to run more efficiently. Click here to use the DFNDR’s CPU Cooler on your device now:

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Overcharging Your Phone

The most common way that a smartphone will overheat, however, is when people charge their phone for too long. It might sound simple — and it might not get the phone to temperatures that will cause it to explode — but it still happens to many phones on a regular basis. Think about it: we all plug in our phones when we go to bed, and they’re obviously going to be fully charged far sooner than when we wake up in the morning.

Phones get hotter than they’re supposed to when they are still plugged in after reaching 100%. Unfortunately, this happens to mobile devices all the time. It’s best to unplug phones when they’re near or at 100%. If your phone is at 95% before you go to bed, consider putting it on airplane mode to save your battery, and just charging it for twenty minutes while you get ready in the morning.

Playing Power-Draining Games

Another way people cause their phones to overheat is by playing games that demand a lot of processing power. Normally, it will be right near the limitations of your phone’s processor — or in some cases, even surpassing what your phone is capable of running. If your phone starts to get warm while you’re playing a game, then you may want to stop playing that game or consider upgrading your device.

Watching Too Many Videos

Another way people cause their devices to overheat is by watching videos for hours at a time. We may love to watch videos, but we need to give our phones a break every now and then. If you have multiple devices, consider switching it up when possible or taking a break from the screen all together.

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<![CDATA[5 Ways to Keep Your New Phone Working Like Magic]]> https://www.psafe.com/en/blog/5-ways-keep-new-phone-working-like-magic/ Thu, 02 Mar 2017 16:00:03 +0000 https://www.psafe.com/en/blog/?p=9195 It’s often exciting to get a new smartphone. Odds are it’s an upgrade from your last phone, which means that it is faster and runs smoother. It might have a better camera, more storage space and memory, or even virtual reality capabilities. These cool new features also often come with the desire to continuously use your new phone. But if you constantly overwork your new phone, it won’t be acting like a new phone for much longer. Nonetheless, if you keep the following tips in mind, your phone will be sure to run efficiently for years.

  1. Don’t let your phone overheat

Performing too many tasks on your device at one time can cause it to overwork itself and to overheat. Overheating can damage your device’s battery, which means that your phone will work inefficiently. Your phone can also overheat if you leave it plugged in after the battery has been charged to 100%. In order to prevent this from happening, you’ll need to use a feature like DFNDR’s Total Charge to prevent it from overheating by monitoring your phone’s charging process. Click here to prevent your device from overheating:

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  1. Don’t overload your phone with tasks

As mentioned, too many tasks can make your phone overheat. However, you may not be aware of how many tasks your phone is trying to complete at once. That’s why it’s important to monitor all of the apps that you have connected to the Internet, and all of the background tasks that they are performing.

  1. Practice safe online habits

If you want to keep your phone working like new, then you’ll need to practice safe online habits. Be sure to create strong passwords, avoid suspicious-looking apps or downloads, and avoid entering personal information on public Wi-Fi. Run virus scans regularly on your device to check for malware or other security threats.

  1. Regularly remove unwanted files and apps

Although your new device may have more storage space than your last device, you still shouldn’t download apps or files that you don’t want or need. It’s a good idea to regularly review the apps and files on your phone and to remove anything that’s unwanted. That way, you’ll have more storage space on your device, and your phone’s performance will be improved, too.

  1. Always install software and app updates

This is an important step that people often overlook or ignore. These updates come with necessary security patches, bug fixes, or new features that will help improve your experience with your device and protect it from software vulnerabilities or malware.

 

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