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jump in shade’s on start the ignitionseat belt check phone in the chargerof course but stop right there the usbports in modern cars usually haveless electricity than today’ssmartphones need meaningyour phone will juice up at a snail’space or maybe not at allespecially if you’re using it say fornavigation thator your super smart power hungry devicewill try to drink up electricity fasterthan the port can handleif you use the 12 volt lighter port youcan get the opposite situationan adapter that malfunctions won’t doits job of converting that power flowtoo much voltage can go into your phonebefore you know ityour little digital buddy is toast uh-ohanother thing about car charging is thatmost of us let’s admit ituse cheap gas station chargers when youdon’t use the manufacturersyou risk damaging your battery or evenfrying your deviceif you’re still not convinced there’sthis a completely drained phonepulls about two percent of a carbatteries juicenot a big deal but hey that can add upand if anythingit comes down to personal safety whenyou’re drivingloose items lying around your car or insomeone’s handscan turn into dangerous projectiles yourphone tabletcoffee tumbler you name it when you’regoing highway speeds and come to asuddenunexpected stop those items continue togo highway speedsif they hit you going that fast well youget itliterally secure your stuff or keep itall in the trunkyour car is a bad idea a rental is a 100percent no gothe usb port is basically public theresothink about cyber security to make yourcharge saferyou can either use your own adapter orwait until you find a safe plugokay you travel other ways but don’tcharge your phone at a train stationor those usb hubs and airports eitherever heard of juice jacking nah theydon’t swipe your orange juice whileyou’re not lookingyour data can be extracted via usb portthe battery’s full but your phone’s alsofull of malwareand your personal data got copiedcharging at a public hub can even letbad guys remotely turn your camera ormicrophone onhey say something smart same goes forcafesbut here most of us charge on the laptopyou get the same problem as in the caryour phone will try to drink too muchbut smartphones are called smart for areasonthey’ll purposely take less knowingthere’s other data using the same powersourcebottom line it’ll take forever and a dayto charge upwell the only traveling i do is to themall to shopokay but it’s still not a good place toplug your phone ina lot of these scams operate in crowdedmalls they steal your bankinginformationand then go shopping tooyes your home electric sockets are thesafest place for chargingbut avoid it during a thunderstormlightning striking near an electricalpole can senda tsunami of power through the lines andinto your socketsyou get a serving of phone toast onceagainthe house is usually good the bedroom isnotwhat i mean is charging your phone nearyour bed can behazardous if the cable is worn out orfaultyit can cause a fire or if you’re like meworried about not hearing the alarm soyou put the phone right on the bed withyounot good if the pillow gets on it thephone can overheat and catch on fireand phones more specifically their bluescreens are sleep steelersi know you’ll still fall asleep toyoutube videos because i do toobut if you don’t want to wake up to adrained batterysince you can’t charge near the bed justset a timer for your multimediait’s the stop playing option and it letsyou choose how long you want somethingto playbefore it turns off automaticallyspeaking of firesthere’s a myth that phones can causethem at a gas stationgas is extremely flammable but to starta fireyou need at least a spark staticelectricity or matches can do thata phone even a faulting one not likelythey put no cell phone signs up at gasstations to preventcell distracted drivers from forgettingthe nozzle in their tankand ripping the thing off the pump whenthey drive awayoh you who forget something anothercommon mythis that you can save a soaked phone byputting it in a bowl of uncooked ricerice absorbs water just like any othergrain but it only does that when itcomes in direct contact with the waterif the phone’s wet on the inside ricewon’t helpit can actually corrode your device ifthe starch works its way in through thecracks and portsso that’s a no for the smartphone sushithe hairdryer is no option eitheruse silica gel packets instead and don’tbelieve a shop assistant telling youyour phone can ruin your bank cardthey just want you to buy a card holdersince they earn more fromupselling accessories any plastic cardis composed of millions of microscopicmagnetic particles that magnetic stripeis hard to demagnetize since it’s slimphones aren’t powerful enough to do thatit’s also not truethat you can be tracked by your sim cardtracking is all about the imei numberany phone has it’s transmitted to thenearest cell towerand gives you away a sim card can’ttrack youbut your iphone does at least it keepstabs of all the places you like to visitto check it go to settings privacylocation servicesand system services it’ll be in frequentlocationsandroid devices do the same underlocation historyin google maps geolocation apps are alsoinfamous for eating up all the chargekeep those off and make sure you havethe camera closedand the fewest app alerts on to savesome energyotherwise you might need an emergencystop at some unsafe public huboh by the way if there’s no explanationwhy your phone goes through its chargeso fastconsider cyber security it could be ared flag that your phone’s been hackedand someone else is using it too couldbe watching orlistening to you rumor has it that 4guses more data than 3gthe pages you load are the same nomatter which g you’re onright the latter is way faster but it’slike eating a burgerif i gulp mine down more quickly thanyou it’s a question ofspeed not the size of the burger samegoes for 5g toogosh now i’m hungry there is somethingyou can do to control data usageturn off the apps that hog it turn offautomatic file uploading to anyof your clouds get rid of all theautomatic updatesif you want some music or a podcastdownload it beforehandstreaming chugs your data too oh yeahand you can take pictures without enoughmemoryif your storage is full and you need tosnap a picopen one of your social media apps takea photo when you start a new postthe pic will be in your camera roll hey
You’d never know it, but the way you charge your phone can be crucial for not only your electricity bills and safety but also the lifespan of its battery. Do you know, for example, that car-charging your phone may be a bad idea? Your phone will juice up at a snail’s pace or maybe not at all!
Or you can get the opposite situation. Too much voltage can go into your phone. Before you know it, your little digital buddy is toast!By the way, guys, you shouldn’t charge your phone at a train station or those USB hubs in airports either. Same goes for cafes. “The only traveling I do is to the mall to shop!”
Ok, but it’s still not a good place to plug your phone in. Didn’t you know that? Then check out these tips about the right way to charge your phone, so you can use it in the best way possible and avoid any dangers.
