Is it necessary to shut down your phone? It turns out that restarting is very different from shutting down and restarting.

How long has it been since you turned off your phone?

I believe that as people become more and more dependent on mobile phones, they have long lost the habit of turning off their phones on their own initiative, for fear of missing an important call.

We humans need a break every day to stay energetic, so do we also need to turn off our mobile phones frequently? Don't worry, let's first study what impact turning off the phone will have on your phone.

1. Disadvantages of shutdown

The biggest impact: You may miss some important calls if your phone is turned off.

Another easily overlooked impact is the alarm problem. In the pre-smart phone era, mobile phones all supported the off-alarm function: when the alarm goes off, the phone will automatically turn on. But now smart phones such as the iPhone do not support the off-alarm function.

If you set the alarm before going to bed and turn off the phone in order to get a good night's sleep, there is a high probability that you will oversleep the next day.

In addition, each restart consumes a lot of power, and a large amount of information inside the phone needs to be reloaded. Frequent powering on and off is also a test for the phone's storage, which will repeat the erasing and writing process.

2. What is the difference between shutting down and restarting?

Many people will choose to "restart" when their phones freeze, but there are two types of restarts. After long pressing the power button, some phones will have a "restart" option, while devices such as iPhones only have a shutdown option. What is the difference?

In fact, the "restart" supported by some Android phones does not really restart the entire phone, but only restarts the software level. Although it can solve most software freezes or update problems, it is not thorough.

Turning off the phone by pressing a button and then turning it on manually by pressing a button is the real "restart". Every time you shut down the phone completely, the software and hardware of the phone will be completely shut down. When you turn it on again, the phone will detect the current hardware status and reload all the settings.

If you are sensitive to time, you can actually feel the difference between the two restarts: software-level "restart" is faster because some check items can be skipped and system components are always running; shutting down and then restarting manually will be a little slower.

4. What are the benefits of shutting down and restarting?

The saying “restart electronic products when in doubt” actually refers to the magical effect of restarting.

Many apps will intentionally or unintentionally occupy a large amount of memory for their own convenience, which causes the phone to freeze. Although this problem can be solved by cleaning up the background, it is not thorough after all. If the phone is not turned off for too long, these residual data will remain in the memory, causing the phone to become slower and slower.

iPhone users may also encounter problems such as poor network or no phone signal. Sometimes these problems can be solved by turning on airplane mode, but the most thorough solution is to shut the phone down and restart it again, allowing the phone to re-detect every system architecture, and the hardware and software can "start over again."

Five: How often should you restart?

If your phone has been running smoothly recently, restarting it once a week is enough. If your phone seems to be a little slow recently, you can try restarting it once a day. If it still has problems like not running smoothly, it may be that there is a hardware problem, or the phone is about to reach the end of its lifespan, and restarting it will not solve any problems.

6. Do I need to shut down my computer to protect against radiation?

Although modern people cannot live without mobile phones, some people still worry about the radiation problem of mobile phones. In fact, the radiation level of mobile phones that can be sold normally must be strictly in accordance with scientific standards and will not have any effect on the human body. Of course, charging farther away is indeed a more appropriate choice.

However, charging at night is more important than charging during the day. Especially for iPhone users, if they lose the official charger, they should pay more attention to the safety of electricity use.

However, there are still many third-party accessories on the market whose safety is widely recognized. For example, the familiar UGREEN has launched such a 20W fast charging kit. The entire set of products has passed Apple MFi certification, and its quality and performance have been officially recognized by Apple.

It supports PD fast charging, and can charge the iPhone 12 to 60% in just 30 minutes, bringing a charging experience that is 3 times faster than the previous original 5W charging head.

Most importantly, the charging head in the set has a PD certification protocol chip, so you don’t have to worry about overcharging and damaging the battery by leaving it plugged in at night; the data cable has a built-in MFi Apple original chip, which is perfectly compatible with the iOS system. There will definitely be no situations such as "pop-ups" after charging for a while, or finding that almost no power is charged when you wake up.

For general mobile phone users, learning to use "restart" flexibly can actually solve most of the problems with mobile phone use: freezing, no signal... Giving the device hardware a rest regularly can also make the phone last longer.

Besides restarting, what other tricks do you have for using your computer?