Five settings that stop your smartphone from overheating, from brightness to auto-updates
Full-brightness screens, background apps, constant location access, notifications and auto-updates can all make a phone run hot, and each can be changed in settings.
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The smartphone has become the most important part of our daily lives, and many tasks get done in moments. But a phone sometimes begins to heat up suddenly, and users are unsure what to do. Most people assume the phone got hot because it was used for too long. That is not always the only reason. If your phone is overheating repeatedly, it is important to know the causes.
The first and most common cause is keeping the screen brightness at full. After spending a long time in the sun, users have to raise the brightness to maximum to use the phone. This puts load on the display panel and the processor, and the phone heats up faster. Experts therefore advise keeping the phone's auto-brightness setting on. The phone then adjusts brightness as needed and does not get too hot.
The second cause is apps running in the background. These apps keep using both data and battery. The processor has to work without a break, and as a result the phone heats up. The remedy is to go into settings, refresh background apps and check how much battery is being used. Stop apps you do not use regularly from running in the background right away.
The third cause is keeping location and GPS on all the time, which can also heat the device. Map and ride apps, various games and social media apps keep tracking your location, which raises battery consumption. To deal with this, go to the phone's settings and give location access only to the apps you really need. Turn off location access for the rest.
The fourth cause is app notifications. When notifications are on for all apps, the phone's screen lights up every 5 minutes, and this makes the phone heat up. Go into settings and turn off notifications for apps you do not use regularly. This can help keep the phone's temperature under control.
The fifth cause is auto-update. As soon as the phone connects to Wi-Fi, apps begin updating on their own in the background. Google or cloud sync also switches on. The phone can end up carrying the load of many tasks at the same time. So go into settings, set auto-update to manual, and keep data sync on only as needed.
