To all users,
I apologize for replying to an old thread, but I only found it today and would like to give my opinion on this matter.
I considered a lot before giving my opinion. It may be wrong, you may not agree, but that’s what I think on this matter
Hi Rosika,
In my opinion, this is as controversial as battery charging.
I’m going to give you my opinion, which I’m sure many users may not agree with, but it’s what I think about this matter.
1- Should I switch off my smartphone at night? Which is better for your own smartphone: switching it off completely at night (every night) or leaving it in standby mode?
A smartphone is an electronic device like any other, and one of the many functions it has is making and receiving calls. For professional reasons, I need to be contactable 24/7, so I can’t even think in put it into flight mode.
Let me ask you a question: if you have a TV at home, how do you switch it off: is it via the remote control or do you unplug it from the mains socket?
If you use the remote control, you put the TV on standby mode. If you unplug it, you power off the TV.
If you put the TV in standby mode, why don’t you unplug it?
If you unplug the TV, why don’t you just put it in standby mode?
Switching from power off to power on in an electronic device can have a much higher current consumption than removing the device from standby, and, in older devices, the internal power supplies may not be able to tolerate with this excess consumption and damage some components. On the other hand, leaving the equipment on standby is consuming unnecessary energy and causing extra fatigue to the components.
Do you understand what I’m getting at?
I, for example, always have my TV on standby, I only unplug it when I go on holiday because, for me, it’s just an extra safety issue.
For me, putting the TV in standby mode is “the lesser bad of all bad things”.
Each person has a different attitude to each electronic component and what I do may not be right or appropriate for someone else
Regarding the smartphone, my opinion is that it should be switched on 24/7 because, when it’s not being used, it manages its consumption internally and goes into a kind of “hibernation” mode, unless you change the device’s settings so that this doesn’t happen.
As I said earlier, the smartphone is an electronic device that works with an OS and sometimes there are errors in the OS itself or in the apps that can cause the smartphone to malfunction.
Some of these errors are, for example, not receiving or making calls, becoming very slow, no longer receiving emails, messages from social networks, etc. In this situation, you should reboot your phone.
Is there a specific deadline for reboots?
In my opinion, no. I can have my smartphone working for several weeks without any problems and other times I need to reboot twice in the same week, i.e. I reboot whenever I suspect that the system might not be working properly.
Another example that’s common, especially in the area where I live: sometimes, when I get home from work, I have no GSM signal (with several smartphones). This is a problem with the operators who don’t register the stations correctly and, as I’m travelling, the smartphone doesn’t register at the stations near my home.
Do I need to reboot on the phone?
No, I just reboot the GSM by switching the smartphone to flight mode and removing the smartphone from flight mode. This procedure forces the GSM to re-register at the stations near my home. Some people reboot because their phone doesn’t make or receive calls.
As you can see, in none of the examples I’ve mentioned was it necessary to switch off the smartphone completely.
2 - What about the battery?
It’s a rechargeable battery and has a lifespan!
This problem is inherent in all electronic equipment, including electric cars.
In your case, the Samsung Galaxy A04 has a Lithium-ion battery and the typical estimated life of a Lithium-Ion battery is about two to three years or
300 to 500 charge cycles, whichever occurs first.
Here’s a link to a Tektronix article on Lithium-Ion Battery Maintenance
3 - What should I do?
Adjusting the smartphone’s settings to minimize consumption is a good option.
Here are some links from Samsung that may help you:
Tips for battery charging and how to make your battery last longer
11 tips to extend your Samsung Galaxy battery life
Lightweight Lithium-ion Battery
Note: To make things more complicated, you still have Li-Po batteries, AMOLED displays, PLS LCDs and so on, Mediatek, Qualcomm and other processors, with lots of cores, apps consuming more and more resources and using up more battery, and you get to the point where you don’t know how to manage your smartphone’s energy and you just leave it on, charge it when you need it, maybe put it in flight mode when you don’t use it.
If you’re lucky, your smartphone will last many months without you noticing any battery degradation.
Jorge
P.S.: The worst thing you can do is follow my opinion. Read a lot about it and use the best solution you can find for your smartphone.