Table of contents:
- Don't use fast charging often
- Play or use heavy applications when charging the mobile
- Do not activate Huawei Cloud services on your Huawei mobile
- Forget about using your mobile in the sun
- Install apps outside of the Play Store and App Gallery
- Using your mobile in the bathroom while you shower
- Don't even think about installing applications to see who visits your profile on Instagram
- Skip activating the Find my device option from Google
The half-life of a device in Spain is approximately one and a half years, according to a study by Kantar. Although most users decide to renew their phone before it fails, the truth is that the useful life of mobile devices is increasingly extended. Huawei is precisely one of the brands with the greatest presence in the country of paella and potato omelette. The Chinese brand's devices occupy almost a 15% market share and its user base is, to say the least, generous. If you have read this article and want to preserve your Huawei mobile for a long time, you cannot miss some of the recommendations that we will see below.
Don't use fast charging often
During the deterioration process of a mobile phone it is essential to maintain the good condition of the battery. As the electronic component that suffers the most stress, it is most likely that it ends up failing after 2 or 3 years.
A good way to reduce this degradation is to avoid using fast charging. Several studies have shown that using fast charging systems significantly degrades battery cells. Since we cannot deactivate this feature on our Huawei phone, we can opt for a somewhat simpler cable or charger as long as they are from recognized brands or from the company itself.
Play or use heavy applications when charging the mobile
Current charging systems largely avoid the rise in temperature of the internal components of the mobile phone. Making use of these through games or heavy applications can significantly increase the temperature of the device, reducing its useful life and affecting, in the worst case, the processor or the terminal motherboard.
For this reason, it is best to stop using your mobile when it is charging. It is something that the official Huawei website recommends and that we endorse from tuexperto.com.
Do not activate Huawei Cloud services on your Huawei mobile
Huawei Cloud is the platform of the Asian firm to synchronize data in the cloud between different devices. The service has 5 GB of free data and offers data synchronization in applications such as Contacts, Notepad, Voice Recorder and Gallery. In this way, we can enjoy the content hosted in these applications on several devices at the same time.
To synchronize files, such as PDF documents or MP3 songs, we can use Huawei Drive, an application associated with Huawei Cloud very similar to Google Drive. Also, the platform has a function called Find my phone.
As the name suggests, it is a feature that allows us to position our phone in real time on a map through any device. This can save us from theft or loss of the device, something that is unfortunately quite common today.
Forget about using your mobile in the sun
We have mentioned it previously, exposing the mobile to high temperatures can be counterproductive for its useful life. Ideally, keep the phone at a temperature no higher than 35ยบ, whether it is charging or not. And bearing in mind that summer is just around the corner, it is best to moderate its use in hot environments or with the sun shining directly on the phone.
Install apps outside of the Play Store and App Gallery
The temptation to download from unofficial sources has increased with Google's veto of Huawei. If we want to preserve the security of our phone, however, we will have to limit ourselves to the applications exposed in the Play Store and App Gallery.
A good solution is to install an alternative store. Amazon Appstore, for example, or AppBrain. In short, any platform that offers secure downloads and applications.
Using your mobile in the bathroom while you shower
Despite the fact that most telephones have a certain degree of protection against water and splashes, the truth is that none are exempt from the consequences of humidity. Using the device as a music player when we are immersed in the shower can cause certain internal components to be impregnated with small specks of water, which will eventually lead to the generation of rust, and therefore, to the corrosion of the electronics.
To this must be added the activation of a small mechanism that detects humidity and that will immediately invalidate the guarantee if we decide to refer to an official technical service.
Don't even think about installing applications to see who visits your profile on Instagram
A few months ago we first discovered a network of applications currently exposed in the Play Store that obtained - and obtain - the passwords and data of their users to sell them to banks of pages that offer the sale of Instagram followers. Most of these applications are offered as "tools" to know who views our Instagram profile.
Through their own login screen, the developers obtain unencrypted user data, as we can see in the screenshots. They are subsequently sold to the highest bidder to follow third-party accounts without the express consent of the user.
Skip activating the Find my device option from Google
This feature is included by default on all Google certified Android devices. As its name indicates , it allows us to locate the phone remotely through our Google account.
We can find the function in question in the Security and privacy section. Then, we will activate the homonymous option, as well as the location to ensure that the phone is monitored at all times.
