Table of contents:
- Always use fast charging to charge your Xiaomi mobile
- Activate all the permissions of the applications that we install on the mobile
- Use your Xiaomi mobile in the bathroom or humid environments
- Use the mobile in the sun or in hot environments
- Charge the mobile while you are using it
- And charge it through the night
- Let the battery level reach 1%
- Download external APK files from unofficial sources
The mobile phones of the Chinese firm managed to obtain a 23% market share in Spain in the last quarter of the year. It is a fact, users are increasingly renewing their mobile phones. The average life of a smartphone in our country is 20 and a half months, a figure that is far from the real useful life of a device. Now more than ever, it is interesting to extend the life of our mobile devices in the face of the economic crisis that is approaching us due to the coronavirus. And precisely for this reason we have compiled several tips and recommendations to follow if we want to extend the life of our Xiaomi mobile to the maximum.
Always use fast charging to charge your Xiaomi mobile
We have mentioned it countless times. The repeated use of fast charging can negatively affect the useful life of the batteries, and therefore, that of our mobile devices. And I'm not saying it. Several studies have repeatedly shown this.
Since we cannot deactivate fast charging through the MIUI options, it is best to use a charger or cable with lower amperage and voltage as long as it comes from the brand or from a well-known manufacturer. After all, using poor quality cables and chargers can lead to irreparable damage to your device.
Activate all the permissions of the applications that we install on the mobile
Official app stores, such as the Play Store or Amazon Appstore, are no longer as secure. Recently dozens of applications have been removed from the different stores for violating Google's conditions, conditions that affect the security of the devices. This is the case of Camscanner, an application that hid malware in its source code.
The best security measure that we can take in such a scenario is to limit the activation of application permissions. The microphone, the camera, access to the internal memory, the GPS location… Any permission can be used to obtain personal information fraudulently. Of course, as long as it does not affect the functionality of the application in question.
Use your Xiaomi mobile in the bathroom or humid environments
Although some mobile phones of the Chinese brand have IP68 protection, today humidity can be the main cause of corrosion and oxidation of some of the internal components of the phone.
Through the different holes of the device, the water specks can enter and degrade all the elements that they encounter in their path. The only solution to this problem is to avoid the use of any electronic device in the bathroom or in any humid environment, regardless of the temperature, which we will talk about below.
Use the mobile in the sun or in hot environments
As with computers, exposing your phone to high temperatures can be fatal to the life of the battery and other internal components. Depending on the dissipation capacity of our device, the ideal is to maintain a temperature below 35ºC.
In the event that the temperature of the phone exceeds this figure, we will have to turn off the terminal to avoid irreparable damage. In fact, from tuexpertomovil.com we recommend that you keep the mobile off during the time of exposure to the sun or hot environments.
Charge the mobile while you are using it
We have already seen how high temperatures affect the internal components of mobile phones. Based on this premise, one of the actions that generate the greatest increase in temperature in our device is precisely the charge. And if we combine the load with making use of the terminal with games and heavy applications, the result can be devastating.
The solution? Let the charge finish and use the mobile without any connection to the electricity grid. At the end of the day, the use of the processor and RAM generates a demand on the battery that will eventually accelerate the temperature curve, something fatal for our devices.
And charge it through the night
Phones have not used nickel batteries for more than a decade, batteries that had a memory effect. Despite the fact that current lithium batteries no longer have this memory effect, exposing them to micro charges for an extended period of time can end up affecting their useful life.
Currently MIUI and the rest of the customization layers act in such a way that the power supply is cut when the battery capacity reaches 100%. The problem is that this supply is restored when this percentage drops to 99% or less. This can end up leading to dozens of micro charges throughout the night, depending on the consumption of the phone at rest.
Let the battery level reach 1%
1%, 5% or 10%. In several of the studies linked above it is shown that the stress level of the batteries is higher when their capacity is seen in the last ones.
MIUI generally generates a warning when when the battery level is equal to or less than 20%. It is advisable to start the load from this value and never reach values below 10%. This is something that can vary depending on the theoretical capacity of the battery.
Download external APK files from unofficial sources
No matter how tentative the idea of downloading free applications and games from third-party websites may be, what Google and Xiaomi recommend is precisely to stay out of these practices. Not only because of the illegality that this implies, but because of the problems that it can cause to our devices.
Some of these applications may contain malware in their source code or simply collect information without the express consent of the user, not to mention that they can act as a bridge to control some terminal functions.
