When to restart your smartphone: is it worth it

There is no consensus among users about how often, when, and why you need to restart your smartphone. Some gadgets even have an automatic reboot function, which may indicate the benefits of this process.

Technologies are constantly evolving, and five-year-old instructions may not be relevant for new devices. Experts told us when to reboot a smartphone.

The NSA Mobile Device Best Practices document contains recommendations for rebooting smartphones. Experts advise rebooting your phone not just from time to time, but every week. This is probably more about security than efficiency.

Sometimes starting the reboot process really helps to solve certain current problems. For example, if your smartphone is frozen or not charging, a reboot will allow you to start from scratch.

It does help, but not always. Despite the expert advice to reboot at least once a week, not all users agree that it will have a real tangible effect.

The NSA Mobile Device Best Practices note that regular rebooting can be useful, for example, in case of improving performance or battery life. Indeed, you may notice that your phone may start working a little faster after clearing temporary files and cache. Or it may simply be a matter of reducing the load on the processor. The effect in this case, of course, will be temporary.

Other experts add that, given the way modern operating systems work, they can handle optimizing memory and resources themselves.

So, if your phone is working stably, quickly, and efficiently, you may not need to reboot it constantly. But if something goes wrong, rebooting can be an effective way to solve the problem. The regularity of reboots is not critical to the durability of the device.

By the way, if you want to use your smartphone carefully and efficiently, you should be aware of dangerous habits that can lead to sudden breakdowns. To ensure that your smartphone does not cause damage, you need to know some basic rules. 

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