Stay Cool! How to Keep Your Phone Safe This Summer

This never even occurred to me to do. The only way my iPhone would end up in the fridge is if I was distracted and somehow placed it there while I was cooking :stuck_out_tongue: . Besides that, I don’t my fridge has ever been that bare. LOL…

I once forgot my phone in my car. Well, it got broken into and stolen… along with a bunch of stuff. My hubby called me shortly after and the guy answered my phone, pretending to be the police. Never got it back. It was only a week old :frowning: Lesson learned.

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I once forgot my (almost brand new) iPhone 5S in the car during a hot California November, and afterwards there was a purplish splotch in the middle of the screen whenever it showed white. As it turns out, the phone got hot enough to melt off the oleophobic coating that repels fingerprints. Lesson learned- don’t do that.

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Don’t put in fridge :thinking: what about the freezer :tongue:

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My biggest tip is get a vent mount. I used a dash mount which cooks my phone in minutes. A vent mount allows the cool air to keep my phone cool regardless of how intensive my phone is using apps.

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Great tips! While out playing Pokemon Go on a hot summer day, I sometimes see people holding ice packs with their phone and I often wondered how much condensation this would cause inside the phone. :thinking:

That was my first thought when I saw that photo! :joy:

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Phone cases with an extra battery and fans to keep your phone cool for Pokemon go would sell I wonder if anybody makes anything like that.

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They use to, it was called mogear

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Very interesting I’m surprised I’ve never seen this you think it would be more popular. Thanks for sharing

My old phone cable from Samsung used to make my device so hot and eventually melted the cable and a crayon.

Thanks for the tips. Make you think how we kinda forget that there is a danger and how we forget that it could start a fire. But battery life have seemed to be an issue in the more recent years.

I think the best thing is to remember that like all electronics, they just need to be able to breath in order to stay cool. We have to carry our phones in our pockets, but we should keep them out to breath as much as possible.

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I stay cool by sitting next to my AC :slight_smile:

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:laughing::joy: Lol.

I must say never leave any electronic products or even child in the a Car. I saw a lot of damage news happened.:joy:

Not proud of this, but i’ve found my tv remote in the fridge a few times… realized I would leave it in there after digging through it looking for munchies. Lol :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

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Heat is not the only thing we need to protect our phones from in the summer…

Not every phone is water proof or water resistant, don’t forget about pouches or sleeves when going to the pool or beach.

Also good if u accidentally drop it in the sand, cleaning speakers and charge ports can be a tedious task. I dropped my phone a few times onto the desert sand at Burning Man, it sucks.

Damage is the best excuse to buy the latest gadget :slight_smile:

Regarding the child you’re MORE than sarcastic. :rage:

I saw a ‘lot’ of similar news lately. Usually not kids, but dogs. Several time police broke car windows to rescue dogs.
I think those people often aren’t evil but just plain stupid. Or they just forget.

As a follow-up today I’ve read a news item about how parents behave today and a few decades ago.
In the past toddlers were only allowed in very shallow pools. Talking about a few inches deep. Even then the kids often had floaters and mom was hawkeying them all the time from arm distance.

Today parents just say “Not in the deep pool” then the toddler leaves without floaters and mom starts playing with her phone 100 yards away from the kid.
When the kid returns they suddenly start parenting with anti-baterial stuff.

Evil, don’t care, plain stupid, something else? You tell me.