Power off

[leozdad]

how often do you "power off" your phone, you know, actually hit the power off button and turn your phone off for a few minutes?

I do mine at least twice a week just to keep things fresh in the system. sorta like i do with my pc. i think a good reboot of the system seems to help with that.

 

[Legobricke]

Personally...

I battery change everyday....

But, if for some reason I don't battery switch, I am sure I reboot at least once a day...

Lego

 

[daniel-k]

I'm glad that you have raised this issue, because I've been wondering what the pro's and con's are for turning it on and off.

I wonder because - - I got my Rezound in November when they first came out and so far I have only turned it off twice! Once when I intentionally let the battery run down and once by accident when I held the button down too long. Both times were right after I got it.

I'm probably an average to below average user. My battery will usually last all day and sometimes two. Unless I'm listening to music, I put it in airplane mode when I'm sleeping and I try to keep it charged according to my schedule.

Everything seems to be working perfectly and I couldn't be happier with the device so I hate to change anything, but I have been wondering if I'm missing something.

 

[dpham00]

I usually restart the phone once a day in the morning as I start my commute. I almost never turn the phone off, but once every few weeks, I will pull the battery.

 

[woodyt74]

I've always shut my phones down to charge them overnight, just seemed like the thing to do. Never had any problems doing so. Is there any reason not to?

 

[NoYankees44]

I reboot mine whenever it occurs to me to do so. Sometimes it's every day or 2, sometimes its a month or longer. I do a lot more obviously when I am on a flashing kick

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[GC736]

Only when the flight attendants say its time. So with my schedule, about 6-8 times a month.

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[leozdad]

I've always shut my phones down to charge them overnight, just seemed like the thing to do. Never had any problems doing so. Is there any reason not to?

What about the middle of the night emergency phone call?

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[DRKayak]

I change battery once a day. I use the phone heavily.

But I don't see any problem with never turning it off if it works for you. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

 

[woodyt74]

What about the middle of the night emergency phone call?

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Everyone that has my cell # has my home #, I'm not cell dependent. If I'm travelling, that's another story and my cell stays on for exactly that reason. Also, my wife and I have no immediate family still living so we don't expect too many emergency phone calls.

 

[anon(394005)]

how often do you "power off" your phone, you know, actually hit the power off button and turn your phone off for a few minutes?

I do mine at least twice a week just to keep things fresh in the system. sorta like i do with my pc. i think a good reboot of the system seems to help with that.

I rarely keep my phone powered up for any long duration (more than a day or two) as I swap out for a fresh battery as needed (it's always powered on though between battery swaps). It does seem to keep things humming right along and minimize issues. Which leads me to believe these phones are much more susceptible to performance or operational issues than a typical computer. I'd attribute that to their inherent smaller size that can cause heat issues and in just having to interact with the cellular network and its fluctuating signal levels, loss of signal, switching towers, etc. There's a lot of potential there to cause issues. Sometimes, I'm surprised they work as well as they do.

In contrast, for years I've always left my PC's (laptops) powered on and typically only reboot them when applying Microsoft patches (second Tuesday of every month) or as needed for maintenance (ex. disk check). Some months the patches don't require a reboot so they stay up longer. In either case, I've rarely experienced performance issues by keeping them up for long durations.

 

[humpagardengnome]

What is all this talk of powering off with the power button? What the hell is a power button? Since I'm still using a stock refurb I have no need to restart, Sense crashes quite often & I'm usually forced to pull the battery in order to shut down. This past week I've had no need to power off normally.

 

[Dovahkiin]

Treat your phone like you (hopefully) treat a computer.
There's no real need to turn off your phone at night, just enable sleep mode (it's on by default) and let your phone handle its own energy saving while the screen is off. You'll still get phone calls and texts, don't worry.
Shutting down and restarting computers takes a toll on the hardware. The expansion/contraction in temperature change only serves to whittle down the solder and smaller components.
Yeah, you can argue with "what about TV's?" and such, but that's my story and I'm sticking to it.

 

[mikeytg1024]

I used to power cycle my Droid X every morning to try to head off some of the many bugs it had. When I replaced it with the rezound I stopped doing that; now I go weeks without turning it off or restarting it.