{"id":288020,"date":"2026-07-10T12:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T16:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/10\/using-my-phone-wrong-in-a-heatwave-made-it-totally-useless-heres-how-i-saved-it\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T12:55:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T16:55:11","slug":"using-my-phone-wrong-in-a-heatwave-made-it-totally-useless-heres-how-i-saved-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/10\/using-my-phone-wrong-in-a-heatwave-made-it-totally-useless-heres-how-i-saved-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Using my phone wrong in a heatwave made it totally useless \u2014 here’s how I saved it"},"content":{"rendered":"

Using my phone wrong in a heatwave made it totally useless \u2014 here’s how I saved it<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.androidpolice.com\/hot-weather-is-destroying-my-smartphone\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-07-10 12:15:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.androidpolice.com<\/a><\/p>\n

I may have reviewed smartphones for many years, but I’ve always done so in the UK with its lovely mild climate.<\/p>\n

So with a massive heatwave gripping Europe, all my knowledge of phone use went out the window.<\/p>\n

Android phones can have overheating problems at the best of times, but usually changing background settings can resolve this, or sometimes Android updates mitigate the offending problems.<\/p>\n

But when it’s 95 degrees outdoors for weeks at a time, a little app update or phone tweaking isn’t enough to solve the problem.<\/p>\n

My phone is coping with the heat even worse than I am.<\/p>\n

Ever since I switched to the Realme 13 Pro Plus several weeks ago, it’s been intermittently crashing and turning off.<\/p>\n

It’s not an old phone, or a broken one; it’s just struggling to cope with the heat, making it pretty useless.<\/p>\n

These constant crashes have cut off hotspots at the wrong moment, stopped music streaming to a roomful of people, and stopped me from using contactless to get on public transport. It’s an annoying problem.<\/p>\n

Still, it’s all my fault. After several weeks of hoping it was just a phase, I’ve come to realize that my failure to contend with the heat has absolutely destroyed my phone’s ability to keep going.<\/p>\n

So I drew on my knowledge of mobiles to find some fixes, and since employing these, my phone lasts … better, I’d say.<\/p>\n

I should have used these fixes straight away, but if your phone is struggling with heat, perhaps they’ll prove useful to you.<\/p>\n

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