How To Keep Your Phone From Dying In The Cold

Winter atmospheric condition and subzero temperatures are only around the corner for the states here in Northern Indiana. What tin can you do to prepare? Beyond making sure you go on enough gas in your car and wearable a warm glaze, you demand to get your prison cell phone ready to withstand those freezing temperatures.

The most mutual reason people supervene upon their mobile devices is that their phone battery dies. While cell phones do eventually need to be replaced, if your battery isn't behaving the way it should this winter, at that place might exist a better solution than spending coin on a new phone.

Why Your Phone Hates Cold Weather

It doesn't matter whether you take an iPhone or an Android device, mobile phones don't like cold temperatures. Why? Because they depend on lithium-ion batteries. This type of bombardment is what powers most rechargeable mobile devices.

Cell phones and other mobile devices depend on this type of battery because it is designed to charge quickly and doesn't have to be completely depleted before recharging.

Unfortunately, the trade-off is that these batteries don't handle common cold weather well. You can read more about the science behind lithium-ion batteries here.

The bombardment meter in your iPhone or Android phone is calibrated assuming it will exist used in moderate weather (32° – 95° Fahrenheit). Considering of this, your phone might finish working or shut off completely while still showing that the battery life is at 30% or higher.

For those of us living in areas that regularly dip below 32° or even below 0°, that'due south a big problem!

Batteries Don't Handle Cold Conditions

How To Protect Your Phone This Winter

cell phone in snow showing why your phone battery dies so fast in the winter

Activate Battery-Saving Mode

If you know you're going to be using your phone in freezing temperatures, change the battery settings to help it last longer. Your telephone'southward battery saver choice is easy to use and limits the capabilities of your telephone to aid you make the nigh of your battery's power.

You tin find this mode through your phone'due south settings: on an iPhone, it's chosen "low power mode" and on an Android phone, it's called "battery saver".

Keep Your Phone As Warm As Possible

When your phone is too common cold, the ions that make your battery work tin can't move. Endeavour to keep your phone as warm as possible by tucking it in your glaze pocket or an inside pocket instead of in a purse or bag.

If you can use wireless earbuds with your phone, that tin be an ideal solution for using your phone in cold weather. Using earbuds ways yous can keep your telephone rubber and warm within a glaze pocket while still existence able to apply it in cold weather.

Limit using your phone outside in freezing temperatures, and always let your telephone warm upwardly inside for a few minutes before attempting to recharge it.

Bring A Portable Charger With You During The Winter Months

While you shouldn't try to accuse your phone when information technology's cold, once it's back to room temperature it should exist safe to do and then. If you travel a lot or are worried about your telephone'south bombardment dying in the centre of the day due to cold weather, a portable charger could be the correct solution for yous.

Nosotros have the best portable chargers on the market available at The Lab, and so stop in and pick one upwardly today!

Merely remember that charging a cold battery tin can crusade a chemical reaction that could harm the battery and your phone. Merely use your charger once your phone has warmed upwardly!

Is It Time For A New Phone Or Merely A New Battery?

If keeping your phone warm and activating battery-saving mode isn't giving you the battery life you lot need, it might be time to consider a change.

Jail cell phone batteries are rated for 500 charge cycles, which means they tin typically final 2-3 years on average. Depending on use, that tin can shift anywhere from 1 ½ to 5 years of battery life earlier your phone bombardment dies.

At The Lab, nosotros've seen people pay hundreds of dollars to supercede their iPhone or Android device when they could have paid much less for a new battery and kept their device instead.

If you're concerned that your phone'south bombardment is dying, don't leap the gun and replace your entire phone. Bring it to our experts at The Lab and we tin can supplant your old battery with a new one at a fraction of the toll of a new device.

Telephone Model	Estimated Battery Replacement Cost
iPhone viii and older	$fifty
iPhone Ten and newer	$80
Android Phones (including Samsung S, Annotation Line, Google Pixel, etc)	$25 – $105*

*Samsung model phones differ from model to model and there are many types. This cost range is our all-time estimate.

Nosotros tin also take a expect at your phone and let yous know if the cold weather is to blame and your phone might just demand a warm-upward!

We know what information technology's like to panic when your phone's battery won't hold a accuse and your near-new device isn't working the manner it should. Allow the states put your listen at ease and assistance you avoid the cost of a new iPhone or Android device this winter.

The Lab is located in the heart of downtown Warsaw at 120 E. Middle Street, Suite A. Nosotros're open until 5pm Monday-Friday and until 2pm on Saturday. We dear walk-ins and are always hither to help, so bring in your phone today!