[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] sll1313:
I have heard so many opinions in general to this question when it comes to the Note 8 specifically as well as all Androids, iPhones, Windows OS, etc. Some people feel these phones have been developed to be on all the time and really don’t need to be restarted at all. These same individuals feel that it uses more battery to do these restarts so that will hurt the phone because it will decrease the number of limited battery cycles that one has. However, other people feel you should be restarting your phone to improve battery life as well as performance. Some suggest when you receive your security update, approximately monthly. Some suggest weekly, twice a week, daily. I’ve even heard others that say if you use 40-50% straight you should be restarting your phone. With regards to the last scenario, those individuals have said they restart as much as 3 times a day. Some believe you should shut down when you charge and do it nightly when they charge their phones. For me that won’t work because I charge my phone in the morning while I’m eating breakfast, showering and getting ready. I think it would be great to find out from someone who knows what is the best way to take care of our phones as opposed to the manufacturers who obviously want our phones to eventually die so we have to buy new ones. I enjoy my Note 8 and can’t foresee myself getting a new phone until at the earliest probably the Note 10. Only because everything I read/watch discuss that could be a very special phone, but there’s obviously a good possibility that it won’t happen. While Apple definitely changed their phone with the iPhone X, I was expecting a lot more. Luckily for them I’m not their customer. At least, not yet but their OS would have to change dramatically as well as they would need to create something that could compete with the S Pen. I highly doubt I would ever become their customer, but I’m digressing. Even though I didn’t spend that much for my Note 8 on preorder, but it’s obvious that the prices are going up. If that keeps happening and they don’t offer as much on their sales, promos, deals, trade ins, etc., we as consumers in general will probably be trying to hold on to our phones as long as possible. While in my opinion there is still one huge issue regarding the OS in the fact that the phones that are released are optimized for the current version of the OS that is out. So with that in mind eventually updating your phones to a particular OS could be detrimental and the manufacturers may force us to upgrade. So as long as we keep our devices healthy by practicing certain habits. One would be to make sure we don’t always jump at the new OS unless we know that it would agree with our current phone that we are using. The other habits include charging as well as restarting our devices. I’m sure there are even others. But this is what prompted me to create this thread. I would greatly like us as consumers to come up with a list of good habits to come up with to keep our phones healthy which would prolong their lifetimes. I mentioned that I was interested in knowing how often people restart their phones and that is what primarily I’m looking for, but I still think it would be great to use this to go over any items that anyone thinks could be beneficial for us. This way we can decided when we want to upgrade as opposed to being forced into upgrading. I hope this makes sense to everyone and I value everyone’s opinions. I’m looking forward to hearing what everyone’s thoughts are. Thanks in advance for everyone’s participation.