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Don’t want your phone to blow up? Follow these 6 pieces of expert advice
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1. Stay away from low-quality batteries.
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2. Keep your phone in a well-ventilated place while charging.
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3. If you get your phone wet, have it checked by a professional.
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4. Don’t overuse your phone while it’s charging.
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5. If your phone takes a nasty drop, don’t just dust it off and move on.
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6. If you notice any overheating or sudden battery drain, you may have a problem.
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Don’t Want Your Phone to Blow Up? Follow These 6 Pieces of Expert Advice
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Recently, a young girl’s Samsung Galaxy smartphone burned near her head as she slept. Her phone was ruined, but the fire didn’t spread beyond the underside of her pillow, so she and her family were not harmed. Of course, not all chargeable electronics fires end without injury.
Obviously, these are extraordinary circumstances. Your smartphone isn’t just going to up and explode on you in 99 percent of scenarios. Still, we were curious as to what you, dear reader, could do to prevent similar smartphone combustion. And so we talked to the device experts at iFix, a New York-based gadget repair service. Below are pieces of advice iFix gave to avoid battery meltdown and smartphone explosion.