How Often To Reboot Our Cell Phones? Get Expert Advice Here

After yesterday's AT&T cell phone outage fiasco, many of us were drawn to rethink our dependence. Didn't you feel like you lost a limb? Luckily, service was restored to the likely hundreds of thousands of us affected. This unfortunate event caused me to think about my phone, in general, and how to take better care to ensure it's at optimal functioning. The question popped up in my head, "how often to reboot our cell phones?" Get expert advice here.

Oh, it's not me giving you advice. Trust me, I'm no expert. I searched the internet for those in the know. Here's what I found. In an article in Reader's Digest, they referred to a Los Angeles based tech consultant, Bob Motamedi. He insisted it all starts with the apps, saying, "In most cases, the app isn’t really closed but rather, it’s put into a state where it can be restarted faster." Motamedi went on to advise that those apps eat memory and battery power. Some days your cell battery drains much faster than other days. It's been devoured by your apps. Rebooting, that is turning off and restarting your phone cleans any open apps and "memory leaks." It's also recommended that we let our batteries drain to 0 for ideal performance.

Rule of thumb, according to the article and Mr. Motamedi, is to reboot once a week. Make sure you shut it down for at least one minute before turning it back on. Apparently this helps your cell's memory and prolong it's battery life. It also prevents crashing and makes the device operate more smoothly. All good things. Forget electronics, this is something we humans all need! A little rest from work, computers, cells and multitasking is essential to our "batteries."

So, know we know how often to reboot our cell phones from expert advice, here. Is this something you practice on a regular? I'm going to set an alarm in my calendar and give this once a week restart thing a shot. While I'm at it, I think I'll set another alarm to reboot myself once a week.

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Apparently, a person can be bad at charging their phone because of their zodiac sign. Here are the findings of Michelle Bell, the founder of the astrology app Cosmic Fusion.

Apparently, a person can be bad at charging their phone because of their zodiac sign. Recently, an astrologer shared with Bustle that there are signs that always have their phone at 20 percent. Michelle Bell, the founder of the astrology app Cosmic Fusion, pointed out which zodiac signs are most likely to utter the words, "Can we use your phone? Mine is about to die," during a night out.

The zodiac is divided into twelve signs including Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, and Pisces. Your zodiac sign is based on your birthday. However, when it comes to astrology, there is more to your zodiac than just your birthday. For instance, there are element associations, as well as the moon or rising signs, and others.

The ancient Babylonians created the zodiac with each of its 12 sections named after the largest constellation it contained. They observed that the movement of planets, called transits, corresponded with both future events and misfortunes on Earth.

According to The Good Trade, astrology highlights your strengths and weaknesses and offers information about things like love, career, family life, and life purpose.

Some zodiac signs are either too busy or too preoccupied to plug in their phones at night. You could be one of the three signs who never charges their phone.

Get more in-depth information about those zodiac signs here.

An astrologer says that these zodiac signs never charge their phones.

Bell said that Aquarius is often forgetful and is likely to have high screen time. "They forget about the practical things in life, like charging their phone or bringing a portable charger around with them," says Bell.

According to astrologer Bell, Aries has the "impulsiveness and tendency to act before [you] think" which makes it easy for you to forget to charge your phone before leaving the house.

Sagittarius' "carefree and optimistic approach to life" can make it easy for the sign to forget to plug in their phone at the end of the day. "They’re too busy traversing the universe to think about charging their phone," says Bell.