Everyone wants their cell phone to make their life easier with its functionalities, but also to have good performance and with the security that no cybercriminal will steal their data. To achieve this, there is a practice that has been very forgotten, but here we will remind you of it.
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Restarting your mobile phone at least once a day has important implications for its performance and security. Even high-end devices are not exempt from the need for this practice, which is highly recommended by the manufacturers themselves but often forgotten by users.
How does restarting my phone help me?
Let's talk about the RAM memory that mobile phones have today. It is common to find devices on the market with 6GB of RAM in the mid-range, while the average in high-end devices is 8GB of RAM. Well, although Android has increased its efficiency in this aspect, we cannot leave it all to the operating system.
It turns out that we are talking about the main memory of the device, where the data of all the programs you are using at the moment are stored. And sometimes, when you stop running something, there are still residues in the RAM that can cause performance problems on your phone.
Knowing this, you will realize that closing your applications from the multitasking menu will not completely eliminate all the processes, so restarting your phone is the most effective method to avoid performance issues and avoid overloading it.
What about the security of my data?
Obviously, in addition to having a phone with good performance, we are also interested in its security. Restarting your phone once a month is recommended by the US National Security Agency (NSA) as a security measure.
"Regularly restarting phones will not stop the army of cybercriminals or espionage companies from hiring that have cast doubt and chaos on the ability to keep any information secure and private in our digital lives. But it can make even the most sophisticated hackers work harder to maintain access and steal data from a phone", said Angus King, a member of the US Intelligence Committee.
While restarting the device is not a magical solution, at least you will give cybercriminals an additional obstacle, making it likely that they will stop targeting your phone as one of their preferred targets.