Apple Employees Warn Against These 7 Common Charging Mistakes That Ruin Your Phone Prematurely

Never Cleaning Your Charging Port

Your phone’s charging port can become clogged with dust, dirt, and debris. Make sure you clean it out from time to time using a dry Q-tip or forced air. This will also help your charging sessions be more effective.

Using Damaged Charging Cables

Still holding onto that frayed charging cable? It’s time to let it go and purchase a new one. Not only can damaged cables cause your charging sessions to be less effective, but they are dangerous to use.

Charging to 100 Percent

Charging your phone to 100 percent each time is a way to shorten your battery’s lifespan, plus it isn’t necessary. As long as you’re working to keep your phone in the 40-to-80-percent charges zone, you’ll give it the power needed to perform most of your tasks for a long period of time.

Using Your Phone While it Charges

It’s so tempting to use your phone while it’s charging so that you don’t miss a beat when it comes to work or your social commitments. But when you continue using it while it’s on a charger you are forcing it to work harder, which creates heat and wears down your battery.

Using a Phone Case While Charging

A lot of us charge our phone with the phone case on and nothing ever happens. It’s possible nothing ever will happen. But a bulky phone case can create heat — adding the heat from charging on top of that can lead to a situation where your phone overheats, and this negatively impacts your battery. If you feel your phone getting hotter when it charges, try removing the case.