Mobile phones can be more devastating than you think. In addition to imposing some abstract threats like ruining people’s mental health and preventing them from having a good life, mobile phones can also be life-threatening. Events of mobile phone explosion are not new news anymore. They are frequently happening and, most of the time, occurring severe casualties. Knowing about what causes explosions in cell phones will help you prevent it and keep you safe.
Reasons Why Mobile Phones Blast
There are several reasons for a mobile phone to blast. Amid them, these are the most common ones:
Call Bombarding
The most common cause of a mobile phone explosion is using it during it’s being charged. Such events are also termed as ‘call bombing.’ Charging exerts extra pressure on the phone’s motherboard; using it this time increases this pressure significantly. This causes the low-cost electrical components in some smartphones to explode.
Calls or even missed calls from overseas numbers are liable to as call bombing. If you engage with such calls for more than a specified length of time, the phone might blast. Apart from them, malware, or a flaw, some Android-based smartphones might trigger an explosion by applying extra pressure to the motherboard when charging.
Accidental Manufacturing Errors
Devices can fail due to a poor batch of batteries or a mistake on the manufacturing line that caused a part or component to be damaged, or the usage of the incorrect components. Some misconnections or improper circuits might also be placed in a phone.
Interestingly, while everyone blames manufacturing flaws for gadget fires, it’s actually rather unusual after all those safety tests that respectable manufacturers perform to check such issues.
Improper Design and Products
This is generally only seen with inexpensive, poorly constructed gadgets. Some of them are produced by inexperienced manufacturers, while others are produced by companies who blatantly cut shortcuts. Unfortunately, this material is flooding online marketplaces, even the famous ones, and it may be difficult for the typical consumer to detect the difference between a well-crafted product and a badly produced one because many of the gadgets include forged regulatory marks.
Many of the low-cost and counterfeit items lack the safety measures that legitimate manufacturers provide.
Product Damages
End users are the most prevalent cause of product failure. Tossing gadgets around, getting them wet, charging them with the incorrect charger, and leaving them to broil in the sun are all terrible choices.
Better-made gadgets will include safety measures such as protection against overheating, excessive discharge, overcharging, and protection from short-circuiting and charging with the incorrect charger, which works to keep damaged items from becoming dangerous, but nothing is failsafe.
How to Prevent Mobile Phones from Blasting?
Without knowing the exact cause of a mobile phone explosion, finding an effective way to prevent it is impossible. However, you can follow some common guidelines to safeguard yourself and your equipment from disaster. A hissing sound, flickering, popping, or even swelling are a few general warning indications that your phone is faulty and can explode.
Some other guidelines will help you be safe and eradicate the chance of having a mobile explosion. Learn and stick to these guidelines:
Short and Uninterrupted Charging Session
A long period of charge, even after the battery has 100% of charges, may overheat the battery. It may also cause malfunctioning other chips. To keep away from any danger, we should avoid practicing such charging procedures. Instead of plugging in our mobiles for a long time, we should charge them for a short session. Maintain a charge level between 20% to 80%.
Another important piece of advice is to not use the phone while charging. Playing games or watching movies that can tax the phone severely increases the temperature level of the battery. If uncontrolled, it can turn into a serious accident at any time.
Listening to music plugging in a headphone should also be avoided while the phone is being charged. You might have to call or receive someone’s call amid a charging session. If so, you should first disconnect the phone from the charger and then go for the call.
Altogether, you have to ensure that the phone remains undisturbed while it’s getting charged. Keep it standing or onto something where it can dissipate the heat accumulated from the charging and remain cool.
How to Charge Your Smartphone to Cut the Risk of Explosion?
While charging, stick to these basic manners:
Check if the phone is getting too hot:
Let the phone cool itself down before connecting it to the charger again. Also, notice that you haven’t covered the phone with anything.
Use the first-party charger:
The charger that comes with the box delivers the most optimal ratio of current and voltage. If your phone has a Type-C USB charger that allows quick charging, you shouldn’t replace it with any other third-party charger.
Avoid charging phone in your bed:
It’s highly tempting to watch a movie or lay eyes on a pdf before going to bed, but you shouldn’t turn over on your mobile phone and cause it to excessively overheat. Charging your phone under or over a pillow can cause it to rapidly heat up.
Be careful of the place where you are charging your phone:
Avoid charging your device for extended periods of time in extremely hot areas. Especially leaving it in places like a car dashboard, near to a radiator, or in direct heating sunlight on summer days. It will stimulate your phone to go overly heated instantly and occur an unexpected consequence.
Take care of the battery:
If the battery begins to swell or show any other kind of abnormality, disconnect the phone and remove its battery if it is detachable. Do not dispose of the battery or gadget in the garbage. Always dispose of batteries at authorized disposal sites or select electronics stores.
Conclusion
People should not be alarmed by recent reports of exploding mobile phones. Because this issue may still be prevented by using cell phones and chargers properly. The majority of battery and charger manufacturers provide instructions and safety concerns. All that is required is to just adhere to them until a much safer battery is introduced.
Source: United News of Bangladesh