There are still a few days left for its official start, but the summer’s own temperatures are already here. These are a problem for electronic devices in general and mobile phones. Small, without active ventilation and with constant use, are usually the first victims of excessive heat, which they respond with a process called Thermal Throttling either Thermal strangulation.
What is thermal strangulation
Thermal strangulation is, in fact, a characteristic of mobile phones and other devices that use processors to prevent overheating damage. And get it, but based on reduce your performance And, if the environmental heat is really high, or so.
A processor has a maximum temperature to which it can work: it is its Thermal design either TDPfor its acronym in English. In a desktop computer, which admits ventilation solutions such as large dissipators and fans, usually around the 100 degrees.
Those of laptops, which are usually low consumption versions of the previous ones precisely because their ventilation conditions are more limited, are among the 85 ° C and 95 ° C.
And in the case of smartphones, whose heat dissipation is much more difficult because 80-85 ° C.. For example, the Soc Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2/3 or the Apple A17 Pro They have an 85 ° C TDP.
When it reaches these temperatures, the processor drastically reduce its frequenciesbeing able to lower them to half or more if with that he manages not to overcome their TDP. The result is that the device, in addition to being extremely hot to touch, loses much of its processing capacity And it becomes a lot, much slower. This, if it does not decide to go out completely to avoid major evils; The aforementioned thermal strangulation, although problematic, serves to protect the electronics of the device.
How to prevent thermal strangulation of your phone
There are a number of practices that help your smartphone better survive at the high temperatures of the summer and prevent the Thermal Throttling or that this is excessive:
- You probably use a case with your mobile, but This is a problem in summersince it makes it hot further and retain the heat more. It is better to remove it to help you stay cooler.
- Avoid direct exposure to the sun. If you are on the beach, for example, keep it inside a bag or under other objects that block the direct incidence.
- Deactivate the functions that you are not using: Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, GPS … APPARE ME IF YOU DO NOT NEED THEM. It is also recommended Maintain a low screen shine To reduce thermal load.
- Activate battery savings mode. Although it is not specifically designed to combat heat, it reduces internal processes and Help maintain controlled temperature.
- Don’t use it while loadingsince that is one of the moments in which he gets most, and Avoid fast charge which makes its temperature increase even more while connected to the charger.