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5 Hidden Smartphone Features That May Be Affecting Your Device Health

5 Hidden Smartphone Features That May Be Affecting Your Device Health

Ashu Gupta

Apr 21, 2025

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4 min read

Your smartphone may have hidden features that are unknowingly harming its performance and battery life. In this blog, uncover 5 such features and learn how to keep your device healthy.

Why is Smartphone Health important?

5 Hidden Features Affecting your Smartphone’s Performance

1. Background App Refresh: New and technologically advanced smartphones usually allow apps to refresh content in background by default, even when you are not using the apps frequently which affects the phone’s health. The phone may keep various apps ready with new data but it also drains battery quickly, uses mobile data and impacts performance.

2. Location Service: There are various mobile apps which ask permission for location service to work smoothly. However, keeping on the location services for all apps is not important. Leaving the location at all times increases the risk of data piracy and also affects your battery health. To manage this, follow these steps:

3. System Animations: The animations may help make your phone look good as they provide different transition effects, but they also consume battery and CPU. On budget or mid-range phones, disabling the animations can help improve the phone’s performance. To manage these animations, you can follow these steps:

4. Live Wallpaper: Even though the live wallpapers may look fancy and beautiful, they consume free space and battery, which hurts the phone’s performance. To remove the live wallpaper, follow these steps:

5. Device Diagnostics: Most smartphones have this feature enabled by default which usually sends usage data, crash reports, or other data in the background without your knowledge. It may be focused on improving the service but affects your phone as well.

Checklist for Good Device Health

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FAQs

Q2. Will my phone get damaged if I turn off animations?

Q3. Is turning off an app's background refresh safe?

Q4. Even when I'm not using my phone, why is the battery going so quickly?

Q6. Does smartphone performance change with system updates?

Q7. When not in use, should I switch off Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and Location?

Q8. Describe Developer Mode and whether it is safe to use.

Ashu Gupta