Tips on maintaining your mobile phone

by isabelrdrgs

Today mobile phone is become a necessity for every person. Youths, teens, Aged we all want to have a handset for our selves.

It’s not possible to buy a cell phone every now and then. This makes it important to maintain your mobile phone. Following are certain tips that can help you maintain your mobile phone and ensure its longer life.

1) Charge your mobile phone: Always make it a habit to charge your mobile phone. Avoid charging your phone too early. Charging too early can result in your battery running out of power very early.
2) Keep your mobile phone protected: Always lock your mobile phone when not in use. Unlock mobile phones can cause unnecessary calls even without you knowing about it.
3) Use safe batteries: Always use safe batteries for your mobile phones. Do not just buy a battery just because you are getting it for less. It would always be advisable to use batteries from authorized dealers.
4) Secure your Mobile phone: Always remember to secure your mobile phone by enabling the PIN on your SIM card. You also need to lock your phone and avoid any unauthorized use.
5) Clean your mobile phone: Clean your phone regularly to maintain its luster and shine. All you have to do is just wipe it with a soft cloth daily.
6) Cover your mobile phone: A suitable mobile phone cover is the best way to protect your phone from any dust and dirt. Always choose a cover which has air pockets to it.
7) Storing: It’s very important that you store your mobile phone in a dry place. Avoid contacting it with rain, humidity or any other liquids. It would be advisable to keep your phone at a moderate temperature.

Be Careful What You Do with Your SIM Card

by David Salt

So you think you have removed any sensitive date from your mobile phone? Think again, it might still be left on your SIM card. Perhaps you have erased a series of potentially embarrassing text messages from your phone...

Maybe you made some insensitive statements about your boss; maybe you have done something that you do not wish your spouse to know about; maybe you have diverted from your usual route home for some reason that is entirely your business. You have checked your phone, and it does not contain any evidence of these things.

However, if a security expert had access to your SIM card, by using a clever piece of software she could recreate on a computer everything that you believed you had deleted and by using GPS information that you were unaware you had, she could even piece together the route you took home the other night when you diverted from your usual one.

There are a growing number of security companies that specialise in analysing SIM cards for employers who suspect their employees might be pursuing their private agendas, and for husbands and wives who suspect their spouses of being up to no good. If you carry out online banking on your mobile phone, or store credit card information on it, then you are a natural target for criminal activities too.

A large majority of mobile phone users upgrade their phones on a regular basis in order to obtain the latest advances in technology. These people may recycle their old phones or pass then on to another party but rarely do they consider that their SIM, from which they might have erased all visible information, will still contain the shadows of the original data.

There is an obvious need to develop both greater protection for SIM cards and an awareness regarding their potential for personal intrusion and identity theft. Just as in a PC when the user withes to remove all traces of information from their hard drive, it is possible to do this by using special data replacement algorithms, new phone apps are being developed that will allow you to do this on your phone, but in the meantime, make sure you destroy your SIM before you pass on your old phone.