Is there any benefit to restarting your phone regularly?
News Mobile Smartphones Is there any benefit to restarting your phone regularly? By Max Miller July 29, 2026 11:30 am EST Max Miller for Engadget There are plenty of myths and superstitions about smartphones that continue to persist in 2026. Some are based on things that were once true about mobile devices, like the idea that leaving them plugged in is bad — a concept that predates the advent of USB power delivery.
- ▪News Mobile Smartphones Is there any benefit to restarting your phone regularly?
- ▪By Max Miller July 29, 2026 11:30 am EST Max Miller for Engadget There are plenty of myths and superstitions about smartphones that continue to persist in 2026.
- ▪Some are based on things that were once true about mobile devices, like the idea that leaving them plugged in is bad — a concept that predates the advent of USB power delivery.
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| Publication time | Wed, 29 Jul 2026 15:30:00 +0000 |
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News Mobile Smartphones Is there any benefit to restarting your phone regularly? Here's how it helps. And how it doesn't. By Max Miller July 29, 2026 11:30 am EST Max Miller for Engadget There are plenty of myths and superstitions about smartphones that continue to persist in 2026. Some are based on things that were once true about mobile devices, like the idea that leaving them plugged in is bad — a concept that predates the advent of USB power delivery. Others are urban legends that were never rooted in fact, like the extremely false claim that submerging a water-damaged device in rice will salvage it. Seriously, don't do that. One claim that has more legs is that you should routinely power cycle your smartphone.
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