Phones & Tablets
Phone Charging Slowly? Work Out Which Part of the Chain Is Limiting It
Charging speed is set by the weakest link between charger, cable, port and battery. Here is how to test each in turn.
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Phones & Tablets
Texts Not Sending? Separate SMS, MMS and iMessage First
Which kind of message is failing tells you where the fault is. Green versus blue, and text versus picture, narrow it down…
Phones & Tablets
Phone Screen Cracked? How to Decide Between Repair, Insurance and Replacement
The decision comes down to the phone's remaining value, whether the touch layer still works, and how long it will keep getting…
Phones & Tablets
Phone Won’t Turn On? How to Tell a Dead Battery From a Dead Phone
A black screen usually means a flat battery or a frozen system, not a dead phone. The force restart and the charging…
Phones & Tablets
Phone Getting Hot? What Is Normal, What Is Not, and How to Cool It
Phones warm up under load by design. Here is how to tell ordinary heat from a rogue app, a failing battery or…
Phones & Tablets
Charging Cable Falls Out of Your Phone? It Is Almost Certainly Lint
A loose charging cable is rarely a worn port. Compacted pocket lint at the bottom of the port stops the plug seating…
Phones & Tablets
Phone Screen Flickering? How to Tell Software From a Failing Display
A flickering phone screen can be a setting, a rogue app or a dying display. One boot-mode test tells you which, before…