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can be a big clue. Use the recommendations in the previous section to

evaluate whether the device or the environment is the source of this heat. A

hot, sluggish device could be using thermal throttling to protect the device’s

CPU from heat damage by reducing its power; in this case, performance

should pick up as it cools.

One of the first troubleshooting steps you can take in resolving

performance issues is to perform a soft reset of the device; this clears running

apps—perhaps even ones that are frozen or malfunctioning—from RAM. As

far as troubleshooting tools go, you can use the device settings or third-party

apps to measure the device’s performance. Sometimes those apps can help

point the way to what’s causing the performance problems. If you ultimately

determine that a hardware issue is causing performance problems, you should

take the device to an authorized repair facility.

Battery Life

Just like the portable devices discussed in Chapter 23, modern mobile devices

use Lithium-Ion (Li-Ion) batteries. While it’s usually not too hard to make

use of a more traditional portable computer while it’s charging, the

ergonomics of mobile devices can make it miserable to use one while it’s

charging—so it’s even more important to make sure your device has power

when you need it. Our purpose here is to look at how you can manage any

battery to get the most out of it, but first we need to talk about the cornerstone

of good battery management.

Meeting User Power Needs

Mobile devices are rated in terms of how long their battery should power a

device during “normal” use, how long the device can go between battery

charges, and the levels of power that both the battery provides and requires in

order to charge. Make sure you and your users have mobile devices that have

a chance to last long enough to perform normal activities for an adequate

amount of time.

The numbers advertised by a device’s maker are a good start, but be

suspicious of these figures. Mobile device review sites will benchmark the

performance of more popular mobile devices and tell you how long they

survived while performing some battery-sucking tasks like playing HD video.

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