Other Question?? How often do you restart your iPhone??

[Apple_Robert]

Keeping the phone on 24/7 wears out the battery faster than if it is turned off every night, even if it's left in the charger - due to micro cycling of the battery. Unless you want to talk on the phone at 3am, I can't see any reason to keep the phone powered up overnight.
A fresh reboot every day (if you must keep the phone powered 24/7) accomplishes a lot of good things and only takes 30 seconds.

And how would family contact you overnight, in case of emergency?

The battery wear just keeping the phone on 24 x 7 is negligible (in and of itself). I don't believe such wear justifies turning the phone off at night, especially when you can't receive emergency calls.

 

[eyoungren]

Keeping the phone on 24/7 wears out the battery faster than if it is turned off every night, even if it's left in the charger - due to micro cycling of the battery. Unless you want to talk on the phone at 3am, I can't see any reason to keep the phone powered up overnight.
A fresh reboot every day (if you must keep the phone powered 24/7) accomplishes a lot of good things and only takes 30 seconds.

My iPhone is never turned off. We have no home phone (got rid of it over 10 years ago) so the phone sits on charger all night and serves as my alarm clock (I have a clock app running all night).

I'm jailbroken so my phone restarts every morning at 7:30am because I set it up to do that.

Over two years later and the battery is still doing fine, although I think any damage that has been done is by it riding around in my broken A/C car in 100º+ Phoenix heat more than anything else.

 

[Matthew.H]

Why not leave the phone on in case of emergency from family, and put the phone in DND at night? As long as family and other important people are on the VIP list of contacts, they will be able to reach you.

That's what we do (except for the DND part).

Our phones are on 24/7. It's the only way to get a hold of us as we ditched our home phone over 10 years ago.

I would hate to sleep through an emergency call at 2am because my phone was off.

We still have a home landline phone so the mobile phones being off at night isn't a problem.

 

[big samm]

I usually restart my phone when i update apps

 

[Fille84]

Never. Have never felt like I have to and never experienced things to be faster/smoother after a restart anyway.

 

[DevinNj]

Benefit as in?!

Apple themselves recommend to turn the phone off if not in use for a while. Doesn't hurt anything to do so.

My work computer is in 24x7 and is replaced every three years. My phone is on 24x7.

Well that's great or you. I turn mine off when not being used for a bit. To each his own, I guess.

 

[akash.nu]

Apple themselves recommend to turn the phone off if not in use for a while. Doesn't hurt anything to do so.

The only thing restarting does is if there’s a software glitch then it fixes that.

Otherwise there’s no point. It’s better to understand why some of the guidelines are written rather than blindly following.

And nobody needs to restart any computer until there’s visible lag or glitch. It’s not the 80s anymore you see. Modern operating systems are way smarter than that.

 

[DevinNj]

The only thing restarting does is if there’s a software glitch then it fixes that.

Otherwise there’s no point. It’s better to understand why some of the guidelines are written rather than blindly following.

And nobody needs to restart any computer until there’s visible lag or glitch. It’s not the 80s anymore you see. Modern operating systems are way smarter than that.

Thanks, I appreciate your lesson in technology. I can apply that to my day job as a commercial tech rep for a nationwide cable/internet/phone provider!

 

[akash.nu]

Thanks, I appreciate your lesson in technology. I can apply that to my day job as a commercial tech rep for a nationwide cable/internet/phone provider!

It wasn’t meant in a bad way, although your stream of profession is completely different but I didn’t mean it in any derogatory sense.

Apologies, if it came across like that.

 

[Apple_Robert]

Apple themselves recommend to turn the phone off if not in use for a while. Doesn't hurt anything to do so.



Well that's great or you. I turn mine off when not being used for a bit. To each his own, I guess.

Can't turn it off. There is always a post to reply to, not to mention someone always being wrong on the internet.

 

[DevinNj]

It wasn’t meant in a bad way, although your stream of profession is completely different but I didn’t mean it in any derogatory sense.

Apologies, if it came across like that.

I apologize too if I took it the wrong way.

 

[nburwell]

Only when needed.

Pretty much the same here. Which usually happens once a month.