Do you turn off your phone or do you just occasionally set it to silent?
Ask HN: Do you turn your phone off ever?
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#2I don't turn it off, but I put it on airplane mode regularly when I'm going to be in a low signal area where it will rapidly drain the battery trying to connect to towers, e.g. while backpacking.
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#3I recently went on a trip to Europe where I had to swap out my regular SIM card for a European SIM card, then swap back when I returned. Changing the SIM card on my phone requires removing the battery, so, yes, I powered my phone off to do this.
Otherwise, I almost never power off my phone. I do switch it to airplane mode when I fly, and set it to silent when appropriate.
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#4Never off. Sometimes silent mode or airplane mode where necessary.
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#5In theaters. Partly because phones cannot be trusted to make zero noise otherwise (terrible OS design, in my opinion).
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#6If I have low battery while travelling and really need it when arriving I might do it.
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#7In theaters. Partly because phones cannot be trusted to make zero noise otherwise (terrible OS design, in my opinion).
Mute them and put them in "Do not disturb" so they don't vibrate either? What other noise does your phone make?
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#8Airplane mode when I'm at work and at night when no one should be calling. So pretty much, my phone is only ever "on" for a few hours a day.
Re: Ask HN: Do you turn your phone off ever?
#9In theaters. Partly because phones cannot be trusted to make zero noise otherwise (terrible OS design, in my opinion).
Mute them and put them in "Do not disturb" so they don't vibrate either? What other noise does your phone make?
As far as I've found, I can't make my iPhone not make the low-battery sound.
Re: Ask HN: Do you turn your phone off ever?
#10I don't but i keep my phone in another room while i'm at home / airplane mode when necessary.