You probably didn’t know this yet: There’s a big difference between powering off and restarting a smartphone

It would probably be pointless these days to introduce anyone to the smart phones that we commonly call smartphones. Smartphones have been part of our lives for years, and let’s be honest—most of us can’t imagine a full day without them.

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This article will quickly walk you through the differences between powering off and restarting a smartphone. At first glance it may seem like a trivial matter, but there’s a good chance you’ll find answers to some of your questions right here.

So what’s the difference?

The main difference between powering off / turning on and restarting your phone is rather simple. As you probably expect, the difference lies in the processes that happen during these actions. Specifically, we mean the impact on software and hardware.

At the moment you click the restart button, only the system turns off and on. It’s important to note that the hardware is still powered, so the physical clearing of the cache doesn’t happen in this case. Turning off and turning on works more “in depth.”

When you power off the device, everything is completely shut down and unnecessary temporary files are deleted. During the subsequent boot-up, a process begins that checks the proper functioning of both the software and the hardware components.

As a result of this check, manually powering off and on takes more time than restarting your smartphone. However, if you read carefully, during a full power off all temporary files are completely cleared, which significantly speeds up your smartphone.

Another minor difference is power consumption. The power-off and power-on process triggers more actions on the smartphone, so the energy usage is slightly higher than with a simple restart.

So if you need to speed up your phone, go for a manual power off, and if you need to fix only some system issue, a restart is enough.

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