Bad Idea To Power Off Phone Every Night?

[Sanyo M-1]

I read somewhere that its a bad idea to power off your phone everday as its putting stress on the phone? Anyone eleberate?

[tlordon]

LOL..
back in the day IE last year and before. you never had to turn your phone off. Ever..

nowadays its like windows it cant stay runing for without a reboot..

it wont hurt it.. why would it put extra strain on it..

i say power it off once a week with these new ones just to keep the software happy...
it will clear the Cache when you power cycle...

[Sanyo M-1]

Thanx for the info.

[EDF]

I've never really had a problem keeping ANY type of phone on.

[sprtjnkie]

I keep my blade on all the time unless I use the internet to keep track of scores alot. Seems as if I have to reset it at least once an hour during extened usage. Other than that, I leav my phone on non-stop. If I notice a slow down, I cycle it. Usually don't have a problem though.

[gizard]

My A900 hasn't been turned off in over 6 months and I've never had a problem. The phone I had before this one, I turned it on after its first charge and finally turned it off two years later when I got my a900. Phones only last about 4-5 years. Might as well let it live.

[BESTJUDGE]

For windows phone ...not nad idea to soft reset itself once a day.

[Dzalumni]

I tuned my Sanyo 8200 off nightly. I turn my Treo off nightly and a Soft Reset once a week. Sanyo, Treo and Sprint all reccomend that you turn the phone off at least once every 24 hours.

[TechGuru]

Mine freezes and reboots on me like windows. Did MS write my phone's software?

[troppoalto]

I usually end up power cycling my a900 every 2 weeks. The java apps seem to have a tendency to hang after while.

[MountainDew]

my a900m, my a920, the 8300 and the 7400 where never turned off except when they crashed but never did a bad thing by leaving it on, my 8300 was on for about 6 months straight, not a problem

[tlordon]

no sanyo before 7400 needed reboot.. i dont know about m1 but i never turn off a sanyo.. there is no real reason for it..
the other fones sucked in the fact you had to..
a900 allways reboot

[dlichterman]

I turn mine off at night when I charge it because I dont want anyone wakin me up.

[WassamattaU]

Sometime earlier this year when I went to the Sprint Store, the employee told me that I should turn off my phone everyday. He said something to the effect that by doing so, my phone would receive updates to the system. To tell you the truth, I thought he was FOS. I had an A680 at the time. I now have the a900 and usually leave it on, but I have to cycle it occasionally when it gets buggy. As for it stressing the phone, I doubt it.

[reemusk]

you should restart:

your phone every morning, afternoon, or night, whichever
everytime you enter a new area (i usually restart my phone if i go farther than 30 miles away). ever travel and get voicemails with no ringing?
during phone issues, obviously. this fixes must easy errors.

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