This Week at TekSure

You don't have to delete apps to break the scroll habit. Just move them off the home screen so opening them takes deliberate effort.

iPhone: long-press the app → Remove from Home Screen → Move to App Library. Android: long-press → drag to the trash → "Remove from home" (the app stays installed).

When you want Instagram, you'll have to search for it. That tiny friction is often enough to break the unconscious reach for your phone.

A 4-digit PIN has 10,000 combinations. A thief can try a lot of them. A 6-digit PIN has a million, which is effectively unguessable without erasing the phone.

iPhone: Settings → Face ID & Passcode → Change Passcode → Passcode Options → 6-Digit Numeric Code. Android: Settings → Security → Screen Lock. Takes 30 seconds.

Also turn on Face ID or fingerprint unlock. It is faster AND more secure than any PIN.

This sounds like a joke, but it genuinely fixes the majority of home internet problems. Routers build up minor memory issues over weeks of running — the restart clears them out.

Unplug both your modem AND your router from the wall. Wait 30 full seconds. Plug the modem back first, wait for its lights to stop blinking, then plug in the router.

If it is still slow after a full restart, your internet provider may be having an outage. Check downdetector.com before you spend an hour troubleshooting.

Facebook, TikTok, YouTube, and X are all engineered to keep you scrolling past your limit. Your phone can gently push back — without you having to exercise willpower in the moment.

iPhone: Settings → Screen Time → App Limits → Add Limit. Android: Settings → Digital Wellbeing → Dashboard → tap any app → set timer.

Pick 30 minutes for something like Facebook. When the limit hits, the icon turns gray. You can still override it, but the speed-bump is usually enough to make you put the phone down.

Lithium batteries hate heat. A phone left on a dashboard in summer loses battery capacity permanently — not just for the day.

Apple says safe operating temperature is 32° to 95°F. Above 95°F (which a closed car hits within 10 minutes on a 75° day), the battery starts degrading.

If your phone gets uncomfortably hot, let it cool down before charging. And never put a hot phone in a freezer — the sudden change causes condensation damage.