Computers, Smartphones and Tablets to the sea? Any advice for trouble

The summer season is the most critical devices such as smartphones, tablets, and cameras. There are several reasons, the most common are related to high temperature and water or electrical surge damage as a result of storms.

The technology never leaves us, even when we go on vacation. Smartphones, tablets, laptops and digital cameras become traveling companions inseparable, indispensable tools that help to witness and share the long-awaited moments of fun and relaxation.

But the summer season is the most critical for our device, not surprisingly it is in this period that increase the chances of losing data. There are several reasons, the most common are related to high temperature and water or electrical surge damage as a result of storms often very intense in the last summer seasons.

Kroll Ontrack, a company that deals with data recovery, indicating some simple precautions to safeguard data and to avoid any unpleasant surprises:

• Your device wants to stay pale. In the summer, you know, temperatures can reach very high levels. Often distraction you forget your smartphone or tablet on the deck and leave it in a bag in the sun or inside the car. Exposure to direct sunlight or heat a high degree of risk of irreparably compromise the functionality of the electronic media, so better keep them according to the instructions provided by the manufacturer.
• The devices are sick with temperature changes. During the summer, sudden temperature changes can be frequent. In the event of a sudden change from hot to cold is better to acclimate your device and wait a few seconds before turning it on to prevent the formation of condensation. Just as it is important not to forget the electronic media attached to the network in the event of heavy storms. Surges can be mitigated using proper filters or UPS.
• The water kills the iPhone and the iPad. It’s hot and it cools down to the sea, pool, boat and it often happens that a swim is also the device because you have forgotten it in the pocket of the suit or involuntarily because it slipped into the water. In the case of hard drive, the best thing to do is keep the wet to the device to prevent impurities in the water become fixed on the internal plates and contact a data recovery expert. In the case of devices such as smartphones and tablets that use to save the data flash memory chips, the first thing to do is to turn it off. Then you must be sure it is dry before turning to avoiding possible short circuit. In any case, remember that salt water from the sea or chlorine in swimming pools are the source of corrosion processes. If the device contains important data and wants to recover it is better to move quickly in this case by contacting a serious company data recovery.
• Never forget to back up. If you want to prevent the loss of data, one of the few things, you need to do is back up and this operation should be carried out not only before leaving for the holidays past to safeguard the information, but also during. So better not forget about good habits and store data on a regular basis to external hard drives or virtual spaces in this period.