How to Deal with a Swollen Battery in Your Smartphone or tablets


Swollen Battery is a huge risk for your smartphone



When you start to notice that your smartphone doesn’t sit on the table or flat surface anymore and your device battery looks like expanding a little bit, then you are dealing with the swollen battery.

What is Swollen Battery?

We are taking smartphone as a primary example in this article because majority problem regarding batteries found in the smartphones. Generally, a swollen battery occurs when it’s overcharged, misuse, frequent charging or batteries’ age.

How to Deal with it?

If you are in doubt that your gadget has a “swollen battery” then the primary step is to exercise caution. Puncturing a battery in any state is extremely dangerous, but “swollen batteries” are exclusively vulnerable to compromise as their casing by this time under stress from the built up gasses within. In brief, handle any gadget with an assumed swollen battery with care.
Then next step, if your gadget has a user-removable battery, you can try to remove it but carefully. Note that the battery’s swollen casing may make removal tough. If you encounter any unusual resistance to removing the battery, stop and follow the advice below for those with devices containing non-user-removable batteries. If, however, you are able to well remove the swollen battery, place it in a safe place, like in cool container so that it won’t be exposed to puncturing. Do not throw the battery in the trash or elsewhere. 

If your gadget does not have a user-replaceable battery, such as some recent smartphone and watch and laptops, don’t try to take away it yourself. Just take the entire device to your brand authorized service center or professional repair center for assistance. Kindly Note, however that, until your swollen battery is replaced, you wouldn’t connect your device to power or use it. Swollen batteries may explode if not correctly dealt with.

How to Dispose Swollen/Old Battery?

Always keep in mind and teach your kids that never throw any kind of batteries in normal garbage/dustbin or anywhere. It will not harm you but it will harm the other people if the battery explode.

Do you know your swollen battery can be replace at your apple store? Yes, go to nearby apple store with the swollen battery and they collect it. Even authorized service center and electronic retailers take this types of batteries. Now a days you also get best buy offers on recycling and disposal service.
Be safe. Don’t try to puncture the battery, don’t leave it in a hot car or a location where it could be picked up by children or pets, and don’t ignore it.

Tips to avoid swollen battery:

  •          Use authorized/proper charger.
  •          Don’t leave your device in charging all the time.
  •          Keep your device and battery at cold place or in dry environment.
  •          Replace the battery if got damaged or exhausted.



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