How to Check Your Phone is Sick or Not?
?️Is Your Phone Sick?
Using a phone for last some months or want to buy a used phone, then you need to check the phone whether the phone is Sick or in Good Health. In other words, there is a need to run a diagnostics test on your own phone.
Running a diagnostic test is worth doing – especially as your phone starts to show its age, or if you purchased a new phone secondhand and want to get a feel for its condition then keep reading.
Diagnostic tools are also helpful for when your device becomes less efficient, but you can’t quite pin down why.
Instead of using guesswork to troubleshoot the various features on your phone until you stumble on a solution, a diagnostics scan can highlight exactly what’s wrong with your phone, or at least provide enough data to point you in the right direction.
Well, sadly finding the built-in diagnostics tools on Android phones and iPhones can be difficult, and some devices don’t even have very good diagnostic options, to begin with (if at all). But you can always turn to third-party apps for help.
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Built-in Diagnostics Tools
For Android Phones
Most Android phones have a few simple diagnostics tools hidden in the Operating System, but they vary between devices or software manufacturers.
The tools are found by typing codes into your phone app’s dialer. Type in the codes below, and the menus should automatically open.
You don’t have to press the call button or anything else to open the hidden menus, they’ll just open automatically. If nothing happens when you type in the code, then your phone doesn’t have the feature.
Here are the two main codes usable on most Android devices:
*#0*# Hidden Diagnostics Menu
Some Android phones come with a full diagnostics menu. You’ll be able to run a check-up for at least some of the phone’s hardware. However, this code isn’t available on all phones I tried on a number of phones, especially Samsung Phones the menu appeared; while it didn’t show up on Google Pixel phones.
For those that do have access, it’s a handy trick. The menu offers a number of standalone tests to check the performance of your phone’s various parts, such as your screen (touch recognition, colour accuracy), your cameras, sensor, and physical buttons like the power and volume controls.
*#*#4636#*#* Usage Information Menu
This menu will show up on more devices than the hidden diagnostics menu, but the information shared will be different between devices.
At the very least, you should be able to see app usage history; real-time wifi and cellular network connection stats; and basic phone information like the current service carrier, phone number, etc.
Well, this code did not work on my Samsung Galaxy Note 8 device.
On some devices, well maybe, neither of these codes work. In such a case, jump on down to the next section for some recommendations for third-party diagnostics apps for Android devices.
For iPhones
Apple is notorious for its products being walled gardens, which makes it hard for users to perform check-ups and DIY fixes for their devices. Unsurprisingly, you won’t find any built-in diagnostics tests that you can run on an iPhone.
That being said the iPhone settings do include detailed readouts on battery performance and history. To find this data, go to Settings > Battery.
You’ll find a number of different options and categories that contain your device’s battery performance data—but nothing else beyond that, unfortunately.
Running Diagnostics Scans with Third-Party Apps (Android & iOS)
With limited options available in iOS, the only real option for running diagnostics on your iPhone or iPad is to use a third-party app. These apps are also helpful for Android phones that don’t have built-in diagnostics tools – or if you want a more detailed (and less cumbersome) way to test your phone’s hardware.
TestM (Android and iOS)
This app lets you run both quick appraisals and full hardware diagnostics on iPhone and Android devices. The full scan performs simple actions that test each of your phone’s major hardware functions, including the cameras; battery and charging; onboard sensors; and the performance of location, Bluetooth, and cellular connections.
Each test is simple, and the results are easy to read. If the scan detects something wrong, the app can give you recommendations for nearby repair shops. The only major downside to TestM is that it plays ads between each test, which is annoying. A premium, ad-free version can be unlocked for $18, but that’s a steep price.
Phone Check and Test (Android)
Phone Check and Test is a plain-looking app, but it’s capable of much more than just checking that your phone’s hardware “works.” A full scan includes deep CPU, storage, and battery diagnostics, and the test readouts are highly detailed. This makes Phone Check and Test a little less user-friendly than TestM, but it’s an excellent troubleshooting tool that provides you with tons of data.
While the free version does contain ads, they’re minimal, and you can upgrade to Plus for just $2 to remove them. The Plus version also adds a few more testing tools and lets you run standalone tests for each piece of hardware separately, which saves you time over a full system scan.
Phone Diagnostics (iOS)
Like the TestM app for Android phone, Phone Diagnostics can be an ad-ridden mess at times but hidden behind all that is a reliable set of hardware function tests. The full test takes you through all the major hardware features based on the iPhone model you’re using.
Unlike the other apps we’ve listed, Phone Diagnostics allows users to perform immediate standalone tests of any hardware function your iPhone carries without requiring a paid upgrade.
Ampere (Android)
Sometimes your device’s charging performance is questionable (or you’ve got a dodgy cable), and you don’t feel like pulling out your stopwatch and settling in for the long haul. I’ve had passable-seeming results using the Ampere app to take rough estimates of input voltage, an occasionally useful check.
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