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According to research by Asurion, technical support and business telephone assurance, you open your phone about 80 times a day. And every time you turn your phone and ... whoops! You're in the middle of a phone call and the luckiest person on the other end of the line has just been treated to a full charge of the conversation (potentially juicy).

Yes, the pocket dial - or "dial in the end," as mentioned in past decades - is among the most insidious and miserable trappings of modern life. (In fact, it recently happened to me, half-time. The lucky recipient? My ex-I had recently divided.) And with the march of smartphone functionality always includes pocket dialing more than phone calls: Small Text, photograph of pocket, twitter-ing,Siri-ing pocketand pocket Banking. If you're actor Mark Ruffalo, youPocket Pocket accidentally Audio of the first 20 minutesThor: Ragnarok the first film.

Fortunately, there is a sure way to ensure you never get another pocket dial - nor any of its various iterations - again. And you do not even need to download an application.

If you're on Android - as 82% of the population owned a smartphone, according to Gartner figures, the agency's technical research - it's a good bet that you have installed and turned on a smart lock. The safety application is integrated in all newly manufactured Android devices and configuration is part of the swirl of the boot process. This essentially makes it so your phone is automatically locked when it's not around - and the guard unlocked when it is. As such, it can lead to unfortunate pocket dials. (Send chocolate and condolences to my ex.)

But even if you activate inadvertently Smart Lock, know that it is incredibly easy to extinguish. First, open your settings. Go to the lock screen and safety record. Click "Secure Lock Settings". Downstairs you will find an intelligent lock. Open it. The first item, "Detection of the body," is probably the culprit behind the lion's share of your pocket dials. Disable this feature and you'll be all set.

For iOS users, the process is even easier. First, open settings. Head to the Touch ID & Passcode folder. Scroll until you see you see the field "Allow access when locked," which includes a comprehensive host of screen lock-siri options portfolio, control of the House, calls missed and answer with the message, among others, which are among others. by default. Uncheck those you never want to get out of your pocket.

Finally, finally - and this applies to smartphone users of all stripes, be sure to hit the lock button on your phone before you slip into your jeans. After all, this is not the science of rocket. It is the science of the pocket.

Unfortunately, there's only one way to protect yourself from being overto receive End of a pocket dial: Avoid quite your phone. To help you give a kick to the impulse and you slash above 80 times-daily in two, learn the20 ways of Genius to kill time without smartphone.

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