When the phone was otherwise in a working condition.

    • LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world
      7·
      vor 10 Monaten

      I do not take them for granted. everything I use, I use sparingly because I know what it’s like when things burn out & die & need to be replaced which is always an infuriating inconvenience, so to prevent that from ever happening, everything I use, I use exactly as long as I need to and then I turn it off.

  • ryannathans@aussie.zone
    7·
    vor 10 Monaten

    If phone manufacturers cheap out, they can fail to handle the heat from continued LED use (e.g. as a flashlight) which can cause premature failure

  • ComradeSharkfucker@lemmy.ml
    5·
    vor 10 Monaten

    No but I did have a flashlight fail me while I was exploring a long abandoned power plant and in a dark room with evidence that someone may have been living in the facility. I only shit my pants a little

  • B0rax@feddit.de
    3·
    vor 10 Monaten

    I once got a „refurbished“ phone from a third party shop where it was not working. But I guess it was a defect from the refurbishment itself. They repaired it though.

    Other than that, no. And I don’t think the LED would fail, maybe the plug would rattle loose.

  • Otter@lemmy.caEnglish
    2·
    vor 10 Monaten

    Now I’m curious as well. I use it often, but not for that long each time. I know it gets hot after a while and it drains the battery.

    How long is it supposed to last?

    • hallettj@beehaw.orgEnglish
      6·
      vor 10 Monaten

      LEDs should last for tens of thousands of hours. There may have been a manufacturing defect in OP’s case.

      • frogmint@beehaw.org
        2·
        vor 10 Monaten

        This isn’t necessarily true. LEDs are capable of running for years, but not all LEDs are designed this way or are operated this way. An LED in a given application can die quicker if:

        • the LED manufacturer cheaps out
        • the phone manufacturer runs the LED at higher current for more brightness
        • the phone is poorly designed, allowing the LED to heat up
        • the phone is exposed to significant heat and/or the LED is covered while used for a long enough duration
  • Lusamommy
    2·
    vor 10 Monaten

    No, at least not independently of other hardware failures.

  • Ludrol@szmer.info
    31·
    vor 10 Monaten

    Fail as in did not provide enough light to walk through the woods, then yes. I have flashlight in my EDC.

  • nutsack@lemmy.world
    12·
    vor 10 Monaten

    no but I have often thought that it would be a good thing if it did because I hate light