How To Turn Your Smart Phone Into A Dumb Phone

While turning off data is enough. You can go one step further and not have a data subscription at all.

Similarly, turn off your wifi. If nobody else uses your home wifi, make sure to turn off the wifi router entirely.

Turn off all the notifications from the apps or services you no longer use.

Keep some basic notifications on so you can receive call or text notifications from your work or family.

Make sure you can make or receive calls because these are two basic functions that a dumb specifically does.

So, keep the text messaging app on your phone.

There are many minimalist launchers available on both Play Store and App Store.

These launchers turn your phone’s home screen into a simple screen that shows basic things like date and time, calls, messages, etc.

It is not a bad idea to use your smartphone for a little entertainment while still in ‘dumb mode’.

Keeping some music and funny videos as offline entertainment. You may keep a simple game or two.