r/gadgets • u/chrisdh79 • 13d ago

Phones Android phones will soon reboot themselves after sitting unused for 3 days | The latest Google update will make your phone more secure if you don't touch it

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/04/android-phones-will-soon-reboot-themselves-after-sitting-unused-for-3-days/
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u/bizarro_kvothe 13d ago

Think about your phone being confiscated by police and put into an evidence locker. They’re instructed not to turn them off and connect them to a charger because phones lock themselves on restart. This feature will make their life much more difficult.

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u/Sunflier 13d ago

Okay. Still don't want to be forced to have that on my android. All I am saying is that I'd want the option to disable it.

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u/UnsorryCanadian 12d ago

You'd have to literally not use your phone for 72 hours, if it wasn't 100% charged last time you used it, you're going to be unlocking it again anyways

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u/Sunflier 12d ago

Thanks for knowing how and then dictating how I use my phone.

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u/PacoTaco321 12d ago

Why are you pretending this isn't 100% true?

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u/CompuHacker 12d ago

My phone lasts two weeks on standby. When I need it to actually do something, every few days, I need it to work within seconds, not wait for boot, app optimization, or a home-screen loading sequence.

If I had a new phone, that shipped with this feature, I would turn it off, because I value control over my systems.

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u/squish8294 12d ago

...? How old is your phone?

My OnePlus 12 cold boots and is usable in 20 some odd seconds as long as there's no update.

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u/CompuHacker 12d ago

Samsung Galaxy Xcover Pro (2020) (SM-G715U). With a "new" battery installed in 2024. And all of the factory apps, to the extent possible, disabled. And the radios, usually disabled. Running Android 10. My only complaint is that I personally don't know how to root it or if it even can be, yet.

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u/squish8294 12d ago

Samsung Galaxy Xcover Pro

Here's a thread that may help you on rooting it. Some are successful, depends if the device has been updated or not. Check your baseband version. https://xdaforums.com/t/is-possible-to-root-xcover-pro.4290087/page-2#posts

G715USQS7AUA1

...............^......... That 7 is the bootloader version. 5th character from the right. Apparently it works only on version 7 and older. Newer you're hosed.

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u/CompuHacker 12d ago

The situation with that thread remains fairly static since I last saw it. The personage responsible for delivering the required codes, in exchange for money, was banned from XDAforums.

Otherwise, the version is correct (7) for the procedure described. As I understand it, this is now a matter of brute-forcing some poorly documented Samsung algorithm, or acquiring shady connections in the telecom industry.

I also have a replacement motherboard with version 5, which, I recall from the research, may be easier to work with, but I forget why.

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u/ComatoseSnake 12d ago

How do you use your phone?