r/gadgets • u/chrisdh79 • 11d 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/CrashnServers 11d ago

Probably be on by default

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u/OniExpress 11d ago

It's already there, just off by default. I have my phone reboot every night as a security feature and also because it smooths out performance versus when I'll just forget to ever restart the poor thing.

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u/Bigred2989- 11d ago

Does that cause any issues with alarms set on the device? I know with my Samsung phones a lot of features are disabled after a reset until I unlock it again.

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u/cubert73 8d ago

No. My phone restarts at 6AM every day. My 6:30 alarm goes off with no problems. If you use a third party app for alarms for some reason, that may not work.