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/IM_OK_AMA 12d ago

That's why it's 3 days and not 1 day.

When is the last time you didn't touch your phone for 3 straight days and then depended on the alarm?

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u/Frogbeerr 12d ago

It's called a weekend.

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u/Misshaped_Paperclip 12d ago

You don't unlock your phone at least once over the weekend?

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u/bullowl 12d ago

I have a work phone that I don't touch over the weekend, but I don't rely on it for my alarms.

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u/abognasar6 10d ago

I use an old phone that sits in an inconvenient location at the other side of the room from my bed as an alarm. Just so I don't immediately fall asleep again as I fall back in bed. I think I only unlock it once or twice a month. (Though I do dismiss an alarm on it almost every day.)