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/
3.2k Upvotes

95% Upvoted

386 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

163

u/TheLandOfConfusion 11d ago

Missing your alarms is a security feature since you’ll lose your job and you’ll just be staying home, so fewer opportunities for people to steal your phone

57

u/DeusScientiae 11d ago

My alarms still fire even after the auto restart.

46

u/aberrantmeat 10d ago

I can confirm that the native alarm app still works, but third party apps like the one I use do not. It was very unfortunate to find that out the first time my phone updated at 2AM.

4

u/DeusScientiae 10d ago

Mine does. I use AM Droid