Why the NSA Is Right About Periodically Restarting Your Smartphone - eviltoast
  • Hal-5700X@sh.itjust.works
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    6 months ago

    For Samsung phones. Go to Settings -> Device Care -> Under Performance you will see Auto Optimization -> At the bottom of the page you will see Auto Restart -> Restart on Schedule -> Done.

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        6 months ago

        For iOS they do; I would assume for Android they will as well. It would be pretty bad if an automatic update stopped you from waking up in the morning…

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          6 months ago

          I have childhood memories of feature phones that would trigger alarms even when the phones were turned off.

        • variants@possumpat.io
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          6 months ago

          I’ve noticed my phone doesn’t initialize anything until I unlock it then it takes a while for it to boot up and all that but also I haven’t seen it reboot on its own, it usually gives you a prompt