Why the NSA Is Right About Periodically Restarting Your Smartphone - eviltoast
It's long been a common practice among people who don't like slow phones.
  • 4am@lemm.eeEnglish
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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…

    • pirat@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      6 months ago

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

    • variants@possumpat.ioEnglish
      2·
      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