Multiple iPhone units stored for forensic analysis have rebooted themselves, causing concern among law enforcement officials that Apple has a new security feature.
  • m-p{3}@lemmy.caEnglish
    112·
    5 days ago

    I wouldn’t mind having the ability to schedule a reboot on my phone as an extra precaution.

    • Corngood@lemmy.mlEnglish
      64·
      5 days ago

      I think graphene does this by default now? Like if you don’t unlock it for 24 hours it’ll reboot.

      • unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
        13·
        5 days ago

        Its an aosp feature i believe, but its disabled on many phones. Graphene and calyx have it. With calyx its default off, but you can set it between 1 and 72 hours. Very handy feature.

        • AstralPath@lemmy.caEnglish
          5·
          4 days ago

          Graphene is set to reboot after six hours of inactivity, ensuring that it reboots every night after I’ve gone to bed.

    • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
      10·
      5 days ago

      It probably requires root, but I’m sure Tasker can do this.

      Really, all phones should have the option to reboot into locked mode on certain conditions like being taken out of network or being unattended for a while.

      • intresteph@discuss.onlineEnglish
        1·
        5 days ago

        Could possibly also look at the motion sensors to see if it is in a pocket moving around or if it was sitting around for a while.

        • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
          1·
          4 days ago

          Good idea, but a motivated attacker could put them on one of those rocker tables like they use for mixing blood. It also wouldn’t cover the more common scenario of someone stealing it out of your hand.

    • kopasz7@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      5 days ago

      I thought it’s a standard feature (auto restart at set times). Maybe a samsung thing and not android.