{"id":1087,"date":"2025-04-16T06:04:07","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T06:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/blog\/?p=1087"},"modified":"2025-04-16T06:04:07","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T06:04:07","slug":"android-to-automatically-reboot-after-3-days-of-inactivity-for-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/blog\/archives\/1087","title":{"rendered":"Android to Automatically Reboot After 3 Days of Inactivity for Security"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Google&#8217;s Android operating system will now automatically reboot phones that are locked for three consecutive days, a new security feature announced with updates to Google Play Services this Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fabrikbrands.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Android-Logo-History-1.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Listed under \u201cSecurity &amp; Privacy\u201d in the update, the new feature aims to enhance the security of locked devices by restarting them after three days of inactivity. The thinking behind this change aligns with a security approach that Apple introduced for iOS last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&gt;&gt;&gt;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/detail\/1747348\/MS505\">2200mAh MS505 Replacement Battery for SPC MS505<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The purpose of the automatic reboot is to make it more difficult for individuals attempting to unlock or extract data from a phone without the user\u2019s permission. For instance, this measure can thwart law enforcement attempts to use forensic analysis tools\u2014such as those developed by Cellebrite or Magnet Forensics\u2014to bypass a phone&#8217;s security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When a phone is locked, certain data is fully encrypted and not accessible without the user\u2019s passcode, which is referred to as the \u201cBefore First Unlock\u201d state. Once the phone is unlocked, some data becomes decrypted and more vulnerable to extraction through brute force attacks or exploiting security flaws. This is known as the \u201cAfter First Unlock\u201d state, which forensic tools often target to access sensitive information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&gt;&gt;&gt;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/detail\/1747352\/Li3959T44P4hB55068\">5900mAh Li3959T44P4hB55068 Replacement Battery for ZTE ZEBBT1<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Google has not responded to inquiries about the specific motivation behind this new feature, but it\u2019s clear that the aim is to add another layer of protection against unauthorized data extraction and hacking attempts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google&#8217;s Android operating system will now automatically reboot phones that are locked for three consecutive days, a new security feature announced with updates to Google Play Services this Monday. Listed under \u201cSecurity &amp; Privacy\u201d in the update, the new feature aims to enhance the security of locked devices by restarting them after three days of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,91],"tags":[19],"class_list":["post-1087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-smartphone","tag-smartphone"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1087"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1087\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1088,"href":"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1087\/revisions\/1088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}