If you don't unlock your Android device for three straight days, it will now automatically restart. Why? Because it will make it harder for bad actors, such as a thief, to break into your device. We ...

Phones are harder to crack after restarting. A security feature that forces a reboot can now be bypassed with a special trick.

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With the latest Google Play services update, Android is rolling out a new security feature that automatically restarts (or auto-reboots) devices that have been “locked for 3 consecutive days.” Update ...

Summary: Google is adding an auto-restart feature to Android devices to improve their security. This feature will force Android devices to restart automatically if they have been locked for a certain ...

Google Systems updates for April include a new security feature. If you leave your Android phone or tablet locked for three consecutive days, your device will automatically restart. You’ll need to ...

Google is rolling out a new security mechanism on Android devices that will automatically reboot locked, unused devices after three consecutive days of inactivity, restoring memory to an encrypted ...

For some reason this just started in the last year, even though I have the Group Policy "No auto-restart with logged on users for scheduled automatic updates installations" enabled. I am regularly on ...