I just tried holding the power button down on my android and it doesn’t reboot the phone. I think they got rid of that feature and replaced it with opening up the useless Google Assistant crap.
You need to turn them off, not on. The police can force you open your phone with them, but they can’t force you to use a code or pattern since that is proprietary.
Instead of fumbling with your phone to turn on biometrics just hold down the power button and reboot. Takes seconds and doesn’t look suspicious.
Next unlock will force a pin and skip biometrics. At least on android.
I just tried holding the power button down on my android and it doesn’t reboot the phone. I think they got rid of that feature and replaced it with opening up the useless Google Assistant crap.
You can change this in the settings to make the power button a power button again.
It depends on the phone. On my Samsung phone, my only options for holding the power button are to wake bixby or bring up a lockdown menu.
Tried it. Why do the police want me to set up Bixby?
You need to turn them off, not on. The police can force you open your phone with them, but they can’t force you to use a code or pattern since that is proprietary.
On my pixel phone, it’s a two step process, but you can press power and volume up. Then you choose Lockdown, and it requires a pin for the next time.
This is the Worst new “feature” I got when upgrading from pixel 4a to 8.
5 clicks of sleep/wake on iPhones also trigger the pin unlock. Also easy to do while in your pocket.
Genius tip, thx