Re: is my phone ON or is it OFF?

On 4/29/24 09:02, Arno Welzel wrote:

bad sector, 2024-04-25 00:55:
 

The net is full of people having issues with phones they only thought
were OFF. My android Zflip is even worse that a simple conventional
design. Most times I turn it OFF/ON to be sure, there being no obvious,
bulletproof, always in your face, indication which should be a prerequisite.

 Well - as long as you did not explicitely did POWER OFF the phone it is
not turned off. And "power off" means you press and HOLD the power
button until a menu appears where you can select to POWER OFF the
device. Just turning the display off by pressing the power buttons
briefly is not enough of course.

There has been a bit of misunderstanding since my OP in which I raised two issues. When I said "they only thought were OFF" I obviously meant 'on-hook' although an unwanted power-on state could in and of itself also kill you in the wrong situation. After that MY workaround of powering off TO ASSURE THAT IT IS ON-HOOK clouded the issue I think, but both issues remain IMO extremely important all the time.