Re: is my phone ON or is it OFF?

bad sector, 2024-04-30 01:40:

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

bad sector, 2024-04-25 00:55:
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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.

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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.

I see - you refer to the question if there is a phone call still active
or unintentially started. Yes, unfortunately, smartphones usually don't
have dedicated "hang up" keys any longer except special models intended
to be used by older or disabled people.

However, when the phone app is still in an active call you should
usually also see a notification about this at the top of the screen.

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Arno Welzel
https://arnowelzel.de