Re: Shutdown vs. Restart

On 3/22/2025 12:16 PM, micky wrote:

Learned recently that in later versions of windows, Shutdown does not
completely shut down windows but Restart does.
 Is that true in Android too?
 

   There is a disturbing new version of Sleep, which allows
Microsoft spyware apps to continue to go online. I expect
that will turn out to be a grave security issue one of these
days. There's also Sleep and Hibernate, which are
different versions of saving the current state of the system.
However, shut down is shut down. There are options
like Wake on LAN, and my current homebuilt computer can
be started by hitting a key, so there is some kind of wakable
aspect in shutdown. But there's nothing running.
   I've heard that some cellphones can no longer be turned off
or "powered off". Mine can be. The method to do it varies,
but there should be an option for your phone where you can
show a Power Off option onscreen. Sometimes it requires
holding down two buttons, or it may require using an onscreen
option. Once done, it has to be
started and booted in order to make or receive calls. It's off.
No pinging cell towers. No ability to bring the screen to life.
No showing up in Google's Geofencing. My TracFone holds a
charge for months. If I leave it powered on, despite a blank
screen, it seems to last only 1-2 days. I suppose that's because
it still has to continue pinging in order to be able to get a call.