• gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    7 months ago

    Reboot has forced PIN/Pass for I think the entirety of Androids existence, but if not then for sure long enough that the phones that didn’t don’t work anymore as phones.

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      7 months ago

      Rebooted android requires pin/pass only because you are essentially un-encrypting the phone. So if you use android and get in a mess with the police, shut down your phone immediately. It’s been this way for a long time, but it’s been far too long since 1.0-4.0 that I can’t remember.

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      7 months ago

      It might have changed. When I restart my phone it just goes to the pattern unlock screen.

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        7 months ago

        Pattern unlock is effectively the same as a pin, just without numbers. You can use the pattern unlock without the PIN code. But fingerprint unlock is a secondary unlock type on top of the primary one which is a PIN code. And no, they haven’t changed it, if you reboot the phone, a pin code is required first in order for it to boot up.

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          7 months ago

          Does pattern unlock hold up against cops though? I don’t think I’ve seen it said that it does. But I’m not really knowledgeable about it.