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From: Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk>
Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android
Subject: Re: is my phone ON or is it OFF?
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2024 10:27:13 +0100
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Jeff Layman wrote:

> Andy Burns wrote:
>
>> any other action such as lifting it up, or touching the screen,
>> or poking the fingerprint reader.
> 
> The lifting it up thing is interesting. I wonder if that's done with an 
> accelerometer? If so, it would be checking that too.

Most likely, though mine probably uses a magnetometer too, as it can do 
different things depending if it's face-up or face-down.

With the enhanced "find my device" service, for newer phones being 
turned OFF will no longer mean really OFF, bluetooth (and UWB?) will 
still be active ...