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Subject: Re: is my phone ON or is it OFF?
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2024 08:23:20 -0400
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On 4/24/2024 6:55 PM, bad sector wrote:
> 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.
> 
> 

  Frankly I don't understand all this confusion. I have an Android
TCL Tracfone. If I press the power button it goes black but
can receive calls. I've turned off the screen. If I hold the power
button I get 3 options. One is to power off. I select that. It says
it's shutting down. I can then leave the phone in my glove
compartment for about 3 months without losing juice, and I'm
not being tracked. If I don't power down then I am tracked and
I think the battery lasts maybe 2 days. (I've only tried it once,
by accident. I never leave the power on except when making a call.)

   To turn it on again I have to hold down the power button until it
vibrates, then wait for a Win98-style boot process.

   Maybe it's different on some cellphones, or on iPhones? From the
posts here it sounds like all Androids work the same way that mine
does.