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The documented evidence is from a case in 1996. According to the article: Some handsets can't be fully powered down without removing the battery; for instance,
by biotech 15y ago
The documented evidence is from a case in 1996. According to the article:
Some handsets can't be fully powered down without removing the battery; for instance, some Nokia models will wake up when turned off if an alarm is set.
I'm not so sure that this is still a common practice for modern phones.
- bragh 15y agoIt isn't a modern phone, but I remember my Nokia 2600 (not Classic) doing that.
- shrikant 15y agoMy couple months old Nokia C7 does this (but I'm more grateful for the convenience than worried about covert tapping devices..)
- slavak 15y agoAs far as I'm aware all modern phones will at least partially wake up to sound an alarm even when turned off/ Does the iPhone/Android phones do this?
- drivebyacct2 15y ago"Wake up"?? If my Android phone is off, it's off. It doesn't turn itself on, period. If it's just idle, screen off, with lots of stuff asleep, sure it will "wake up" in that the screen turns on, and sound an alarm. But that's it.
- slavak 15y agoThat's generally what's meant by "wake up." This would seem to indicate the phone's not really "off," though I couldn't say how possible it is to tap into the mic in this state.
- satori99 15y agoThat is not true at all for Android. Ask any Android developer. it is entirely possible to code an alarm callback that will not activate the screen at all, but can use a network to send and recieve data. This is done commonly by builtin services.
- jvdh 15y agoThe iPhone alarms do not work when the phone is turned off. If you've muted your phone this also means that all alarms are muted too. May be useful in business surroundings, but this makes the iPhone an awfully bad travel alarm.
- stashdot 15y agoBlackberries do this.
- jamesgeck0 15y agoMy really cheap Nokia will do this, even if the battery is dead enough that the phone won't turn on normally.
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