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After I power off my phone and turn it back on, I can still see my recently used apps (when I press the square button on the bottom right). Is this expected? Shouldn't these be cleared out after a reboot if the phone is back at rest?
After I power off my phone and turn it back on, I can still see my recently used apps (when I press the square button on the bottom right). Is this expected? Shouldn't these be cleared out after a reboot if the phone is back at rest?
2wnin
Thank you for this excellent question!
I wasn't aware of this behaviour from GOS either, so I tried it right away:
I only restarted my Pixel 7 Pro for this, so I didn't really switch it off (warm start).
I just really shut down my Pixel 8 Pro and after a minute of cold start ...
Conclusion: I have the same new experience as you – all apps are there in RAM.
But: If an app's memory data is password-protected with a pass-phrase as e.g. in Threema messenger (and you are using this feature), then you have to type-in this pass-phrase again.
They are not in ram. They just have their status saved to some extent. Its a very shitty android "feature". It has practically no use.
Yeah but its worse because it doesn't even seem to save the state of the apps. It just puts dead apps in the recents. Or its a very bad implementation if it was supposed to revive them after reboot.
Eagle_Owl Thanks for sharing your experience. I also wanted to add that while I do see my recently used apps (and previews of my activity prior to shutdown... hmm), if I tap on these apps they do restart when I open them. So as @[deleted] said, it must be a pointless Android (not GOS) "feature".
I asked this in the discord too and the response there was essentially that there shouldn't be any security implications, so that was reassuring.