I guess resetting the password will be difficult after forgetting the password. Also it seems most features are only available with the Play Store.
Custom ROMS without a Play Store will have a hard time.
None of these feel like essential feature for me, I’ll be still more happy using a custom ROM.
Awesome! Now do it to keep the cops from being able to force you to unlock your phone under duress.
You intentionally fail the biometrics a few times so it locks the device and requires the pin/password. From there it depends on the country. In the US, they can’t force you to give up a password, but they can force biometrics. If your country doesn’t legally protect you then there’s no software measure that can’t protect you at that point.
Rebooting works for this too
Or literally just Android’s “lockdown” feature
really hope that auto screen lock/factory reset when it detects “being stolen” is reversable or cancellable in case of a false positive
You’ll be able to lock the screen of your phone with just your phone number and a quick security challenge using any device. This buys you time to recover your account details and access additional helpful options in Find My Device, including sending a full factory reset command to completely wipe the device.
Does this mean I can troll my friends by locking their phone while they’re using their phone?
This is pretty cool! Wondering about a couple of these features though: locking setup after a forced reset and locking stolen devices which are offline for extended periods. Do these features activate when I determine the phone is stolen? Or do they happen automatically? This might make used phone sales a major PITA if the seller doesn’t properly reset it first.
Factory reset upgrade prevents a reset by a thief
This is such a annoyance I hat this happen on a tablet once. Didn’t know the login of it anymore and i hat to do some trickery to get it reset.
