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I'm not a phone person. What benefit does this provide?
After a reboot all the data is encrypted and needs a pin/~~fingerprint~~ to unlock. So if it's stolen (or feds get it) a planned reboot resets it to a highly secure state that is much more difficult to hack into than when it's just locked from timeout. Edit: removed fingerprint, corrected below.
Just to clarify, it needs a PIN/password to unlock after reboot. Biometrics like fingerprint aren't available until the device has been decrypted.
Thanks for the clarification, I forgot that (somehow)
I was under the impression that if a phone restarts, then you cannot use biometrics. You have to use a pin/password/etc.
...that's exactly what I said...