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If the phone is setup for automatic updates it'll restart within a month (most of the phones I've had do monthly security patches) and you'll be in a fresh boot state. You can't turn off the updates without first unlocking the phone giving you a rather limited window to attempt to exploit the device.


Will it reboot if it's not on network?


Updates need network access. If the phone isn't on a network, then it won't reboot.

Police can't really pop out e-sims, that means the police needs to keep the phone in an RF proof bag/work in an RF proof room.


Which, again, wouldn't be too much work. Also, my Android phone does not update and reboot automatically.




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