Phone Safety Tips: Even after the phone is stolen, the thief will not be able to switch off, turn on this setting now

Phone Safety Tips: Nowadays, the phone has become the most important part of our lives. It includes contacts, photos, banking apps, UPI and personal data. In such a situation, if the phone falls somewhere or is stolen in the crowd, then a person gets scared. Often when a thief steals a phone, the first thing he does is to switch off the phone. Once the phone is turned off, it does not ring nor can its live location be tracked.

But did you know that there is a setting inside your own phone that no thief can switch off your phone after turning it on? Yes, it will not be turned off until the phone is unlocked. Let us tell you which setting you should turn on to keep your phone safe from thieves

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How to turn on this setting in the phone?
Usually there is a big drawback in our phone that despite the screen lock, anyone can easily switch off or restart the phone by pressing the power button. The thief takes advantage of this vulnerability and turns off the phone immediately as soon as it comes in his hand so that neither the police nor the owner can track it. But nowadays almost all the new Android smartphones and iPhones have started giving an option of Require Password to Power Off.

When you activate this setting, pressing the power off button on the lock screen immediately asks for a password, PIN or fingerprint. Now it is obvious that the thief will not have your password or fingerprint, so he will not be able to turn off the phone even if he wants to, and your phone will remain on

Turn on this setting immediately in Android
If you are using an Android phone like Realme, Oppo, OnePlus or Xiaomi, then it is very easy to turn on this setting. For this, first go to the main settings of your phone. Scroll down there and tap on the option of Password & Security or Privacy. Inside this, you will find a section of System Security, after clicking on which you will see the option of Require Password to Power Off.

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It is not enough just to put the password on the power off, you need to do one more thing. Suppose the thief tried to switch off the phone and it failed because of the password. In such a situation, the thief takes another route, they pull the notification panel by swiping up on the lock screen and from there turn on mobile data, location or airplane mode. As soon as the phone goes into flight mode, its internet is cut off and the location is stopped.

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