well, I mean… anything can leak memory. but yeah, enterprise/carrier grade devices are designed to be in continuous use for years and they generally do that pretty well.
Not always. Some phones will do a sort of “soft” reboot, which doesn’t actually go through the entire boot process, but is more like logging out of the active OS user and back in, reloading some of the OS but not all.
Pretty sure a system update would trigger a full reboot, though, but I’ve seen the option for this sort of partial reboot in the power menu on some devices in the past.
TL;DR:
Restarting your phone once a week can help improve performance and security.
Maybe home grade routers.
well, I mean… anything can leak memory. but yeah, enterprise/carrier grade devices are designed to be in continuous use for years and they generally do that pretty well.
If my router rebooted once a week, it would be in the trash can.
I wonder if the regular updates mine does count.
Yes, a reboot is a reboot. As long as the boot sequence cycles through where the code is validated, you’re good.
Not always. Some phones will do a sort of “soft” reboot, which doesn’t actually go through the entire boot process, but is more like logging out of the active OS user and back in, reloading some of the OS but not all.
Pretty sure a system update would trigger a full reboot, though, but I’ve seen the option for this sort of partial reboot in the power menu on some devices in the past.
Restarting anything with a chip in it once and a while is good practice.