I’m running Graphene on a Pixel 6. I lost it and someone opened it somehow and called two of my contacts to give it back.

I’m a bit confused how this even happened. When I got the phone back, they were going through my contacts. I checked app usage stats and they went through a banking app (not missing money), maps, signal, etc.

Is there a way to figure out how they even unlocked my phone?

  • Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Was it perhaps unlocked when you lost it?

    I know I’ve set my phone down unlocked a few times; particularly at work (in a warehouse).

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      1 year ago

      Unless you have it set to never lock its not possible. All phones lock automatically after 30-60 seconds by default.

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            1 year ago

            Yes, watching videos is one of the core uses of my phone. But that’s besides the point, it’s illustrative that there are apps that keep a screen unlocked.

            Prevent phone from sleeping : I believe is the permission name

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            1 year ago

            Not OP, but a lot of people use YouTube (video) as a music player. Although I would expect these people to notice the sound getting quieter/disconnecting when they moved away from the phone.

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            11 months ago

            Yes that’s how YouTube works? It keeps running, it’s called video, you should check it out sometime