Power off verification feature discussion

OviGarry · 2025-03-07T17:28:32+00:00

Nothing’s new power-off password verification is a solid step toward security. It prevents unauthorized shutdowns, keeping tracking active if your phone gets...

OviGarry

Dragonlee go to Feedback and report this asap

TeeEeeBee

Dragonlee OviGarry You are trying to power off the phone from the lock screen?

Check the (imho badly worded) information in the settings:

“You only need to enter your lock screen password when powering off or restarting the phone from the lock screen.”

OviGarry

TeeEeeBee this feature does not work now! It used to but it’s not working anymore

Already reported it!

Edit: yup this feature is dead now!!

rakeshkumarbgs65527

I recently updated my CMF by nothing phone 1 to android 15 in which company has given the option Power off verify I loved it and switched on this but it’s not working really when I tried to check this thing and power off in locked phone it is going to restart not asked verify password to switch off.Hope it will get enabled soon.

OviGarry

rakeshkumarbgs65527 with the latest update! power off verification not working at all. It has been issued but seems no one cares…

KarthikeyanRajendiran

Yeah. It’s working

Anonymous479

KarthikeyanRajendiran it works only on lockscreen

GManohar

KarthikeyanRajendiran No bro it’s not working

KarthikeyanRajendiran

Anonymous479

Thanks. Its working.

Kmlikhith24

OviGarry I am also facing same problem in Nothing phone 3a, my power off verify is not working after every setting and i have latest updated system. Kindly fix this bug ASAP.

OviGarry

Kmlikhith24 report it through “Feedback” on your settings option!

Kmlikhith24

OviGarry Sure , Thank you.

zygerboy

I tried to use this new feature which I’ve been asking from a long time and thanks to the team for bringing this feature but I’ve tried a number of times and I think, it’s not working. The thing is when I turn on the power off verify and try turning off the phone by power menu > shut down it’s not even asking me password or bio lock which I have on my device. While it should. But it isn’t, so please do fix this bug. I mean you gave us a feature which helps us to prevent thefts of our lovely devices but it’s not working? 😆 Please look into this.

Dvd

The feature is meant to ask for password when turning off the phone FROM THE LOCKSCREEN. If the phone is already unlocked, it doesn’t ask for it.

zygerboy

Dvd in major theft cases, phones get stolen while they are in use by the owner and asume phone is unlocked then IT CAN BE EASILY SHUTDOWN! so just giving a feature only for lock screen doesn’t makes sense! It needs to also effective while in unlocked mode as well, it’s like giving half reward saying it’s the best reward to the user. It really bums the whole experience. I am saying this by way more experience. And I want it to be F I X E D.

Dvd

zygerboy I didn’t say it was a good feature, I said it wasn’t bugged. It is working as intended.

There’s another feature you can turn off right now called “Theft detection” that automatically turns off the screen when the phone detects it’s been stolen, you can try and use that too.

ProsenjitDatta

Shutdown & restart time don’t asked password.

latest update this feature coming but Still this feature not work in nothing phone 2a

zygerboy

Dvd I did bro and honestly it’s not that effective call me old school I did played some self theft scenarios on my own phone 😂 and its terrible. It doesn’t work in real life theft case. Because imagine there’s no wifi turned on this whole thing won’t come in action. Sadly one of my oldest cheapest samsung phone has a basic inbuild feature that need not enable anything aside, you just tap hold power button to shutdown ot reboot the device (it won’t even let you unless you type the password). That’s pure anti-theft right there. I just hope nothing could give full thing rather than half thing. And you know what? This verify power thing is actually heating my device a lot than normal that I had to turn off the feature.

Dvd

zygerboy Yea. I agree they need to work on some basic anti-theft features, including on their wearable devices. I just said that the feature is working the way they currently intended it to.

TeeEeeBee

zygerboy OviGarry You’re not alone in not getting the anti-theft stuff to work

https://www.androidauthority.com/android-theft-detection-lock-test-3491674/

This article seems to suggest you need to be actively using an app on your phone to help it trigger:

“It also seems like the algorithm is looking for very specific conditions to detect the theft, and one requirement is that you’re actively using an app on your phone. I could not get the feature to trigger with the phone idle on my home screen. In other words, it won’t detect anything if you have your device unlocked on the table in front of you and someone snatches it while you’re not looking.”

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