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.
If my router rebooted once a week, it would be in the trash can.
Restarting anything with a chip in it once and a while is good practice.
Feels like I need to reboot my iPhone daily in order to keep applications and tabs from being terminated from out of memory issues as quickly.
I have an old-ass iPhone XS and don’t run into this issue. But mine has a LOT of storage so maybe that helps?
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.