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And that's probably because they don't want to include the Reboot option in the power menu [1].

[1] http://www.androidpolice.com/2015/12/02/sony-is-trying-to-pu...

A hardware reboot is a must. Every phone without a removable battery simply has to have one; otherwise a reboot for non-responsive device would mean leaving it on until battery is drained and then recharging it back.

You just gave me nostalgia... I miss my old Blackberry

Sure, but hardware reboot can be a button in the paperclip slot, not the main power button.

Except then you're screwed if your phone bricks while you're out somewhere without a paperclip or similar implement. Holding down the power button for X seconds seems a far simpler and more user friendly solution. (Although I'm obviously in the camp that has never had my power button held down by something in my pocket for 10 seconds. Tough to imagine that happening.)

That's yet another reason why every phone should have a removable battery.

No, it's because the device requires a hard power cycle command that bypasses the running OS and is guaranteed to cycle the other controllers and hardware on the SoC. I'm certain the iPhone has something very similar.

On the devices I've worked with, that button handling is done by the power management silicon and not by software at all.

iOS long used a two button combo.

This was added in 7.1: http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/10/19/android-7-1-feature-...

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