I just want to know what can happen if the battery from an Android device is pulled out without switching off the OS.
Will any serious or irreversible harm occur to the software or hardware? What can happen?
What can happen if I pull out the battery without switching off the device?
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Answer
Things that may go wrong:
- If you were working on files that were not saved, they will be lost.
- No proper shutdown means that the OS and other apps opened and were using some files, plus the file system was in use. They can become corrupted. Worse scenario will be the OS itself to get corrupted. For example, if you were updating the OS, and for whatever reason, you had to remove the battery. The consequences could lead to losing your data (files), even brick the device.
- Some phones (mine included) lose the date and time. (Not that serious but hey...).
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