How to Enable Android Nougat’s Direct Boot for Less Annoying Encryption

How to Enable Android Nougat's Direct Boot for Less Annoying Encryption

Articles l l GET UPDATES BY EMAIL Enter your email below to get exclusive access to our best articles and tips before everybody else. RSS How-To Geek Nougat's Direct Boot and File Encryption, Explained RELATED ARTICLE In previous versions of Android, Google used full-disk encryption to secure your device. That meant you had to enter the PIN or password every time your phone booted–or it wouldn't boot at all. So, if the phone reboots in the middle of the night, while in your bag, or some other scenario where you won't see it for a while, you basically miss out on everything that happens—since the operating system isn't technically loaded, it has no way to generate notifications. Instead, it just sits at full brightness (with no timeout!) waiting for your input…or to die. Whichever comes first. Man, that sounds grim. It sounds great in theory, security-wise, but in practice, the above-mentioned scenario makes this method incredibly inconvenient. So, in Android Nougat,

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