Once in a while, your mobile device will need a reboot. You can either do this manually or you can try out the Android scheduler application written by XDA forum member
jag.
Of course, sometimes you don’t want to do that at this very moment. That’s where PowerBoot can come in handy. It’s an app that allows you to schedule a reboot, shutdown, or other activity (such as rebooting into recovery or bootloader modes. There’s also a quick reboot widget which you can place on the Home Screen.
PowerBoot let’s you schedule the date and time of your next reboot for your Android device. What’s more, the app provides various reboot options -
Normal
Recovery
Bootloader
Wipe Data
Shutdown
Other included features are notifications, a quick reboot widget, and an ‘In-Call’ reboot prevention option. The dev has stated that future updates will show further enhancements to the scheduling system. Note that in the meantime, the application may not work with Sense ROMS.
Right now, you can basically just fire up the app and tell it you want your phone to reboot say, tomorrow night while you’re asleep. It only supports one-time scheduled reboots. But I’m hopeful that future updates will allow you to schedule recurring actions, letting you do things like reboot your phone once a week, or every other day.
There are a few caveats. First, you need to have root access to your phone in order for PowerBoot to work. With the recent launch of Universal Androot, that shouldn’t be a problem on most phones. Second, there are some reports that PowerBoot may not play nicely with phones using the HTC Sense user interface.
PowerBoot is available for free in the Market, for further information, check out the
application thread.
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