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This is from 2011. This year, in Riley[1], the Supreme Court ruled that phones can't be searched without a warrant.

That said, you still should encrypt your phone. It's easy and has little to no downside.

>That said, you still should encrypt your phone. //

Is there a generic guide for Android phones, please?

This help guide works best on stock Android phones but should also work on all generic Android phones such as Samsung,HTC,etc.

the biggest downside is probably that if you tend to forget passwords, then if you do forget that one, you will not be able to recover your data.