Timeline for Is there anything I can do to securely erase my phone's data before sale? [duplicate]
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| Jul 1, 2021 at 13:36 | comment | added | yin8219 |
Ok, I looked up FRP and from an article I found, I'm quoting: "If you try to reset a phone through the bootloader, FRP will kick in, and it can't be set back up without the previous account's password." —— As I mentioned in OP, my phone is deGoogled, so I am/was logged in with no Google Accounts. Is in my case in-Settings reset and Recovery reset, one and the same thing? edit: Also, no Samsung accounts ever.
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| Jul 1, 2021 at 1:42 | comment | added | Robert | Search the internet for "factory reset protection" (FRP) and you will know why. | |
| Jun 30, 2021 at 20:09 | comment | added | yin8219 |
@Robert Can you explain why I should reset from within the Settings menu and not via Recovery? In the past, I've always used Recovery for this purpose. Specifically, I'd use Wipe cache partition, then Wipe data/factory reset and finally Reboot system now.
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| Jun 30, 2021 at 14:06 | comment | added | Robert | Yes. If you are unsure, perform the factory reset from within running Android (not via recovery) and then after factory reset skip most of the first start wizard and check if you can see any files. Because of the encryption if the files are no longer to be seen they are unrecoverable gone after a factory reset. | |
| Jun 30, 2021 at 13:22 | comment | added | yin8219 | @Robert It's an S9+ and apparently there's another S8 that I was using for the same purpose, like a year ago, forgotten in a drawer. Basically, what you are saying is keep them encrypted and simply perform a hard reset? That will do? | |
| Jun 28, 2021 at 0:15 | history | closed |
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Duplicate of How to make a complete factory reset, without anyone being able to retrieve my data? | |
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| Jun 27, 2021 at 18:18 | comment | added | Robert | What Galaxy phone are you talking about (ai don't thing you are talking about the original Samsung Galaxy)? You don't need to decrypt the device. Just perform a factory reset. This will erase the decryption key and all the encrypted data will be unrecoverable. You can check that after factory reset the files are gone. | |
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| Jun 27, 2021 at 16:56 | history | asked | yin8219 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |