Timeline for Does encryption, factory reset, encryption make a safer used phone?
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| Feb 27, 2016 at 12:00 | comment | added | Dan Hulme | If you're installing a custom ROM anyway, there's no need to worry about the seller having done anything to the OS. Your only fears then are the bootloader (as in my 4th paragraph) and of course the hardware itself. | |
| Feb 26, 2016 at 20:37 | comment | added | Honinbo Shusaku | Is this answer still applicable i.e. there aren't better ways? Also, if I'm planning on putting a custom ROM in my phone, would that as well be sufficient for having suspicions that the previous owner left a backdoor in the OS (if they aren't as skilled as you mention in your 4th paragraph)? | |
| Sep 3, 2014 at 8:39 | history | answered | Dan Hulme | CC BY-SA 3.0 |