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I was just arrested and bonded out immediately. my phone was confiscated. It was an Android and is there anything I can do to keep them from accessing the contents of my phone? Would deleting my Google account keep them from changing my password? Google will give them their own personal passcode to get into my locked screen and change pin lock.I'm not sure what question to ask,any help would be highly appreciated by me and my family

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  • I'm not sure if questions like this are allowed, but you could use Android Device Manager to wipe the device. TBH though, if this is seriously going to true forensic analysis by trained LE technicians, it will barely slow them down a few extra hours. If your device wasn't lollipop or Marshmallow with device level encryption, prepare for the fallout of whatever you had in there because they will find it. Although keep in mind that law enforcement will not disclose any information that's in your phone accept what's related to this case
    – acejavelin
    Commented Feb 5, 2016 at 23:39
  • Thank you for your response I've already used Android device manager and requested to wipe the device but its not locating the device right now because either the phone is dead and also my phone service has been cancelled for that song I'm not sure if the the white free quest will still happen as soon as they try to turn it on I assume that that can only happen whenever the phone is connected to Wi-Fi but they probably know not to do could you tell me a little bit more about how the Android device manager wipe out request work
    – I'mscrewed
    Commented Feb 5, 2016 at 23:44
  • Oh, and since it's already been siezed, it is evidence... So if you try to this and they find out (which is quite easy for a trained technician), you will get an added charge of tampering with evidence.
    – acejavelin
    Commented Feb 5, 2016 at 23:44
  • Yeah, the wipe request will happen if it can contact Google servers, and you will be charged with tampering with evidence.
    – acejavelin
    Commented Feb 5, 2016 at 23:46
  • I took that into account before I did it and I weighed the pros and cons and I'll take that case over the ones I could be facing if content s are seen do you think in the process of them hacking into my phone would require them to become to put my phone online because soon as it's online it automatically find Google servers correct??
    – I'mscrewed
    Commented Feb 5, 2016 at 23:49

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Is there anything I can do to keep them from accessing the contents of my phone?

If they have physical access over phone, then the answers is no. If the information was encrypted, then you would stand a chance. However, if that is not the case, then in no time they will have access to your phone and the data it keeps within.

Would deleting my Google account keep them from changing my password?

No. The data is already written on the storage of your phone. One thing you would do would be wiping your phone using Android Device Manager. However, it won't actually wipe the data really. It'll just make it overwritable for other datas to take its place, which will be ineffective anyway. But that for sure will make people realize you got something to hide and might even be considered as tampering the evidence as acejavelin said.

I'm not sure what question to ask

I think the question you want to ask is Are they going to certainly learn whatever is on the phone and is there a way to stop them at this point?

The answers are yes and no respectively.

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