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A factory reset results in a full reset of an Android device to the original settings of the currently-installed ROM.

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Will I lose my phone number and phone plan with factory reset?

No. Factory reset erases data stored on /data partition of your phone. It includes your preferences (what you set in Settings app), user apps and their settings/data, system apps' settings/data (inclu …
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Data deleted after encryption - recoverable?

Answer is too late, but may be helpful for future visitors. when I have data on my phone and factory-reset the phone, the data is unrecoverable, since a new key for the encryption is being created …
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How to make a complete factory reset, without anyone being able to retrieve my data?

HOW DELETED DATA IS RECOVERED? Data (un)deletion strongly depends on how a storage media (HDD, SSD, eMMC etc.), filesystem (NTFS, FAT32, ext4 etc.) and OS save and delete files. File carving / sign …
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