http://www.mobilemag.com/2012/03/30/factory-resetting-an-android-phone-is-not-100/ Gadgets, Smartphones, Android Tablets, iPhone, iPad and all the latest tech you'd expect. Sun, 19 May 2013 22:40:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://www.mobilemag.com/2012/03/30/factory-resetting-an-android-phone-is-not-100/#comment-54783 Anon Sun, 01 Apr 2012 10:01:00 +0000 http://www.mobilemag.com/?p=131667#comment-54783  I have always had this nagging though in the back of my mind what would happen if I bought a used phone rooted it and used root file explorer and snooped around. All a reset does is does a quick re install of the os. For now its security through obscurity.  I have always had this nagging though in the back of my mind what would happen if I bought a used phone rooted it and used root file explorer and snooped around. All a reset does is does a quick re install of the os. For now its security through obscurity.

]]> http://www.mobilemag.com/2012/03/30/factory-resetting-an-android-phone-is-not-100/#comment-54776 Art Boyle Sat, 31 Mar 2012 21:00:00 +0000 http://www.mobilemag.com/?p=131667#comment-54776 The solution is simple if you have ice cream installed: While the phone still has all your data on it perform a full encryption; then do a wipe/reset. Whatever can be found is encrypted with no way to resolve the info. The solution is simple if you have ice cream installed: While the phone still has all your data on it perform a full encryption; then do a wipe/reset. Whatever can be found is encrypted with no way to resolve the info.

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