If I need to factory reset fully my rooted 8Pro (Android 10), do I need to pay attention to anything? I dont have any saved fingerprint. I dont use TWRP. Thx!
Remove all password's/pin's.
Factory reset wipe All in youre phone. Save what you like in pc.
You will loose root.
And if you like to get youre phone like new (out of the box), you need to relock the bootloader.
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Is there any way to secure android like ios7. In case if i loose my phone then no one can use it. Is it true a hard reset will remove my pattern or password? My phone is non rooted. Can someone install custom recovery too?
saudiqbal said:
Is there any way to secure android like ios7. In case if i loose my phone then no one can use it. Is it true a hard reset will remove my pattern or password? My phone is non rooted. Can someone install custom recovery too?
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There is not fool poof way to prevent this. Even on IOS7 the security can be gotten around. Best advice is to make sure you are backing up your files.
Google does have a remote wipe option built into the Android OS. That is your best bet.
There is no full proof way to make render unusable, but you can call up your carrier and ask them to blacklist the IMEI so they can't use sim cards with it anymore.
You could however, protect your data. Do this by: encrypt your device, stock recovery, disable USB debugging, lock the bootloader. At least with this, if the device is stolen, if they don't know how to flash factory image, they'll need to enter the encrypted password to boot into the phone and can't copy over your datas.
You should also look up the app Cerberus, which with root can survive through factory reset (as long as they don't overwrite or format the "system" partition).
I bought my phone used off of Swappa. The phone was initially a stock rooted phone. I did a factory reset, then flashed to NK4 stock then rooted. For some reason it seems to have retained the previous owners fingerprints and backup password so I cannot change them. Is there any way around this? I'm assuming I probably have to go into recovery and do a full wipe, but I'm hoping to avoid that. The seller isn't responding so seems like that isn't an option either.
That ore a kdz flash with total wipe
I noticed that I'm able to drop into recovery mode and start a factory reset, even though I've got full encryption on and everything. Does this feature get disabled when you unlock the bootloader? And if so, is it possible to re-enable it?
Right now I'm still stock everything (haven't rooted yet) just unlocked the bootloader.
I have a special use case where I need root but I can't have my data wiped. Is there any possible way to root the device without triggering a data reset? I can't enable the Unlock switch cause that would factory reset the device
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I have a special use case where I need root but I can't have my data wiped. Is there any possible way to root the device without triggering a data reset? I can't enable the Unlock switch cause that would factory reset the device
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BBRecon said:
I have a special use case where I need root but I can't have my data wiped. Is there any possible way to root the device without triggering a data reset? I can't enable the Unlock switch cause that would factory reset the device
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No way around multiple factory resets. One when unlocking and another when flashing the custom recovery.
Hello there, I'm using OnePlus 6t on OOS 10, somehow my kid changed the lockscreen pin and now forgot.
I've read multiple threads and asked a lot of people, but there seems no method to bypass the lockscreen pin.
I'd some important files which I couldn't backup/ not until my last backup.
Is there any way possible to recover my files after a hard reset as that's the only alternate i can think of without bypassing lockscreen without root.
FYI: Bootloader locked, currently locked, haven't hard reset yet, usb debugging off.
Nope, if you hard reset you lose everything. User storage is encrypted with a per-session key that is wiped when a reset occurs meaning everything on the phone becomes useless garbage the moment that key is lost. If you have adb enabled and have authorized your computer once before you might be able to pull files off using that but otherwise you might be screwed
The lock screen is designed to keep people out, wouldn't be much use if it let people exfiltrate data whenever they wanted
Don't even think you'll be able to get the pin off the phone. When you reset Google asks for the old pin used in the device.
If USB debugging is off, I don't even think you can flash stock firmware onto the device either.
You're pretty much screwed.
The best way to do is MSM tool. If you don't know the password your can't even get in to recovery mode( required password). By doing that all data will be gone.