hello i have a bush spira b2 10" tablet running android 6.0 that im thinking of selling.
when i look online most people say that i should encrypt the phone and then factory reset it as to not leave any data on the phone.
the problem is that i have already factory reset the phone and not only that but the encryption option is missing from the security menu. the credential storage is hardware-backed.
can anyone tell me why i dont have the option to encrypt even though the manual for the tablet says i can encrypt?
im wondering would it be enough if i just did a factory reset and then added files until the tablet was 100% full then did another factory reset?
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It's my goal to wipe a second hand android device I received.
You used to be able to do this via the encryption option.
Though now that I am on Lollipop when I enable encryption the phone (2014 Moto x) restarts and doesn't do the full wipe like android used to. Though does come up with encryption enabled.
I assume this has to do with Lolipop having encryption enabled by default.
Before I get all answers telling me to do a factory reset. No a factory reset doesn't wipe a system it just repartitions it and gives new encryption keys.
Tried in safemode too. Nothing
Just getting a new encreyption key via a factory reset doesn't do what I want. That key could be recovered and the data still exists. That's why tools like truecrypt ot luks if you have experience take so long to encrypt.
I am new to all of this and would like to know if I need to get a new phone or can this one be rescued.
I have a xt926 that was working fine unrooted just stock. Out of the blue I get a screen that says Encryption Unsucessful
and basclly tells me I have to factory reset my phone. When you hit the reset phone button nothing happens. I have factory reset
swiped data using external keys with no success. Help I really don't want to buy another phone.
Hello there,
i've got motorola moto g 1st gen X1032, ordered from tesco back then. .. some months ago i flashed lollipop rom, had some troubles with stucking at boot logo but somehow i got past it .. but now after few months im seeing my moto g getting a bit slow, my music player suddenly stops every once in a while (i guess lack of ram, although i have only lightweight and basic apps, no fb messenger, skype etc.), everything seems slower
i decided to go factory settings .. from settings -> backup and restore -> factory reset ... and i have some questions:
1. it says that it will delete my google account? hows that possible? i guess it means it will delete it from this phone and i can connect the phone to the account later after the reset, right?
2. will the factory reset send my phone back to kitkat 4.4 (the default rom i bought the phone with) or the flashed lollipop?
3. should i be aware of something else?
thanks a million, martin
When you format your phone only the google data stored in that phone get erased (The account will never be deleted).
Formatting the phone will only erase the data stored in the device not the OS so when you do factory reset you would boot into Lollipop.
Factory reset will erase all contents in the sdcard so be sure to backup the data.
Yes I know this is a stupid thing to do but the factory reset has lost all my pictures. I have tried to go down the root of Rooting the device and then running some recovery software but not very successful hence my other thread of restoring. Is there any easier way to get the pictures restored after factory reset ?:cyclops:
The internal storage is encrypted by default anyways, there's absolutely no way to recover anything from it after a factory reset.
Hello,
I have around 2 years ago made a factory reset on my phone plus a root upgrade. The reset was not a typical factory reset but really a factory reset made with the root tool.
There was also a warning that all data will be erased. Now I want to know out of curiousity if there's any way to recover data of that phone via a tool or device.
I'm only curious as it might have old photos and files I have not backed up - nothing important tho.
It's a Sony Xperia Z3. Thanks