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Revealed! You Sold Your Android Phone? You May Have Sold Yourself Too by FikiM(m): 2:22pm On Jun 02, 2015 |
Re: Revealed! You Sold Your Android Phone? You May Have Sold Yourself Too by Obaiyski(m): 2:41pm On Jun 02, 2015 |
A new study by computer researchers at the University of Cambridge has revealed that wiping out valuable information from a used Android phone is not a guarantee that the phone is totally clean and the next user will not have access to such information. The study warned that if you’re determined to sell your old phone, there’s no way to be sure your data is completely gone, adding that even if you do a factory reset on the Android device, it does not erase everything, and sometimes, it does not even come close. This means, your text messages, emails, pictures and Facebook key have the chances of still being on the phone, even if the memory is wiped out. CNNMoney reports that the researchers blamed the situation on Google, which makes the Android software that runs all these phones. But the phone makers are also at fault, because of bad design and terribly slow upgrades and software updates, “the researchers revealed to CNNMoney. The researchers said out of the 21 phones made by Google (GOOGL, Tech30), HTC, LG, Motorola (MSI) and Samsung (SSNLF), that were tested by the researchers, text messages, Google account credentials and conversations on messaging apps were recovered. “80 percent of the emails sent by the device remain in the device. Also, the special app “tokens” that let you access your Facebook (FB, Tech30) and other social media accounts remained on the device. And sometimes, devices don’t properly wipe the special part of your phone that stores all your pictures and videos,” the study added. Most affected devices include the HTC One, HTC Sensation XE, Motorola Razr I, Samsung Galaxy S, Samsung Galaxy S2, Samsung Galaxy S Plus and others. The researchers said the Google Nexus 4 performed the best — but it still had issues. Each phone had a different set of problems. For example, the HTC One didn’t wipe its internal SD card (where pictures are stored) by erasing it through the phone’s “settings” section, even though that’s what HTC says you should do. Instead, you have to go through the “recovery” section. The used smartphone market presently account for about 630 million globally out of a projected two billion smartphones in 2016 ending. According to eMarketer, 2015 will witness over 1.91 billion smartphone users across the globe, a figure that will increase another 12.6% to near 2.16 billion in 2016. That's all 4 Likes |
Re: Revealed! You Sold Your Android Phone? You May Have Sold Yourself Too by Whizpeter(m): 5:02pm On Jun 02, 2015 |
The person above me is blessed IJN 6 Likes |
Re: Revealed! You Sold Your Android Phone? You May Have Sold Yourself Too by JohnFrankling(m): 5:18pm On Jun 02, 2015 |
Ok, we don hear so I guess their next research should be focused on how to wipe all information before selling the phone, #next 1 Like |
Re: Revealed! You Sold Your Android Phone? You May Have Sold Yourself Too by pinkyruledworld(m): 6:21pm On Jun 02, 2015 |
Let the hacking begin |
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Re: Revealed! You Sold Your Android Phone? You May Have Sold Yourself Too by dljbd1(m): 9:09pm On Jun 02, 2015 |
I think port a now ROM or a different ROM before selling will do the trick. #thinking |
Re: Revealed! You Sold Your Android Phone? You May Have Sold Yourself Too by chemmerfrank(m): 9:33pm On Jun 02, 2015 |
Who'll go as far as looking for what you deleted?? D person no get job ni?? 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Revealed! You Sold Your Android Phone? You May Have Sold Yourself Too by fharmah(m): 9:45pm On Jun 02, 2015 |
na im pple were dea buy 2nd hand fone neva get information of oder pple
e for don get pin ,password etc make i hear word joor
who no get work were go dea dig deep into the fone 1 Like |
Re: Revealed! You Sold Your Android Phone? You May Have Sold Yourself Too by Kizito2nv(m): 11:11pm On Jun 02, 2015 |
i dey use nokia e63 wetin consin me? i dey use nokia e63 wetin consin me? |
Re: Revealed! You Sold Your Android Phone? You May Have Sold Yourself Too by Chyjoey(m): 11:51pm On Jun 02, 2015 |
simply wipe cache partition 2 Likes |
Re: Revealed! You Sold Your Android Phone? You May Have Sold Yourself Too by Topstarr: 12:43am On Jun 03, 2015 |
Obaiyski: wow so how I go take recover my lost images, messages etc as a result of factory reset? thanks in advance |
Re: Revealed! You Sold Your Android Phone? You May Have Sold Yourself Too by denedene(m): 12:47am On Jun 03, 2015 |
using nokia xl. nobody go gree buy am sef curse you nokia 1 Like |
Re: Revealed! You Sold Your Android Phone? You May Have Sold Yourself Too by 2oddMASTER: 1:25am On Jun 03, 2015 |
There is one way that would erase it forever,BURN IT |
Re: Revealed! You Sold Your Android Phone? You May Have Sold Yourself Too by Adesiji77: 5:16am On Jun 03, 2015 |
2oddMASTER: |
Re: Revealed! You Sold Your Android Phone? You May Have Sold Yourself Too by clitlicker: 5:53am On Jun 03, 2015 |
When u gat nothing to hide like me, u dont care, any body way wan hack me. U are free. In short, make i give u ma password |
Re: Revealed! You Sold Your Android Phone? You May Have Sold Yourself Too by SPAGGYYY(f): 6:12am On Jun 03, 2015 |
Phones too don get recycle bin ni? |
Re: Revealed! You Sold Your Android Phone? You May Have Sold Yourself Too by eightsin(m): 7:10am On Jun 03, 2015 |
That's why I use my old phones to the point where they can't be sold and then I smash them to pieces |
Re: Revealed! You Sold Your Android Phone? You May Have Sold Yourself Too by liljboy(m): 10:09am On Jun 03, 2015 |
dljbd1:just what I was thinking too 1 Like |
Re: Revealed! You Sold Your Android Phone? You May Have Sold Yourself Too by Donann: 1:07am On Jun 04, 2015 |
Techno phone$ no dey Ope ooo |
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