[max789]

Hi, all

This is my first post here and I hope I'm posting in the right place.

Before selling a smartphone, I wonder if a factory reset will be adequate for privacy protection, due to the nature of electronic data storage using ROM/NAND.

I've in mind info like personal data, Google Wallet, bank account and other passwords.

I use TrueCrypt on my PCs but no encryption on phones or tablets. Perhaps a good practical approach is to NOT store sensitive data on a phone/tablet, but this is next to impossible with Google accounts, Google Wallet, etc.

Your input, please!

[xlDeMoNiClx]

A factory reset would bring the phone back to the state it was in before it gets to a customer's hands and since you have to input all that info it should do the trick. Unless I'm missing something.

[alicepattinson]

Hi, all

This is my first post here and I hope I'm posting in the right place.

Before selling a smartphone, I wonder if a factory reset will be adequate for privacy protection, due to the nature of electronic data storage using ROM/NAND.

I've in mind info like personal data, Google Wallet, bank account and other passwords.

I use TrueCrypt on my PCs but no encryption on phones or tablets. Perhaps a good practical approach is to NOT store sensitive data on a phone/tablet, but this is next to impossible with Google accounts, Google Wallet, etc.

Your input, please!

If i'm going to sell my old smart phone then yes I will really have to do a reset, then just update the newest software so it will sell easily. You know, we really want the newest OS for our phones right? Hope I helped

[return_0]

I read an article in the newspaper a while ago that factory resets on some OSes don't completely erase data, or something like that. I remember it mentioned Android, iOS, and BBOS, but I don't remember which ones required more than a factory reset.

Edit: Okay, did a little research, and it looks like a factory reset will do the trick.