When you think your data are gone away after deleting, you’re wrong. It doesn’t completely disappear even when you use “factory reset”. So, what are you gonna do? Just follow our Android phone tip to know!
Android phone tip to make phone data disappear forever
What will you do if you have an intention of giving/selling/donating your Android phone? Erasing everything on it, right? What most of you will do is do a “factory reset” and every datum on your phone will go away. I’m sorry, but you’re wrong. Those data can be recovered if using the suitable tools. By the way, factory reset (or master reset) is the restore software. It will restore the device’s original software set by phone’s manufacturer by erasing all the information stored on the handset. So, it’s not safe at all.
However, we have an Android phone tip to make sure your data is gone completely. First is to encrypt your phone. This is the strongest way to ensure your data won’t come back. With this move, this information can’t be decrypted unless you have a passcode. Most Android 6.0 phones have mandatory encryption for the best security. If your phone runs on 5.0 Lollipop or lower OS, you should turn on the encryption mode by going to Settings > Security > Encrypt phone before doing a master reset (the setting location may be different on some devices).
The second step to ensure that your private information is nothing but a junk by overwriting this info with new junk data. Set up your phone again, but do not sign in any Google accounts or something like that. When your phone is ready to use, all you need to do is record a high-quality video for as long as you possible. Do this video recording again and again to fill up all your free space. After that, do the factory reset one more time. And that’s how we do it.
Android phone tip: once is enough
This way surely have more step than the one you usually do. However, it’s definitively more secure. If you don’t want your private information used by bad persons, you’d better put more efforts on erasing steps. So, remember those process: encrypt phone > factory reset > overwrite > factory reset. If you’re still not sure about it, you can do those steps above several times till you feel safe. Otherwise, one time is enough. We hope that with the Android phone tip, you can secure your personal and sensitive information.