Re: Unusable Android J5(6)

On 5/15/25 7:56 AM, AJL wrote:

On 5/15/25 5:32 AM, Frank Slootweg wrote:

 *How* do you 'reset' them? With a 'Hard reset' ('Wipe data/factory
reset') from the 'Android Recovery' boot menu as described before (see
for example <https://www.devicesfaq.com/en/hard-reset/samsung-galaxy-j5>
for the phone under discussion).

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On my Galaxy S10+ it's Settings > General management > reset > factory data
reset.
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But it's been 5+ years since I gave a phone away (current phone's age) so I
don't remember the exact reset routine I used. But I do remember that the
grandkid I gave it to used it with no problems on his family account.

I recently reset an iPhone (wife's old one, she upgraded) and put it on my
extra Apple account. I play with it on WiFi only as an added toy. I used my
extra Google account on it for the Google stuff if that counts as a semi reset/reuse...

I'll be giving this iPhone to a grandkid in a few days so I factory reset it
 tonight. I didn't mention it before because I forgot but it DOES require an
 Apple account password to factory reset it, even when the phone is already
 signed in.
BTW Frank I fell off the wagon and got a new Windows 11 LT toy. Just
 couldn't stay away. Pray for me...

 If you indeed use that procedure, that would negate Jörg's comment
that after a 'Hard reset' the device would not be usable for *another*
user (than the previous owner/user).

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I suspect that the reset/reuse routine depends on the particular phone and
the difficulties likely vary... >
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    But I don't see anywhere on that site to
 sign them back in. That apparently has to be done on the device. Likewise I
 don't think that move does anything to the device itself other than require
 a new sign in the next time it's used...

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 Exactly (on all counts).

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