Re: Unusable Android J5(6)

AJL <noemail@none.com> wrote:

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).

>
On my Galaxy S10+ it's Settings > General management > reset > factory data
reset.
>
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^M 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.

  Thanks for the feedback.

  As to Rudy's (the OP's) 'Hard reset' ('Wipe data/factory reset') of
his Android phone: That probably has been solved, but sofar he hasn't
confirmed that.

  If not, there probably still are two other methods, the one via the
Google Account of his friend and - IIRC - the adb one on a computer.

BTW Frank I fell off the wagon and got a new Windows 11 LT toy. Just
 couldn't stay away. Pray for me...

  You sinner! In short order, the Usenet Court will decide what your
penance should be. Be prepared that it will be *very* severe!

 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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