Re: Unusable Android J5(6)

On 5/18/2025 2:18 AM, Frank Slootweg wrote:

AJL <noemail@none.com> wrote:

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

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

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 *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.

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>

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...

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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.

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  Thanks for the feedback.
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  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...

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

Thanks Father Frank (of the Usenet Universal Android Church) for your needed blessings. This is my first post on the new W11 toy. I pray that it works...

 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).

Apparently coming in Android 16:
<https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/android-16-could-make-stolen-phones-useless/ar-AA1EN9bV?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=a53323f126a5438598a1dd823a3430e5&ei=181>