[New post] It’s incredibly easy to bypass Factory Reset Protection on a Samsung phone [Video]

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Tuesday, 3 November 2015

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Stephen Hall posted: " Factory Reset Protection was introduced with Android Lollipop, and, like Apple's iCloud Activation Lock, it's supposed to make it really hard to resell a stolen Android phone. The gist is that when you use Android recovery menu to reset a phone to fac" Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on 9to5Google It’s incredibly easy to bypass Factory Reset Protection on a Samsung phone [Video] by Stephen Hall Factory Reset Protection was introduced with Android Lollipop, and, like Apple's iCloud Activation Lock, it's supposed to make it really hard to resell a stolen Android phone. The gist is that when you use Android recovery menu to reset a phone to factory settings, the phone will require upon reboot that you sign in using a Google account you previously used on the device before resetting it. If someone steals your phone and wipes it, they need your Google account for it to be anything but a brick. Well, it appears that a flaw in Samsung's phones lets potential thieves around this security measure, and it looks like the workaround (via RootJunky) takes just about five minutes to pull off... Read more of this post Stephen Hall | November 3, 2015 at 10:27 am | Tags: android phone, Edge, factory reset protection, Galaxy S5, galaxy s6 edge, Note 5, s6, Samsung, Video | Categories: Android | URL: http://wp.me/p1w6tN-w8A Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from 9to5Google. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://9to5google.com/2015/11/03/how-to-to-bypass-factory-reset-protection-samsung-phone-hack/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com