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Re: Android wipe unreliable
From: Robert Kim App and Facebook Marketing <evdo.hsdpa () gmail com>
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 19:19:08 +0900
WOW. this is useful! I've sold my G1 and G2 thinking I was secure but well... thanks?!?! PS... why not Google plus this so I can reshare it? On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 2:46 AM, Jan Schejbal < jan.mailinglisten () googlemail com> wrote:
We have discovered that the "wipe" function on Android does not reliably delete data on all devices. On a Nexus S running Android 2.3.6, we were able to recover user data after running a "wipe" both using the "factory data reset" from the menu and by wiping the device from recovery. To recover data, the device must be rooted. This can be done after the wipe by using e.g. the zergRush root exploit. (Note that the official
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