Want to know how to factory reset your Android phone? Before handing over your old device, it's important to remove all traces of your personal information. This not only protects your privacy but ...

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After the erasing process, set up your device and restore your backed-up data. If your device is frozen, enter recovery mode. Power it down, then hold Volume Down+Power. This article explains how to ...

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Google is enhancing Android’s Factory Reset Protection (FRP) to make stolen phones harder to use by forcing another factory reset if setup wizard bypasses are detected. This upcoming improvement, ...

Factory reset protection is getting several key upgrades in Android 15 to make it harder to bypass. Google made it so bypassing the setup wizard no longer deactivates factory reset protection, among ...