As new smartphones hit the market, people are looking to offload their outdated devices more frequently than ever before. When selling an old phone, the standard procedure is to restore the device to ...

These articles are brought to you in association with Pocket-lint and our partners. A factory reset, also known as a hard reset, allows you to remove all the data and settings from your Android phone, ...

Whether you're ready to sell your Android or you've got to get it repaired, you'll want to see how to restore your phone to its original factory flavor of Android. Senior writer Seth Rosenblatt ...

It’s official: Google has released Android Oreo. After months of developer preview releases, the newest version of Google’s operating system is available in finished form for the Nexus 5X, 6P, Nexus ...

With the official unveiling of the Android Oreo statue, Google has begun pushing out OTA updates to some of its Pixel and Nexus devices. Initial reports show the updates either failing or taking hours ...

When you tap delete on your Android phone, a file might disappear from your view. But it's not really gone. You've erased the index of that file, but the file itself is still in the phone's storage.

A modern, versatile FRP bypass tool like iMobie DroidKit offers a practical, secure way to regain access to Samsung and other Android devices quickly and at home. If you’re facing Google verification ...

Got an older Android smartphone? Be careful how you dispose of it. Because whether you recycle it, give it to a friend, or sell it on eBay, you could be putting your personal information and data at ...

An estimated 500 million Android phones don’t completely wipe data when their factory reset option is run, a weakness that may allow the recovery of login credentials, text messages, e-mails, and ...

Android 11 officially started rolling out earlier today, and now the factory images for the Pixel devices are now available. This means that those that want to download the factory image, instead of ...

Factory reset or wipe is often used not just to start fresh but to also as a necessary step when selling a used Android device. Well, that's the theory anyway. Researchers from Cambridge University ...