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How to block factory reset option on Android smartphone?
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<blockquote data-quote="Wookiee" data-source="post: 75386416" data-attributes="member: 335029"><p>Hahahahahaha. Ha.</p><p></p><p>Apple don't even listen to Enterprise customers. And they pride themselves on making things that are (they think) as convenient as possible. Resetting an iOS device is no different.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Everything has a BIOS (just different types); the BIOS is a special operating system that is designed to interact directly with device hardware.</p><p></p><p>As far as I'm aware, no phone has password protection to stop formatting. The thing with computers is the BIOS can be password protected to stop you from adjusting settings that could potentially damage or disrupt the system, or booting off alternate devices.</p><p></p><p>Phones have a closed ecosystem meaning (without screwing around and voiding warranty) you can only boot into the one operating system and not mess with hardware settings that could make a phone unstable or dead.</p><p></p><p>There's no <em>actual</em> way to prevent a factory reset as there are situations where the phone can't boot and need to be put into a recovery mode so they can be restored. Otherwise they become "bricked" paperweights.</p><p></p><p>The problem is you're trying to apply security protections for things they're <em>not designed for</em>. And I mean, they do work to a degree, but like I said earlier, there's no perfect solution that <em>doesn't</em> have a work around.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It doesn't prevent resetting as such, it prevents the phone from activating <em>after</em> a reset (sort of like iOS's activation lock). So I mean, it <em>could</em> be used for what you want if you want to try, but like most other solutions you've tried, it's not designed for that and could end you back to square one (and potentially without a working phone).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wookiee, post: 75386416, member: 335029"] Hahahahahaha. Ha. Apple don't even listen to Enterprise customers. And they pride themselves on making things that are (they think) as convenient as possible. Resetting an iOS device is no different. Everything has a BIOS (just different types); the BIOS is a special operating system that is designed to interact directly with device hardware. As far as I'm aware, no phone has password protection to stop formatting. The thing with computers is the BIOS can be password protected to stop you from adjusting settings that could potentially damage or disrupt the system, or booting off alternate devices. Phones have a closed ecosystem meaning (without screwing around and voiding warranty) you can only boot into the one operating system and not mess with hardware settings that could make a phone unstable or dead. There's no [I]actual[/I] way to prevent a factory reset as there are situations where the phone can't boot and need to be put into a recovery mode so they can be restored. Otherwise they become "bricked" paperweights. The problem is you're trying to apply security protections for things they're [I]not designed for[/I]. And I mean, they do work to a degree, but like I said earlier, there's no perfect solution that [I]doesn't[/I] have a work around. It doesn't prevent resetting as such, it prevents the phone from activating [I]after[/I] a reset (sort of like iOS's activation lock). So I mean, it [I]could[/I] be used for what you want if you want to try, but like most other solutions you've tried, it's not designed for that and could end you back to square one (and potentially without a working phone). [/QUOTE]
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