How to wipe personal data on your Android phone ?

Before you sell Android phones, or to donate, please wipe data before doing so, because the data on these machines can be restored simply! Refer tips wipe data following on Android !

Android phones are more notorious viruses and vulnerabilities, which encrypts data on the device is also a problem, users can not wipe the data on the Android phone after the offer or sale it !

How to wipe data on Android users before transferring to others ?

Not long ago, Avast with 20 experiments on Android smartphones purchased from eBay proved Hard reset operation is not erased all the personal data of users on these devices as they thought.

However, according to Google, this experiment seems to be done on older devices running Android OS version 3.0 or lower; and this does not reflect the security of the Android version is a huge amount of fans we use today. Also because of this, Google itself has taken the advice to help Android users peace of mind when deciding for or donate or sell the device is used.

According to Google, to wipe all personal data, users simply need to enable device encryption before the Factory Reset operation. This encryption feature that has been integrated Google Android versions for years.

To conduct an Android device encryption, users simply go to Settings> Security and select "Encrypt phone". Of course, anyone who wants to access the personal data you have to enter the correct password. Once you choose a device encryption, users then simply proceed Factory reset to return the computer to its original state by the manufacturer.

In addition to this approach, users also have other options such as the use of applications to help wipe personal data and prevent recovery capabilities now available on Google Play. For example some applications reliably as Secure Deletion for Android (price 2,75USD), Nuke My Device (0,99USD price) or 2 other free choice is Avast Anti-Theft and Secure Erase with iShredder 3.

Good luck !