I am planning to sell my phone and I am hesitant because I am thinking that what if i deleted my private stuff and the buyer might have the chance to retrieve it.

Is there a chance that they can retrieve my old stuff even if I already deleted it?

The phone is samsung A52

  • berahi@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    The phone is shipped with Android 11, which is already mandated to use file-based encryption. Factory reset will remove the key, so do that, and it’s guaranteed that no data can be recovered.

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    1 year ago

    There are ways to retrieve deleted data from phones and USBs, but I wouldn’t worry too much, mostly because the software you can get usually just recovers photos.

  • mainsamayhoon24@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    Step 1) Reset + put junk file.

    Repeat two times step 1 . 🥱

    Google data sectors and formatting you’ll learn something.