4 ms·

> Factory reset upgrade prevents a reset by a thief. For some criminals, the goal is to quickly reset your stolen device and resell it. We’re making it more dif

> Factory reset upgrade prevents a reset by a thief. For some criminals, the goal is to quickly reset your stolen device and resell it. We’re making it more difficult to do that with an upgrade to Android’s factory reset protection. With this upgrade, if a thief forces a reset of the stolen device, they’re not able to set it up again without knowing your device or Google account credentials. This renders a stolen device unsellable, reducing incentives for phone theft. Can I turn this off ?

rany_ 2y ago
They've already done this for a while. It's called FRP (Factory Reset Protection). I'm pretty sure that even my Android phone from 2017 had this feature. I don't know why they're touting it as a new feature.
- cantSpellSober 2y ago
  Yeah they even mention it in their help pages > Expect to unlock your screen or enter Google Account information [after reset] https://support.google.com/android/answer/9459346?hl=en#verify_ownership https://support.google.com/android/answer/9459346?hl=en#veri...
  - AshamedCaptain 2y ago
    Frankly the only new feature I read on this announcement is the "auto-lock on sudden movement" which seems like a minor evolution of a feature they had 10 years ago that does the opposite (prevent auto-lock when the device is stationary).
- stusmall 2y ago
  It's definitely older than that. I remember implementing it at an old job. That device ran 4.4 and was later upgraded to 5. I know we had it in our 5 builds but I can't remember about the KitKat builds.
- deleted 2y ago
  [deleted]
- deleted 2y ago
  [deleted]
- JohnMakin 2y ago
  > I don't know why they're touting it as a new feature. This is powered by AI! /s
- nfriedly 2y ago
  FRP is a worthless pain in the ass. It's usually trivial to bypass, it just wastes time and makes resetting phones more annoying. (I've had to do it a few times, once on a used phone I bought, and a couple of times for family members who forgot their password.) Factory reset should be exactly that; FRP needs to die in a fire. It sounds like this new thing is going in the opposite direction.
  - ignoramous 2y ago
    > It's usually trivial to bypass... Theft protection is a friction to deter "script kiddies" equivalent of phone thieves.

rany_ 2y ago

They've already done this for a while. It's called FRP (Factory Reset Protection). I'm pretty sure that even my Android phone from 2017 had this feature. I don't know why they're touting it as a new feature.

cantSpellSober 2y ago
Yeah they even mention it in their help pages > Expect to unlock your screen or enter Google Account information [after reset] https://support.google.com/android/answer/9459346?hl=en#verify_ownership https://support.google.com/android/answer/9459346?hl=en#veri...
- AshamedCaptain 2y ago
  Frankly the only new feature I read on this announcement is the "auto-lock on sudden movement" which seems like a minor evolution of a feature they had 10 years ago that does the opposite (prevent auto-lock when the device is stationary).
stusmall 2y ago
It's definitely older than that. I remember implementing it at an old job. That device ran 4.4 and was later upgraded to 5. I know we had it in our 5 builds but I can't remember about the KitKat builds.
deleted 2y ago
[deleted]
deleted 2y ago
[deleted]
JohnMakin 2y ago
> I don't know why they're touting it as a new feature. This is powered by AI! /s
nfriedly 2y ago
FRP is a worthless pain in the ass. It's usually trivial to bypass, it just wastes time and makes resetting phones more annoying. (I've had to do it a few times, once on a used phone I bought, and a couple of times for family members who forgot their password.) Factory reset should be exactly that; FRP needs to die in a fire. It sounds like this new thing is going in the opposite direction.
- ignoramous 2y ago
  > It's usually trivial to bypass... Theft protection is a friction to deter "script kiddies" equivalent of phone thieves.