In Android 5.0 Lollipop, Google introduced a security feature called Factory Reset Protection to help folks keep their data safe. It works like this: if FRP is turned on and your Android device is ...

Factory Reset Protection (FRP), a protection measure that’s supposed to prevent thieves from using stolen Android devices, is easy to bypass on some Nexus devices running on unpatched versions of ...

Randomly, the other day my fast charger stopped charging the device at its normal fast pace and has reverted back to an extremely slow normal charge rate (3 hours is stated to gain 49% charge where ...

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If you thought that the Factory Reset Protection option on your stolen Samsung smartphone safeguarded your data, then think again. Thanks to a flaw in Samsung phones, the security feature can be ...

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Part 1: Factory Reset Protection (FRP): Can FRP be disabled? Factory Reset Protection, often known as FRP, is a built-in security feature that you can use to protect both your device and the ...

Smartphones offer users plenty of ways to keep the data they store secure, but what about protecting the phones themselves? Google’s tried to make Android phones less appealing to thieves by ...