Why do you need to clear for resale an Android tablet well – Tablet World

The tablet market is now bursting of the cheap budget tablets that run on Android operating system. This entry-level models are perhaps very cheap but not always as safe for theft of private information.

Error

Researcher Ken Munro of security Pen Test Partners found a bug in a chip manufacturer Rockchip which makes it very easy for hackers to memory tablets to read. those chip This gives them easy access to your sensitive data such as PIN numbers, passwords, wifi keys and other navigational data.

The error is in the so-called flash mode of tablets with Rockchip RK3188 which can be found in many Chinese budget tablets and mini PCs. This mode is intended to flash. Instance manually new firmware on the tablet Normally, this mode can only access the disk to write data to the disk, but in this case, data can be read. In the video below, Munro shows how he works and what information he can read.

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Delete

The error is in the hardware of Rockchip and not in the Android software. The problem can also be solved not just through a software update. This means that people who have their tablet with Rockchip RK188 chip on board by selling to another, very careful to wipe it. Their sensitive data from the tablet

To clear the memory of the tablet at all, you can use an app like Secure Wipe or Nuke My Device. Still, there are users who claim that these apps are insufficient. Google recommends itself to enable encryption and then do a factory reset on the tablet. Encryption switch you on your Android tablet to Settings & gt; Protection and Encrypt Tablet to there.

Tablet World-tip

We Tablet World always recommend applying before getting a tablet sells both methods one after another: first the tablet deleted using an app then the encryption to switch before transferring to the factory settings.

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