Be careful, you can reset a Samsung smartphone without password – Pplware

Over the years, Google has improved the Android on several fronts. Not merely aesthetic and functional improvements, but also increased security in several ways.

One of the most important is the FRP (factory reset protection), which prevents a phone is clean without the account its owner is inserted and authenticated. But, again, it was discovered a flaw in the FRP, which affects all recent Samsung smartphones.

the FRP is one of the most important security measures of Android. Assures users that their equipment can not be cleaned and your deleted data without their consent is given. This warranty protection appeared in Android 5.1 Lollipop and is enabled by default on all smartphones. Each manufacturer can make small changes and improvements, adapting it to their needs.

In practice requires that the user account is placed on the smartphone after being made a factory restore, not allowing the device to be used if this step is not performed. But a failure now discovery allows this security measure is passed, it can be done a restore without any account is required. This is a problem that affects almost all recent Samsung smartphones, from the Galaxy S6 to the newest Galaxy S7, S7 Edge to the recently launched Note7.

The process requires only that the smartphone is connected to a PC and are sent some commands to the modem of the same. Then need a simple step to get escalate privileges and access is guaranteed.

There are also some side steps to be followed, ending with placing a new account to the device and the restart of the equipment. The original account is not requested and so the smartphone is at the mercy of his attacker, so skirted the Samsung factory protections and Android itself.

This technique was performed on a smartphone with version 6.0.1 Android and the July security updates. It is likely that Samsung fix this problem in the next update is security release.

This is not the first time that arise failures FRP and even other manufacturers. In the case of Samsung have been several similar situations, the brand quickly corrected. Protection against theft that brings FRP is thus without effect, at least until this fault is corrected by Samsung.

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