Mozilla Abandons $25 Firefox OS Smartphone Plans, May Embrace Android Apps

Mozilla has come some way forward after first unveiling its Firefox OS, its Web-based mobile operating system back in early 2013. After a few early partnerships with manufacturers based out of Europe and China, the non-profit company soon partnered Intex ... Read more

All Popular Searches about Android Smartphone - May 23, 2015

Videocon Intros Android KitKat Smartphone Z45 Nova+

Friday, May 22, 2015: It seems to be the season of budget Android smartphones. A host of companies are focussing on this growing segment. The latest entrant in the bracket is Videocon Z45 Nova+ Android smartphone. Videocon has launched the Android KitKat ... Read more

Why it is useless to factory reset your Android smartphone

New Delhi: You passed on your old Android smartphone to your younger sibling by just doing a 'factory reset' and you thought all the data was gone- with just a single tap. But, researchers at the Cambridge University have just proved you wrong. Read more

Android Factory Reset Doesn't Completely Wipe Data

Apparently not with Android phones, according to a new study. Researchers were able to recover Google credentials from factory-reset Android phones — which gave them access to the previous user's emails, contacts, text messages and any other information ... Read more

Flawed Android factory reset leaves crypto and login keys ripe for picking

An estimated 500 million Android phones don't completely wipe data when their factory reset option is run, a weakness that may allow the recovery of login credentials, text messages, e-mails, and contacts, computer scientists said Thursday. In the first ... Read more

Google's Android M to have fingerprint ID: Report

nicknamed Android M might contain a native fingerprint authentication which is presently seen on a few Android smartphones such as HTC One M9 , Samsung Galaxy S6, Galaxy S6 Edge as well on iOS devices such as iPad mini 3, and iPad Air 2, iPhone 5S ... Read more

Android's Factory Reset tool still leaves sensitive data on your phone

A test on 21 second-hand smartphones running Android versions between 2.3.x (Gingerbread) and 4.3 (Jelly Bean) revealed that it's possible to recover emails, text messages, Google access tokens and other sensitive data after the factory reset function ... Read more

500 million Android devices at risk: Researchers find that factory reset doesn't completely wipe data

One of the most important things to do before selling or giving away a used smartphone is to wipe the device clean. After all, the last thing anyone wants is for a complete stranger to have access to all of their personal data. Unfortunately for Android ... Read more

Top Android news of the week: Factory reset failures, Note 5, phone calling on the watch

Security experts determined that performing a factory reset on Android phones is not secure on many handsets. This affects owners of some phones who reset the device prior to selling it or trading it in for a new model. The problem is that the reset doesn ... Read more

500 Million Google Phones Fail To Wipe Data On Reset, Claim Cambridge Researchers

Android phones don't delete data properly on factory reset, say researchers Google said it did not have comment on the matter. Anderson told FORBES it was up to Google to fix the problem though its device partners (Original Equipment Manufacturers ... Read more