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Offline manolowally

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adding password protection to factory reset?
« on: April 07, 2015, 08:43:17 AM »
is it posible to add a security pin number to factory reset on android tablet/phone? ...avast mobile or anti theft root can do that? ...I mean adding/creating a pin so before someone try a factory reset on stolen tablet or cellphone a pin/password will be necessary first.
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Re: adding password protection to factory reset?
« Reply #1 on: April 07, 2015, 01:51:43 PM »
User guide:
http://files.avast.com/files/documentation/mobile-security-user-guide-en-v2-4-updated.pdf

Don't forget that a factory reset will not remove/disable avast anti theft.

Offline manolowally

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Re: adding password protection to factory reset?
« Reply #2 on: April 08, 2015, 11:09:48 AM »
my english is not so great, all I read is hard reset protection for anti theft as in resisting a factory reset but I havent see anything about pasword protection for factory reset, am I right?.. is it posible to add a pin or not

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Re: adding password protection to factory reset?
« Reply #3 on: April 09, 2015, 02:31:23 PM »
@manolowally
In AntiTheft - Advanced Settings - Protection Behavior there is a setting to "lock phone settings" in case the device is marked lost or stolen, and another setting to prevent USB debugging.