{"id":36815,"date":"2022-08-19T15:57:31","date_gmt":"2022-08-19T19:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=36815"},"modified":"2022-08-23T08:12:00","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T12:12:00","slug":"samsungs-repair-mode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2022\/08\/19\/samsungs-repair-mode\/","title":{"rendered":"Samsung’s Repair Mode"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ron Amadeo<\/a> (Hacker News<\/a>):<\/p>\n

Handling data during a mail-in repair process is tough. You could wipe your phone, but that’s a big hassle. You don’t want to just send in a completely locked down device, as technicians can’t thoroughly test it if they’re locked out of everything. While in repair mode, technicians can still poke around in your device and test everything, but they’ll only see the default apps with blank data. When you get your device back, you can re-authenticate and disable repair mode and you’ll get all your data back.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

This may provide a false sense of security because it’s probably not as private as actually wiping the phone. On the other hand, we’ve seen that most people can’t or simply don’t do that, so it seems like a useful idea that Apple should copy.<\/p>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n