Things the guys who stole my phone have texted me to try to get me to unlock it - Gothamist - eviltoast

This is a very entertaining and educational article, giving insights into the methods used by thiefs to try and get access to your phone data.

I don’t like Apple but it’s great that their security is so good when it comes to this.

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    5 months ago

    Enter recovery mode and choose factory reset. The specific key combination for your device may vary.

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      5 months ago

      You think we’re still in 2010? It’s been a while since you need to unlock the bootloader first. And no, you can’t do it with the device locked.

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      5 months ago

      This don’t work anymore, now they have frp protection which requires google authentication to the previous account after reset