[Question] What is left on Android Jellybean After Factory Reset?

[davros01]

Be patient. Someone will answer you.

Everything is wiped when you do a factory reset. Cache and all. The only thing that sometimes isn't wiped is user media partition, for example downloads, pictures, videos. You should easily be able to see this by booting the phone and checking gallery.

Nobody in their right mind will go through the effort to dissect your EMMC and try to recover formatted data.

Unless the FBI or CIA is trailing you, you'll be fine. If you're that paranoid, just change your banking password. Done.

Thanks

I just wanted some info today that was why I was impatient as I might have a buyer for the phone this week.

I have just read so many horror stories about people selling their old phones and getting details stolen etc, coupled with what has gone on with my bank.

Is it right that when the phone is factory reset, the data is still there and just set up to be overwritten, like when emptying a pc recycle bin?

Because if that is the case my internet history, cache of sites I visited, and bank details and wifi hotspot password / setup / stats could still then be recovered?

I have the phone rooted so someone could go into it with root browser or plug it into a pc and recover some of the history, app history etc?

I ask this because after the problems I have had with the phone I am a bit paranoid and also, do not be too sure what people will do, if someone is a bit tech savy and sees a second hand phone on ebay that could have data recovered for devious ends, I would not put it past them to try.

If I cant get any positive answers one way or another I just wont bother selling the phone on, but I could do with the money, as my new phone was expensive and it would help to cover it.

Thanks for the help by the by.....