Prevent accidental factory restore?

[Remeniz]

I've just realised how easy it would be for anyone to restore the phone to factory settings. But it also could be done accidentally.

Is there a way to password protect the factory restore setting to prevent this?

 

[Hawker]

As far as I know there is not. I've only ever done this through CWM

If your worried about someone doing this, just password/pattern protect your device in the first place, but if your device is rooted and someone knows what to do then it could still be done via CWM

But as we talking about accidental as opposed to a malicious reset, then are you saying if you press menu>settings>privacy>factory data reset
it just does it without further prompting?

I've never tried it, and now I'm not even going to try, but I would be amazed if it just did it.
If it does prompt, then it would hardly be accidental!

 

[Remeniz]

But as we talking about accidental as opposed to a malicious reset, then are you saying if you press menu>settings>privacy>factory data reset
it just does it without further prompting?

I've never tried it, and now I'm not even going to try, but I would be amazed if it just did it.
If it does prompt, then it would hardly be accidental!

I haven't actually tried it either

After you hit 'factory data reset' it does take you to the next screen to confirm erasing any cards and it tells you the Google stuff will be gone and it has a reset button at the bottom.

But even on my 7 year Motorola it would have asked for a password...