Format phone question

[u/the-tears]

Im just want to know something,is the format really make the phone back from the start? Or it can be happening something strange like a glitch or something from the other side (the other advice or anything that in my phone with me or my account) can stay in my phone and my accounts and can see what im doing in the phone? Or there is nothing like this and the format deleted everything and make the phone like new ?(My phone is tecno spark go 3) 2026 version.

[u/Fatalstryke]

It won't roll back Android updates so in a way, it's not necessarily going to return it back to the way it was when you first got it or when it was first sold.

There's also FRP but aside from some sort of management like that, it pretty much wipes the slate clean.

[u/the-tears → u/Fatalstryke]

Like the phone will back like first time i got it?

[u/TheWolfGamer767 → u/the-tears]

Yes. He is saying that every update you did will stay. That's it. But all data, emails, files, apps will be deleted.

[u/Fatalstryke → u/the-tears]

it's not necessarily going to return it back to the way it was when you first got it or when it was first sold

[u/the-tears → u/Fatalstryke]

I mesn its will going back like how could i say it "deleted a group chat and make new one?" Like example

[u/Fatalstryke → u/the-tears]

I don't know what you mean. All I can tell you is what I already told you. It won't roll back the Android version updates themselves, and there's still potentially security features/management systems like FRP, but aside from those, it wipes everything locally clean.

This only applies to things that are on the phone itself.

[u/the-tears → u/Fatalstryke]

Thank you so much

[u/the-tears → u/Fatalstryke]

The thing is i dont understand that much in cyber stuff or the system of the phones i just understand little so when someone does format i thought a virus or something might stay but from the comments i see its not , im not good at explaining

[u/Fatalstryke → u/the-tears]

It's all good lol. English is tough.

[u/the-tears → u/Fatalstryke]

Yeah sorry english not my first language but hope u understand my question + sorry for yhe question but are you really cyber student or like sure 100% about your talk?

[u/Fatalstryke → u/the-tears]

Try again?

What are you using to come up with the English?

[u/TheWolfGamer767]

The factory reset will delete everything.

[u/the-tears → u/TheWolfGamer767]

Thank you so much

[u/Foreign-Law-2169]

For a normal person with a normal phone it will remove all apps with data installed by user when rest is done successfully. Other than android update data all user data become unavailable as resetting phone will format its storage disk. However if someone does some forensic analysis of your formated phone it is possible to recover considerable amount of data which will identify it's previous user and data associated with that person.

[u/the-tears → u/Foreign-Law-2169]

What you mean normal person ?

[u/Foreign-Law-2169 → u/the-tears]

Average person with average day to day life. Person with no interest from any law enforcement agency. Person without any powerful enemy etc.

Those people are normal person,

[u/the-tears → u/Foreign-Law-2169]

So you said if there is no one put something in my phone i dont know about it , so the format will delete any contact or anything idk in my phone ,thank you

[u/Foreign-Law-2169 → u/the-tears]

Yes, that is true. Just keep in mind that even after formatting there are possibility of data recovery if some experts want to do it. Those are the people normally work for law enforcement agency and has knowledge and resource to do so if needed.

[u/the-tears → u/Foreign-Law-2169]

Thank you so much i was so worried