Factory reset protection is getting several key upgrades in Android 15 to make it harder to bypass.

This article goes into more detail about how these new measures will actually work compared to the blog post earlier this year from Google. Namely:

  1. Enabling the OEM unlocking setting will no longer prevent FRP from activating.
  2. Bypassing the setup wizard will no longer deactivate FRP. FRP restrictions will apply until you verify ownership of the device by signing in.
  3. Adding a new Google account is blocked.
  4. Setting a lock screen PIN or password is blocked.
  5. Installing new apps is blocked.
  • piracysails@lemm.eeEnglish
    165·
    2 months ago

    Not eveyrone has or needs a google or any system-wide account to use their phones.

      • piracysails@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        I should have provided more info. I am not defending that FRPs should not exist, rather that there should be an option to utilize them without an account.

        Graphene devs are considering using a random code similar to an account restoration.

        • Skull giver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nlEnglish
          3·
          2 months ago

          That makes a lot of sense. I like the GrapheneOS approach to these things.

          I hope they can figure something out that’ll be user friendly that’s also recoverable if your forget the password. Wouldn’t want to put myself in a “lost my key, guess I can never sell my phone now” situation.