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* [http://google-plus.com/499/how-to-disable-instant-upload-to-google-plus-from-your-android-or-iphone-app/ How to disable instant upload to google plus from your android or iphone app?]* [http://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/picasa/nqIVL_cdI9I How do I stop my phone from automatically uploading pics to ogle plus][http://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/picasa/nqIVL_cdI9I How do I stop my phone from automatically uploading pics to ogle plus]== Wipe android phone before selling == Before you sell or dispose of your Android phone or tablet* Transfer your phone number off the phone* Factory reset the phone or tablet* Remove or wipe microSD card* Optionally change your Google account password To elaborate on the summary above: erase your Android device before selling it or throwing it away. You need to do this to keep your personal data secure. All Android devices, the phones and tablets, allow a way to wipe via a hard reset. The reset process is different from one Android device manufacturer to the next. The best thing to do is to go to your settings menu and look for a reset option. Settings > SD & Phone Storage and hit the "Factory Data Reset" Keep in mind that a reset does not clear your microSD card. You should remove your microSD card. If you plan to sell it with the phone, you should wipe and reformat it manually. Some phones give you the option to format the SD card at the same time you erase the rest of the device. If not, you'll want to connect the device to a computer and format the card. Technically data can still be recovered after a format by someone with advanced technical skill and/or the right tools. There are programs that will do a secure wipe or overwriting format. This extra step will prevent recovery of your data from the microSD card. Make sure you have de-activated your number from the phone with your carrier. Remove your account from the phone so your buyer can't make calls from your number. If you have already switched your number to another phone then you are good to go. Check with your carrier to ensure your number is no longer associated with the old phone if you are not sure. Finally, if you want to be extra extra careful, you should change the Google account password associated with your phone. Each time you change Android devices and dispose or sell it, go in to Google and change your account password. === Personal Data === The sort of data that is on your phone includes all your music, email, text messages. Your Google account username and password. Your iTunes login information as well as other membership resources. POP3 email or enterprise mail login information. Android phones have multiple forms of storage inside. They have internal memory, where most of your apps and system settings are stored, and the SD card, where music, pictures, and some app settings are stored. Recommended reading: [http://www.androidcentral.com/securely-wiping-your-android-phone-makes-it-just-fine-sell-fud Securely wiping any device makes it just fine to sell] Also, going a step further than doing a factory reset is flashing with the original ROM. === Hard Reset on Specific Phone Models === * [[Motorola_Droid_Pro#Hard_Reset|Hard Reset on Motorola Droid Pro]] === Root / Jail Break === Doing a factory reset will not remove root access to your phone. It will also not undo any custom ROM you have installed. Use a program such as Motorola's RSD Lite (if you have a Motorola phone) to fully wipe your phone. You may need a different program depending on your manufacturer. It is not necessary to undo the root, in some cases it makes the phone more valuable at resell. It is up to you if you want to sell it like that or remove root access. === Changing your Google account password === You can access your Google account from a PC. Goto https://accounts.google.com/ and sign in with your username and password. On the left column menu click "Security" and then towards the right side of the screen click the box "Change Password" and follow the prompts from there. {{:Change the Google Account Password on an Android Device}} == App Visibility == When an app is installed, from Google Play or directly from the apk file, it is typically visible in the app list and manage apps area. Users refer to something called the apps drawer, which is what you see when you tap the icon typically located in the bottom right of the screen that shows icons for all installed apps, including those not visible on the desktop overlay. There is a launcher, dock, app drawer which are all different from the manage apps area. [[Android Application Visibility]] discusses the areas were apps are visible and icons are placed to open or manage an app. It is possible for an app to be well hidden. It is very difficult to hide an app from the Manage Apps area. [[Android Terminology]] also clarifies terms like launcher, app drawer, etc. [[Category:Security]]