Urgent Security Request: Samsung Should Block Factory Reset from Recovery Withou

[shahi4114]

I discovered a serious security issue that affects all Samsung Galaxy devices (S24 included), and I think we need to push Samsung to fix this in One UI 7 or the next software update.

Here’s the problem:

When your phone is locked, you can’t shut it down without unlocking it — which is great.

But if someone holds Power + Volume buttons, they can reboot into recovery mode, do a factory reset, and wipe your phone without entering a password or PIN.

🔴 This means:

Find My Mobile, Google Find My Device, and Offline Finding all stop working

Your data is wiped

The phone becomes untraceable — even if FRP (Factory Reset Protection) is on, most thieves don’t care because they resell parts or flash it

📌 iPhones already block factory reset without authentication — why can’t Samsung do this?

What we’re asking Samsung to do:

Add a setting in Secure Lock Settings to:

Block recovery access unless the phone is unlocked, OR

Require the device PIN/password before allowing factory reset from recovery

If enough people ask, Samsung can and will add this. They’ve already added lock-screen shutdown protection — this is the next logical step.

🔁 Please upvote and comment if you agree. And if you have Samsung Members, submit this suggestion under “Feedback > Suggestions.”

Let’s make Samsung devices more secure — together.

[aryabhupender806]

Good feedback.
I wish samsung see this post

[goodthings]

Kindly complaint to Samsung customer support through Samsung Members App as error report also send log files Along with this error report for this issue and wait for next update may be fix it by Samsung team soon. If you like please accept as a solution it's help to others users also, click on 3dots in my reply section and click on accept solution. Thanks.

[Pururathi]

Dear Good thing.


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[goodthings]

You're welcome to here.

[mrgrrney]

Yes ! Samsung should. I didn't know up until tis post that you can do that.

[MAURYA123]

This need to be done by samsung in all phones special s series and other flagship series

[Dineshsagar]

But you can't turn off phone without PIN when locked. Moreover you need a pc to go to recovery mode. However, it is a good suggestion for Samsung

[shahi4114]

Even though recovery mode now needs USB connection, a thief can still reset the phone from recovery without entering a PIN