Is factory resetting a phone safe?

[user3657]

to use with another eBay account?

[MM78]

If you plan to use the Ebay\PayPal App it won't matter what you do to the phone. Once you use the apps it logs more information you can think of. Why can't you use a browser?

[jeffweico]

No. A factory reset probably won't so very much, especially if you have the same SIM card. But even with a different SIM, I wouldn't risk an account that way.

TracFones are $5, on sale. I would get a fresh one.

[two3aight1]

No a factory reset will NOT help you. i have checked into this very idea before.

[user3657]

What I mean is browser info/cache, not ips.

I only use the phone to check emails/respond.

I dont use the eBay app and not worried about ips, just worried about cookies, cached data, etc. Not sure if a factory reset would clear all that.

[MM78]

Originally Posted by user3657

What I mean is browser info/cache, not ips.

I only use the phone to check emails/respond.

I dont use the eBay app and not worried about ips, just worried about cookies, cached data, etc. Not sure if a factory reset would clear all that.

How about you internally clear the cache from the browser and be done....not as hard as you think.

[empirestate]

Apps for phones = Bad for stealth period

[H4ck]

Originally Posted by user3657

to use with another eBay account?

if you use your regular phone data then yes.

if you use your wifi in your house that is linked to a banned account. no

when you factory reset your phone, you also change the mac address on the phone.

when i factory resetted my phone multiple times in the past with amazon they would pull up a prompt box when i logged in saying we don't recognize such and such device do you mind if we can log it?

[unkown5454]

Originally Posted by jarsky541

when you factory reset your phone, you also change the mac address on the phone.

No. Resetting has absolutely nothing to do with a MAC on any device.

Also, UDID, IMEI and MAC cannot be changed unless spoofed using a jailbroken/rooted phone.

You logging in and seeing that prompt is because cookies were removed.

[user3657]

Originally Posted by unkown5454

Also, UDID, IMEI and MAC cannot be changed unless spoofed using a jailbroken/rooted phone.

ebay or paypal does track them correct?

[rsot]

Originally Posted by empirestate

Apps for phones = Bad for stealth period

Agree and OP indicated he/she doesnt use them

[unkown5454]

Originally Posted by user3657

ebay or paypal does track them correct?

The apps are more dangerous than working inside the browser. The apps will track UDID and IMEI. If you jump into the TOS, app permissions, etc. of the apps, you will see a lot of what they are doing.

[feadup]

question, can they get SIM card serial number (UUID) or place cookies on the Sim Card?
or the using same SIM card can link accounts ( Ebay or PayPal )
I am not talking about using Apps, I am talking about Sim card as stand alone factor, either using the sim from phone or USB dongle

[unkown5454]

Originally Posted by feadup

question, can they get SIM card serial number (UUID) or place cookies on the Sim Card?
or the using same SIM card can link accounts ( Ebay or PayPal )
I am not talking about using Apps, I am talking about Sim card as stand alone factor, either using the sim from phone or USB dongle

My personal opinion is no only because I've used the same SIM in multiple dongles and also use phones with the same SIM to generate multiple IPs to use on multiple accounts.

[BiN4RY]

Originally Posted by feadup

question, can they get SIM card serial number (UUID) or place cookies on the Sim Card?
or the using same SIM card can link accounts ( Ebay or PayPal )
I am not talking about using Apps, I am talking about Sim card as stand alone factor, either using the sim from phone or USB dongle

UID is stored in the phone's encrypted ROM, not SIM card.
eBay/Paypal apps tracks you using UID, and you can't easily change that.

[feadup]

Originally Posted by BiN4RY

UID is stored in the phone's encrypted ROM, not SIM card.
eBay/Paypal apps tracks you using UID, and you can't easily change that.

ICCID has nothing to do with the phone, its for the sim card.
Phone has a MAC and IMEI
SIM has ICCID number.
again NO apps used

****ICCID = Integrated Circuit Card ID. This is the identifier of the actual SIM card itself - i.e. an identifier for the SIM chip. It is possible to change the information contained on a SIM (including the IMSI), but the identify of the SIM itself remains the same.

[MM78]

No Apps = No problem.

[BiN4RY]

Originally Posted by feadup

ICCID has nothing to do with the phone, its for the sim card.
Phone has a MAC and IMEI
SIM has ICCID number.
again NO apps used

****ICCID = Integrated Circuit Card ID. This is the identifier of the actual SIM card itself - i.e. an identifier for the SIM chip. It is possible to change the information contained on a SIM (including the IMSI), but the identify of the SIM itself remains the same.

UID is a device specific idenifier. It's not the phone's MAC, IMEI, or the ICCID.
A lot of apps do use the UID to track device usages.

[unkown5454]

A failed one-upping is always amusing.

[rnj]

Originally Posted by two3aight1

No a factory reset will NOT help you. i have checked into this very idea before.

Even if you reset the phone and get a new sims and new number can you use that phone for mobile stealth. I woll be using 4g network.

[ebaystealth1974]

Originally Posted by rnj

Even if you reset the phone and get a new sims and new number can you use that phone for mobile stealth. I woll be using 4g network.

Don't use the app.