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Android uses an A/B partition scheme. Either the bootloader can be infected or both partitions can have the malware. With the A/B split, even if you blow away e
by vorpalhex 5y ago
Android uses an A/B partition scheme. Either the bootloader can be infected or both partitions can have the malware. With the A/B split, even if you blow away eg B, A can reinfect B. It would be trivial to add extra circuitry to reinfect both partitions as well.
- megous 5y agoRight I guess I assumed 'wiping android' meant starting over: erasing the eMMC via TRIM and flashing a new bootloader/repartitioning/etc. via BROM USB mode or something like that. I guess OP might have meant just 'factory reset'. Which is not really 'wiping the android' at all.