[imp] Wipe provisioned activesync device?

[Michael J Rubinsky]

Quoting Michael J Rubinsky <mrubinsk at horde.org>:

> Quoting Terry Carmen <terry at cnysupport.com>:
>
>> Does anybody know specifically what "Wipe provisioned activesync  
>> device" will wipe?
>>
>> If a phone is stolen, does it wipe the SIM Card? SDCard? Phone memory?
>
> This completely depends on the device/client. For example, iOS  
> devices using the native ActiveSync support will be *completely*  
> wiped to factory default. Early android devices did not wipe  
> anything, recent android devices will also be completely wiped. If  
> using a third party application like e.g., TouchDown for Exchange -  
> it's _likely_ only the application's data will be wiped (and this is  
> indeed what TouchDown does).

Actually, I should correct myself here, this does not wipe the SIM  
card, and in some cases (i.e. Android) SD card contents are not wiped.  
When I say wiped to factory settings, I'm talking about only the  
phone/device's internal memory only. All the devices I have tested the  
SIM data was not wiped, i.e., the phone itself would still work after  
it was rebooted.

>> Has anybody actually tried this?
>
> Yes, numerous times, while developing this feature.
>
> I've wiped my sacrificial iPod Touch and older Android devices too  
> many times to count. I've also (accidently) wiped my day-to-day  
> Galaxy Nexus once...
>
>> I'm a little reluctant to try it on my (working) phone without  
>> knowing how much wiping will occur.
>
>
> -- 
> mike
>
> The Horde Project (www.horde.org)
> mrubinsk at horde.org


-- 
mike

The Horde Project (www.horde.org)
mrubinsk at horde.org
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