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From: "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
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Subject: Re: FACTORY reset
Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2025 19:41:57 +0100
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On 2025-02-07 18:52, Jörg Lorenz wrote:
> On 07.02.25 17:59, bad sector wrote:
>> On 2/7/25 11:31, Jörg Lorenz wrote:
>>> On 06.02.25 19:11, bad sector wrote:
>>>>
>>>> The phone comes from Samsung, the provider is Telus; should this not be
>>>> called As-Delivered-Reset?
>>>
>>> Why should it? If you remove the SIM and you reset the phone it has
>>> nothing to do with the network operator and the crap it installs on your
>>> property. It is in the same state it was when you took the phone out of
>>> the factory-sealed box.
>>
>> I took the phone off the Telus phone-boutique counter, ready to use. So
>> my question really was about whether a factory reset restores it to the
>> state it was in when it left the (Samsung) factory where it had
>> 'possibly' also been loaded with an OS, or whether it is reset to the
>> state when Telus put it into my hand including the crap THEY installed
>> on it, in addition to the crap that Google vernmin and their ilk may
>> have installed on it or may be installing on it daily.
> 
> Why didn't you tell us this vital information at the very beginning?
> In that case you can bet on the fact that Telus ordered a
> provider-specific version of the OS and the application software.

I think the customization can come in the SIM.

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.