phone reset does not clear all user data
Bug #1419928 reported by
Ondrej Kubik
This bug affects 6 people
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canonical System Image |
Fix Released
|
Critical
|
John McAleely | ||
| android (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Critical
|
Simon Fels | ||
Bug Description
Formatting user data from settings app or from recovery does not actually format userdata partition.
This is not what user expects from function description.
- One would expect to be able to use this functionality as recovery from corrupted fs
- if filesystem is corrupted and mounted read only as fallback, then no files would be ever deleted, leading to user's deadlock
- hidden files or directories in the root of user data are not deleted.
Expected result:
user data partition is formatted and new fs is created
Actual result:
non hidden files are deleted, if there are any hidden files or directories, those are not deleted. Same happens for some 'special files'
Tested on krillin RTM r16
| Changed in android (Ubuntu): | |
| importance: | Undecided → Critical |
| summary: |
- format user data does not do format + phone reset does not clear all user data |
Revision history for this message
| John McAleely (john.mcaleely) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in canonical-devices-system-image: | |
| assignee: | nobody → Canonical Phone Foundations (canonical-phonedations-team) |
Revision history for this message
| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in android (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
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| Pat McGowan (pat-mcgowan) wrote | #3 |
| Changed in canonical-devices-system-image: | |
| importance: | Undecided → Critical |
| milestone: | none → ww28-2015 |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| Changed in canonical-devices-system-image: | |
| assignee: | Canonical Phone Foundations (canonical-phonedations-team) → John McAleely (john.mcaleely) |
Revision history for this message
| John McAleely (john.mcaleely) wrote | #4 |
| Changed in android (Ubuntu): | |
| assignee: | nobody → Simon Busch (morphis) |
| status: | Confirmed → In Progress |
| Changed in canonical-devices-system-image: | |
| status: | Confirmed → In Progress |
Revision history for this message
| John McAleely (john.mcaleely) wrote | #5 |
| Changed in canonical-devices-system-image: | |
| milestone: | ww28-2015 → ww34-2015 |
Revision history for this message
| John McAleely (john.mcaleely) wrote | #6 |
| Changed in android (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | In Progress → Fix Committed |
| Changed in canonical-devices-system-image: | |
| status: | In Progress → Fix Committed |
| Changed in android (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
Revision history for this message
| John McAleely (john.mcaleely) wrote | #7 |
| Changed in canonical-devices-system-image: | |
| status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
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@pat, it seems this one slipped under the radar recently. can you triage it for c-d-s-i please.