Samsung announces "repair mode" for its smartphones

In Samsung smartphones will appear a new mode that will allow you not to reset your smartphone to factory settings before giving it to the service for service. It uses the previously announced Samsung Knox Vault technology to hide data from prying eyes.

Before visiting the service, it will be enough to activate the "repair mode". This will restart the device in safe mode: only standard applications will be available to the mechanic. It will also be able to record temporary data needed for testing.

Personal data such as photos, contacts, call history and messages will remain on the smartphone, but you can return them only by turning off this mode. To do this, it is enough to use a graphic key or a fingerprint. This will also delete temporary files that were created in the service.

So far, the feature is only available for Galaxy S21 series devices in South Korea. Samsung notes that later the new mode will appear on other models. The announcement does not say anything about international availability, but Korea may well become a test region where the function will be checked for errors before being rolled out to all users.