>it can be completely wiped and reinstalled, ensuring that your phone is cleaned whenever you suspect a compromise.
A modern computer or smartphone contains many peripheral CPUs. E.g., the hardware that implements USB probably has one. Each of these peripheral CPUs runs its own software or firmware. "Completely wiping and reinstalling" only works
if the compromise did not get into any firmware of any peripheral or did get in, but for some (miraculous) reason cannot reinfect software running on the main CPU.
There is a reason we used to hear constantly the advice to reinstall Windows, but no longer hear it: the old advice no longer works reliably.
So, not only is wiping and reinstalling more laborious and time-consuming than just rebooting a system with a verified boot chain, it is not as reliable at ridding the system of an infection.
A modern computer or smartphone contains many peripheral CPUs. E.g., the hardware that implements USB probably has one. Each of these peripheral CPUs runs its own software or firmware. "Completely wiping and reinstalling" only works if the compromise did not get into any firmware of any peripheral or did get in, but for some (miraculous) reason cannot reinfect software running on the main CPU.
There is a reason we used to hear constantly the advice to reinstall Windows, but no longer hear it: the old advice no longer works reliably.
So, not only is wiping and reinstalling more laborious and time-consuming than just rebooting a system with a verified boot chain, it is not as reliable at ridding the system of an infection.