If you ever experience problems with your OPPO A16, or want to reset it, whether you want to sell it or lend it to a loved one, you have surely already heard of the process of resetting a smartphone. This procedure will allow you to recover an almost new smartphone in a few clicks. In this guide, we are going to teach you how to reset your OPPO A16? To do this, first of all, we will teach you in what circumstances it may be appropriate for you to carry it out. Then, how to perform the reset of your phone, first in the classic way, then finally if your OPPO A16 is ever blocked.
Why reset your OPPO A16?
So we start by quickly learning the goal how to reset an OPPO A16 . As we quickly explained to you in the introduction, this procedure, which is not trivial, will have the consequences of reset your OPPO A16 to factory settings . It will therefore be empty of all content, applications, photos, settings... It is therefore an ideal solution if you want to replace your phone and you do not want to delete all the files one by one or for fear of forgetting some personal documents.
However, this action can also be useful in other circumstances. In fact, you can reset your OPPO A16 if it bug or becomes too slow , this can be caused by an Android update or else a virus, an overloaded memory... Various reasons can cause the slowness of a phone, despite everything in the event that you have tried to correct the problem by basic means and that it has not been effective, the resetting may be the last solution for you. We advise you that said, before trying to clear the cache of your OPPO A16 to see if this is enough to correct your concern.
How to reset your OPPO A16?
We will now move on to the part that probably interests you the most in this guide, you will learn the procedure to restore your OPPO A16 to factory settings. To do this, we will first see the classic procedure and finally how to do it even if your OPPO A16 is blocked.
How to reset your OPPO A16 normally?
Let's go, we will show you the technique to reset your smartphone in a normal way. Follow the few instructions below to achieve it:
- Go to the “Settings” of your OPPO A16
- Depending on the Android version installed on your phone, you will have to either go through "Global management" then "Reset" or then "Advanced parameters" then "Backup and reset"
- We obviously advise you upstream to save all the data that are to be kept for you because they will all be deleted.
- Now click on "Restore factory configuration"
- Validate the operation using your PIN code
How to restore your OPPO A16 to factory settings when it is blocked?
If your OPPO A16 is ever frozen and you still want to perform a reset, there is a second procedure which consists of using the Recovery Mode to achieve it. You will need to drain the battery of your OPPO A16 beforehand so that it turns off and recharge it without turning it on, for the rest, follow these few steps:
- Turn on your OPPO A16 by pressing and holding "Volume up" + "Power" for several seconds, if this does not work, try replacing the volume up with the bottom or with the Bixby key in the event that your phone is equipped with it
- Once in recovery mode, you will have to use the volume arrows to navigate and the Power button to confirm
- Go to "Wipe data factory" and validate the procedure with the Power button
- Let the operation be validated to recover an OPPO A16 restored to factory settings
If you ever want as many tutorials as possible to become a master of the OPPO A16, we invite you to browse the other tutorials in the category: OPPO A16.
