If you ever have trouble with your Android smartphone, or want to reset it, whether to sell it or lend it to a loved one, you have certainly heard of the process of resetting a phone. This solution allows in a few clicks to recover an almost new smartphone. Today we are just going to show you how to reset your android smartphone? To do this, first of all, we will show you in which situations it can be useful for you to carry it out. Then, how to reset your phone, first in the classic way, then secondly in the event that your Android smartphone is blocked.
Why reset your Android smartphone?
So we start by quickly learning the interest resetting an Android smartphone . As we explained to you briefly just before this process, which is not trivial will have the consequences of reset your Android smartphone to factory settings . It will therefore be empty of all content, applications, photos, settings ... It is therefore an ideal solution when you want to replace your phone and you do not want to delete all the files one by one or for fear of forget some personal documents.
However, this manipulation can also be useful in other circumstances. In fact, you can reset your Android smartphone if it bug or becomes too slow , this may be due to an Android update or a virus, an overloaded memory ... Various reasons can cause the slowness of a phone, however in the event that you have tried to solve the problem by basic means and that it was not effective, the reset may be the last solution for you. However, we recommend that you try to clear the cache of your Android smartphone beforehand to see if this is enough to solve your problem.
How to reset your Android smartphone?
So we will now move on to the part that probably interests you the most today, you will learn the solution to restore your Android smartphone to factory settings. To do this, we will first discover the classic solution and secondly how to do it even in the event that your Android smartphone is blocked.
How to reset your Android smartphone normally?
Here we go, we will show you how to reset your phone in the normal way. Apply the following guidelines to achieve it:
- Go to the "Settings" of your Android smartphone
- Depending on the Android version installed on your phone, you will either have to go through "Global management" then "Reset" or then "Advanced parameters" then "Backup and reset"
- We of course recommend that you back up all the data that should be kept for you beforehand because they will all be erased.
- Now click on "Restore factory configuration"
- Validate the operation using your PIN code
How to restore your Android smartphone to factory settings when it is blocked?
If ever your Android smartphone is blocked and you still want to do a reset, there is a second solution which amounts to using the Recovery Mode to achieve it. You must first empty the battery of your Android smartphone so that it turns off and recharge it without turning it on, for the rest, follow these few steps:
- Turn on your Android smartphone by pressing for several seconds on "Volume up" + "Power", in the event that this does not work try to replace the volume high by low or by the Bixby key if your phone is equipped with it
- Once in recovery mode, you will need to use the volume arrows to navigate and the Power button to confirm
- Reach "Wipe data factory" and confirm the operation with the Power button
- Let the operation validate to recover an Android smartphone restored to factory settings
