In the event that you encounter any problems with your Sony Xperia 8, or you want to reset it, whether to sell it or lend it to a loved one, you have surely already heard of the reset procedure. a phone. This technique offers the possibility in a few clicks of recovering an almost new smartphone. In this guide, we will explain to you how to reset your Sony Xperia 8? For this, first, we will explain to you under what circumstances it may be interesting for you to do it. After that, how to reset your mobile phone, first in the classic way, then secondly if your Sony Xperia 8 is blocked.
For what reasons to reset your Sony Xperia 8?
We therefore start by quickly learning the interest resetting a Sony Xperia 8 . As we told you quickly in the introduction, this manipulation, which is not trivial, will have the effects of reset your Sony Xperia 8 to factory settings . It will therefore be empty of all content, applications, photos, settings ... It is therefore an ideal technique when you want to separate from your mobile phone and you do not want to delete all the files one by one. or for fear of forgetting certain personal documents.
However, this manipulation can also be useful in other situations. Indeed, you can reset your Sony Xperia 8 when it is bug or becomes too slow , this may be due to an Android update but also to a virus, an overloaded memory… Various causes can cause the slowness of a mobile phone, despite everything if you have tried to solve the problem by conventional means and that was not enough, the reset can be the last solution for you. However, we recommend that you try to clear the cache of your Sony Xperia 8 to see if that is enough to solve your problem.
How to reset your Sony Xperia 8?
We will therefore now move on to the part that probably interests you the most in this guide, you will learn the technique to restore your Sony Xperia 8 to factory settings. To do this, we will first discover the classic technique and secondly how to do it even if your Sony Xperia 8 is blocked.
How to reset your Sony Xperia 8 normally?
Here we go, we will show you the technique to reset your phone in the normal way. Apply the few guidelines below to achieve it:
- Go to the “Settings” of your Sony Xperia 8
- Depending on the Android version installed on your mobile phone, you will have to either go through "Global management" then "Reset" or then "Advanced parameters" then "Backup and reset"
- We of course recommend that you save all the data beforehand which should be kept for you because they will all be deleted.
- Now click on "Restore factory configuration"
- Confirm the technique with your PIN code
How to restore your Sony Xperia 8 to factory settings when it is blocked?
In the event that your Sony Xperia 8 is stuck and you still want to do a reset, there is a second technique which amounts to using the Recovery Mode to achieve it. You must first empty the battery of your Sony Xperia 8 so that it turns off and recharge it without turning it on, for the rest, follow these few steps:
- Turn on your Sony Xperia 8 by pressing “Volume up” + “Power” for several seconds, if that does not work, try to replace the volume up by down or by using the Bixby key if your mobile 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 confirm the process with the Power button
- Let the operation validate to recover a Sony Xperia 8 restored to factory settings
If you ever want a lot of tutorials to become a master of the Sony Xperia 8, we invite you to consult the other tutorials in the category: Sony Xperia 8.
