how to factory reset android phone

By John

factory reset android phone is one of the option that is available on android phone and tablet.this option enables some one to wipe the settings and data of the phone which will put it back to the condition it was when you bought it.so many of us may have problem while using their android phone and as a result of that , you may be stuck with some thing you had no idea how it came about or you mistakenly alter some settings that is causing lots of problem on the device.which ever the case may be, you can still factory reset the android phone or device back to it's normal state just the way you bought it provided the device can still boot up.so if you are having problem with your phone or device that is running android OS, then this post will guide you on how to factory reset your android phone

there are two method which you can use to factory reset your phone back to its normal state, this includes phone factory reset and hard factory reset from recovery.what this means is that you can do a factory reset from the phone when it in the normal display mode by going through settings option while the other hard reset can be done by entering boot loader mode or recovery mode while the phone is switched off.for the purpose of this tutorial i am going to share the first method which is the phone factory reset option through the settings.first we need to understand what factory reset means

what is factory reset

this is an option that available for all phone that is running android OS.it gives you an option to restore the phone back to it's normal state, just like the way you bought it.what i mean is that it only affects the software part of the phone and not the hardware like speaker, buttons etc.if your hardware is damaged,you can not use factory reset to restore it.you will have to take it to an engineer to fix that for you as it is not a problem caused from phone software's or program.

you only make use of factory reset when you are having issues with your phone like may be the phone is very slow, not responding, hanging, software failure, phone not booting up, phone always restart it self (bootloops) etc.

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how to factory reset android phone

==> go to your phone settings=>storage. scroll down, you will see wipe data factory reset.

it will ask if you want to do it, proceed with yes or OK.this applies to phone running OS 4.0 and above, but as for ginger bread 2.3, you will locate the factory reset option by going to settings=privacy. there you will see it

==> the phone will start the restore process and restart it self.

==> after the restore is completed, while restarting, you will have to input back those normal satrt up details like language, google account etc.just do that and proceed with the next button until you get to the phone normal display.

if everything goes well, you will see your phone in it's brand new condition just like the way you bought it.doing this will not erase any stuffs that is inside your phone memory card ( SD card) except you ticked it.

Note : that before performing factory reset, you should always back up the android phone settings, data and apps with software like titanium backup or any computer software that will enable you backup android phone data.that's all, ENJOY.

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