If your device starts working slowly, errors occur, the battery runs out quickly, you should reset all Android settings. To do this, you do not need to be an expert in this operating system and have special knowledge. Now you will learn how to reset settings on your smartphone.

Resetting settings on Android

There are several ways to do this. Let's take a look at each of them so that you can choose the most convenient for yourself.

Method 1: Recovery

This method is convenient for those who do not start the system at all or does not work correctly. Algorithm of actions:

1. Turn off your smartphone.
2. Next, you need to go to the Recovery mode. This is done with one of the keyboard shortcuts, depending on the manufacturer of the device:

• Volume (-) and Power button.
• Volume (+) and Power button.
• Volume (+ and -) as well as the Home button.

If nothing fits, go to the w3bsit3-dns.com forum, find the model of your device there, there will also be various instructions where you will find the desired keyboard shortcut.

Once in Recovery, you will see a menu on the display, navigating through which is carried out with the volume up and down buttons, and the selection with the device lock / unlock key.

You need to choose "Wipe data / factory reset" and confirm your action.

After the end of the process, click on the item "Reboot system now"to restart the device.

Method 2: OS settings

In this case, resetting the settings to Android is performed through the operating system interface:

Method 3: Codes

In addition to the previous methods, you can use a special code to reset the Android settings, which activates the return to factory settings. Here are some of the most popular combinations:

• *#*#7780#*#
• *2767*3855#
• *#*#7378423#*#*

The settings were reset and the smartphone does not start, what should I do?

It is not uncommon for Android to not turn on after restoring the settings, but you should not panic. First, try plugging in your charger and see if the device responds or not. Perhaps the battery just ran out. Secondly, if the gadget starts, but does not load until the end for more than 10-15 minutes, you need to do a full reset via Recovery and try to start the smartphone. Thirdly, if all else fails, you should flash your device.

Detailed instructions for any device can be found on the w3bsit3-dns.com forum, the main thing is not to be lazy and search.

Very often, an Android device becomes clogged with unnecessary files, starts to slow down or stops responding to commands altogether. In this case, a full system reset to factory settings can help. In addition, "hard reset" will help if you forgot about the gadget and cannot turn it on.

After the so-called "reboot" you will lose all the data that was stored in the smartphone's memory: phone numbers, applications, SMS messages, account data and calendar entries. In a word, the phone will be as good as new. To avoid losing the information you need, back up your data. Transfer them to your SD card, save them to the cloud, or drop them onto your computer.

If you can turn on your gadget, resetting the settings is easier through the device menu or using special codes provided by the manufacturers. If your smartphone is frozen or does not turn on at all, you will have to use the Recovery menu or find a button to reset the settings.

Resetting settings through the gadget menu

This is the easiest factory reset method and does not require memorizing complex codes or key combinations. For the latest versions of Android OS, "hard reset" consists of the following steps:

• Go to the main menu.
• Find the "Settings" section.
• In the "Settings" select "Backup and reset" or "Back up and reset". The name of the item you want may sound different (depending on the make or model of the device).

To return the device to factory settings, you will need the "Reset" section, the "Reset settings" item.

Android will warn you that after a reset, the phone will return to factory defaults and all personal data will be deleted.

If you have made a backup copy of the necessary data and are ready to reboot Android, click on "Reset settings". Depending on the model of your device, the desired button may also have the words "Erase All" or "Reset Phone Settings".

The data deletion process will start, and then the device will reboot.

Resetting settings with service codes

This is probably the fastest way to factory reset. For this purpose, Android provides special service combinations - codes that must be entered into the "Phone" in dialing mode.

Each manufacturing company flashes its gadgets differently, so before using codes to reset the settings, you should find the right combination for your model. Since the Android version is updated all the time, the service codes may change. It is best to check with your device manufacturer.

An example of codes that are suitable for resetting Samsung gadgets:

• *#*#7780#*#
• *2767*3855#
• *#*#7378423#*#*

After entering the code, all user information will be deleted from the device and it will return to the factory settings.

Resetting settings in the Recovery menu

If your gadget does not turn on or hangs on the system boot screen, you can restore it to factory settings using the Recovery menu. It is invoked by pressing a special key combination.

Different device models may have different keyboard shortcuts. The most common of these: volume down button plus turn on. The combination can also look like "on" + "home" + "volume up" or "volume up" + "home". To enter the Recovery menu, press the keys simultaneously and hold them for about 5 seconds.

Moving between the menu items is done with the buttons “increase / decrease the sound”. To confirm the selection, use the "turn on" or "home" button. However, sometimes the sensor works in Recovery: then everything happens as in the usual smartphone menu.

To reset to factory settings:

• Select the "Clear eMMC" item. It can also be called "wipe data / factory reset" or "Clear Flash".
• Click "yes - delete all user data" to reset the settings.
• To finish, select "Reboot System"

You can use this method not only when you have problems turning on your smartphone. If you want to apply it to a working device, first turn it off, and when all the buttons and the screen go out, use the combination you need for your gadget.

Problems with an Android smartphone or tablet that cannot be eliminated by the usual methods - adjusting the settings or checking with an antivirus can often be solved only by the hard reset or wipe method. Hard reset (wipe) is a reset of the operating system to the factory state with the removal of applications, settings, user files, Google account, contacts and other data (with some exceptions: with certain types of reset, user multimedia files remain in place). The essence of the manipulation is to make the device pristine, as if fresh from the assembly line.

You can reset the settings on Android to factory settings in the following ways:

• Through the system application "Parameters".
• By pressing the Reset button (not present on all devices).
• Through the Recovery menu;
• With the help of a service (engineering) code - a special telephone number to which you need to "call".
• Through a computer using special software: utilities from device manufacturers or ADB - a debugging tool for developers. The last option for this purpose is used extremely rarely, therefore we will not touch it - we will leave it to the developers.

Reset via the Settings app

Hard reset via the "Settings" system application is the simplest, but it is only available when the tablet or phone boots up and is able to respond to commands.

Before resetting, transfer all valuable data to external media (SD card or computer), and contacts from the phone book to SIM card.

Next, open "Settings", go to "Personal" - "Backup" (in other versions of Android it is called "Restore and reset") and tap the item "Reset with a restore to factory settings."

At the bottom of the next page, tap the Reset Phone / Tablet button. If you want to delete all data from the memory card at the same time, check the “Erase SD card” box.

Reset by pressing "Reset"

On the back or side of some devices there is a "Reset" button (hard reset) recessed into the body. A short press of this button reboots the device, a long press - 15-30 seconds, resets the system to the factory state.

It is convenient to use an unbent paper clip or toothpick to press "Reset".

Reset via the Recovery menu

If the tablet or smartphone does not boot, and also if it is blocked by a virus, the most accessible hard reset will be through the Recovery - recovery menu.

Attention! The device must be charged or connected to a charger before resetting. If the battery level is too low, the gadget may turn off during the reset process, and this will damage the firmware and even more problems.

Also, during the procedure, you should remove the SIM-card and memory card from the device.

The way to enter the recovery menu on devices of different brands is slightly different. How to get into Recovery on your device - find out from the model description on the manufacturer's website or user manual. Hard reset techniques for the most common gadgets are also collected at Hardreset.info. The resource is in English, but in addition to the verbal description there are explanatory pictures, so it is easy to use them even without translation.

Here are some examples of resetting devices that are popular among our compatriots.

Samsung G920F Galaxy S6

• Turn off the machine by pressing the Power button.
• Press and hold the Home, Power and Volume + buttons until you see the Samsung logo on the screen. This will open the Recovery menu.
• Using the volume rocker to navigate, select the "wipe data / factory reset" option. Confirm your selection by pressing Power.

• In the next section, select “Delete all user data”.

• When you come back, click "reboot system now" - restart the system now.

After the next start, the system will be reset.

Lenovo S720

Method 1:

• Turn off Lenovo phone by pressing Power.
• Press and hold the Power and Volume + buttons for about 5 seconds - the Android logo should appear on the screen, and after it - the standard Recovery menu (as in the photo above).
• Using the volume rocker to navigate, select "wipe data / factory reset". Confirm your selection by pressing Power.
• Then click "Reboot system now".

Method 2:

• Turn off your phone.
• Press the camera button and Power. Hold them down until the device boots into Factory Mode.
• If Factory Mode doesn't open, press down on the volume rocker so that both halves are pressed.
• From the menu that appears on the screen after that, select the "Clear EMMC" option. Use the volume buttons to navigate, Home to confirm.
• After that, the phone will automatically reboot and reset the data to factory state.

ZTE Blade C

Method 1 (if the ZTE device boots up and opens at least the lock screen):

• Tap the emergency call icon.
• Dial the number *983*987# .
• Press the call button.

Method 2 (if the phone does not boot) completely repeats the first method of Lenovo S720.

As you can see, one of the methods for resetting phones and tablets of different brands - through the standard Recovery menu - is the same. Apart from the listed devices, it is suitable for Acer, Ainol, Akai, BenQ, Fly, Doogee, HTC, LG, Meizu and many others. In short, for almost everyone.

If the device has a custom firmware with an extended recovery menu, then you have other reset options available. Among them:

• Wipe cache - clears the program cache. Removes only temporary application data, leaving the rest unchanged.
• Wipe dalvic cache - flushing the buffer by the Dalvik virtual machine. Helps to eliminate errors in the work of programs.
• Format partition_name - clears the selected partition (boot, system, SD-card and others).

Wipe cache and Wipe dalvic cache do not affect user data. Use these options if you fear that something valuable will be deleted - something that you did not have time to save.

Reset with service code

Service Codes Are phone numbers that are used to perform various operations, including deleting data from a device. We gave one of these numbers above (for ZTE devices), but besides it there are universal ones - designed for different Android devices. Here they are:

• *#*#7780#*#* ... What happens if you type: everything will be deleted except for system applications and data on the memory card.
• *2767*3855# ... What happens if you type: full factory reset.

Both options are usable if the emergency or regular call function is available.

Hard Reset (hard reset, hard reboot) - Reboot the device, in which the factory settings of the system are restored and all user information is deleted, including installed programs, contacts and SMS. Deleted information cannot be recovered after this procedure, therefore it is recommended to save all important data before resetting.

Important! Data from memory cards, SIM cards, internal phone memory are not deleted (data from the internal memory and memory card can be deleted during a soft reset by selecting the appropriate menu item).

Why is Hard Reset needed?

Hard Reset is used as a last resort when errors and malfunctions of the device occur, when it is impossible to eliminate the failure by other methods. The fact is that the more complex the device, the more likely it is to have various malfunctions during operation: repeated installation and reinstallation of programs, cluttering up the device's memory with various files, etc. and it is usually impossible to establish the exact cause of the malfunction. The device may become unstable, slow down, or even not turn on at all. Hard Reset will return the device to its original state, canceling any actions with it.

Soft reset

If the smartphone / tablet is booting, then a factory reset can be done through the device menu. For this:

We go to the application menu ...

... Settings ...

... the tab "Accounts" (or the item "Personal data") and select "Backup and reset" (or "Restore and reset") ...

… Resetting data (Factory data reset)…

... Resetting the device ...

... Erase / Delete All

All. We are waiting for the device to reboot.

Hard reset

If the device does not turn on, then you can try to reanimate it by a hard reset. The procedure is generally standard. On the body of the device there are mechanical buttons that are pressed in a certain combination, which allows you to enter the menu Android system recovery and reset the settings.

Typical menu view Android system recovery:

A combination of buttons for devices from different manufacturers:

Smartphones:
1. Turn off the device. Then hold down and hold the button inclusion and the key increase the volume
2. After the menu appears, pressing the increase the volume select item Recovery Mode and press the key decrease volume
3. After the Android image with a red triangle appears, press the button inclusion
4. After that, press decrease volume select item Wipe data / factory reset and press the volume up key. Select Yes

Tablets:
1. Turn off the device. Lever arm lock screen move to the left
2. Hold down the key increase the volume and the button inclusion at the same time
3. After the device vibrates, move the lever blocking right and left until we see 2 lines on the display [i] Erasing Userdata and Erasing Cache (In this case, you must continue to hold the button loudness)
4. In the upper left corner, the formatting start lines will appear

Smartphones:
1. Turn off the device. Hold down the keys at the same time increase the volume and the button inclusion until the corresponding display appears on the screen
2. With the keys loudness select item Wipe data / factory reset and press the button nutrition
3. Scrolling with the keys loudness to point YES and confirm the selection with the button nutrition

All devices:
1. Turn off the device. Then hold down and hold the key decrease volumewhile pressing the button inclusion on 3 sec
2. Release the button inclusion and hold the key decrease volume until the menu appears
3. Buttons loudness select Enter recovery mode
4. In the menu that appears, select Wipe data / Factory reset and confirm your choice Yes - delete all data
5. After reset Reboot now

Smartphones:
1. Turn off the device
2. Remove the battery
3. Connect the device to the charger ( to the charger from the mains, and not to the PC)
4. Insert battery
5. Press and hold the buttons nutrition and the key increase the volume until the dim Android logo appears (10-15 seconds)
6. Press the button 1 time nutrition
7. In the menu that appears, select the item " wipe data"(menu navigation - volume keys, selection - button nutrition), in the next menu select the item " Yes - delete all user data"

Smartphones:
1. Turn off device
2. Press and hold the keys increase the volume and decrease volume, then briefly press the button food
3. Keep holding keys increase the volume and decrease volumeuntil the screen displays Warning
4. Press the key increase the volumeto execute hard reset

Smartphones:
1. Turn off device
2. Press the key at the same time decrease volume, button nutrition and cameras

Tablets:
1. The tablet must be turned off
2. Press buttons " Home"and" Vol-"and only then the button nutrition
3. Keep them pressed until appears oysters logo, release the button food... When a picture appears with a lying robot and an exclamation mark, release the rest
4. Press the button nutrition and without letting go, press and release " Vol +"
5. Select " wipe data / factory reset"then" reboot"and done

Alternative option:
1. Press and hold the key decrease volume sound
2. Press and hold the " on off»;
3. Hold this combination of buttons until the message “ upgrade, please wait ……»
4. Select from the list wipedata / factoryreset (switching between lines - key decrease sound, selection - key increase sound);
5. In the drop-down list, select " Yes - delete all user data».