2. Press POWER and Volume UP buttons for a few seconds.
3. When Archos logo appears, release all the buttons.
4. Using the Volume Up(+)/Down(-) keys, select wipe data / factory reset, and press the POWER button to confirm.
5. Now, confirm the operation, select Yes and confirm the selection by pressing the POWER button.
6. Overload the phone, select reboot system now and confirm the selection by pressing the POWER button.
Hard Reset - advantages and disadvantages Archos Diamond Omega?
In simple words, Hard Reset means hard resetting the phone. As a result, the system automatically returns to the factory settings and the system is completely cleared. Contacts, correspondence, application, files, search queries, passwords - all of this is deleted from the device's memory.
Benefits of Hard Reset:
The ability to get a completely clean phone from user settings and data. Removal of viruses that block applications on the device and give persistent errors. Solving problems that have arisen on the device due to an application conflict.
Disadvantages of Hard Reset:
Your files and data will be irretrievably lost. The need to have an up-to-date backup. Not all viruses on Android can be removed even after returning to factory settings.
What needs to be done before the Hard Reset operation.
If you are going to do a hard reset on your phone, then be sure to make sure that you know the access data for your google account. Before a hard reset, you can log out of your google account in advance. Then, after performing a factory reset, you do not need to remember the login password for your Google account. If after a hard reset you cannot use the phone because the phone is locked by FRP, then you need to use the instructions for bypassing the FRP lock for your phone model. Not all phone models can bypass the FRP protection, their owners will need to contact the official service center.
After performing a hard reset, your device will be completely wiped clean. Everything that was in the memory of your device will be deleted.
What can be done to avoid losing important information?
If important information (contacts, sms, photos, videos) remains in the memory of your device, then there are the following options to save it:
Sync your data with Google contacts, Google drive. Backup your data, contacts and media. With the service programs for your phone, you can transfer important data to your PC.