1. To start, turn off the phone with the POWER button.
2. You need to simultaneously press the Volume Up(+) and POWER and POWER buttons for a few seconds.
3. When the ASUS logo appears, release all the keys.
4. Highlight the option "wipe data / factory reset. Use the Volume Up(+)/Down(-) buttons to go through the menu items and the POWER button to confirm the selection.
5. Now, confirm the operation, select Yes and confirm with POWER button.
6. Overload the phone, select reboot system now and confirm with POWER button.
Hard Reset - advantages and disadvantages Asus Zenfone 4 Max ZC550TL?
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, for example, between the camera and other applications.
Disadvantages of Hard Reset:
All your contacts, data and media files will be deleted. The need to have a fresh 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. So that, after performing a factory reset, you do not need to remember the login password for the google account, you can log out of the google account before the hard reset. If, after a factory reset, the phone is locked because you cannot log into your Google account, then you need to find instructions for bypassing the FRP lock for your phone model. Owners of modern phone models will need to contact the official service center to bypass the protection of the FRP.
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. Using the Titanium Backup program, create a backup. Using the service programs for your phone model, you can transfer important data to your PC.