1. To start, turn off the phone with the POWER button.
2. Simultaneously press and hold the Volume Up(+) button and the POWER button within a few seconds.
3. You must release the kept buttons as soon as the Alcatel logo appears.
4. Select the wipe data / factory reset menu, use the Volume Down(-) button to go through the menu items and the POWER button to confirm.
5. Select Yes - Delete All User Data. Use the Volume Down(-) button to scroll and the POWER button to select.
6. Overload your phone, select reboot system now and press the POWER button.
Hard Reset - advantages and disadvantages Alcatel A3 XL?
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 completely clear the phone from user information. Removing viruses that have entered your phone. Solving problems that arose after installing some applications and remained after they were removed from the phone.
Disadvantages of Hard Reset:
All your contacts, data and media files will be deleted. The need to have an up-to-date backup. Unfortunately, in some cases, not all viruses on Android will be removed, even after a hard reset.
What needs to be done before the Hard Reset operation.
If you want to do a hard reset on your phone, then make sure you know the login / password for your google account. You can sign out of your google account before resetting. In this case, after performing a factory reset, you do not need to enter the login password for your Google account and you can immediately use your device. 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. 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, photos, videos) remains in the memory of your phone, then it can be saved in several ways:
Synchronize your data and contacts with Google. Backup your contacts and information. With the service programs for your phone, you can transfer important data to your PC.