1. To start, turn off the phone with the POWER button.
2. Press and hold the POWER and Volume UP button within a few seconds.
3. Release all keys when the Alcatel logo appears.
4. Select wipe data / factory reset, 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 go through the menu items and the POWER button to select.
6. Overload the phone, select reboot system now and confirm the selection using the POWER button.
Hard Reset - advantages and disadvantages Alcatel A50?
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 cause inconvenience in work and give permanent errors. Solving problems that have arisen due to the installation of some applications on the phone and have not disappeared 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. It is possible that not all viruses will be removed from your phone.
What needs to be done before the Hard Reset operation.
Before doing a hard reset, be sure to remember the login / password to access your google account. ÒYou can sign out of your google account before resetting. To use your device immediately without any problems. 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 remains in the memory of your phone, then it can be saved in the following ways:
Sync your data with Google contacts, Google drive. Using the Titanium Backup program, create a backup. With the service programs for your phone, you can transfer important data to your PC.