1. To start, turn off the phone using the POWER button.
2. Next, you need to press and hold the Volume UP and POWER and POWER button within a few seconds.
3. Release all keys 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 go through the menu items and the POWER button to select.
6. Overload your phone, select reboot system now and confirm using the POWER button.
Hard Reset - advantages and disadvantages Alcatel Idol 5s?
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 data and media files will be deleted. The need to back up contacts from the phone book, settings and media files. 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 resetting the settings you cannot log into your Google account, then you need to find instructions for bypassing the FRP lock for your phone model. It is not possible to bypass the FRP protection on some new phone models, and for this you 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.