1. To start, turn off the phone with the POWER button.
2. After that, press and hold the Volume Up(+) and POWER buttons for a few seconds.
3. Release the POWER button when the Alcatel logo appears on the screen.
4. Release the Volume Up(+) button when it appears Recovery mode.
5. To select wipe data / factory reset, use the Volume Up(+)/Down(-) buttons to move and press the POWER button to confirm.
6. Confirm the reset operation, select Yes and press the POWER button to confirm.
7. Overload the phone, select reboot system now and press the POWER button to confirm.
Hard Reset - advantages and disadvantages Alcatel OT-8008X One Touch Scribe HD?
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 reset the phone to factory settings. Removing viruses that have entered your phone. 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 create a 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. 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. However, not all smartphones can bypass this protection. Owners of some phone models, especially the newest ones, will have 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 contacts, Google drive. Using the Titanium Backup program, create a backup. Transfer contacts, media files and important data to your PC using service programs for your smartphone model.