1. To start, turn off the phone using the POWER button.
2. Simultaneously press and hold the POWER and Volume UP button for a few seconds.
3. Release all keys when the Alcatel logo appears on the screen.
4. Select the menu option 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 and press the POWER button to confirm.
6. Overload the phone, select reboot system now and press the POWER button to confirm.
Hard Reset - advantages and disadvantages Alcatel One Touch Pixi 4 Plus Power 5023F?
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 due to an application conflict.
Disadvantages of Hard Reset:
All your data and media files will be deleted. The need to back up all data and contacts. 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. Before a hard reset, you can log out of your google account in advance. Then, after performing a factory reset, you do not need to remember the login password for your Google account. 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. Owners of new phone models do not get to bypass the protection of the FRP and 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 contacts, Google drive. Backup your data, contacts and media. Transfer important data to your PC using service programs for your smartphone model.