2. Connect the Micro USB cable to your laptop or charger.
3. Press the Volume Up(+) and POWER buttons at the same time for a few seconds.
4. While holding these buttons, connect this cable to your phone.
5. Release all buttons when you see the CAT logo on the phone screen.
6. Use the Volume Up(+)/Down(-) buttons to select wipe data / factory reset and confirm with the POWER button.
7. Confirm the operation, select Yes. Use the Volume Up(+)/Down(-) buttons to navigate through the menu items and the POWER button to confirm your selection.
8. Restart your phone, select "reboot system now" and confirm with the POWER button.
Hard Reset - advantages and disadvantages CAT S41?
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. Remove viruses and applications that slow down the phone and give constant errors. Solving problems that have arisen on the device due to an application conflict.
Disadvantages of Hard Reset:
Completely remove all user files and settings on the device. The need to create a backup. Not all viruses will be removed even after the hard reset procedure.
What needs to be done before the Hard Reset operation.
Before hard reset, make sure you know the access data for your google account, otherwise the phone will be blocked by the FRP. 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, the phone is blocked by the FRP and you cannot remember the login and password for entering your Google account, then for most models there is an instruction for bypassing this protection (FRP). 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 personal data (contacts, photos, videos) remains in the memory of your phone, then they can be saved in several ways:
Sync your data with Google contacts, Google drive. Backup your data, contacts and media. Transfer contacts, media files and important data to your PC using service programs for your smartphone model.