1. To start, turn off the phone with the POWER button.
2. Hold the POWER and Volume UP button within a few seconds.
3. When the phone logo appears, release all the buttons.
4. Select wipe data / factory reset Use the Volume Up(+)/Down(-) buttons and confirm the POWER button.
5. Further, confirm the operation, select Yes and confirm the selection by the POWER button.
Hard Reset - advantages and disadvantages Gionee P8W?
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 phone with factory settings as a result. Removal of viruses that interfere with 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 a backup. Not all viruses on Android will be removed after a factory reset.
What needs to be done before the Hard Reset operation.
Before doing a hard reset on your phone, be sure to make sure that you know the login / password for accessing 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 modern phone models can bypass this protection, their owners will have to contact an 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 there are the following options to save it:
Synchronization with Google contacts, Google drive. Using the Titanium Backup program, create a backup. With the service programs for your phone, you can transfer contacts, media files, and important data to your PC.