1. To start, turn off the phone with the POWER button.
2. Press the Volume Up(+) and POWER and POWER key simultaneously.
3. Release all buttons, after the image of the Android robot image appears.
4. Press the POWER button and the Volume Up(+) button for a couple of seconds.
5. Highlight the option "wipe data / factory reset. Use the Volume Up(+)/Down(-) buttons to go through the menu items and the POWER button to confirm the selection.
6. Now, confirm the operation, select Yes and confirm using the POWER button.
7. Select from the menu reboot system now and confirm using the POWER button.
Hard Reset - advantages and disadvantages Homtom S7?
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. Removal of viruses that block applications on the device and give persistent errors. Solving problems that have arisen on the device between applications and for example bluetooth.
Disadvantages of Hard Reset:
All your contacts, data and media files will be deleted. The need to have an up-to-date backup. Not all viruses on Android can be removed even after returning to factory settings.
What needs to be done before the Hard Reset operation.
If you are going to do a hard reset on your phone, then be sure to make sure that you know the access data for your google account. You can sign out of your google account before resetting. In this case, after performing a factory reset, the phone will not ask for any logins and passwords and you can use your device. 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 phone models can bypass the FRP protection, their owners 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, sms, photos, videos) remains in the memory of your device, then there are the following options to save it:
Sync your data with Google contacts, Google drive. Create a backup using Titanium Backup. With the service programs for your phone, you can transfer important data to your PC.