2. After that, you need to press and hold the POWER buttons and the Volume Down button button for a few seconds.
3. When the LG logo appears, release only the POWER button.
4. Press the POWER button again.
5. Release all buttons when the message Factory Data Reset appears on the screen.
6. End the operation, select Yes twice. Use the Volume Up(+)/Down(-) buttons to go through the menu items and the POWER button to confirm the selection.
Hard Reset - advantages and disadvantages LG K40S?
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. Removal of viruses that interfere with the normal functioning of the device. Solving various problems on the device that arise due to the conflict of applications.
Disadvantages of Hard Reset:
Completely deletes all user data on the device. The need to back up contacts and all user data. In rare cases, it is impossible to remove some viruses from Android, even after a hard reset.
What needs to be done before the Hard Reset operation.
So that after a hard reset the phone is not blocked by the FRP, make sure that you know the login / password to your google account. Before a hard reset, you must first log out of your google account. In this case, after performing a factory reset, the phone will not be locked by the FRP. If, after the hard reset procedure, the phone is locked by the FRP and you cannot log into your Google account, then you need to find instructions for bypassing the FRP lock for your phone model. Not all owners of new phone models will be able to bypass the protection of the FRP and for this they 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:
Synchronize your phone with Google contacts, Google drive. Backup your contacts and information. Transfer contacts, media files and important data to your PC using service programs for your smartphone model.