1. To start, turn off the phone using the POWER button.
3. At the same time, press and hold the POWER and Volume UP buttons, until you see the Lenovo logo.
4. Select Factory Reset Use the Volume Up(+)/Down(-) buttons to go through the menu items and confirm the POWER button.
5. Press the POWER button again.
Hard Reset - advantages and disadvantages Lenovo Vibe P1?
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, thereby increasing the stability of its work. Removal of viruses that interfere with work and give permanent errors. Solving problems that arose after installing some applications and remained after they were removed from the phone.
Disadvantages of Hard Reset:
All your data and media files will be deleted. The need to have an up-to-date backup of your data, contacts, settings and media files. 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. You can sign out of your google account before resetting. In this case, after performing a factory reset, you do not need to enter the login password for your Google account and you can immediately use your device. 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. You will need to contact the official service center to bypass the FRP protection on some new phone models.
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:
Synchronize your data and contacts with Google contacts, Google drive. Backup your contacts and information. Using the service programs for your phone model, you can transfer important data to your PC.