1. To start, turn off the phone with the POWER button.
2. Press and hold the Volume Up(+) and POWER button at the same time within a few seconds.
3. Next, release the kept buttons when you see the LYF logo.
4. To enter Recovery mode, press the POWER button.
5. Use the Volume Up(+)/Down(-) buttons to select from the menu wipe data / factory reset and press the POWER button to confirm.
6. End the operation, select Yes and press the POWER button to confirm.
7. Overload the phone, select reboot system now and press the POWER button to confirm.
Hard Reset - advantages and disadvantages Lyf Water 5?
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, thereby improving its performance. Removal of viruses that interfere with the normal functioning of the device. 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 back up contacts from the phone book, settings and media files. 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. 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. It is not possible to bypass the FRP protection on some new phone models, and for this you 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. Using the Titanium Backup program, create a backup. With the service programs for your phone, you can transfer important data to your PC.