2. Press and hold the Volume Up(+) and POWER button at the same time within a few seconds.
3. Next, you need to release the holding buttons when you see Factory Test Mode.
4. Select from the menu item Recovery using the Volume Up(+)/Down(-) keys to go through the menu items and the POWER button to confirm.
5. Press the Volume Up(+)/Down(-) buttons to select from the menu wipe data / factory reset from the menu and press the POWER button to confirm.
6. Confirm the reset operation, select Yes and press the POWER button to confirm.
7. To complete the operation, overload the phone, select reboot system now and confirm the selection by the POWER button.
Hard Reset - advantages and disadvantages Micromax Bolt S301?
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. Removing viruses that have entered your phone. Solving problems that have arisen due to the conflict of some applications and those remaining after they were removed from the phone.
Disadvantages of Hard Reset:
All data and applications will be permanently deleted. The need to have an up-to-date backup of your data, contacts, settings and media files. Unfortunately, in some cases, not all viruses on Android will be removed, even after a hard reset.
What needs to be done before the Hard Reset operation.
If you want to do a hard reset on your phone, then make sure you know the login / password for your google account. You can sign out of your google account before resetting. Then you do not need to enter the login password to your Google account and you can immediately use your device. If after a hard reset you cannot remember the login and password for entering your Google account, then you need to find instructions on bypassing the FRP blocking. 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 (contacts, photos, videos) remains in the memory of your phone, then it can be saved in several ways:
Synchronize your data and contacts with Google contacts, Google drive. Backup your data, contacts and media. Using the service programs for your phone model, you can transfer important data to your PC.