2. After that, you need to press and hold the POWER button and the Volume Down(-) button for a few seconds.
3. When FastBoot Mode will appear, release all the buttons.
4. Select Recovery mode Overcoming the menu items using the Volume Up(+)/Down(-) buttons and press the POWER button to confirm.
5. When the Android logo appears on the screen of your device, press and hold the POWER and Volume UP button for a couple of seconds.
6. Use the Volume Down(-) button to highlight the string wipe data / factory reset, and then press the POWER button to confirm.
7. Select Yes - Delete All User Data, and then press the POWER button to confirm.
8. Overload the phone, select "Reboot System Now", and then press the POWER button to confirm.
Hard Reset - advantages and disadvantages Motorola XT1064 Moto G 2nd Gen?
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 malicious programs that create difficulties in the operation of the device. Solving problems that have arisen on the device between applications and for example bluetooth.
Disadvantages of Hard Reset:
Completely deletes all user data on the device. The need to back up contacts and all user data. Even after a hard reset, viruses can remain on the phone.
What needs to be done before the Hard Reset operation.
Before hard reset, you need to remember the login / password to your google account, otherwise you will not be able to use the phone since it will be blocked by the FRP. 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 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 remains in the memory of your phone, then it can be saved in the following ways:
Synchronize your data and contacts with Google contacts, Google drive. Create a backup using Titanium Backup. Transfer contacts, media files and important data to your PC using service programs for your smartphone model.