1. To start, turn off the phone with the POWER button.
2. Simultaneously press and hold the Volume down and POWER button within a few seconds.
3. Release the POWER button as soon as the OPPO logo appears on the screen.
4. Release the Volume Down(-) button as soon as the language menu appears on the screen.
5. In this step, select "English" using the Volume Up(+)/Down(-) keys to view and POWER button to select.
6. Twice select Wipe Data and cache.
7. Confirm the process by selecting Yes.
8. Press reboot.
Hard Reset - advantages and disadvantages Oppo R17?
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 get a completely clean phone from user settings and data. Remove viruses and malware that block applications on the device. Solving various problems that arose on the device after installing some applications and did not disappear after uninstalling them.
Disadvantages of Hard Reset:
All your contacts, data and media files will be deleted. The need to create a backup. After returning to factory settings, some viruses may remain in the phone.
What needs to be done before the Hard Reset operation.
In order to use the phone after a hard reset and it is not blocked by the FRP, make sure that you know the login / password to your google account. You can sign out of your google account before resetting. In this case, after performing a factory reset, you can immediately use your device. 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. However, not all smartphones can bypass this protection. Owners of some phone models, especially the newest ones, will have 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 there are the following options to save it:
Sync your data with Google contacts, Google drive. Create a backup using Titanium Backup or other programs. Transfer contacts, media files and important data to your PC using service programs for your smartphone model.