1. To start, turn off the phone with the POWER button.
2. Press and hold the Volume Up(+) and POWER key for a few seconds.
3. When the Philips logo appears, release the POWER button.
4. When it appears on the Android Robot screen, release the Volume Up(+) button.
5. Press Volume Up(+) and POWER buttons for a couple of seconds to enter Recovery mode.
6. Using the Volume Up(+)/Down(-) keys, select the menu item wipe data / factory reset, and press the POWER button.
7. Select from the Yes - Delete all user data from the menu and confirm using the POWER button.
8. Select in the menu reboot system now and confirm using the POWER button.
Hard Reset - advantages and disadvantages Philips S327?
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 phone with factory settings as a result. Remove viruses and malware that block applications on the device. Solving various problems on the device, for example, with a camera, Wi-Fi or other applications.
Disadvantages of Hard Reset:
All your contacts, data and media files will be deleted. The need to have an up-to-date 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. Also, before resetting, you must first log out of your google account. 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 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. Not all phone models can bypass the FRP protection, their owners 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 there are the following options to save it:
Synchronization with Google contacts, Google drive. Create a backup using Titanium Backup. With the service programs for your phone, you can transfer important data to your PC.