1. To start, turn off the phone with the POWER button.
2. Next, press and hold the POWER and Volume Up(+) button for a few seconds.
3. Release the buttons when the menu appears on the screen.
4. Select from the menu Recovery using the volume Up buttons and confirm the Volume down key.
5. When the Android image appears on the screen, press the POWER button and the Volume Up(+) key for a couple of seconds.
6. To select wipe data / factory reset, use the volume down button, and then press the POWER button to confirm.
7. Select from the yes - delete all user data from the menu, and then press the POWER button to confirm .
8. Select from the menu "Reboot System Now", and then press the POWER button to confirm.
Hard Reset - advantages and disadvantages QMobile A1?
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. Remove viruses and malware that block applications on 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 have an up-to-date backup of your data, contacts, settings and media files. 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. 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. 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 remains in the memory of your phone, then there are the following options to save it:
Synchronize your data and contacts with Google contacts, Google drive. Using the Titanium Backup program, create a backup. Using the service programs for your phone model, you can transfer important data to your PC.