1. To start, turn off your phone with the POWER button.
2. Now, press the Volume Up(+) and POWER buttons together for a few seconds.
3. Release all buttons if you see information about Recovery Mode.
4. Use the Volume Up(+)/Down(-) buttons to select wipe data / factory reset and confirm with the POWER button.
5. Select Yes from the menu and confirm with the POWER button.
6. Select "reboot system now" from the menu and confirm with the POWER button.
Hard Reset - advantages and disadvantages Samsung Galaxy C8?
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 applications that slow down the phone and give constant errors. Solving problems that arose after installing some applications and remained 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 a backup. Not all viruses will be removed even after the hard reset procedure.
What needs to be done before the Hard Reset operation.
Before hard reset, make sure you know the access data for your google account, otherwise the phone will be blocked by the FRP. You can sign out of your google account before resetting. In this case, after performing a factory reset, you do not need to enter the login password for your Google account and 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. Not all modern phone models can bypass this protection, their owners will have to contact an 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 personal data (contacts, photos, videos) remains in the memory of your phone, then they can be saved in several ways:
Sync your data with Google contacts, Google drive. Backup your contacts and information. With the service programs for your phone, you can transfer contacts, media files, and important data to your PC.