2. Now, simultaneously press the Volume Up(+) buttons, Home, POWER for a few seconds.
3. Release the buttons when you see the samsung logo.
4. When Android Robot No Command appears, press the POWER button and the Volume Up(+) button for a couple of seconds.
5. Select in the menu wipe data / factory reset using the volume update buttons to go through the menu items and the POWER button to confirm .
6. Now, confirm the operation, select Yes and confirm the selection using POWER.
7. The phone deletes all settings and downloaded programs.
8. Select from the menu reboot system now and confirm the selection using POWER.
Hard Reset - advantages and disadvantages Samsung Galaxy Wide 2?
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. Removal of viruses that block applications on the device and give persistent errors. Solving problems that arose after installing some applications and remained after they were removed from the phone.
Disadvantages of Hard Reset:
Complete cleaning of all user data on the device. The need to have a backup. Not all viruses on Android can be removed even after returning to factory settings.
What needs to be done before the Hard Reset operation.
If you are going to do a hard reset on your phone, then be sure to make sure that you know the access data for your google account. 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 hard reset, the phone is locked by the FRP and you cannot remember the login password for logging into your Google account, then you need to use the 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 important information (contacts, sms, photos, videos) remains in the memory of your device, then there are the following options to save it:
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.