2. Press and hold the Volume Up(+), POWER, Home buttons at the same time for a few seconds.
3. Release the held buttons when you see the Samsung logo.
4. Select wipe data / factory reset from the menu using the Volume Up(+)/Down(-) buttons to navigate through the menu items and the POWER button to confirm .
5. Select Yes from the menu and press the POWER button to confirm the operation.
6. The phone deletes all settings and downloaded programs.
7. Select "reboot system now" from the menu and press the POWER button to confirm the operation.
Hard Reset - advantages and disadvantages Samsung I9295 Galaxy S4 Active?
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, thereby improving its performance. Removing viruses that have entered your phone. Solving various problems on the device that arise due to the conflict of applications.
Disadvantages of Hard Reset:
All data and applications will be permanently deleted. The need to create a backup. Unfortunately, in some cases, not all viruses on Android will be removed, even after a hard reset.
What needs to be done before the Hard Reset operation.
If you want to do a hard reset on your phone, then make sure you know the login / password for your google account. Before a hard reset, you must first log out of your google account. In this case, after performing a factory reset, the phone will not be locked by the FRP. If after a hard reset you cannot remember the login and password for entering your Google account, then you need to find instructions on bypassing the FRP blocking. 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 (contacts, photos, videos) remains in the memory of your phone, then it can be saved in several ways:
Sync your data with Google contacts, Google drive. Backup your contacts and information. Transfer contacts, media files and important data to your PC using service programs for your smartphone model.