1. To start, turn off the phone with the POWER button.
2. Press and hold the Volume Up(+), Home, POWER, POWER together for a few seconds.
3. Release the left buttons when the SAMSUNG logo appears on the screen.
4. Select in the menu wipe data / factory reset using the Volume Up(+)/Down(-) buttons to go through the menu items and the POWER button to confirm .
5. Select from the menu Yes - Delete All user data and press the POWER button to confirm the selection.
6. The phone removes all settings and downloaded programs.
7. Select in the menu reboot system now and click the POWER button to confirm the selection.
Hard Reset - advantages and disadvantages Samsung S7710 Galaxy Xcover 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 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 your contacts, data and media files will be deleted. The need to have an up-to-date 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 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 (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. With the service programs for your phone, you can transfer important data to your PC.