1. To start, turn off the phone with the POWER button.
2. At the same time, press and hold the Volume Up(+) button and the POWER button for a few seconds.
3. When the Android robot logo appears on the device screen, release both buttons and press the POWER button to enter Recovery Mode.
4. To select wipe data / factory reset, use the Volume Down(-) button 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.
6. Select from the menu reboot system now and press the POWER button to confirm.
Hard Reset - advantages and disadvantages Vodafone 888 Smart 4?
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 completely clear the phone from user information. 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 back up contacts from the phone book, settings and media files. 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. It is not possible to bypass the FRP protection on some new phone models, and for this you 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 personal data (contacts, photos, videos) remains in the memory of your phone, then they can be saved in several ways:
Synchronize your data and contacts with Google. Backup your contacts and information. With the service programs for your phone, you can transfer important data to your PC.