2. Press and hold the Volume Up(+) and POWER button at the same time within a few seconds.
3. After that, release the retained buttons when you see Boot Mode.
4. Go to Recovery Use the Volume Up(+) key and click the Volume Down button to confirm the selection.
5. To open Recovery Mode, press the POWER button and the Volume Up(+) button for a couple of seconds.
6. Using the Volume down button, select the menu item wipe data / factory reset and press the Volume Up(+) button to confirm.
7. Confirm the reset operation, select Yes and confirm the selection by clicking the Volume Up(+) button.
8. Select reboot system now and confirm the selection by clicking the Volume Up(+) button.
Hard Reset - advantages and disadvantages Wileyfox Swift?
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 the stability of its work. Removing viruses that have entered your phone. Solving various problems on the device, for example, with a camera, Wi-Fi or other applications.
Disadvantages of Hard Reset:
All data and applications on the device will be deleted. The need to back up contacts from the phone book, settings and media files. 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. Also, before resetting, you must first log out of your google account. In this case, after performing a factory reset, the phone will not ask for any logins and passwords and you can use your device. If after a hard reset the phone is locked and you cannot remember the login and password to enter your Google account, then you need to bypass the FRP lock. 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 important information (contacts, photos, videos) remains in the memory of your phone, then it can be saved in several ways:
Synchronization with Google contacts, Google drive. Create a backup using Titanium Backup. With the service programs for your phone, you can transfer important data to your PC.