How to Reset Android to Increase Space & Speed
A Reset of your phone means you are restoring your device software back to the normal as it came when you first purchase it. Generally there are two types of reset options available for you which are –
Soft Reset
The easiest way to reset your phone is to format the SD Card and formats your phone to factory default. By this way you can increase the storage space and speed up your mobile phone. The soft reset doesn’t require any assistance of technical guy or expert.
Hard Reset
If soft reset is not possible or it has interruption, then you can use the hard reset method to reset your mobile phone. Generally a hard reset to your mobile phone includes some codes or procedure to format and this method require a few idea and techies can easily do it. The process is equivalent of resinstalling an operating system on your PC. Note that data on your SD card still remains and you would need to follow another process to remove it.
With the hard reset, you need to redownload your apps and settings and follow the procedure mentioned below to get a hard reset for your phone –
- Turn Off your mobile phone.
- Hold the HOME button and RED Power button for 30 seconds until you see a triangle with an exclamation mark at the centre. Keep holding it even though the G1 logo shows up.
- Now you have the following four options –
- ALT + L Toggle log text display between exclamation and menu options
- ALT + S Apply SD card Update
- ALT + W Wipe data and factory reset
- HOME + BACK for reboot of your mobile
Reset Android Phone Video Tutorial
If you hard reset your mobile phone then you need to re-register your mobile phone. Generally hard reset is done when you have forgotten the Lock Pattern or the Unlock Password.
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Hi Neal,,can not apply SD card erase,,do not know what’s the reason,,SD card is not highlighted on my SGS,,so that i can select it. I am currently on XXJVQ and its rooted.
Thanks
I am using galaxy ace GT-S5830.I bought it unlocked from my friend from america.I am user from nepal
If i set this mobile to the factory setting, will i need to unlock it again. If so how it is possible to unlock being in Nepal…
plz answer
you can unlock by updating the firmware from our site!
no you wont need to unlock again
I can’t remember my pattern and my email will not work how can I regain access to my sprint HTC EVO 4G cell phone. Please if you no of any other way for me to get on my phone?
For Reset due to pattern lock check out the guide here at http://androidadvices.com/hard-reset-forgot-lock-pattern/
In none of these reset articles does it say whether OS updates would be wiped too. I bought my Samsung Galaxy tab 7 with android 2.2 on it, but it now has 2.3.3 and I want to go back to 2.2 (to make it useable again). I can’t work out whether these reset procedures would revert the OS, or just data. I’d be wasting a huge amount of time doing this factory reset only to find that I still have gingerbread at the end of it, but no apps or data.
hi, does this work with galaxy s2 I don’t know the screen lock code?
yes it will work
sir where is the red power button?
re-register my mobile phone ?
sry im not so good in this…
how do i re-register it? go back to the shop where i get it?
And what if i dont register it?
pls help me… =( THX =)
have you tried removing the account and adding the same again?
sir what is recovery mode and where can i find it in my galaxy y?
sir please help me T_T
press the menu button and power button when phone is turned Off!
today i had same issue. i have samsung galaxy s2. i was entering right username and pasword but i didnt work. but suddenly it worked after so many tries.. so try your username and pasword again n again (gmail) and it will work for sure.
Bro after you press volume down up button and press the power button, how do you enter recovery mode?
which phone you are using?
Samsung galaxy fit gt-s5670
Samsung Galaxy Fit GT-S5670 please help bro
Samsung Galaxy Fit S5670 its still showing the google account username & password
okay man im using a inq cloud and im locked out and i cant get into it an i dont knw my gmail and i tryed to hard reset an its not working what do i do
which phone you are using?!!
Can I bypass the username?
no you cannot bypass
i forgot draw lock pattern,how to reset and back,phon is Huawei8500,pls
samsung omnia w
Hello, I have a Galaxy Y and I forgot my unlock pattern and my Gmail account. Please help me.
@Don, me too! help us guys pls pls pls i havent used my phone for like a month already! help meeeeeeee ;-(
same here
With the hard reset, you need to redownload your apps and settings and follow the procedure mentioned below to get a hard reset for your phone –
1.Turn Off your mobile phone.
2.Hold the HOME button and RED Power button for 30 seconds until you see a triangle with an exclamation mark at the centre. Keep holding it even though the G1 logo shows up.
3.Now you have the following four options – ■ALT + L Toggle log text display between exclamation and menu options
■ALT + S Apply SD card Update
■ALT + W Wipe data and factory reset
■HOME + BACK for reboot of your mobile
HINT ***use the volume bar on the lefthand side of the phone to toggle between options
This is the best advice website, it saved me $66 and a trip to the repairers that only took me 2 minutes to complete myself.
Thankyou so much
the hard reset doesnt work on my samsung galaxy s2 can anyone help?
any error message you are getting?
hi.. i’ve tried to do the hard reset. but, nothing happened. after pressing home n off button for almost a min, nothing turn on. what should i do now? please help me..
Hi,i have a galaxy y and my brother tries to use my phone when i was away and it end up locked.
I forgot my ID for the phone,so,help plsss~~
enter the recovery mode and clear the cache!
how to enter in recovery mode?
which phone it is?
ey sir neela how can i use the soft reset style on my samsung galaxy s2? the problem is i dont remember the password of my google acct. and i lost track of the pattern so can you help me reset it or open it that i will not have to lose my sd data
hi i forgot my unlock patttern
hello,,,i have a galaxy s2 i forget my unlock pattern and my gmail account pleas help me thank u
i have samsung galaxy nexus and it does not have a home button …just a power button so wht do i do..////////?????
my daughter has forgotten her pattern password and wont let her sign in to gmail on her phone but she can do on a laptop can you please help???????
i forget id
plz solution
my phone juz lock for 2 days.i enter the recovery mode but it dont work anyting.cnnot be move..how i want to clear it.???i cant remember my id gmail n password..im using galaxy ace..
enter into the recovery mode and clear off the data and cache! factory reset!
can you read my problems something wrong with my phone
fanks alot i just fixed ma mobile phone by following you i was goin to pay huge sums of money to fix it
my samsung galaxy s2 SGH T989 got locked after wrong pattern for several times, i tried to log in with gmail, but it says wrong username or password infact it is correct and work on computer, i also tried hard reset and still not working..what shall i do to unlock?
what if i forgotten my pattern password and my user name on my gmail and there no way i cant get in my phone at all .
the only thing i can do is when people call me i can answer but nothing else
have a verzion Android phone
please root the same and use apps2sd app from play store
I have a T Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 2and I don’t have an actual menu button so somebody please tell me how to reset my phone. T Mobile wants to charge me 30 bucks to do it and I want to try to just clear it out by myself before I pay. Somebody please help me!
just enter into the recovery mode and clear all the cache and wipe the data! simple! You saved your $30
thanks a lot . it works . i have my cell back
i have a samsung galaxy wonder, (w)
HELP, PLEASE!!!!
and i forgot my passcode and i dont know gmail account either, its my brand new phone, im so sad
turn off the phone, press volume down up button and press the power button to enter into the recovery mode. in recovery mode, clear all the data, it will not ask the pass code
hey..this cudnt help my galaxy w…..pls help
i have a tmobile mytouch 3g
and i forgot my passcode and i dont know gmail account either
how can i get in
enter into the recovery mode and wipe the data!
i have a samsung galaxy y, what is the RED POWER BUTTON ? and where it is located on my mobile?
its the call disconnnect button!
yaaa maaan wata maan … its really working … i struggled for three days … thankx mann
will this work with a samsung galaxy prevail
plz help!!!!
Hi my daughter has locked her phone by forgetting the password, it now says to many pattern attempts, her gmail and password is not being accepted either, have followed ur procedue to hard reset but this doesn’t work on ther htc incredible s please help!!!
Thank you
i have the optmus slider for virgin mobile and this was not helpful at all….. -.- . what do i do? does it even work?
i forgot my pattern code and gmail account and i dont know how to fix it and i have a LG Optimus V from virgin mobil please help!),:
hi, i have samsung galaxy y i forgot my unlock pattern pls help me now
pls help me
my samsyng galaxy tab GT-P1000 doex not recognise my password although I know it. How can I reset it
i have a galaxy s2…… & my problem is tht i cant download from android market….. download gets started….. so any solutions guys………..please…..
i have a galaxy s2…… & my problem is tht i cant download from android market….. download never gets started….. so any solutions guys………..please…..
Hi there.
i was wondering if any one would know how to fix a problem i have. well I have a Samsung Galaxy Y DUOS (young) when i have placed a pattern lock on it i didn’t activate a Gmail Account. so when i turn it on all i can see is the 9 pattern Dots, and a tab the says emergency call. I have forgotten my pattern and I was hoping if there was any way to reset the whole phone clean???
so Plz Reply.
How to hard set
which phone you are using?……..
I have a samsung galaxy s2 and I have forgotten my passcode, and it’s not working. where is the red botton? plz help me!!
you need to enter into the recovery mode and clear the cache!
I have a Samsung Galaxy Q. There’s no red power button, so how can I reset my phone?
you can make use of the call disconnection button!
I have a sony ericsson wt19i, does anyone know how to hard reset this one?
you can reset by getting into the fastboot recovery mode!
Doesn’t work with this one..
WHICH PHONE YOU ARE USING???
a sony ericsson live with walkman:
http://www.sonymobile.com/gb/products/phones/live-with-walkman/
I have samsung galaxy s2 and my friend lock the pattern i have reset my google id bt it doesnot work. Now i have tried to hard reset but the screen still showing downloading for more than 1 hour. Can somebody help me in this regards
pls sir help me with my samsung galaxy s2 the step that you mention on the other phone’s dont apply at all… you see i first turn off the unit the press the volume down up and press the power button and then it appers the same thing the same menu that require the acct. info of my google pls help me sir… this phone is new
i have samsung galaxy y and i forget the unlock pattern and gmail account also.how can i solve this problem?
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! My child brutally put on a pattern lock…although i had hidden my phone…he’s a 2 year old, of course, he didn’t even have clue. But also there wasn’t an option to enter my google account. And *2767*3855# also didn’t work i the emergency call pad…wow, ”ALT + W Wipe data and factory reset” did it just fine…so again, thank you.
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UHM HI, I have an HTC Status and the only home button on it is touch screen one and no triangle is showing up…
i have the same problem with my samsung galaxy young, where is the red button? where can i find it in my device?
How do I do it on a Xperia x10 , I tried to factory data reset but can’t because I forgot the lock pattern & don’t know the g mail password ?
hey how can i enter the recovery mode by samsung galaxy s2 gti9100
hi i brrought a samsumg galaxy ace s5830 off a mate but in has a password code i dont no wat it is and he moved away is there anyway i can rid of the old password plez help ivehad it for 4 months
will this work for my verizon motorola droid razor
Hi i am really confused? If i hard reset my phone do i have to register it after?
I want to reset my samsung galaxy 2, but there is no red button there. What should I press on to reset?
I have no coverage on the phone when I did as it stood how do I get coverage? respond quickly please
I did everything I was instructed. I see the triangle and the exclamation mark inside of it and I also see the android little robot. I held it longer and nothing no options came up. What am I suppose to do now? Please help me!!
i held the power button and the home button for ages and my phone just turner on and no triangle with an explaination mark in the middle showed up
i cant remember how to open the galaxy ace gt-5830 i cant open.. can you help me!!!!!!!!!!!!!
it really helped thanx.. !!!
thanks!!!!! it saved me 300 pesos! wooohoo!
hi i have an samsung android phone my daughter locked my phone by to many pattern attemps and i forgot my gmail account.. can u please help me
i got an android with no home buttun and i got the power butten and th hand up butten and need to know what do i do
what if your android phone does not have a red power button? we have a samsung replenish
the red power button means the call cancel key!
the red power button means the call cancel key!
i have a xperia x8 it dnt work
i have a xperia x8 it dnt work
My phone is a my touch q. I dont have any “Red Power Buttons” And i Have in the front for buttons are Options Home Return And Geniouse button. :L
I have Samsung Galaxy Y young, GT S5360,
It ShowsToo Many Pattern Attempts!To Unlock Sign in with your Google acount. but I forgott my username and passwordhow can I reset my phone.by soft reset or by hard reset.please send me manual for reset my mobile.
I have samsung galaxy y young GT S5360
Is Shows
Too many pattern attempts!
to unlock sign in with your google account.
but I forgott mu username and password
plz help me
how can I reset my mobile.
Send Manual Please
shall i turn off my mobile phone n den press home n red button..?
yes you need to reset the phone
how to hard reset galaxy s2
you can reset galaxy s2 from recovery mode
wat is the mean of recovery mode? where can i enter to the mode ?
thanks.
its mentioned in the article on how to enter the device in the recovery mode
sir I forget the lock pattren but when i signin my account my wlan is off so its not working please tell me how can i hard reset my htc amaze 4g
how to hard reset mini xperia st 15i
YOU CAN DO THE SAME FROM THE RECOVERY MODE
Worked well for my HTC G1……. I was about to cry
how do i reset a g2, not the mytouch.
my friend tried unlocking my android Avail by the pattern and tried it to many times and completely locked it up and i forgot my username and password to my gmail account.
you can make use of forgot password and security options
Volume up down button is not working on my micromax funbook…for hard reset
i turn the phone off then click home and the power button and it turns it on and goes back to the menu, HELP!
I have an android motorola and i had a pattern pin on it & locked myself out and I don’t have a google account to get on what do I do?
how to hard reset xperia s plz say
How do you hard reset a Samsung Galaxy Q
How do i do it on Huawei?
I hve funbook…..same problem..hlp me
how to hard reset sony xperia play r880x
how to hard reset a droid 3??? so hard and whats the home button
How Do i hard reset my mobile ?? Model : Hauwai 8160/ VOdafone 858 Smart..
Problem: Too many Pattern Attempts (I forgot my pass).. Please Help me.
Press and hold VOLUME UP to press the power button for entering your device in the Recovery Mode
sir neal i just want to ask about screen lock because i forgot my screen lock patterns how can i open my samsung galaxy tablet? thank you
you can probably contact the service provider
Hello this site is gud lol
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I forgot my password as well as security pattern . With the help of your instructions now i am out of trouble…thank you very much
you can reset the device from recovery mode