You never know when we might need a hard reset of our phone. There are many occasions when there is no alternative but to factory reset a smartphone. And if yours is an Android mobile, we will tell you how easy it is to be able to do it safely. A way to nip in the bud some problems that can arise at any time in a terminal.
Surely you have seen many tutorials that try to shed light on a problem, and in which many times the solution that we have as a last resort is to reset an Android phone to its factory settings. If this is your case, we will tell you about each of the steps that we must follow to completely eliminate everything that the device had and leave it as if it had just been taken out of its box. In addition, it will not matter what brand of mobile you have, because we will see the process in each of them. We will even tell you what it is for and when to format a smartphone.
What is factory reset
Formatting a mobile to leave it without any type of data, or also, to leave it in its factory version is something that many users still have too much respect for what it means in a terminal . It is quite likely that there are still people who do not know how to do it or, if they do, they think that the mobile will completely break during the process.
However, this is not at all what happens when you reset an Android. And it is that the fact of going to format a mobile is nothing more than getting to recover the factory configuration that the device had, just as it came the first day we took it out of its box. For this reason, when doing this, we will erase all the data that had been stored in the internal memory of the smartphone, except for the operating system itself or those programs and applications that come pre-installed.
Therefore, it must be clear that when we talk about restoring or resetting an Android smartphone , we are referring to the same process, because what we achieve is to leave it in its factory version. Also, when we talk about performing a Hard Reset or Factory reset, we will also be referring to formatting the device. Although, the procedure that is followed is totally different. Although, the end is the same.
When should you format the phone?
There are several reasons that we may want to perform a factory reset of an Android phone. And it is that, not only a software failure will be the one that leads us to do it, but, if we want, for example, to sell the phone to a store or to another user, what interests us is that the device does not save any type of data or information about us.
When selling the mobile
One of the main reasons that we can find to go on to want to format a terminal is the simple fact of wanting to sell the Android mobile . And it is that, as we told you before, it is clear that nobody wants an outsider to have access to what we have been storing on the phone.
For this reason, by resetting the device what we will achieve is precisely this, that the phone completely erases all the data that we have been collecting in its internal memory, as well as the apps that we have been installing through Google Play with the passage of time. weather. That is why it becomes one of the main uses to leave a mobile factory.
Due to software or virus problems
Not only do we find the previous case, another of the most common will also be to solve some type of device software problem . Not only from the new version of the Google operating system that we have downloaded and installed on the device, but also from some function of the smartphone that has stopped working as it should.
Although, not only will we go on to format the terminal for it, but, if the phone has been infected by some type of malware or malicious software , the truth is that we can also resort to the option of resetting a terminal to leave it as new. In itself, it would be another software problem, although the latter could be more complicated to solve.
empty space
Believe it or not, if the performance of the device has begun to give us some other problem because we have completely filled the internal memory of the Android device, the truth is that the simple fact of resetting the mobile to its factory settings It will help, and a lot, to solve this great inconvenience,
And it is that, when the internal storage of any phone is full to the brim, it is most likely that it will end up giving us a problem in the performance of the terminal, making it not be as optimal as it was at the beginning. For this reason, there are not a few users who make sure to make a backup of all the important data they had and decide to reset the terminal to start over from scratch, with the aim of recovering the power of the smartphone.
How to reset a mobile
Now that we know more in depth what this function that comes as standard on each and every mobile phone consists of, not just Android phones, it is time to go on to see each of the steps that we must follow to reset a smartphone. And it is that, depending on the terminal that we have, the customization layer will change the process that we must carry out to reset the phone.
Reset a Xiaomi phone
In the case of Xiaomi, Redmi and POCO phones , the steps that we must follow are totally the same. Basically, because they share the customization layer known under the name MIUI, since it is the one used by the Asian smartphone firm. Of course, each of these steps may vary to a greater or lesser extent depending on the version of the software layer that we have on the Chinese device:
- First of all, we have to access the Settings.
- Then, we must enter the option About the phone.
- We then access the Backup and reset option (in other versions it will be directly by clicking on Factory reset).
- On the next screen we go down until we find the option where Delete all data is indicated.
- Finally, we will see the button to reset all the data at the bottom and then we will have to enter our pattern or security pin to confirm that it is us.
Delete all data from an OPPO and Realme
As in the case of Xiaomi, POCO and Redmi, the truth is that the similarities between OPPO and Realme have always been there, since their customization layers share many characteristics. One of them, for example, is the process that must be followed to be able to restore our phone with ColorOS or Realme UI to its factory version. To achieve this, we must do the following:
- First, you have to go to Settings .
- Next, we tap on the Additional Settings tab.
- We enter Backup and restore .
- Click on Clear all data .
- Once inside, we will touch on this last option so that our terminal returns to its initial state and configuration.
Erase a Samsung mobile
If we have everything very clear, we can delete all the data from the terminal with One UI from the options offered by the South Korean manufacturer from the Settings app of their devices. To do this, what we have to do is follow this series of steps from the Samsung phone configuration:
- We enter the Settings app.
- Next, we go to the General Administration tab.
- We tap on the Reset option.
- We choose Reset to default values or Reset to factory values.
- After this, we must go down to the bottom of the menu and press Reset again to confirm that we are going to delete our email account, as well as the applications and memory elements present.
- Lastly, we tap on Delete All .
Format a OnePlus
As we have been seeing in the different brands of smartphones that use Android as the operating system, each of these has a customization layer in which the steps to be followed to restore a phone to its factory settings are changed. In the case of OnePlus terminals with OxygenOS , the process is also totally different, which is as follows:
- First, we will enter the Settings application.
- Then, we must touch on the System section.
- Click on Recovery Options .
- And then we select Revert to Factory State .
- Finally, we confirm the process by tapping on Erase all data .
Get a Huawei reset
Now it is time to go on to see each of the steps that must be followed in Huawei terminals with EMU I, as long as we have a version of the Chinese manufacturer’s customization layer that is based on Android. If so, the process that we will have to carry out from the smartphone will be the following:
- We go to the Settings app of the Huawei device.
- Then, we touch on the System tab (or System and updates).
- Next, we will click on the Reset option.
- Within this menu, we will have to tap on Reset phone .
- And, finally, we must click on the button that says Reset .
And in the other brands of Android?
There are not a few brands that share the same steps, or are much more similar, than the mobiles of the manufacturers that we have been explaining to you. And it is that, terminals from Google, Motorola, Vivo or Nokia , have a more ‘pure’ Android software as standard, than the other smartphone firms.
For this reason, the process to restore the mobile is very similar , if not the same. However, these steps will change more or less depending on the version of the operating system that we have installed on the device. But, in any case, this is what we must do from the terminal configuration:
- Let’s go to the Settings of the Android phone.
- We touch on the System section.
- Within this menu, we will click on Reset options .
- Here, we will have to select the option Return to the factory state (delete everything).
- And, finally, confirm the action by clicking on Erase all data .
