In some situations Android users want to erase all data from your smartphone or tablet, and restore them by default.This article provides step by step instructions that will indicate how to perform a reset on Android and get "empty" device.
Restoring device to factory settings means that after this process, the device returns to a state in which he found himself immediately after purchase.It erases your account information Google, stored application settings and files (photos, videos, and audio tracks), contained in the internal or removable media.
The following four steps will help you erase with Android all your confidential data, and restore the gadget to factory settings.
Warning Before you begin this process, you must back up all your personal data that you later want to transfer to your new device.Otherwise, your information will be lost irretrievably.To create a backup of your personal data on your computer, connect the device using the USB drive and save all data to a folder on the hard drive of your PC.You can also back up your personal information and data from the application server to Google, though it is somewhat more complicated.
Step by Step
Despite the fact that different distributions platforms have differences among themselves, reset on Android is similar, regardless of your software version.
1) To start the process of removing data on a smartphone or tablet, first tap the "Menu" to open a number of options available on the screen.
2) Next, you have to select "Settings" in the menu on the screen, and then scroll down and click "Privacy."
3) In the "Privacy Settings", click the option "Data Reset to factory settings" and in the next menu, select whether you want to do a factory reset on Android and erase all data on the device, the information on your external MicroSD memory card orin all media, filling in the appropriate boxes.When you make the right choice, you should confirm it by pressing the «Reset Phone».
4) You will be asked again to confirm that you are really ready to reset your device to factory settings.Click the "Delete all" to complete the process.The device will perform a full reset on Android and restarting the tablet or smartphone, you will see that it is ready for use again.
Note that the process of removing all of the stored data may take 10 minutes or more to complete, depending on how much information is stored on the device and / or memory card.
features different versions
Talking about how the reset on Android 40, should take into account some special features menu.The gadgets with this version of the operating system to the factory setting has its own section in the "Settings" menu.Go to the same manner as described in the previous steps, and scroll down to the items on the backup and reset.Similarly happens and reset on Android 41.
