How to factory/hard reset your Samsung phone

Factory reset, commonly known as hard reset is the last way to fix software-related issues on your smartphone. This method restores your phone to its original factory settings, erasing all your data in the process. However, data present on other media, such as a secure digital card will not be affected by a factory reset.

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You usually won’t need to factory reset your Samsung or other phones, but sometimes it becomes necessary if there’s a major technical problem, freezing or lagging issues, and others that can’t be fixed any other way such as settings reset or software updates.

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Your smartphone or tablet has lots of personal information on it. The resetting process can be very useful in situations that require deleting all the data on the device, such as before the device is sold, you wanna give it away, or otherwise dispose of it.

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Factory reset is also sometimes used in situations such as repairing a bad device, removing a virus or file, clearing memory space, clearing settings, and restoring the device to default settings.

Let’s see how can you Factory Reset your Samsung phone.

How to Factory Reset Samsung phones?

• Go to the Settings of your phone.
• Scroll down and tap on General management.
• Click on the Reset option.
• Tab Factory data reset.
• Scroll down to the bottom and tap on Reset.
• Enter your phone’s password, if enabled.
• Confirm that you understand about all data being lost and cannot be recovered. Tap on Delete All.
• Enter your Samsung Account Password and tap on Confirm.

Factory Resetting a mobile device is not reversible. Also, it will not cause any of your data that is saved on a microSD card (if your phone has one). Still, make sure all of your information is saved to a backup somewhere else before attempting to reset your phone or tablet.

How to backup your Samsung phone?

The backup process is very simple, you can perform it in a few simple steps. To do this:

• Go to the Settings of your phone.
• Enter Accounts and backup.
• Under the Cloud, tap Back up data.
• Select the apps that you would like to backup.
• Tap Back up now.
• Your data will be backed up. The time it takes will depend on how much data is being saved.
• Tap Done when finished.

How to restore your backup on Samsung phone?

• Open your phone’s Settings.
• Tap Accounts and backup >> Restore data.
• If you have multiple Samsung devices backed up to the same account, each of your backups will be displayed.
• Select the backup that you wish to restore, then
• Select the apps that you wish to restore.
• Tap Restore.
• If prompted, tap Install to restore your Apps screen and Home screen.

Make sure that you have entered the correct Google account login information in order to recover contacts, photographs, and apps that are associated with your Google account. It can increase the chances of your phone being permanently locked as well as the possibility of personal information being lost.