A factory reset will wipe all of your personal data from your Samsung phone, including apps, contacts, and photos. This can be helpful if you are selling your smartphone, or just want to clean it from the old junk that might be clogging up your device’s memory.
To perform a factory reset, open the settings menu on your device and select Recovery. From there, choose “wipe data/factory restore” and confirm the option.
How To Do It?
When you factory reset your phone, it will erase all data and settings from the device. It’s a good idea to copy all your photos, contacts, and other user data before you do this. This will make it easier to restore your data later if necessary.
To factory reset your Samsung phone, press and hold together the Volume Up + Power button for a few seconds. After a few seconds, you should see a menu containing the following options: Wipe data, Restart, and Reset password.
Choose the latter option and confirm it. This will wipe your data, restart your phone and reset your password to its original factory state. This is a good step to take if you’re thinking of selling your phone or transferring it to a new owner.
Wipe Data
Factory reset is a common practice when selling or disposing of an Android device, but it can be dangerous to the user’s data. Researchers have found that many second-hand phones fail to properly wipe their data, enabling hackers to recover email messages, text messages, Google access tokens, and other information.
The problem is that Android devices don’t have proper wiping mechanisms built into them, and the OS has to use special software and APIs to wipe the phone. Anderson and Simon said in their paper that about 90 percent of Android Gingerbread (2.3) devices failed to sanitize the data partitions, while only a small fraction of Froyo (2.3) devices properly wiped the primary SD card, which comes pre-installed in most phones.
The solution to this problem is simple, but may be hard to implement: The phone vendors need to update their OS and add new drivers that can ensure the data sanitization process is implemented properly. In addition, security apps can help with sanitization by using an emulated primary SD card and other means.
However, Anderson and Simon warn that these improvements don’t replace the need for a proper, factory-reset-based sanitization mechanism on all Android devices. For now, if you’re going to sell an old Android phone, consider taking out an insurance policy that includes the option of wiping data after a factory reset. You’ll also want to meet with the seller in person, so you can verify their account credentials and ask them to confirm the operation of the reset.
Restart
A factory reset can help you fix a variety of problems on your Samsung phone, such as software issues that prevent the phone from working as it should. However, a factory reset may also delete your personal data on your device, including downloaded content, ringtones, images, apps, and contacts.
To do a factory reset on your Samsung, first turn off the phone and then charge it to 100% battery power. Next, hold down the “Volume-up” and “Power” buttons until the “SAMSUNG” logo appears on your screen. Then release the power button but keep the volume up button pressed.
After a few seconds, you will see the Recovery mode menu appear on your phone. Use the Volume buttons to scroll through all options and press the Power button to select the option to wipe data/factory reset.
When you’ve selected the option to wipe data/factory reset, press the Home button again to confirm. Now your device will restart and the factory reset process will start.
Reset Password
The secret to resetting your Samsung device without losing all of your data is to use the right software and have a little faith in your techie self. The software should be able to re-flash the operating system, wipe the data, and reboot your phone. It may take a few minutes to complete the process, but you should be back in business in no time. The software should also allow you to set a slew of different passwords, which is handy if yours got the boot. This is a good idea, as it will protect your personal information from hackers and scammers.