The following reset Android tutorial will help you regain control of your Samsung Galaxy S3 mini in the event that you forgot the pattern lock password or because your phone goes slow or erratic and requires a “clean state”.
This tutorial will focus on two simple methods to restore the phone into its original factory settings.
The first method will even effectively clear the lock pattern and regain your control of the phone.
The second method is more suitable if your are finding your Samsung Galaxy S3 mini slow or erratic on its use and you want to regain original speed and usability.
Reset Android on your Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini
Both methods will perform a hard reset on this device and reach the same result: Restore the phone to factory settings. These methods only differ on their mode of application.
A quick advice: If you are able to do so , you may need to backup your data before you begin: You can backup all your Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini information through one of the many backup and restore applications available on Google Play.
First method to unlock Android on Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini with buttons:
This first method will teach you how to reset Android on your Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini via buttons, ideal for those cases in which the Android operating system has been damaged beyond usability or you have forgotten the unlock pattern and are left out of your phone. The steps are these :
- Turn off the phone and wait 10 seconds before going to the next point
- While holding down both VOLUME UP and HOME buttons, we press the POWER button until the phone vibrates: When it does, let go all buttons
- We will see an android with blue gear on the screen that confirms that the Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini has entered recovery mode
- When you reach the Android recovery mode menu , we seek the ” Wipe Data / Factory Reset” with the volume UP and DOWN buttons and confirm with the POWER button
- In the next window, select the option ” Yes – Delete all user data” and the restore process will start automatically
- To finish the process, find the option to ” Reboot system now ” and select it for the phone to reboot as new, with factory settings .
SECOND METHOD TO UNLOCK ANDROID IN SAMSUNG GALAXY S3 MINI CN THE MENU
If you still have access to your Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini operative system, then this process is even more simple: You just get into the factory reset option on your phone.
Starting from your Android homescreen, you go to Settings > Backup and Restore > Restore Data factory > Reset phone > Erase everything.
This simple method also allows us to reset Android on Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini quickly and easily.
If you want to reset Android on your ZTE V971 phone then here you will find the necessary help.
This tutorial will explain you how to restore your ZTE V971 phone into its original factory settings. This procedure will help you to unlock Android due to a forgotten lock pattern or a corrupt Android operating system.
Be advised: The two methods that we will try today will delete all personal data from your ZTE V971 Android phone, including messages, apps, games, contacts -everything- and leave it only with the initial factory settings
Therefore, if it is your case that you still have access into your Android OS then consider making a backup of your apps through any backup application that you may easily find on Google Play Store.
Reset Android on the ZTE V971
If you do not have access to the Android operating system or forgot the unlock pattern on your ZTE V971 phone this method will solve it for you. Please follow these steps:
- Turn off the phone and wait 10 seconds
- Press the volume and power buttons toghether
- The phone vibrates and you will see the Android logo: You can release the buttons
- After a few seconds you will see the image of an android with an exclamation mark: this means the ZTE V971 is entering into recovery mode
- Press the Start button to display the recovery options
- With the volume keys navigate thru the menu looking for the option named “Wipe Data / Factory Reset” and press the menu key to accept
- On the next screen select ” Yes – Delete all user data” and press menu key to accept
- Wait for the system to perform its automatic process. When finished will see the words ” Wipe data complete”
- Press the menu key again to restart the phone
The phone lights up as if it were its first time , now we got a factory defaulted ZTE V971, ready for use.
Reset ANDROID on your ZTE V971, SECOND METHOD (settings MENU)
If you have access to the ZTE V971 Android operating system, this method is convenient for you.
From it’s main screen, go to Settings> Backup and Restore > Reset phone > Erase everything.
The phone will reboot into setup mode and perform the hard reset on its Android OS. If you have any questions, you can place them in the comments section right below this article.
The Huawei Ascend P6 is a phone that reached at it’s time the highest-end spot on Android devices. It was characterized as the slimmest phone in the Android mobile market when it made it’s debut.
To reset Android on Huawei Ascend P6 phone we will use the two popular methods: First, the combination of buttons that allows us to access the Android recovery system and secondly, if you still got access into your Android OS, then you will be able to restore the system from the settings menu of your Huawei Ascend P6.
Both methods erase all unnecessary data from the device, if it is your case, you can backup your information with an application of Google Play.
If you are trying to reset Android on your Huawei AScend P6 because you got it locked with a pattern lock that you forgot, then you will have to resource to the first method, the one that uses the phone buttons to perform the Android hard reset without the need of accessing your Android OS.
Unlock Android on Huawei Ascend P6, Hard Reset
This method involves pressing some buttons simultaneously to access the Android system recovery menu. From there we can restore the Huawei Ascend P6 phone into its original factory version.
This type of restoration is useful for those who do not have access to the system either due to damage or because they have forgotten the unlock pattern.
The steps are:
- Turn off the phone and wait 10 seconds before going to the next step
- Press together the VOLUME DOWN and the POWER key for a few seconds
- When the recovery system appears, then depress those buttons
- Use the volume buttons to navigate through the options and select “Wipe Data / Factory reset” using the power button to confirm.
The process will take a few minutes. Your Huawei Ascend P6 will restart with the original factory settings.
RESET ANDROID IN Huawei Ascend P6, Through android’s settings MENU
Here’s how to reset Android Huawei Ascend P6 using the system menu itself. This method works for those who only want to do a reset for maintenance, or perhaps because you want to sell or give away your phone, but first erasing all your messages and contacts. The steps are:
- Access the settings section of your operating system
- Look for and select Backup & Reset
- Select Factory Data Reset
- Follow the steps to reset phone> erase all
And so the Huawei Ascend P6 will restart with original factory settings.