Factory Reset Instructions - General Questions and Answers

Hey Guys,
Have been working on my site http://factory-reset.com - trying to list as many factory reset procedures as possible, was hoping some of you guys would contribute or that it would at least be useful to some of you.
Suggestions much appreciated.
James

EVO LTE
Power down device. through software or hold power, up and down volume until all three bottom buttons flash. then the device will power down.
Once powered down, hold the volume down and power button. Continue holding for a brief moment, then release the power button while holding the volume down button.
Next the bootloader screen will appear toggle down with the volume down button and press the power button once on factory hard reset. Confirm your option and your device will reset.
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Hard Reset of HTC Touch Pro

I've read through several posts regarding resetting my HTC Touch pro but nothing is working. My touch screen stopped working - it doesn't do anything when I tap the icons on the screen. The keys still work but the screen is not working.
With the power off I tried holding down the volume button while pressing the round "enter" button and then pressed the power on button. The only message I get is "you are about to power off the device, you will lose any information not saved". I've also tried holding down the down volume button while holding the enter button and then using my stylus hit the "reset" button on the bottom. This didn't do anything either - I hate this phone!
The phone is on the Alltel network.
How I hard reset my 6850 HTC Touch Pro
Using the recommended method I was not able to hard reset my phone after installing a custom ROM I maid using PPC Kitchen. But what I tried that did work was, Phone off (not just asleep), holding the volume down button, while holding down the round "enter" button, while holding down the power button, then also holding down the reset button holding down all these buttons worked. I did not have to hold them for long till the text instructions came up and I followed them. Let me know if this works for any of you.
Frustrated HTC Owner said:
I've read through several posts regarding resetting my HTC Touch pro but nothing is working. My touch screen stopped working - it doesn't do anything when I tap the icons on the screen. The keys still work but the screen is not working.
With the power off I tried holding down the volume button while pressing the round "enter" button and then pressed the power on button. The only message I get is "you are about to power off the device, you will lose any information not saved". I've also tried holding down the down volume button while holding the enter button and then using my stylus hit the "reset" button on the bottom. This didn't do anything either - I hate this phone!
The phone is on the Alltel network.
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Welcome to the forum
Here instructions on hot to hard reset
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Raphael_For_Beginners#Hardx20.Reset
It´s highly recommended to read the Wiki!
Hope it helps
Good luck,
p.d. If you hate your phone please dontate to me
I had the same issue. And it did not work for me either. I found this alternative way to hard reset from another site.....
Start/Settings/System and find Clear Storage and that will hard reset your device.

How to reset to factory defaults

I had an issue with TomTom and had to do a factory reset on the device. I just thought I'd post the instructions for those who might need to perform this actions.
With the device turned off, press and hold the TALK/SEND, END and POWER buttons until you see a message on the screen. Release the TALK/SEND, END and POWER buttons. Press the VOLUME UP button to perform the hard reset, or press any other button to cancel the reset. Once the restore screen appears press Volume Up to restore the device to its factory settings or any other button to cancel. Once complete press Volume Up to reboot.
Caladose said:
I had an issue with TomTom and had to do a factory reset on the device. I just thought I'd post the instructions for those who might need to perform this actions.
With the device turned off, press and hold the TALK/SEND, END and POWER buttons until you see a message on the screen. Release the TALK/SEND, END and POWER buttons. Press the VOLUME UP button to perform the hard reset, or press any other button to cancel the reset. Once the restore screen appears press Volume Up to restore the device to its factory settings or any other button to cancel. Once complete press Volume Up to reboot.
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You could also go into the memory settings and tap on the "clear storage" tab then make sure the top option says "factory default" then type 1234 on the bottom, then tap ok, and it will do the exact same thing. This obviously will work only if your tp2 is responsive and not frozen.
I had an issue where my phone WOULD NOT (attempted MANY times) hard reset. (I had installed the "Slide2ShutdownPowerKeySetup_v1.1" and I suspect this may have been the issue -- although I certainly do not have proof of that.)
Here is the HARD RESET procedure that finally worked:
"Push and hold 'send' and 'end' key. Using your teeth, push and hold the 'reset' button with the stylus. Finally, push the power button. (all three need to be pressed down when you hit the power). The tri-color screen flashes, then a white screen gives the standard warning of the hard reset."
Thanks to spunks74 for this information found in Post #6 here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=568631&highlight=hard+reset
ksawatsky said:
I had an issue where my phone WOULD NOT (attempted MANY times) hard reset. (I had installed the "Slide2ShutdownPowerKeySetup_v1.1" and I suspect this may have been the issue -- although I certainly do not have proof of that.)
Here is the HARD RESET procedure that finally worked:
"Push and hold 'send' and 'end' key. Using your teeth, push and hold the 'reset' button with the stylus. Finally, push the power button. (all three need to be pressed down when you hit the power). The tri-color screen flashes, then a white screen gives the standard warning of the hard reset."
Thanks to spunks74 for this information found in Post #6 here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=568631&highlight=hard+reset
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Thanks, that works perfect
verizon version the end and power key are the same....

How do I hard reset my fuze?

I've been trying this over and over and all I get is the initial bootup screen.
I hold down the Volume Down, Enter (center circle button) and then use the stylus to hold down the Reset button. I hold all 3 down at the same time.
Every time I do this the phone reboots as if I only pressed the reset button using the stylus.
I've tried holding all 3 down for over 5 seconds and I've also tried releasing the reset button first and continuing to hold down the Volume Down and Center/circle button (which is the way described here on xda) and all it does is do what I believe is a soft reset.
Shouldn't I be seeing a screen saying it's going to delete all data?
What am I doing wrong?
EDIT: I should mention, I just finished installing TAEL's new rom ([ROM][WWE][PRO|FUZE][WM6.5.5.5|23518][14JAN10] TAEL ROM v3.23518 • SENSE EDITION • ), which is a windows mobile 6.5 rom, but every time I try the hard reset it's showing windows mobile 6.1. Although it does show TAEL rom at the initial screen where it also shows the wrong windows mobile version.
hard reset fuze
You must keep holding the volume up and the circle button pressed AFTER you remove the stylus. this should take you to the RGB screen and then instructions on how to continue.
Good luck
Actually, that method didn;t work for me either.. but this one did...
Take out the battery... put the battery back in...
Press and hold the CENTER BUTTON and VOLUME DOWN... While still pressing them press and hold the POWER button. Then you will get a screen saying press volume up to hard reset...
I hope that works for you
That was so easy! Thanks.
Teej53214 said:
Actually, that method didn;t work for me either.. but this one did...
Take out the battery... put the battery back in...
Press and hold the CENTER BUTTON and VOLUME DOWN... While still pressing them press and hold the POWER button. Then you will get a screen saying press volume up to hard reset...
I hope that works for you
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Xino1 said:
You must keep holding the volume up and the circle button pressed AFTER you remove the stylus. this should take you to the RGB screen and then instructions on how to continue.
Good luck
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Many people often let go of the buttons before it turns back on.
Note: You can release the reset button but still have to hold Vol Down and Center to get to the Bootloader.

[Completed] [Q] 7in Trio Stealth G2

I have a 7in. Trio Stealth G2. Its is stuck in a boot loop. Im currently waiting on the battery to die so I can try to hard reset that way, and to get to the Android recovery menu. The reset button on the back is completely useless at this point. Other than bouncing it off the wall im at the end of my rope. Tech support reps at Machspeed are anything but tech support. (they asked to walk me through the hard reset 3x)
Hi there,
From this thread I will quote the steps for reset: Trio Stealth G2 Hype frozen at boot logo
Hard Reset G2 – In the case of password lockouts or freezing, doing a hard reset on your android device could help you get back to the factory defaults. First you need to make sure your tablet is powered off. Hold down on the Volume + button and hold down the Power button at the same time. As soon as the tablet's screen turns on let go of the Power button but keep the Volume + button held down until you see a large Android in the center of the screen. At this point you will see a screen with boot options. Use the Volume – button to go down to Wipe Data Factory Reset and tap the Power button to select this option. On the next screen use the Volume – button again to go down to Yes and use the Power button to select. At this point it will be going through the wiping and resetting process. When it's done you will see the first screen you came to when you first started the setup. Just tap the Power button to select Reboot System Now.
Make sure tablet is powered off.
Hold down Volume + button and Power button at same time.
When screen comes on let go of Power button.
When the large Android shows on screen let go of Volume + button.
Use Volume – button to scroll to Wipe Data/ Factory Reset
Tap Power button to select.
Use Volume – button to scroll to Yes.
Tap Power button to select.
Tap Power button to select Reboot System Now.
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For more questions you must register an account and ask there.
Good luck

Azpen A750 Tablet

Hello Everyone,
My dad gave me this tablet to try and reset/restore or just get it back to original out of the box state. Problem is he set up a password and now can't remember it. Tried a set of instructions I got from a simple google search which involved pressing power 10 times while holding volume down, then pushing reset 3 or 4 times with a paperclip...possibly while still holding volume down? I don't know, the instructions were somewhat vague. Bottom line I couldn't get that to work. Anybody out there familiar with these tablets? Thanks for the help
Jeff
Can you access the recovery ( usually by turning off the tab and pressing volume up and power button at the same time) if you can you should find an option to factory reset your tab. ( you can navigate to the reset option with volume keys and select using power button).
Press thanks if I helped.
Azpen A750
a. felon said:
Can you access the recovery ( usually by turning off the tab and pressing volume up and power button at the same time) if you can you should find an option to factory reset your tab. ( you can navigate to the reset option with volume keys and select using power button).
Press thanks if I helped.
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I appreciate that. And as luck would have it, we figured out the password so we're in! Then the issue became on of getting warning pop-ups regarding the security of website certificates at every site we visited. Setting the correct date and time resolved it. So we're good now. Thank you very much for the help. Much appreciated.
Jeff

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