Not 100% sure but I think the power button one is just encase your UI/launcher crashes. My sister has an Aria whose UI kept force closing. I ended finding a way around it so she could download another launcher to preserve her contacts before we factory reset it, but the other option was to do a factory reset via holding a specific sequence of buttons.
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PacoX wrote:Not 100% sure but I think the power button one is just encase your UI/launcher crashes. My sister has an Aria whose UI kept force closing. I ended finding a way around it so she could download another launcher to preserve her contacts before we factory reset it, but the other option was to do a factory reset via holding a specific sequence of buttons.
*#*#7780#*#* Will also do a f. reset.
Paco is right, the factory reset using power/home is usually used if you can't boot into the OS. But other than how you get to that option, i think it is the same.
Dj.
gerio wrote:
So is there a difference in the factory restore procedure as done from the "settings/privacy/factory data reset" and the procedure using the power and home buttons?
Geri O
There isnt any diffrence except the way with using the home and power button is used to recover from a non boot status.
Power Device Off First.....
1. Hold Home Button and press power
2. Screen will show a Android with a triangle with astrick
3. Let Go of Home Button and Power
4. Press Search Button (Far Left Button)
5. A blue menu will show at top of page, scroll to Format Device
6. Select Yes to verify
7. Allow format to complete (Information at bottom of page will go through a few steps)
8. Once Format is complete Blue Menu will show at top again, select Reboot
Note: Use volume up and down to select opinion and use camera button as Enter,,,
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