How to restore the factory settings on the tablet

Modern man has become incredibly dependent on many gadgets, among which belongs the tablet. This is not surprising, since on the tablet you can store useful and important information, which should be always at hand. However, sometimes, after unsuccessful updates, loading incomprehensible applications, incorrect settings, Android refuses to work and there is an urgent need to reset the settings without harming the gadget. In this case, it is appropriate to get acquainted with the recommendations of experts, how to reset the tablet to factory settings.

In case of a factory reset, important information may be lost.

Resetting the settings on the tablet

Resetting the tablet to the factory settings is appropriate in the case when the tablet works without a single failure, but the owner decided to sell it. Of course, no one wants personal information to become the property of strangers.

Actual causes

Resetting the settings on the tablet Android erases absolutely all the information that is on the device. The owner, after the manipulations, will receive a tablet that will be in the same original state as it was on the first day of its purchase.

Such a reset to the factory settings is useful when Android refused to work due to thoughtlessly carried out settings, poor-quality updates. Reset allows you to breathe a second life into your favorite tablet.

In particular, the reason for the incorrect operation of Android and frequent freezing due to multiple errors was the update of Android 5.0 Lollipop, mercilessly absorbing the memory of the device and leading to a completely unstable operation. Thousands of users managed to restore stability to Android only after it turned out to reset all the incorrect settings.

When Android refuses to display SIM cards, you also have to think about the actions that allow you to reset the settings.

Resetting the settings and returning them to the factory settings is also relevant when the tablet does not recognize the USB flash drive and incorrectly displays information about the battery charge.

If the main purpose is to sell the tablet, then you can safely proceed to such manipulations. If you plan to continue using the gadget, then the owner is important to save the information stored on this tablet.

In this regard, before you reset the settings on the Android tablet, it is important to back up, allowing you to subsequently restore all the information and ensure further comfortable use of the gadget.

Recovery Options

Android has several options for dropping settings, among which there is a hard and soft reset. The owner himself must find out how to reset the settings on the tablet, which method would be preferable for him.

Soft Reset (Soft Reset)

A soft reset is a banal device reboot, which can be done in several ways.

Soft reset settings can be realized by holding several keys at the same time. The combination of such keys may differ depending on the model of Android.

Also, Soft Reset can be run through the user menu. Some manufacturers have equipped gadgets with special buttons located on the Android case, by clicking on which you can successfully launch Soft Reset.

On most modern devices, you can reboot by holding the on / off button for a long time.

Of course, a soft reset is not able to solve all the problems, it can only fix minor errors. And, nevertheless, experts strongly recommend initially carrying out a soft reset, and only after it, if necessary, go to the hard reset.

Hard Reset

If Android refuses to work normally, and Soft Reset was unsuccessful, you have to carry out a Hard Reset. Experts recommend to remove the microSD card in order to avoid loss of information.

Hard reset is carried out in two ways. The first is that the user should go to the menu, go to the “Settings” tab, and from there to the “Restore and reset” submenu. Going into the appropriate section, you should remove the automatically set checkmarks from some submenus, in particular, from the items “Auto Recovery” and “Copying Data”. Upon completion of these actions, you can click the "Reset Settings" button.

And even pressing this button, Android will not start the Hard Reset process yet, and will ask to clarify what to do with the existing drives. The user should uncheck the "Clear usb-drive card" submenu in order not to provoke data loss on the drive. Next, the “Reset Tablet PC” button is pressed again, confirming the desire to reset everything and return to the original state.

In conclusion, Android will once again display the specifying menu, after pressing the “Erase everything” button, the process restoring the factory assembly will start. This process will take a short period of time, on average from two to five minutes, after which the Android will restart and be ready to go. Perhaps, at the moment of the first launch after Hard Reset, English will be automatically set, then the user should enter the menu and set the required default language by himself.

The second method of Hard Reset is suitable for those users whose Android refuses to boot. To help restore the normal operation of the gadget can Hard Reset, carried out from the "Recovery menu". To get into it, you should turn off the gadget, then you need to press a certain key combination (for each specific model, the combination may be different, so it should be found on the Internet, indicating the model of the gadget in the search engine).

For most models, you should simultaneously press the power button and the volume button. Pressing should not be short-term, but with a slight hold. Next, press the volume down button and hold it until the Recovery menu appears, allowing you to restore the factory state.

In the recovery mode, you should restart the Android, press the power button and the volume button again, then go to the “Wipe data / factory reset” submenu.

It should be noted that in the Recovery menu mode the touch control of the gadget is inaccessible, therefore, it is possible to switch from one submenu to the next using the volume button.

Having received an affirmative answer to the request “Yes, delete all user data”, the tablet will start completely deleting all available information and installed applications, after completion of which, there will be no user data, previously installed software and updates in the device.

Owning information on how to restore the correct performance of the gadget, you should not resort to Hard Reset too often. It is carried out only in the most exceptional cases. Better yet, install both applications and updates that are trusted by the majority of users and recommended by experts. In this case, the device will delight immaculate work, and there will be no need to carry out a return to the factory state.