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Android Reset Directions:

Reset your phone to increase storage space and speed it up:

The easy way:
Settings > SDCard > Format
Settings > Privacy > Factory Reset

The hard way:
Do a hard reset and format your phones. You will have to re-download your apps and settings.
1. HOLD power button and shut down the phone.
2. Hold HOME and RED POWER down for 25 seconds until you see a triangle with an exclamation mark in it. Keep holding it down even though the G1 logo shows up.
3. Now you can do 4 things.
Home+Back reboot system now – (Soft Reboot)
Alt+L – Toggle log text display – (Toggles between the exclamation and menu options)
Alt+S – apply sdcard:update.zip
Alt+W – Wipe data/factory reset – (Out of Box reset need to re-register.)

In case you forgot your pattern lock, you don’t have to reset your phone. Just follow these steps.

For the best experience, open this page on an android phone, so you can install the apps by clicking on market links.
Posted by droid on Tuesday, October 28, 2008, at 5:58 am in Help & Tips, Showcase.
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13 Comments

  1. doudohow wrote:

    thanks man really helped

    Saturday, April 2, 2011 at 8:22 am | Permalink
  2. bob wrote:

    Very cool!

    Friday, April 15, 2011 at 10:59 am | Permalink
  3. Yogesh wrote:

    but why we dont have alt button in mobile phone..

    Thursday, June 9, 2011 at 12:08 am | Permalink
  4. ayra wrote:

    where is the alt button on my phone?

    Saturday, June 11, 2011 at 10:17 am | Permalink
  5. Danielle wrote:

    All well and good, but which button is the “red power”? I only have one power button and when I tryed this it just turned back on and then prompted me with the shut down menu.

    Sunday, June 26, 2011 at 1:46 pm | Permalink
  6. Marks wrote:

    its for all android version ?

    Wednesday, July 13, 2011 at 11:21 pm | Permalink
  7. diana wrote:

    I found this link and it worked perfectly for me
    http://androidforums.com/huawei-ascend/282055-huawei-ascend-how-do-hard-reset.html

    Thursday, July 14, 2011 at 3:42 pm | Permalink
  8. Anisa wrote:

    How do you get to settings

    Sunday, July 17, 2011 at 8:31 am | Permalink
  9. Claire wrote:

    thank you for the tip.
    helped me to reset my phone after i forgot my pattern lock combination.

    Monday, December 26, 2011 at 11:41 pm | Permalink
  10. Amber wrote:

    Mines is getting stuck on the screen with the triangle .

    Thursday, February 2, 2012 at 9:02 pm | Permalink
  11. angel wrote:

    i dont remember my pin number for my samsung admire android phone. no matter how many times i try it just keeps asking for the pin. i dont know what to do! ive tried everything

    Friday, February 24, 2012 at 11:22 pm | Permalink
  12. Thomas wrote:

    thanks a mill i work in a phone shop – helped me sort out a customer :)

    Thursday, March 1, 2012 at 6:22 am | Permalink
  13. Rene wrote:

    when i try to hard reset my phone by pushing POWER BUTTON+CENTER HOME BUTTON+VOL DOWN than it says :

    Warning !! A custom OS can ause critical problems in your phone and installed applications.

    if you want to download a custom OS, press volume Up key.Otherwise, press the volume Down key to cancel.
    And then there’s a yellow triangle with an exclamation mark in it at bottom .. what should I do ? plz help !

    Friday, May 11, 2012 at 11:04 am | Permalink

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