Wondering how to
unlock your smartphone? Have you forgotten your password or screen lock
combination? Forgot your Password or Pattern. Worry not this tutorial has got
you covered. I will teach you how to hard reset your phone to restore
manufacturers' settings.
1. Turn off your phone and/ or Remove your
battery to turn off.
2. Put your battery back and hold the volume
down and power button down together.
3. When the Safaricom logo is displayed
release the Power button.
4. It will then display the factory reset
Menu.
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Reboot
system now
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Reboot
to bootloader
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Apply
update from ADB
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Apply
update from SD card
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Wipe
data/ factory reset
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Wipe
cache partition
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Mount
/system
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View
recovery logs
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Run
graphics test
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Power
off.
5. Some will display the following menu
-
Board
Auto Test
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Phone
Auto Test
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Board
Single Test Item
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Phone
Single Test Item
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Proposed
Items
-
Phone
information
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Board
Test Report
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Phone
Test Report
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Reboot.
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Factory
Reset
6. Scroll using the volume key to the
Factory Reset option.
7. Select it by pressing once on the power
button
8. It will display Safaricom and Android
logo then blink and bring the two again.
9. After a few minutes, it will restart
with the phone back to factory settings and without the lock pattern /password.
10. The process is done and you will start
setting up your phone once again.
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