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How To Hard Reset Tecno Q1 and Other Android 4.0.x Phones

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Finally, I decided to move to the top trending smartphone OS in the world right now, Android, so I got an Android smartphone for the first time, a Tecno Q1 running Android 4.0, Ice-cream Sandwich.
Everything about the phone had been cool with me, except the battery performance which I would best describe as “not very reliable”.
Any ways, if you own same Tecno Q1 just like me, or some similar Android 4 smartphone, after some time, issues are likely to come up, because

  • Your Cache would be increasing, consuming space in the phone
  • Your Android Phone may be unable to boot up
  • or you could be seeing some strange Apps, and Files which are irrelevant and stubborn to Uninstall.

The Best and Safest way solution to this is to perform a factory reset on your Android phone (recovery mode), this will wipe everything and restore your device to its factory state.
This method works on many Android 4.0 phones, but I specifically used the below method on my Tecno Q1 Android 4 phone and it was reset perfectly.

There are Two method used in Hard Reset, depending on the problem the phone has.

  • Hard reset method 1: used When your phone is Unable to boot up
  • Hard reset method 2: used When the phone can boot up.

NOTE: Hard reset would wipe off all your Data, including all Google Authenticator credentials, so Make sure you do a Back up of all your Important files/folders before performing the Hard Reset.

Hard Reset method 1:

So if the phone wouldn’t boot up, Let’s Get it Fixed!

1. Hold your Volume Up + Power Button, you’re gonna get something like the screenshot below.

recovery menu

After this display on my Tecno Q1, I got confused, all buttons used on other Android phones to bring out the Recovery menu didn’t work. Till I realised it’s the Home key I had to use.

Hard Reset on Tecno Q1 Android

2. Tap your Home button to bring the “Recovery mode Menu“

system recovery Tecno Q1 Android

Use the Volume Up and Down key to scroll up and down,
3. Scroll down and Select wipe data / factory reset
To select this, Again, Tap your Home button

Hard Reset is now Activated, Select – Yes erase all user data with the volume buttons and tap the Home button.

It would take few seconds to wipe off all the Data, Reboot the phone, and bring it back to it’s Factory state.

Hard reset method 2:

If the phone is able to boot on and operate, You can do a Hard Reset right from your Screen
Goto Settings >> Backup & Reset >> Scroll down to Factory Data reset and Confirm this by Clicking “RESET PHONE”

hard reset tecno Q1

Hope this solved some issues you might be facing with your Tecno Q1 or other Android 4.0 smartphone.
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