How To Factory Reset Windows Phone 8

How to hard reset Windows Telephone viii to factory settings

Posted Date:

04 Feb 2013 |Updated:

Are you using a Windows Phone 8 smartphone and want to hard reset the phone to factory default settings? The selection to reset Windows Telephone to original factory settings is not placed in an obvious location and may be hard to guess. Read this to find out how to restore your Windows Phone 8 to original settings.

I wanted to hard reset the HTC 8X Windows Phone after trying a lot of options and apps. I looked for a "reset" or "restore to manufacturing plant settings" in the system settings but could non locate whatsoever such options. Finally, I located the "reset your phone" option, subconscious in the "Almost" screen of the phone.

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If yous are searching for the hard reset option in your Windows Phone eight, here is how you can navigate to it:

1. Swipe your telephone to reach the App list.

ii. Ringlet upwardly or down to locate the "Settings". If your apps are sorted alphabetically, you volition see the "Settings" option towards the bottom of the list. Select this option to go to the "System Applications".

3. Locate the "Nigh" option in the organization applications. Unfortunately, the arrangement applications are not sorted alphabetically. So, you may have to scroll upward or downwardly. If yous even so tin't find the "About" choice, swipe left or right to detect More Apps. Cull "About Windows Telephone".

4. In the Well-nigh folio, you will see bones information most the phone including the name, model, software version, screen resolution etc.

five. Await towards the bottom of the phone for the "reset your phone" push. Click on this button to factory reset your Windows phone.

6. When you click on the button, you lot will be warned that all your personal content will be erased including the purchased apps and the phone will be restored to mill default settings. Click on "yes" to proceed.

7. In the adjacent step, you lot will be prompted for the final confirmation to erase all data and reset the telephone. If yous are certain to proceed, click "aye".

Within a 2d or ii, you will see the full screen bulletin "good day". This message volition stay for few seconds so the phone will start restarting. It may accept few minutes for the phone to completely restore and come back to the home screen. Do not power off or disturb the telephone while it is restoring. (I had the phone connected to my laptop using the microUSB cable and my laptop became non-responsive for few seconds when the phone was resetting. However, I repeated the reset few times and the laptop freezing did non happen afterwards the first time.)

If your phone is frozen and not responding, you may try to achieve the hard reset using the hardware buttons. Printing and concord the Power + Book Downwards + Camera buttons together. After few seconds, the telephone volition reset to original factory settings. (WARNING: I accept seen in few forums people reporting that this process has bricked their Nokia Lumia 920 phone, then I did not bother to endeavour this on the HTC 8X I have with me at present)

Soft reset Windows Telephone 8

If you are using a Nokia Lumia 920 or other Windows Phone 8 phones, you can press and concord the Ability + Volume Down cardinal to soft reset your phone. You may need to press and concur both the buttons at the same time for about 10 seconds, until you hear a vibration. When y'all hear the vibration, release the buttons and y'all will see the phone restarting. This soft reset will not affect your personal data in the phone.

Nokia Lumia 920 stuck on the spinning gears screen

I personally haven't experienced this but several people have reported in the Windows Phone 8 forums that they got stuck subsequently a hard reset on their Lumia 920. I haven't seen any solution that worked for anybody merely it appears that a hard reset using the power + book down push + camera button have done the trick for some people. If your phone is stuck while doing the hard reset, try this reset a couple of times before yous decide to become and return your new phone!