HTC Droid Incredible Hard Reset

What is Hard Reset

A hard reset, also known as a factory reset or master reset, is the restoration of a device to the state it was in when it left the factory. All settings, applications and data added by the user are removed. The term is often heard in reference to smartphones and tablets but laptop and desktop computers, as well as most other electronic devices, can usually be restored to factory conditions.

Factory reset may be accomplished through various procedures, depending on the particular device, or may be available as a device or operating system feature. Android Factory Reset, for example, is a feature that erases all settings, user data, third-party applications, and associated application data from an Android device’s internal flash memory.

The most common reasons to restore factory conditions are to fix a malfunctioning device or to remove user data before selling or otherwise disposing of a device or returning it to the manufacturer.

Hard reset contrasts with soft reset, which just means to restart a device.

Warnings

This will erase all your personal information, any contacts stored on your smartphone and any programs you installed. You should only perform a hard reset or clean boot when all other reset options have failed to restore your smartphone to an operational state. This kind of reset will restore your device default settings.

 Hard Reset HTC Droid Incredible to Restore Factory Settings 

Performing a factory reset from settings

1. Slide the Notifications panel open, and then tap .
2. Tap Storage > Factory data reset.
3. Tap Reset phone, and then tap Erase everything.

Performing a factory reset using hardware buttons

If you can’t turn Droid Incredible 4G LTE by HTC on or access settings, you can still perform a factory reset by using the hardware buttons on Droid Incredible 4G LTE by HTC.

1. Remove the battery, wait for a few seconds, then reinsert the battery.
2. Press and hold the VOLUME DOWN button, and then press and hold the POWER button.
   
3. Wait for the screen with the three Android images to appear, and then release the POWER and VOLUME DOWN buttons.
4. Press VOLUME DOWN to select FACTORY RESET, and then press the POWER button.