You can
also do a factory reset on your Windows phone, which is listed as requiring «medium work».
Not exact matches
Either
do a
factory reset (whcih will
also roll back the firmware to the original version the device had) OR in Settings Account select the sign out option; this will drop the database and force you to redo setup, but will leave the firmware as is.
Also, Kobo's device are easily prone to corrupting the database if you unplug them from a computer without properly ejecting, but if you've
done a
factory reset that shouldn't be the problem.
There is
also a few free books that come on the reader but if you
do factory reset they are deleted so make sure you
do this with care.
This
also means that I can't
do a
factory reset, since opening Settings causes a reboot before I can get to the
factory reset option.
You can
also set off an alarm, lock the device or
do a
factory reset if you have Find Your Tablet enabled in the settings.
If the worst has happened and it appears that the device is permanently lost or was stolen, you can usually lock the device so no one can use it or access the data, and you can
also remotely tell the device to
do a
factory reset, which will delete all data on it.
Don't forget
also that this is a smartphone we're talking about, so if you're short on storage space, you can always delete apps, photos, and other stuff, or just
reset it to
factory condition (or get a bigger SD card, if your phone supports it.)
Odin is
also capable of flashing the new Android 8.0 update over custom ROMs, but you have to know that an extra
factory reset process has to be applied after the installation is
done.
Also, if the phone doesn't go past the booting animation or it enters into a boot loop, then you will have to repeat the whole and to apply the «
factory reset» step along with «format / system» option from the custom Recovery advanced menu.
Also, if your device will get stuck in a boot loop, you will have to: reboot by pressing the Volume Up, Home and Power buttons — the recovery mode will be displayed; from there you will then have to choose «wipe data
factory reset» and «wipe cache partition»; finally you will have to select «+ + + go back + + +» and «reboot system now» and you are
done.
I have the Mi A1 Red Edition and I
also updated to the Mi A1, however I
did not face any issues as such, and the reason being is that I
did a
factory reset before update and Xiaomi
also found out another issue related to MyJio App, since I
did the
factory reset, there were no extra apps installed hence the update went through smooth and I
did not notice any issues.
Some users have
also complained that their Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus units have been restarting randomly, and that even a
factory reset does not fix the issue.
If that happens, you can resolve the problem by
doing the following tasks: reboot into recovery mode once more (press and hold Power, Volume Up and Home buttons at the same time); from recovery select «wipe data
factory reset» and
also «wipe cache partition»; go back to main menu of recovery; choose «reboot system now».