Sometimes it becomes necessary to perform a hard reset on your LG K8 smartphone. A hard reset will reset the phone back to factory default settings and can help resolve problems with freezing, crashing, forgot password or just help improve overall performance.
Before performing a hard reset, it’s important to back up any data on your phone that you want to keep. A hard reset will erase everything on the phone.
Here is a step-by-step guide on how to complete a hard reset on a LG K8.
Backup Important Data
Before resetting your phone, make sure to backup any important data you want to keep. This includes:
- Contacts
- Photos
- Videos
- Music
- Text messages
- Call history
- Applications
- Settings
You have a few options for backing up your data:
- Copy files to a computer via USB cable
- Upload files to cloud storage like Google Drive or Dropbox
- Insert a microSD card and copy files over
- Sync contacts and calendars to Google account
Be sure to double check that any important data has been backed up before resetting the phone. Resetting will erase everything on the device.
Factory Reset via Settings
The easiest way to reset your LG K8 is through the Settings menu. Here’s how:
1. From the Home screen, tap the Apps icon.
2. Tap Settings.
3. Scroll down and tap General tab.
4. Tap Backup & reset.
5. Tap Factory data reset.
6. Tap Reset phone.
7. If prompted, enter your lock screen passcode or pattern.
8. Tap Erase everything.
This will erase all data on the phone and reset it back to factory default settings. The phone will reboot itself several times during the reset process. Just let it continue through the resets until it has finished.
Reset Using Hardware Keys
You can also do a hard reset by using the hardware keys if you can’t access the Settings menu. Here’s how:
1. With the phone powered off, press and hold the Volume Down key and Power key at the same time.
2. Release the keys when the LG logo appears on the screen.
3. Press the Power key again to confirm the factory reset.
4. Use the Volume keys to highlight the Yes option.
5. Press Power to select Yes and reset the phone.
Again, allow the phone to run through the reboot process. It will restart itself several times until the reset is complete.
Reset From Recovery Mode
If the phone won’t boot properly into the main interface, you may need to do a hard reset from recovery mode. Here are the steps:
1. With the phone powered off, press and hold the Volume Up key and Power key at the same time.
2. Release keys when the LG logo appears.
3. Use Volume keys to highlight the wipe data/factory reset option.
4. Press Power to select it.
5. Select Yes on the next screen to confirm reset.
6. Select reboot system now after reset completes.
The phone will now reboot and reset itself back to factory settings.
Post Reset Process
After the reset process is complete, the phone will reboot itself. The first boot may take longer than usual as the Android software reconfigures itself.
You will then be greeted with the standard setup process like when you first got your phone:
- Select your language
- Connect to a Wi-Fi network
- Accept Terms and Conditions
- Configure security settings
- Add your Google account
- Set up any other accounts
Take your time and run through each setup step. Once finished, your phone will be like new again.
Restore Backed Up Data
If you backed up your phone data before the reset, you can now restore it.
- Copy backup files from computer to device storage
- Download cloud backups to the phone
- Insert microSD card that contains backups
- Sync Google account to restore contacts, calendars, etc
Take it slow and selectively restore important data that you need. Don’t just restore everything at once.
Conclusion
Performing a hard reset is an easy way to start fresh with your LG K8 if it has become sluggish or is having issues. Just remember to backup important data first before resetting.
The process will completely erase everything on the phone and restore it back to factory default settings. This can help resolve many common performance issues and bugs.
With your files backed up, the reset process only takes a few minutes. Then you can selectively restore important data that you backed up. Take your time and be patient as the phone reconfigures itself. Within an hour or so, you’ll be back up and running like normal.