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Do you intend to sell or give your cell phone to someone else? Perhaps your phone isn't working correctly, or perhaps you just need a fresh start. Restarting the device typically resolves issues, however it is not always successful. A factory reset may be necessary in more serious cases.
When an Android phone isn't operating as well as it should, you should consider factory or hard resetting it. This post will lead you through three techniques for cleaning any Realme smartphone. Let's have a look at them:
How To Hard Reset Your Realme Phone Via Recovery Mode?
Step 1: Switch off your Realme smartphone.
Step 2: Keep the Volume Down and Power keys pressed for three to four seconds.
Step 3: When the Realme logo appears on the screen with a small text at the bottom, release the buttons.
Step 4: Then, choose the desired language.
Step 5: Select ‘Wipe data’ to factory reset the device.
Step 6: To reset the device, press the ‘Yes’ button while using the volume rocker.
Step 7: Once done, press your device’s ‘Reboot System Now’ option. Your smartphone will start up in factory condition.
How to Perform a Factory Reset on Your Realme Phone Using Settings
Step 1: From your app drawer, choose the ‘Settings’ app.
Step 2: Additional settings can be found by scrolling down.
Step 3: Go to Backup and reset in the menu.
Step 4: Select the option for ‘Erase all data’ (factory reset).
Step 5: The device will now be factory reset when you hit the ‘Erase all data’ button.
How To Hard Reset Via Google’s Find My Device?
Step 1: Open a web browser and navigate to android.com/find and log into your Google Account.
Step 2: Now select the device name you want to reset from the list at the top.
Step 3: Then click ‘Erase Device’. You’ll see multiple prompts as a caution with this. Once you’ve entered your Google Account password, click ‘Erase Device’. That’s all!
