How to Factory Reset and Hard Reset HTC Desire 326G

Hard Reset / Factory Reset will restore your device to its initial state and will delete all your files. It is advisable to back up your important files before doing the reset process.


Restarting HTC Device (Soft reset)

If HTC Device is running slower than normal, is unresponsive, or has an app that is not performing properly, try rebooting and see if that helps solve the problem.

1. If the display is off, press the POWER button to turn it back on. If you've set up a lock screen, you need to unlock it.

2. Press and hold the POWER button, and then tap Restart.

3. When asked to confirm, tap Restart. 

If your HTC Device is not responding.You can still restart it by Pressing and hold the POWER and VOLUME UP buttons for at least 10 seconds. HTC Device then restarts.

Resetting HTC Device (Hard reset)

If HTC Device has a persistent problem that cannot be solved, you can perform a factory reset (also called a hard reset or master reset). A factory reset reverts the phone back to its initial state — the state before you turned on the phone for the first time.

The following will be removed from the phone when you do a factory reset:

• Your Google Account
• All accounts you've added in Settings > Accounts & sync and the data associated with these accounts
• Personal data that you've created or synced to the phone such as your profile, contacts, messages, email, calendar events, and more.
• System and application data and settings
• Downloaded apps

Files such as your music, photos, videos, and documents can also be deleted from the storage, if you chose to do so. Be sure to back up any data and files you want to keep before you do a factory reset.

A factory reset may not permanently erase all data from your phone, including personal information.

138 Sync, backup, and reset.

Performing a factory reset from settings

1. Go to Settings, and then tap Backup & reset.

2. Tap Reset phone.

3. If you want to delete media, documents, and other data from the phone storage, select Erase all data. 

To also delete media and other data from your storage card, select Erase SD card.

4. Tap OK.

Performing a factory reset using hardware buttons

If you can’t turn HTC Device on or access settings, you can still perform a factory reset by using the hardware buttons on HTC Device .

The Fast boot option in Settings > Power must not be selected.

1. Press and hold the VOLUME DOWN button, and then press and hold the POWER button.

2. Wait for the screen with the three Android images to appear, and then release the POWER and VOLUME DOWN buttons.

3. Press VOLUME DOWN to select FACTORY RESET, and then press the POWER

button.