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In this article, we show you how to Hard Reset Essential PH1. If your Essential PH-1 smartphone is running slowly, freezing, you want to get around the screen lock, the memory is full and you want to delete everything, or you want to sell or give it away and don’t want anyone to be able to access your files and passwords, you can do a factory reset to get it back to the way it was when you first got it.
Before you try any of the hacks in this article, don’t forget to make a backup of your Essential PH-1. Even though the Essential PH-1’s soft reset shouldn’t erase any data, the hard reset will. You can make a full backup of your Essential PH-1 using its software or the Cloud.
Reset the Android Essential Phone (PH-1) with a hard reset. If your Essential smartphone is running slowly or you want to sell it, you can reset it if you forget the password or pattern lock. Then it will be like a new Android phone. You can also go to the official Android support site to know more information.
How to Hard Reset Essential PH1
Hard Reset
- Power off Essential Phone (PH-1) mobile using Power button.
- After Essential Phone (PH-1) smartphone is switched off, press Power and Volume Up button together and hold them.
- After few seconds, phone will boot and you will see Essential Phone (PH-1) or Android logo.
- When you see boot options, release all the buttons at that time.
- Navigate to wipe data/factory reset option using Volume buttons.
- Press Power button to confirm it.
- You will see Yes and No option on screen to wipe all the data. Select Yes using Volume button and press on Power
- button to confirm it.
- Next you will get option to reboot system. Select Reboot System Now option using Volume buttons and press on Power button.
- This will reboot phone and complete hard reset of Essential Phone (PH-1) mobile.
Factory Reset
Try this method if the display screen on your Essential Phone (PH-1) smartphone works well. This method is by far the best.
- Firstly go the Home screen of your Essential Phone (PH-1), and there select the Menu icon.
- In the Menu option, select the Settings icon.
- Next, in the Settings option, select the Privacy icon.
- Now, under the above selected option, touch the Factory Data Reset icon.
- There select the Reset Phone option.
- Finally, touch and select the Erase Everything option to wipe off all of the data and all the information from your phone memory.
- After the completion of this process, Essential Phone (PH-1) will reboot to finish the reset process.
Using Google Find My Device
You can use the Google Find My Device service to find your Essential Phone (PH-1) and reset it. This is helpful if you lose your phone and need to reset it from a far away place. Here are the steps to remotely reset a device.
- Open Google Find My Device service in a browser.
- If you are not logged into Google, you will be asked to login. Login using your Google username and password.
- After logging in you will see three options such as Play Sound, Secure Device and Erase Device.
- Click on Erase Device option.
- Now you will see Erase All Data option.
- Now select Erase option and click on it.
- This will wipe all data on Essential Phone (PH-1) mobile remotely.