How to Hard Reset Samsung Galaxy Note 2 (N7100)

Samsung Galaxy Note II N7100

This post is to show you how to hard reset Samsung Galaxy Note II. Samsung Galaxy Note 2 a.k.a N7100 can be easily hard reset  using a 3 button combination. You have to press and hold 3 buttons together for a while after switching off the phone. The steps are as follows:

• Switch off the phone first. (If your phone is problem is not turning on, you can try only this method of reseting)
• Wait for some seconds (~30s).
• Now press and hold the following buttons together : Home button, power button and volume up button.
• Keep these three buttons pressed together until you see the Samsung logo.
• You will be led to the menu.
• You can use volume up or down buttons to highlight an option and power button to select that option.

How to Hard Reset Sony Xperia P

Sony Xperia P

This post will tell you how to hard reset a Sony Xperia P Android Smart phone. Before you hard reset your phone, you should take a backup for whatever data you may need later, especially contacts. You may backup your contacts using 'export' option in options menu of 'contacts'. You may also use the 'PC companion' software provided by Sony to take backup. Another option is to use the backup service provided by Google server.

How to Hard Reset Nokia C5 -00

In this post, we will see how to hard reset Nokia C5 phones. Nokia C5 phones are Symbian s60 phones. Hard resetting Nokia C5 is so simple. You can solve most of the non hardware problems with the phone by just doing a hard reset. Hard reseting will erase all data on phone including Contacts, applications, notes etc. After hard reset the phone will be as if you have bought it as a new one. So, before you hard reset your phone, don't forget to backup your all important data including contacts.

Hard reset Nokia C5 00

In the case of contacts, you may copy all the contacts into your SIM card. Or you may use the built in backup option available in phone which will backup contacts, applications, notes etc. You can see it in options somewhere in 'tools'->'Memory card'. You may also backup all your data using a Nokia PC suite or Ovi-suite.


To hard reset Nokia C5-00 and similar phones, follow given instructions:

1. Switch off the phone first