If your LG K5 starts having issues, do not worry! Right before you start watching for deep issues in the Android os, you actually can try to make a Soft and Hard Reset of your LG K5. This manipulation is going to be generally simple and can solve issues that can influence your LG K5.
Right before executing any one of the hacks below, do not forget that it really is imperative to make a backup of your LG K5. Albeit the soft reset of the LG K5 does not result in data loss, the hard reset will get rid of all of the data. Perform a complete backup of the LG K5 thanks to its program or simply on the Cloud (Google Drive, DropBox, …)
We are going to commence with the soft reset of your LG K5, the least difficult option.
How to Soft Reset your LG K5
The soft reset of the LG K5 will let you to fix small concerns like a crashed application, a battery that heats, a display that stop, the LG K5 that becomes slow…
The solution is very simple:
- Simultaneously press the Volume Down and Power button until the LG K5 restarts (about 20 seconds)
How to Hard Reset your LG K5 (Factory Settings)
The factory settings reset or hard reset is certainly a bit more definitive alternative. This technique will erase all the data of the LG K5 and you are going to get a cell phone as it is when it is manufactured. You have to backup your valuable documents like your pics, emails, text messages, records, … on your computer or on a hosting site like Google Drive, DropBox, … before starting the hard reset job of your LG K5.
To recover all your document after the reset, you should save your data to your Google Account. For that, go to:
- Settings -> System -> Advanced -> Backup
- Activate the backup
Now that you completed the backup, all you must do is:
- System -> Advanced -> Reset options.
- Erase all data (factory reset) -> Reset phone
You will require to write your security code (or PIN) and once it is completed, go with Erase Everything.
Your LG K5 will remove all your information. It will take a short time. Soon after the process is done, the LG K5 will reboot with factory setup.
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About the LG K5
The dimensions of your LG K5 is 71.6 mm x 145.0 mm x 8.9 mm (width x height x depth) for a net weight of 120 g. The screen offers a resolution of 450 x 854px (LowRes) for a usable surface of 64%.
The LG K5 smartphone integrates one MediaTek MT6582 processor and one ARM Cortex-A7 (Quad-Core) with a 1.3 GHz clock speed. This smartphone doesn’t have a 64-bit architecture processor.
Related the graphic part, the LG K5 takes advantage of ARM Mali-400 MP2 graphics card with 1 GB. You can actually use 8 GB of memory.
The LG K5 battery is Li-Ion type with a maximum capacity of 1900 mAh amperes. The LG K5 was launched on March 2016 with Android 5.0 Lollipop
A problem with the LG K5? Contact the support: LG Support