How to Soft & Hard Reset your Nokia 6

In case your Nokia 6 starts experiencing problems, really do not worry! Right before you start looking for deep glitches located in the Android os, you can try to do a Soft and Hard Reset of your Nokia 6. This adjustment is usually relatively convenient and could very well resolve problems that could damage your Nokia 6.

Right before executing any one of the task just below, take into account that it is essential to make a backup of your Nokia 6. Even if the soft reset of the Nokia 6 is not going to induce loss of data, the hard reset will delete the whole data. Do an entire backup of the Nokia 6 thanks to its program or on the Cloud (Google Drive, DropBox, …)

We are going to start with the soft reset of your Nokia 6, the least complicated technique.

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How to Soft Reset your Nokia 6

The soft reset of the Nokia 6 will let you to repair minor problems such as a blocked application, a battery that heats, a screen that freeze, the Nokia 6 that becomes slow…

The methodology is undoubtedly very easy:

  • Simultaneously push the Volume Down and Power key until the Nokia 6 restarts (about 20 seconds)

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How to Hard Reset your Nokia 6 (Factory Settings)

The factory settings reset or hard reset is undoubtedly a bit more radical remedy. This method will get rid of all your data of the Nokia 6 and you are going to obtain a mobile phone as it is when it is manufactured. You should really keep your important files such as your photos, contacts, text messages, records, … on your own computer or on a hosting site such as Google Drive, DropBox, … prior to starting the hard reset process of your Nokia 6.

To recover all your info soon after the reset, you can save your data to your Google Account. For that, look at:

  • Settings -> System -> Advanced -> Backup
  • Activate the backup

Now that you made the backup, all you must do is:

  • System -> Advanced -> Reset options.
  • Erase all data (factory reset) -> Reset phone

You have to enter your security code (or PIN) and as soon it is completed, go with Erase Everything.

Your Nokia 6 will delete all your data. It should take a short time. Soon after the operation is done, the Nokia 6 is likely to reboot with factory setup.

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About the Nokia 6

The dimensions of your amazing Nokia 6 is 75.8 mm x 154.0 mm x 8.4 mm (width x height x depth) for a net weight of 169 g. The screen offers a resolution of 1080 x 1920px (FHD) for a usable surface of 71%.

The Nokia 6 smartphone uses one Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 MSM8937 processor and one 4×1.4GHz ARM Cortex A53 + 4×1.1GHz ARM Cortex-A53 (Octa-Core) with a 1.4 GHz clock speed. This excellent smartphone possesses a 64-bit architecture processor.

Related the graphic part, the Nokia 6 uses the Qualcomm Adreno 505 graphics card with 4 GB. You’ll be able to use 64 GB of memory.

The Nokia 6 battery is Li-Polymer type with a full charge capacity of 3000 mAh amperes. The Nokia 6 was presented on January 2017 with Android 8.0 Oreo

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