If someday your Sony Xperia Z commences knowing problems, do not overreact! Before you start searching for deep complications found in the Android operating system, you should check to do a Soft and Hard Reset of your Sony Xperia Z. This adjustment is going to be relatively simple and may fix problems that may alter your Sony Xperia Z.
Before engaging in any one of the hacks in this article, do not forget that it really is imperative to make a copy of your Sony Xperia Z. Even though the soft reset of your Sony Xperia Z should not be responsible for loss of data, the hard reset is going to get rid of all of the data. Generate a complete copy of your Sony Xperia Z thanks to its program or perhaps on the Cloud (Google Drive, DropBox, …)
We will begin with the soft reset of your Sony Xperia Z, the least difficult technique.
How to Soft Reset your Sony Xperia Z
The soft reset of your Sony Xperia Z will allow you to correct small concerns such as a blocked application, a battery that heats, a display that stop, the Sony Xperia Z that becomes slow…
The solution is very simple:
- Simultaneously press the Volume Down and Power key until the Sony Xperia Z restarts (approximately 20 seconds)
How to Hard Reset your Sony Xperia Z (Factory Settings)
The factory settings reset or hard reset is definitely a more radical remedy. This procedure is going to erase all your data of your Sony Xperia Z and you will find a cell phone as it is when it is produced. You must keep your principal documents such as your photos, apps, text messages, videos, … in your pc or on the cloud such as Google Drive, DropBox, … before you start the hard reset operation of your Sony Xperia Z.
To get back all your document soon after the reset, you can preserve your data to your Google Account. For that, head over to:
- Settings -> System -> Advanced -> Backup
- Activate the backup
As soon you finished the backup, all you should do is:
- System -> Advanced -> Reset options.
- Erase all data (factory reset) -> Reset phone
You have to type your security code (or PIN) and now that it is done, go with Erase Everything.
The Sony Xperia Z is going to get rid of all your data. It will last a little while. Immediately after the operation is done, your Sony Xperia Z will restart with factory setup.
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About the Sony Xperia Z
The size of the Sony Xperia Z is 71.0 mm x 139.0 mm x 8.0 mm (width x height x depth) for a net weight of 146 g. The screen offers a resolution of 1080 x 1920px (FHD) for a usable surface of 69%.
The Sony Xperia Z smartphone makes use of one Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro APQ8064 processor and one Krait 200 (Quad-Core) with a 1.5 GHz clock speed. This mobile phone hasn’t got a 64-bit architecture processor.
Regarding the graphic part, the Sony Xperia Z uses the Qualcomm Adreno 320 graphics card with 2 GB. You can actually make use of 16 GB of memory.
The Sony Xperia Z battery is Li-Ion type with a maximum capacity of 2330 mAh amperes. The Sony Xperia Z was launched on January 2013 with Android 5.0 Lollipop
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