If your phone freezes or runs slowly, a reset often clears up your problems. First, though, you need to protect your data by backing it up. Here’s how.

No matter the reason, you should always erase and reset the device. Most people think that just doing a Factory data reset will erase everything and return the smartphone to a fresh state. Not quite.

Whether you're selling your Android smartphone or tablet or you want to make your device feel new, here's how to wipe your ...

And that means performing a factory reset of your Android phone, which will wipe all your data so that someone else can’t get their hands on your personal information.

When selling an old phone, the standard procedure is to restore the device to factory settings, wiping it clean of any personal data. Through this process, your data will be encrypted.

You should reset your Android device and erase all your personal data before you sell it, trade it in, or give it away. If your Android phone is experiencing glitches that make using it a ...

One question we continue to get month in month out, is how to factory reset, wipe, or erase an Android smartphone or tablet before selling it. With 2014 approaching many of you will be getting new ...

To perform a factory reset on your Android phone, follow these steps: Tap on Settings on the home screen Scroll to the system and tap on it Scroll down to reset options and tap Tap on erase all data.

How the paranoid wipe their Android devices First reset the device. Go to settings, select backup and reset. Confirm that you want to erase all your data. After the Android device returns to the ...