- There are drawbacks to completing this process
If you are looking to reset your Samsung S3310 mobile phone, you should firstly make yourself aware of the potential consequences. If you are looking to sell your mobile phone and are consequently deleting all of your information from it, then you may wish to consider either backing the mobile up so that your files can still be accessed once your phone has been sold, or you may wish to send your photos and files to a different phone to ensure that you don't lose them forever. When you reset a phone, it cannot be returned back to its former state so, once files are lost: They are lost forever.
Once you have sorted your backing up and saving of your files, you can:
- Use the reset code
The reset code for Samsung mobile phones is generally set by the user of the mobile, unless you have never ventured to reset your phone in the past and you are the only user. If someone else had the mobile phone before them, you may wish to enquire as to whether they set the code themselves; else you will not be able to reset the phone and will have to delete your own details manually. However, there is a code that comes with the phone, if it hasn't been changed, which is usually 000000 or 12345. You enter this on your dialing screen and press Call or Enter and the phone will ask you if you wish to reset it.
There are many reasons as to why somebody would want to reset their mobile phone. The mobile could be malfunctioning, meaning that you would need to reset it in the hope of deleting the file that corrupted the system. Alternatively, you may be selling the mobile phone and do not wish for the new owner to either have your details or see your personal files such as photographs and videos.