There are occasions when there is a need to format a mobile for various reasons. Among the main ones, the need to solve system failures, erase a large amount of data or make an account holder change can be mentioned.
The Samsung Galaxy J2 Prime is one of the main Samsung mobiles, which is characterized by providing comfort and great simplicity. This also occurs when you want to perform a factory restoration to said Smartphone, being a fairly simple process.
When formatting any mobile phone, it is always recommended to make a backup or backup to protect all kinds of highly relevant information. Thus, any possible future problem will be avoided.
Methods
Hard reset (button combination)
Formatting by hard reset refers to a forced reset of the mobile , which becomes appropriate when it fails to turn on or has problems performing some type of alternate procedure. You just have to follow the following steps:
- Turn off your Samsung Galaxy J2 Prime . If you can not unlock the phone, you must press and hold the power button for 20 seconds until the smartphone turns off completely.
- Press and hold the Power + Volume Down buttons until the Samsung logo appears on the screen.
- In the new options menu, scroll with the volume buttons to where it says “Recovery Mode” and select it with the power button.
- Scroll through the new list of options to where it says "wipe cache partition" and press it with the power key.
- You will return to the previous menu, where you must select the “wipe data / factory reset” option .
- You will see a list of options with several NOs and YES. Go to the option that says "YES" and press it.
- In the list of options, with the volume buttons, go to where it says “reboot system now” and press it. In this way, the formatting process of your mobile will begin. It is common for it to be restarted several times until the end of this process.
From the settings
Android devices have the option of simple formatting. The Samsung Galaxy J2 Prime would not be an exception, since it can be reset just by accessing the Settings menu of said device. To do this, you just have to follow the following steps:
- Go to the settings or configuration menu of your mobile device. It will be found in the main menu of the Android system.
- Go to System Settings >> Backup >> Factory data reset. If you don't find these options, go to About phone >> Storage >> Backup and restore >> Factory data reset.
- The system will ask you to confirm the formatting of your mobile. You must accept this procedure for the factory reset of your Samsung Galaxy J2 Prime to start.
- Your mobile device will be able to restart on several occasions, which is normal. When this process has finished, the initial configuration screen of the smartphone will appear.
Speed Dial
Samsung devices have the option of formatting through a speed dial system. This is something that occurs in the vast majority of Android devices, being an extremely simple alternative.
- Proceed to access the dialing menu and dial the following code: * 2767 * 3855 .
- Finally, press the # key and carry out the respective dialing. In this way, you will proceed to format your mobile immediately.
About Samsung Galaxy J2 Prime
The Samsung Galaxy J2 Prime is a mid-range device from this family of phones. It is characterized by having a 5-inch screen with a maximum resolution of 540x960p .
As for its power, this phone has a Mediatek MT6737T 1.4GHz processor and a 1.5GB RAM .
Its internal storage is 8GB , although this can be extended through a microSD card . Thus, it can take up more than 256 GB of space .
Said mobile has a main camera of 8MP able to take videos at 720p . It also has a front camera of 5MP with LED flash to enhance image resolution.
This phone has Android 6.0 Marshmallow installed from the factory. At the moment, there is no update to a newer version.