Having problem with your Alcatel mobile. Here is generic tutorial on how to unlock or hard reset Alcatel Android mobile phone. T hese are common unlock and reset methods. To hard reset specific Alcatel smartphone model, select model from list below and check details.
Table of ContentList of Alcatel Mobile Models
- Alcatel 1c (2019)
- Alcatel 1
- Alcatel 1s
- Alcatel 1v (2019)
- Alcatel 1x (2019)
- Alcatel 1X
- Alcatel 3 (2019)
- Alcatel 3C
- Alcatel 3L
- Alcatel 3
- Alcatel 3T 10
- Alcatel 3V
- Alcatel 3x (2019)
- Alcatel 3X
- Alcatel 5
- Alcatel 5V
- Alcatel 7
- Alcatel A30 Plus
- Alcatel A3
- Alcatel A3 XL
- Alcatel A50
- Alcatel A5 LED
- Alcatel A7
- Alcatel A7 XL
- Alcatel Flash 2
- Alcatel Flash
- Alcatel Idol 4
- Alcatel Idol 4S
- Alcatel Idol 5
- Alcatel Idol 5S
- Alcatel One Touch Flash
- Alcatel OneTouch Go Play
- Alcatel One Touch Hero 2C
- Alcatel One Touch Hero 2
- Alcatel OneTouch Hero 2+
- Alcatel One Touch Hero
- Alcatel One Touch Idol 2 Mini
- Alcatel One Touch Idol 2
- Alcatel OneTouch Idol 3 (4.7)Reset
- Alcatel OneTouch Idol 3 (5.5)
- Alcatel OneTouch Idol 3C
- Alcatel One Touch Idol ALPHA
- Alcatel One Touch Idol Mini
- Alcatel One Touch Idol
- Alcatel One Touch Idol S
- Alcatel One Touch Idol Ultra
- Alcatel One Touch Idol X
- Alcatel One Touch Idol X+
- Alcatel OneTouch Pixi 3 (5.5) 4G
- Alcatel OneTouch Pixi 4 (3.5)
- Alcatel OneTouch Pixi 4 (4)
- Alcatel OneTouch Pixi First
- Alcatel One Touch Pop 2 (4.5)
- Alcatel One Touch Pop 2 (4)
- Alcatel One Touch Pop 2 (5) NFC
- Alcatel One Touch Pop 2 (5) Premium Edition
- Alcatel One Touch Pop 2 (5)
- Alcatel OneTouch Pop Astro
- Alcatel One Touch Pop C1
- Alcatel One Touch Pop C3
- Alcatel One Touch Pop C5
- Alcatel One Touch Pop C7
- Alcatel One Touch POP C9
- Alcatel One Touch Pop Fit
- Alcatel OneTouch Pop S3
- Alcatel OneTouch Pop S7
- Alcatel OneTouch Pop S9
- Alcatel OneTouch Pop Star LTE
- Alcatel OneTouch Pop Star
- Alcatel OneTouch Pop Up
- Alcatel Pixi 4 (5)
- Alcatel Pixi 4 (6)
- Alcatel Pixi 4 Plus Power
- Alcatel Pop 4
- Alcatel Pop 4+
- Alcatel Pop 4S
- Alcatel Pop Star
- Alcatel Shine Lite
- Alcatel Smart Tab 7
- Alcatel Tetra
- Alcatel U5 HD
- Alcatel U5
- Alcatel X1
- Alcatel XL
Hard reset wipes out all the data on mobile phone. Following data is completely deleted on hard reset.
- Settings
- System Data
- App data
- Downloaded Apps
- SMS
- Music
- Pictures
- Videos
- WhatsApp Data
- Call Records
- Network Settings
Hard reset fixes many problems like slow mobile phone, frequest restart, virus infection, frequent hanging or freezing, memory usage etc.
Hard Reset
- Power off Alcatel mobile using Power button.
- After Alcatel smartphone is switched off, press Power and Volume Up button together and hold them.
- After few seconds, phone will boot and you will see Alcatel or Android logo.
- When you see boot options, release all the buttons at that time.
- Navigate to wipe data/factory reset option using Volume buttons.
- Press Power button to confirm it.
- You will see Yes and No option on screen to wipe all the data. Select Yes using Volume button and press on Power
- button to confirm it.
- Next you will get option to reboot system. Select Reboot System Now option using Volume buttons and press on Power button.
- This will reboot phone and complete hard reset of Alcatel mobile.
Factory Reset
If your Alcatel smartphone is properly responding to its display screen then attempt this method. This method is much preferred.
Step 1
Firstly go the Home screen of your Alcatel, and there select the Menu icon.
Step 2
In the Menu option, select the Settings icon.
Step 3
Next, in the Settings option, select the Privacy icon.
Step 4
Now, under the above selected option, touch the Factory Data Reset icon.
Step 5
There select the Reset Phone option.
Step 6
Finally, touch and select the Erase Everything option to wipe off all of the data and all the information from your phone memory.
Step 7
After the completion of this process, Alcatel will reboot to finish the reset process.
Reset Alcatel Mobile using Google Find My Device
There is an option to reset Alcatel phone using Google Find My Device service. This is useful when you have lost your phone and want to reset phone from remote place.
Here is instructions to reset device remotely.
- Open Google Find My Device service in a browser.
- If you are not logged into Google, you will be asked to login. Login using your Google username and password.
- After logging in you will see three options such as Play Sound, Secure Device and Erase Device.
- Click on Erase Device option.
- Now you will see Erase All Data option.
- Now select Erase option and click on it.
- This will wipe all data on Alcatel mobile remotely.