Acer X960

Acer X960

How to reset or restore an Acer X960

If your Acer X960 smartphone is running very slowly, hanging, you want to bypass the screen lock, or you have a full memory and want to erase everything, or you want to sell or give it away and want to ensure that nobody can access your files and passwords, you can do a factory reset to restore it to its original state like the first day.

Keep in mind that a reset or return to the factory state on a mobile deletes all its content, so make a backup of your data before doing it if you don't want to lose everything.

We advise you to consult the following article before restoring the %s: What to do before selling an iPhone.

There are two ways to do a reset on a Acer X960 from the settings of the mobile itself or by performing a hard reset.

Restore Acer X960 using the “Settings” menu

If you want to make a reset to return to the factory settings a Acer X960 through phone settings you have to follow these simple steps:

Estimated time: 5 minutes.

1- First step: Swipe the home screen of your Acer X960 toward the left.

2- Second step: Go to “Settings”.

3- Third step: Search and access the option “Information”.

4- Fourth step: Press the “Reset phone” option.

5- Fifth step: Click “Yes” when you are asked to confirm if you want to reset the phone.

6- Sixth step: Press “Yes” again to start the process. Your device X960 from Acer it will restart and take several minutes to start while restoring the device to its factory state and optimizing the applications pre-installed in the operative system Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional.

Restore Acer X960 through a hard reset

If you want to make a hard reset to return to the factory settings a Acer X960 you have to follow these simple steps:

1- Turn off your Acer X960.

2- Press the power button and the moment the phone vibrates press and hold the volume down button until an exclamation appears on the screen.

3- While the exclamation appears on the screen, press volume up, volume down, power button and volume down.

4- Your device X960 from Acer it will restart and take several minutes to start while restoring the device to its factory state and optimizing the applications pre-installed in the operative system Microsoft Windows Phone.

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About the device:

Acer X960 is a mobile/cell phone with dimensions of 106.4 x 59 x 13.7 mm (4.19 x 2.32 x 0.54 in), a weight of 131.5 grams, , a screen resolution of 2.8 inches (~38.7% screen-to-body ratio).

It has a processor 533 MHz Samsung S3C 6410, a RAM memory 128 MB RAM and an internal memory of 256 MB ROM.

The Acer X960 comes from the factory with the Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional operating system.