Factory reset Motorola A1010
Motorola A1010
How to reset or restore a Motorola A1010
If your Motorola A1010 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.
There are three types of reset for a Motorola A1010: the “soft” reset that restores the phone's settings to their factory state without deleting any files, phone numbers, ringtones or installed applications, the “strong” reset that deletes all the content of the phone, it is a total format of the device including the contacts, ringtones, photos, videos, applications, etc. and finally the “total” reset that should be used when the phone does not start or does not turn on and it would be our last resort to recover the Motorola A1010.
Before making any kind of reset to your Motorola A1010 it is highly recommended to charge the Motorola up to at least 80% of its battery.
“Soft” reset or “normal” reset
Estimated time: 5 minutes.
1- First step:
Unlock your Motorola A1010 and from the home screen press or type the following code *#7780#
2- Second step:
Once the code is written, press the call button.
3- Third step:
A message will appear on the screen of your A1010 asking if you want to restore the settings, press “Continue” f you want to continue.
4- Fourth step:
A message will appear asking you to write the security code of the Motorola A1010 phone.
5- Fifth step:
After a few seconds the phone will reboot and ask you to enter the date and time settings.
If this method has not worked for you, go to Menu -> Tools -> Settings -> General -> Factory settings.
“Strong” reset or “deep” reset
1- Unlock your Motorola A1010 and from the home screen press or type the following code *#7370#
2- Once the code is written, press the call button.
3- A message will appear on the screen of your A1010 asking if you want to restore the settings, press “Continue” f you want to continue.
4- A message will appear asking you to write the security code of the Motorola A1010 phone.
5- After a few seconds the phone will reboot and ask you to enter the date and time settings.
“Total” reset
1- Remove the battery from the Motorola A1010 and put it back into position.
2- Press and hold these three keys at the same time: Green call button, asterisk * and power button.
3- Do not release these three keys until you see the welcome message on the screen of the A1010 phone.
4- Wait for the Motorola to start and it will have restored.
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About the device:
Motorola A1010 is a mobile/cell phone with dimensions of 117 x 59 x 19 mm| 115 cc (4.61 x 2.32 x 0.75 in), a weight of 160 grams, , a screen resolution of 2.9 inches| 40 x 62 mm (~35.9% screen-to-body ratio).
It has a processor 168 MHz ARM925T and an internal memory of 48 MB.
The Motorola A1010 comes from the factory with the Symbian 7.0| UIQ v2.1 UI operating system.
