Factory reset Toshiba G500
Toshiba G500
How to reset or restore a Toshiba G500
If your Toshiba G500 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 Toshiba G500 from the settings of the mobile itself or by performing a hard reset.
Restore Toshiba G500 using the “Settings” menu
If you want to make a reset to return to the factory settings a Toshiba G500 through phone settings you have to follow these simple steps:
Estimated time: 5 minutes.
1- First step: Swipe the home screen of your Toshiba G500 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 G500 from Toshiba 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 5.0.
Restore Toshiba G500 through a hard reset
If you want to make a hard reset to return to the factory settings a Toshiba G500 you have to follow these simple steps:
1- Turn off your Toshiba G500.
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 G500 from Toshiba 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.
About the device:
Toshiba G500 is a mobile/cell phone with dimensions of 96 x 49 x 22.9 mm (3.78 x 1.93 x 0.90 in), a weight of 135 grams, , a screen resolution of 2.3 inches (~34.8% screen-to-body ratio).
It has a processor 32-bit Intel XScale PXA270 312 MHz and an internal memory of 64 MB.
The Toshiba G500 comes from the factory with the Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 operating system.
