Moto e

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Are you having problems with your Motorola Moto E and want to easily fix your damaged or bricked Android smartphone? Well, if you are looking for the best troubleshooting solution, then you need to consider in making a hard reset. So, in order to help you out, during the following guidelines I will show you how to easily and safely make a hard reset / factory reset on your Motorola Moto E.
Completing a hard reset represents a basic Android operation that can be anytime applied on any smartphone or tablet; thus making the same on your Moto E will be quite easy. So, first of all we should point out that the factory reset operation is official and featured by default on the Android system. Therefore, completing this operation isn’t implying in using third party apps or risky and complex procedures as we will keep it all official.

Usually, making a hard reset is being required when you have problems with your Moto E, or when you want to sell your Android smartphone. Basically, by factory resetting your phone you will erase all of you data from its system which means that you will restore your phone to its initial state. Thus, by performing this operation you can fix various problems from your Android device, so that’s why this represents the first step to apply when trying to fix a bricked Motorola Moto E.

A hard reset might fix soft related issues such as: boot loop errors, lags, bugs that are caused by a new update (official or custom it doesn’t matter), force closed errors, screen freeze issues and lot more. As you can see, knowing how to factory reset the Moto E is a must have, especially if you are an advanced Android user who is performing operations like unlocking the bootloader, installing a custom recovery image, gaining root access, flashing custom ROMs and so on.
But, since the hard reset operation implies in a full wipe of your system, the best will be to backup your data before doing anything else – if possible as if you have a bricked device, you will not be able to save your data. In that matter you can anytime use free distributed backup and restore apps from Google Play for saving your contacts, text messages, call logs, market apps, internet settings along with your personal data, info and accounts. DO note that a factory reset will wipe the data from your SD card too, so take care of the same before doing anything else.
The best will be to charge your handset as if it will get turned off during the steps from below, it might also get bricked – apply this especially if there is less than 60% power left. Also, remember that this tutorial is compatible only with the Motorola Moto E, so try not to mess things up by using these guidelines on a different or similar Android device.
How to Hard Reset Motorola Moto E

Apply the Hard Reset using Hardware buttons
First of all, turn off your phone (press power button and select “power off” or keep pressing the power key for 15 seconds).
Enter fastboot mode on your Moto E.
From fastboot mode use volume down / up buttons in order to scroll up and down.
Highlight recovery option and select by pressing the power button once.
Good; now from recovery select “wipe data factory reset”.
In addition you can also choose “Wipe cache partition”; from main menu of recovery pick “advanced” and then select “wipe dalvick cache”.
Done.
Make the factory reset you’re your phone’s menu
Take your phone and unlock it.
Then tap on menu.
Go to settings.
Head towards Backup and Reset option.
From there select Factory data reset phone.
Agree with the prompts.
Select reset phone and wait while the hard reset is being completed.
Perfect; you are done. Now you know how to easily hard reset / factory reset your Motorola Moto E. If you can’t complete the steps from above, or if you are still having problems with your smartphone, don’t hesitate and share your issues with us and with other Android users by using the comments field from below – we will assist you as soon as possible.