Master resetting smartphones

[dlee1001]

What happens when you press and hold the sleep button and both volume buttons at the same time on any Android smartphone? On one of my other threads (specifically "Software Update for Infuse 4G"), a user had said that he did a master reset on the phone by pressing both the volume buttons and the sleep/lock button at the same time to try and correct a problem.

Not that I'm going to do it any time soon, but what happens when you press and hold those buttons?

 

[sitlet]

The combination of button presses depends on the phone. But that basically brings you to the bootloader, which allows you to do a factory reset, which can also be done through the phone's menu's.

 

[dlee1001]

I just watched a video where a person did the button presses and it had four options, one of which said "Restart system now."

Is it possible to do this master reset button press while the phone is fully turned on?

 

[sitlet]

I just watched a video where a person did the button presses and it had four options, one of which said "Restart system now."

Yes, that's the bootloader.

Is it possible to do this master reset button press while the phone is fully turned on?

Again, if the phone is on, you dont need to do the button combination. Just go to menu-settings-sd and phone storage-factory reset.

 

[snapper.fishes]

Yes, that's the bootloader.



Again, if the phone is on, you dont need to do the button combination. Just go to menu-settings-sd and phone storage-factory reset.

At the moment it's uncertain whether the two thing accomplish the same thing or not. Some people say it is better to reset in the bootloader, while others say it's the same.