Tip & How-To about Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Cell Phone

How To Reset Your Sony Ericsson Xperia X10

Soft Reset

  1. Turn off the device.
  2. Remove and reinsert battery.
  3. Turn on the device.
Hard Reset
  1. Unlock the screen then press and hold the Power button for two seconds. Select the Power off option. If the phone won't turn off, pull and replace the battery.
  2. Hold the Left and Right buttons located under the display.
  3. Press and release the Power button while continuing to hold the Left and Right buttons until instructions appear.
  4. Follow the instructions on the screen.
or
  1. From the Home screen press Menu and select Settings, or tap the application slider and select Settings.
  2. Select Privacy.
  3. Tap Factory data reset.
  4. Select Reset phone.
  5. Select Yes to confirm the hard reset.
  6. The Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 will then go through the process of formatting the memory.
  7. Wait for it to restart and factory default settings will be restored.
or
  1. Download and install PC Suite.
  2. From the PC Suite software, select Tools.
  3. Select Phone Repair.
  4. Select Continue.
  5. Wait for the download to complete.
  6. Press and hold the Back button while plugging the phone into the computer via the USB cable.
  7. The phone will be flashed with the software and complete the hard reset.

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Hard Reset
1. Power the device off by pressing and holding the Power key.

Note: If device is unresponsive remove the battery.

2. With the phone off press and hold both soft keys (The two keys directly under the screen, used to open menus.)
3. While continuing to hold the soft keys, press and hold the Power button for 1-2 seconds.
4. Continue holding the soft keys until you see a message that starts with This operation will delete….
5. Release the soft keys.

Note: If you see the standard boot up screen load steps 2 and 3 were not performed correctly.

6. A boot splash screen will appear, followed by a black screen prompting: Press Send to restore factory defaults, Other keys to quit
7. Press the Send key.
8. When prompted to powercycle device, select Ok

Note: Once the hard reset is performed it could take up to a few minutes to completely boot back up.


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