How to Reset, Factory Reset, Reset or Reboot a Motorola Moto G2 or Moto E

If you have been following our articles lately, then surely you are aware of the rather recent launch of the Moto G4 and Moto G4 Plus from the folks at Lenovo, who have taken over the Motorola terminals. Now, the success that these new devices may have will be marked in good part by the previous Moto G2, which out of Motorola’s mid-range in 2014.

As we can see, the Moto G2 have been on the market for a long time, and although they have always stood out for their excellent performance that allows them to be current today, sometimes we can further improve the user experience. For that, we have some more than interesting instances to turn to, such as the restoration of factory values ​​or Hard Reset as it is called.

The objective of this article is that if you have been experiencing operating problems in your Moto G2, or if you simply want to make it run a little faster, like when you just bought it, have this procedure at hand. We will then start with a small tutorial, and two different alternatives to be able to factory reset our Moto G2 in the fastest and easiest way.

Performing an automatic Hard Reset to my Moto G2

The first thing we must take into account to carry out the Hard Reset about the Moto G2 is that it is necessary to carry out a backup, because it is the only thing that will leave us calm that all our data is safe. Beyond that, it is impossible to stop considering that if we have a microSD it should be removed, and then when the Moto G2 is working again, we add it again.

• We then go to the Settings menu of the Moto G2 and look for the Backup option
• We select the alternative Factory data reset
• A process will take place that will last only a short time
• We already have our Moto G2 with automatic Hard Reset.

Performing a manual Hard Reset to my Moto G2

Previously we showed you then how to perform a factory reset on the Moto G2 in the way that we could consider automatic, although at the same time you have to know that there is another one to which can be cataloged from manual. This is a little more effective than the previous one, but you will also need some additional knowledge, and that is why we advise you to always do them in this order.

• First we turn off our Moto G2
• We access the device through Recovery Mode
• When the menu appears on the screen, we will use the volume up and down buttons to move through it, and we will select the Wipe Data Factory Reset option
• The restoration process will begin immediately

After the enormous success that the first generation of Motorola’s Moto G had had in the market in its first months on sale, the company decided that this mid-range should be accompanied by a low-end terminal. This is how we witnessed the appearance on the market of the Moto E, which for supposed interest to many users, some of which still have it today, as it is fully current.

However, we of course know that like any mobile device that has already been in use for a few years, even when it belongs to the high-end range, the Moto E it may have some operating problems. For this reason, in this particular article we want to show you one of the tutorials that we consider essential for all those users who own a Moto E and want to continue taking advantage of it.

If your Moto E is constantly crashing, or if it is running much slower than when you bought it, you have to know that this is a really very common problem, one that you can overcome without too many laps. But for this you will have to take a few minutes, and carry out the step by step that we indicate in this tutorial, in which we show you how perform a Hard Reset on this device.

The Hard Reset, as a factory reset or restart is often called, is an option that all Moto E users have at hand when it comes to trying to make the device’s software work as well as it did at the beginning. Perform a factory reset Moto E is not too complicated, but we have to know all the steps before starting the process, and we will fall into that right now.

Restarting a Moto E from the factory

Before starting the process of restoring or factory resetting the Moto E itself, we want to comment in the first instance that we recommend you make a backup of all the contents you have on the device. In this way you will be sure that you will not lose your photos, music or videos, and in the same way, we recommend always removing the microSD card if you have one inserted.

• Once all of the above done, the first thing is to keep the on / off button pressed for a few minutes, and then you will start the device again but pressing the volume button up and the ignition at the same time
• A menu will then appear in the pantalla del Moto E, and just by using the volume buttons you will have the possibility to move around the device until you find the option called Recovery, selecting it
• We press the power button again and we will see that the Android operating system logo appears on the screen
• We press the volume up and power buttons again, this time for just a second
• We will enter Recovery Mode immediately, within which we must select the Factory Reset option
• The process will start in just seconds and will be completed shortly.