Restoring application systems on Android. Performing a Hard Reset from a running system

So, you bought a smartphone, tablet or PDA running an operating system Android systems. And now you need to settle down new system, make it convenient and practical just for you. In addition, it is quite possible to increase the speed of operation, extend battery life, assemble the application package you need, and customize the system in every possible way for yourself.

The first is an update. How to update Android? Settings - Software updates - Update. Or somewhere nearby. Monitor your battery charge level and connect to the Internet via reliable Wi-Fi or unlimited mobile internet. Next..

How dangerous is it to mess around with Android settings?

Don't be afraid to do anything until you are rooted. root is like an admin, only in android, that is, in android instead of “chief administrator” they write “root”. This is so because android is built on Linux based and adopted many features from him, including this name.

So, until you have “rooted” (unlocked) your phone, there is nothing to be afraid of, you can do whatever you want and then cure everything by doing it Hard Reset and formatting the drives.

This is done differently in each phone. IN HTC One V, for example, let's go to Settings - Memory - Reset to factory settings and reboot. That's it, the phone will be like new. So you can safely go to the Android market, install gigabytes of all sorts of crap, confuse all the settings, and then go and do a Hard Reset and everything will be as before. This is truly wonderful!

How to remove stock apps from Android?

And here we come to the most interesting part. After the purchase, you received a phone with a real trash heap on board, which can compete in terms of being full of unused things with the garage of a radio amateur gardener who has been building a summer house and repairing his penny for the fifth year. Therefore, many have a reasonable desire to remove standard applications from Android.

All social media, services, cloud storage, photo albums, some kind of radio... After looking at this, I also decided that I wanted to get rid of at least half of it all. For what? look at the process manager, you have google+ and dropbox and facebook hanging there and a bunch of other things in which you may not even be registered. And all this eats up the phone’s memory and slightly speeds up the battery drain (about 1-2%, but still unpleasant).

How to remove stock apps from Android? No, it’s better to just turn them off. This will be the same as deleting them, but they can be easily restored. We go there and just turn off everything that is not needed there. Some applications cannot be disabled, but there are only a few of them and almost all of them are needed for the system.

Did you do it? Congratulations, your phone has become much cleaner! You can also connect a direct number 😉 Federal and direct numbers may be needed both to the common man, and the company. And a gold federal number will definitely add status.

How to restore default applications in Android?

If you removed them using the method described above - simply turned them off - to get them back you just need to turn them on again here: Settings - Applications - All applications.

You can also try doing a Hard Reset, which we wrote about above. If it doesn’t help, then you most likely received root rights and you need to re-flash the phone with firmware from the manufacturer’s website.

What applications should I install?

It is worth noting that standard applications are often not so bad and cope with their tasks quite well. Same Adobe Reader reads quite well PDF files, and the task manager is normally able to shut down applications. And the browser works no worse than everyone’s favorite opera. In my opinion even better.

But there are also tasks that require third party applications. For example, the HTC One V has an incredibly bad standard Russian keyboard; some of the buttons on the right side of the keyboard have been moved down. Creepy. The solution is to install “Russian Reyboard”. A Russian-speaking user may also find the VKontakte application useful, which is actually much cooler than just mobile version site in the browser.

Another terribly cool thing is File Expert - at the same time file manager and a navigator for documents/photos/videos/applications. You can see for yourself.

How to increase time Android work from battery?
Follow the steps above from the "uninstall" section unnecessary applications", turn off everything unnecessary. Disable automatic synchronization and mail downloading. Turn off 3G if you are not using it. Be guided by minimalism; everything unused should be removed and turned off. This even applies to widgets and shortcuts on the desktop.

I won’t recommend setting the screen brightness to the standard low level, since auto-brightness adjustment is a great thing for everyone who uses their phone both outdoors and at home.

Also, don’t fill your phone and SIM card memory to capacity; the peculiarity of flash memory is that when it’s full, it works slower. And you shouldn’t use your phone as a torrent downloader.

The above steps will not only increase battery drain time and increase battery life, but will also make your phone faster.

Main reasons for deleting applications

Apps on your phone are deleted for a number of reasons. We will consider the following scenarios:

• Buying a new phone: you need to restore all settings from scratch, connect the user’s Google account and reinstall all applications.
• Removing applications as a result factory reset: After a factory reset, you actually get the device back to its original state. initial state– no applications, with default settings
• You deleted applications a long time ago and decided to restore them to Android, but forgot the name.
• Applications were deleted accidentally or without user intervention - you need to find and restore them.
• Viruses have deleted (damaged) Android applications

As you can see, there are various situations, but fortunately, restoring applications is not as difficult as in the case of files. For these tasks you will not need additional programs, it is enough to perform a few simple steps. Actually, we will talk about them further.

Restoring applications via Google Play

1. To restore applications to a smartphone or tablet will do standard There is no need to download it, since it is present in Android natively.

2. Find Google Play in the list of applications on your phone. This can be done through search bar on the device.

Note. If Google Play is not found on your phone, download apk file on third party resource like a 4pda forum.

3. Once in Google Play, click on the icon with three lines. The main menu of the application will open.

4. Go to the “My apps and games” section.

5. The “All” tab contains everything ever installed applications- both remote and present in at the moment. If the application is already installed, you will see "Installed" or "Update" next to it.

6. You can find deleted applications by the “Free” marks or by the button indicating the cost.

Note. If remote application not found, make sure you are using yours account on Google. Remember if you have others Google accounts and re-login if necessary.

7. If you need to find an old application, it is easier to navigate by the date it was installed. At the top of the list are the recently installed applications, at the bottom, respectively, are the oldest ones. Or vice versa, depending on the sorting method.

8. Find the required applications in the list and install them one by one.

Intensive use of a mobile gadget leads to the fact that over time its operating system begins to “glitch”. Errors appear in the operation of certain applications, the device freezes, and functions may become unavailable. This material will allow you to find out in what cases it is necessary to restore the Android system and how to do it correctly.

First, let's look at the reasons why you can determine the need for restoration standard settings platforms:

1. Infecting a mobile gadget with viruses and malware software. This happens as a result of the fact that the user did not think about the security of the device and did not install antivirus program. The likelihood of a gadget being infected will be high if the user constantly clicks on suspicious links from emails. This is due to the installation unofficial programs and applications or software developed by hackers. Viruses can also enter your phone from suspicious Internet resources.
2. Platform littering. This problem is relevant for active users who regularly download to their phone new software and applications. Official store offers users a large selection of applications and programs, but this does not mean that you need to download everything. Large quantity installed programs will lead to a decrease in the efficiency of the operating system, as a result it will “hang”, making it almost impossible to work.
3. Software malfunctions in the phone. There are no viruses on the smartphone, from programs - necessary software, and the phone does not work efficiently. The reason may be a malfunction in one of the installed utilities. Moreover, sometimes the malfunction lies precisely in the operation of system applications.

Recovery procedure

The recovery procedure is not a particularly complicated process that a schoolchild can handle today. To do everything correctly, consider a few nuances described below.

If this is your first time encountering the need to restore the operating system on your phone or tablet, it will be useful to learn about the backup function. When you completely update the platform and return it to the factory configuration, all user information, account information, contacts, etc. will be deleted from the phone. Therefore, you will have to re-find and install the programs and applications necessary for normal operation. It is almost impossible to remember the list of all installed programs on your phone; it is especially difficult to find applications. You can use the account copy option, this will allow you to register all programs on Google Play.

The backup procedure is performed as follows:

1. First, go to your phone's settings menu.
2. Here you will see the Recovery and reset tab. Select Information Reservations (backup).
3. Check the appropriate box next to the item. This will save the information to a cloud service.
4. Next, you will need to specify your account Google entry for data backup.
5. Below you can see the inscription - Auto recovery. Check the box next to the item.
6. When the actions are completed, all your information will be restored to automatic mode to factory settings after you perform a restore (video published by Android Software channel).

Please note that after recovery you must provide the login and password of the account that was used to register on Google Play.

How to reset Android settings

If the operating system on your mobile gadget has crashed, but you can still access the settings, then you can try to perform a recovery.

How to restore the device's operation with your own hands:

1. First, you need to go to the phone settings option and find the tab for Restore settings and reset them.
2. Go to the reset option. The gadget will warn you that the information will be deleted from the phone. If necessary, do backup data or select files and transfer them to external storage. Just below is the red reset button for the mobile computer.
3. Select Reset settings. A warning will appear that data will be deleted from internal memory. If there are important files or documents in the internal memory and you don’t want to lose them, you need to copy all this data to external card memory or cloud storage. On the same Google Drive, for example. Below is the “red button” Reset the mobile computer.
   Write down your account login details separately on paper, if you don’t remember them by heart, this will allow you to quickly access your account after recovery.
4. During the reset, you will need to put the phone on charge by connecting the wire to it. The recovery process itself is performed automatically and does not require user participation.
5. When the procedure is completed, you need to log in Google services, to do this you will need to enter your username and password for your account.
6. When you successfully log in, the system will begin to check and install all programs that were installed before the settings were reset. If you want the installation process to be completed faster, connect your mobile gadget to the Internet via Wi-Fi, since it will be restored when connected via mobile internet the programs will take a long time. This completes the restoration.

But what if the operating system does not even respond to touch touches and you cannot enter the settings menu? In such cases, you can use the physical configuration reset function, which is provided by almost all mobile device manufacturers.

In accordance with technical and design features, recovery options may be different, so we recommend that you read the service book for the phone:

1. A mobile device can be equipped with a special small hole on the device body. Typically this hole is located next to the power button; on tablets it is often located on back cover, near the camera or speaker. There is a small button in this hole; you need to press it with a pin or needle. Essentially, this is a reset button, like on a computer.
2. You can try to turn off the device and at the same time press the power key, as well as the volume up or down button (usually down). In some devices, you can hold down the power button and briefly press and release the volume key. Ultimately, a menu should appear on the display where you need to select the “wipe” item data factory reset" and then click on "yes - delete all user data".

The disappearance of a shortcut from the home screen or the program itself from the list of applications is a problem that many Android users are familiar with firsthand. But few people know how to solve it. Therefore, if you don’t want to overpay a master for trivial work, this article is for you.

Possible problems and their solutions

Screens mobile gadgets have hypersensitivity to touch. Often, a user, without knowing it, accidentally clicks an icon or application into the trash. Therefore, before checking your device for errors, make sure that the program you are looking for is actually removed. To do this:

• Open Play Market.
• Click on the 3 icon horizontal stripes in line voice search call the side menu.
• Select “My apps and games”
• Go to the “Installed” tab and check if the application we are interested in is in the list.
• If there is, open the application page, delete it and reinstall it.
• If the application is not in the list, open its page on Google Play and install it.
• We protect ourselves from repetition of such situations: we establish automatic blocking screen while the gadget is not in use.

After reinstallation, the shortcut should return to its place. If this does not happen, or the shortcut is back, but only temporarily, you may have:

The system is infected with viruses

Today, malware is increasingly disguised as popular apps, and therefore, the number of downloads from them amounts to hundreds of thousands, or even millions of downloads. Majority modern viruses do not harm the device directly (to be able to collect information about you longer). However, there are also those that are aimed specifically at destabilizing the operation of the gadget. Removing programs or their shortcuts in this case is common. Therefore, when a problem arises, the first thing we do is make sure that the antivirus databases always remain up to date.

Developer problem

Application development is carried out not only by professionals, but also by amateurs. If the icon does not appear from the very beginning, most likely the author incorrectly specified the intent-filter in the manifest file. To test this theory, ask a friend (who has a phone from the same company as you) to install problematic application. Doesn't he have a label either? Write to the developer until he fixes this bug, the problem will not be solved.

Problem with SD card

Applications from Play market are automatically installed on the internal memory of the smartphone. However third party programs the user can post at his own discretion. Often, to speed up the operation of the system, they are placed on removable card memory. But after booting the device, initializing the SD card may take several minutes. Applications installed on it do not respond to system requests at this time, as a result of which the icons are not displayed.

The problem can be solved in several ways:

• Purchasing more modern map memory with accelerated processing and data recording (not best option, since it does not guarantee 100% results).
• (the probability of success is maximum, but the smartphone may begin to slow down).
• Rebooting the SD card (the optimal solution that helps in 85% of cases).

To disable and re-enable the memory card, go to “Settings” and open the “Memory” section. There (at the very bottom), first click on the “Disable MicroSD” item, and then (when the drive is deactivated) “Enable MicroSD”. We wait a couple of minutes, after which the shortcuts should appear.

Please note! Perhaps the memory card itself has become damaged. If the described steps do not help, before moving on to the next steps, check its functionality on another gadget.

Firmware problem

Another option explaining why applications from Android could disappear is related to the system itself. If you recently modified your phone's firmware, the updates may not have installed correctly, resulting in the loss of some shortcuts and/or applications. To return everything as it was:

• Opening system settings phone.
• We find the section “Restore and reset” (or a name similar in meaning).
• Select the recovery option that you use (from the “cloud”, from “internal memory”, etc.).

After the system returns to previous settings, .

The applications themselves have been moved

When applications are installed on the phone, the path to their location is immediately specified in the shortcut parameters. Therefore, when a program is removed from its installation location, the icon disappears along with it. However, the disappearance of a shortcut from the desktop does not mean that the application was actually deleted. Perhaps you accidentally moved the folder with its files somewhere when you downloaded photos to your computer or installed some application manually, and not from the Play Market.

The easiest way to solve the problem in this case is to reinstall the application. However, the moved files will remain lying somewhere like dead weight. To get rid of them, connect the gadget to the computer and start a search by the name of the application (if it consists of several words, use the first one). If the search results contain the files we need, click on them right click mouse and select “Properties” or “File Location” to find out exactly where on the phone they are stored. If it is not in its place, we delete it.

Please note! If built-in applications rather than third-party ones were moved, the system may begin to work incorrectly. If you cannot return or reinstall them, roll back the system to its previous state, following the recommendations from the previous paragraph.

The launcher is not working correctly

A launcher is a shell that makes it easier for the user to work with a smartphone. And if you changed the basic one to the option from third party developer, some shortcuts may well have been deleted or grouped into folders. To check this, we return to the basic launcher. To do this:

• Let's go to settings.
• We are looking for a section dedicated to the settings of the device itself (display, memory, applications).
• Click on the item “Select launcher” (or something similar in meaning, since in the version for your device it may be called differently).
• Select the basic option from the list provided.
• Save the changes and check if the icons appear.
• If yes, the problem lies precisely in the launcher, if not, we return everything as it was and continue to figure it out.

Another option related to the launcher’s operation is grouping applications into folders for optimization free space on the screen. Check if there are folders on your desktop with multiple icons inside. If there is, the desired shortcut may well be inside one of them. To return, open the folder, hold the icon with your finger and, without releasing it, move it to the side until it appears on the desktop.

Factory reset

If the solutions listed above did not help and there are still no icons on the desktop, there is only one option left - . This can be done in different ways.

Pay attention! The reset will delete absolutely all your data in the phone's memory, so before you start, do backups necessary files, contacts etc.

A specific combination of numbers

This option is the simplest, but may not work on all smartphones. To use it, enter one of the three proposed combinations in the dialing field and click “Call”:

1. *2767*3855#
2. *#*#7780#*#*
3. *#*#7378423#*#*

If this method is suitable for your device, the smartphone will reboot, after which the settings will be restored to factory settings.

Through the menu of the smartphone itself

If the device is working normally, you can return its hardware to its pre-sale state through the menu. To do this:

• We check that the phone is charged more than 70% (so that it does not turn off during the reinstallation process).
• Open the “Settings” section (for some models the gear-shaped icon is on the desktop, for others it is in the “Menu”).
• In the “System” subsection, look for the “Restore and reset” item (or, if your device does not have one, something similar in meaning).
• Scroll to the bottom of the list and select “Reset settings” or another phrase whose description indicates a return to factory settings.
• We start the rollback and wait for the result.

Now all that remains is to update the system to current version(“Settings” - “About phone” - “System update”) and reinstall the applications.

Instructions

Through the “Start” menu, select the “All Programs” section, and then the “Accessories” tab. Go to the “Service” item. Next, in the menu that opens, select “System Restore”. This operation intended for an earlier period of work. All programs that existed on the disk during the specified period of time will be installed.

A new window has opened in which you select the option “Recover more early state" Following the prompts, press the “Next” button. After that, select the date for deleting the program. Find the one you need in the right window program. Click on it again “Next” and wait until this utility will be restored. This method is mainly suitable for programs that have been installed recently.

There is also another way to restore the program. Required for special utility, which is called UndeletePlus. Select a language to make the program easier to use. Launch the installed program. Next, in the window that opens, select the “Scan” function. Without scanning, the "Recover" function will be . The scan result will be displayed in the right window.

In this list, check the box next to the programs that you do not need to restore. The rest will be prepared for restoration. Click the "Restore" button. The program will return to its original location. Before starting the recovery, you can check the “Restore folder structure” option. Through the “Filter” option you can configure filtering parameters. Then you won't have to search necessary programs in a large list of all files.

Over time, the needs of computer users change: some programs cease to be necessary, the need for others increases. Sometimes previously deleted ones become necessary programs And files. Restoring files in this case is somewhat simpler than restoring programs.

Instructions

A file that was deleted some time ago is not subject to this action. Open the Trash folder. Folder icons are located on the desktop and on the screen (in the illustration it is between the icon and the browser). Find and select deleted items in the folder that need to be restored. Open the menu with the right mouse button and click the "Restore" command.

Files deleted without moving them to the Recycle Bin can only be restored by a specialist.

It happens that sometimes you can lose necessary information– one careless movement with the mouse important file accidentally deleted. Yes, everyone knows about backup, but almost no one resorts to it. However, now there are programs that allow you to return deleted data. files.Let's look at the recovery process using an example Recuva programs.

You will need

• Recuva program.

Instructions

Select desired language, the sequence is: Options - Language - Russian.

Check files, which you need to "reconstruct" and click the "Restore" button. Wait a bit for the recovery process to complete.

Video on the topic

Please note

The Recuva program has one more property: it can not only restore files, but also permanently erase them.

Useful advice

Make backups at least occasionally.

Sources:

• Notes from Sys.Admin, website

Sometimes situations arise when you urgently need to provide computer help to a person, be it installing a program or something else, but at the same time you cannot meet with the person in person. However, if both participants have Internet access, this is not difficult to do.

Instructions

To interact remotely with a computer, you need special programs to establish remote access. Today there are quite a lot of such programs, but despite this, there are several solutions that are on everyone’s lips. One such program is AMMYY Admin. It is completely free for private use, AMMYY provides a wide range of features networking with a remote computer.

Download executable file from the official website of the program and run it. No installation is required; after launch, the program is immediately ready to work.

Find out personal number client application in the car of a person who needs help. To do this, he must launch his copy of the program and tell you his ID.

Enter the received number in your address to prevent this ID in the future. To do this, use the Ammyy menu item “Contact”. In the window that opens, click the “Add” button, then enter the received number in the ID field and give the contact a name in the Name field so as not to get confused if your contact list grows.

Tell your friend (the one who needs help) to run the client part of his program. To do this, he just needs to click on the “Launch” button, after which the indicators under the button will light up.

Wait until the person on the other computer you are connecting to allows your connection request, after which you will see the desktop in the window that opens remote computer, on which you can work in the same way as your own.

Video on the topic

Sources:

• Official website Ammyy Admin in 2019

IN operating system Windows has a choice languages. As a rule, users use the Cyrillic and Latin alphabet (Russian and English). If for some reason one of the languages, you can return it using system components.

Instructions

Open the Language and regional standards" To do this, click Windows key or the Start button on the taskbar. Select "Control Panel" from the menu. A new window will open. If the Control Panel has classic look, immediately click on the “Regional and Language Options” icon. If the “Panel” is presented in the form of categories, open required component from the Date, Time, Language and Regional Options category.

In the dialog box that appears, go to the “Languages” tab and click on the “More details” button in the “Language and services” group text input" Will open additional window. Make the “Parameters” tab active in it and see what data is contained in the “ Installed Services" As a rule, there must be at least two languages: English (US) and Russian.

If one of languages no, click on the “Add” button located on the right side of the group. In the new “Adding an input language” window, use the drop-down list to select the value “Russian” (or another language you need) in the “Input language” group. In the second field - “Keyboard layout or input method (IME)”, also set the value to “Russian”. Apply the new settings by successively clicking the OK button in the open dialog boxes.

To see what language you have selected at a specific moment of typing, print languages y panel to the taskbar. To do this, in the “Languages ​​and text input services” window, click on the button “ Language bar" in the "Settings" group on the "Options" tab. In the new window, set the marker in the “Display languages panel on the desktop" and " Additional icon on the taskbar." Apply the settings.