The Blackberry Leap is a very powerful and modern smartphone. Despite its hi-tech specs and performance, there come moments when doing a hard reset to it comes in handy. The following steps or procedures provide the means to achieve a successful hard reset of Blackberry Leap.
Before you will do a factory reset please be sure you make back up your Contacts and Data(photo, video, app, etc..). This procedure will delete all info on your phone and will be a new one from the store.
A hard reset may help with a blank or frozen screen, apps crashing or freezing, keypad/touchscreen problems, can’t hear, device making noises, can’t make or receive calls, and the device won’t sync.
The first way to do Hard reset Blackberry Leap using button
a) Turn your smartphone Off.
b) Remove the SIM card and SD card.
c) Press and Hold Power + Vol+ + Vol- keys for atleast 10 seconds.
d) If you have done the above procedure well, system recovery mode is presented to you on the screen. From here, use the Vol — key to select the “wipe data/factory reset” option and then press the Power button/key to confirm.
e) You will be prompted. Use the Vol- key and select Yes. This will delete all the user data and then press the Power button to Confirm.
f) After that, be patient till the resetting process is complete and reset your phone.
g) Choose reboot system now, then press the Power button.
h) Your smartphone will now reboot and start resetting. The phone is now reset.
The second way Blackberry leap hard reset
a) Switch on the device using the Power key.
b) Form the initial/home screen locate and choose Settings.
c) Then hit the “Security and Privacy” option and choose “Security Wipe”.
d) In the text field you will be presented with, enter the word “blackberry”.
e) Hit the “Delete Data” option to initiate the security wipe process.
f) Done, the phone will be reset to factory mode.
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The first way.
Does not work, after several tests
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