Is your HTC First not working properly or is it unresponsive when you press the buttons or touch the screen? Then hard resetting it might be a great solution! However, keep in mind that hard resetting your smartphone will wipe all the data on it, so it’s highly recommended to back up all your data prior to following the steps of this tutorial!

Hard Resetting the HTC First via Software

  1. From the Apps screen, tap Settings.
  2. Then tap Backup & reset -> select Factory data reset -> tap Reset phone and then select Erase everything.
  3. Congratulations! Your smartphone has been reset

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Hard Resetting the HTC First via Hardware Buttons

Is your HTC so unresponsive that you can’t even reset it using the software settings? Don’t worry then, you can still reset it using the hardware buttons of the HTC First.
  1. Turn off the HTC First.
  2. Press and hold the Volume Down key and Power key simultaneously.
  3. Wait until you see three Android images on the screen -> then release both the Power and the Volume Down keys.
  4. Now use the Volume Down key to select Factory Reset -> then press the Power key.



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