Resetting your Android device to factory settings erases all data on the device and clears out unnecessary files. The reset process wipes all your information from it, including private data, messages ...

Clearing data for an app deletes this directory and all of its contents. It resets the app back to its default state, like you just installed it for the first time. So when you clear data, things like ...

I thought that I had my phone factory reset process down to an art, thanks to the frequency with which I reset and send back review devices. But recently I had to reset an older device — and just ...