There are times when we accidentally wander in places on the internet where we should never be and as a consequence, somehow, we get what we deserve. This usually ends up in unwanted consequences such as acquiring a virus that corrupts the files in your phone, and before you know it, you lost control over your phone and over the important files. For situations like this, this only has one solution—reformatting your phone.

The process involved in this solution does not really need you to go to any phone repair Fayetteville shops as you can do it in the comfort of your own home. With the right guidance, even without going to any phone repair Fayetteville, you will be able to restore your phone towards its former glory. It is very important to take note that formatting your phone does not mean that the date that you have stored in your Memory card will also be tampered with. Do not worry as it will be safe and the data will remain untouched unless if it has also been tampered by the virus itself. Only the files on your phone will be the ones touched, and you do not have to reinstall your iOS, Windows, or current Android OS, it would also remain untouched so there is no need to worry about reinstalling it as well.

To know if your phone has really been tampered by a certain virus, here are the telltale signs that your phone is indeed infected by a virus:

Opening your favorite applications take such a long time for it to load or be ready. It also takes a long time for you to close it down.
Your phone shuts down and restarts on its own all the time, disrupting the current tasks running
You can no longer update some of your applications and somehow you cannot access them either
Your files become corrupted and are now inaccessible

How to solve this problem:


You can reformat your phone with the settings option. Select the reset settings and you will see the other options: Reset settings only, reset all/master reset/restore factory settings/erase all data. The second option will allow you to do what needs to be done, therefore, select it. Usually, a security code will be asked, then input the code for the reformatting to finally start. It will take a couple of minutes for the whole process to be done. I once observed mine. It took almost 10 minutes and an hour of tinkering with my phone again to take back everything (the Google/Apple account) and log into the apps.

We can guarantee you from us here at cell phone repair Fayetteville, NC that the process above will not drastically affect the files you have on your memory card. However, it is also important that you have your memory checked as well as it may have been infected with the virus as well or else this could have been all for nothing.