How to Easily Master Format SAMSUNG GALAXY XCOVER 4 / G390F with Safety Hard Reset?

Tips and tricks to solve trouble at SAMSUNG GALAXY XCOVER 4. The 5 inches LCD screen smartphone from Samsung which use Android Nougat as factory default operating system. One important features from SAMSUNG GALAXY XCOVER 4 is about water resistance when we bring this phone in the water not more then 1.5 meters deep. Find more information about how to fix problems of SAMSUNG GALAXY XCOVER 4 at www.hard-reset.org community.

 

What is Advantage of  SAMSUNG GALAXY XCOVER 4 / G390F Specifications:

GSM 3G HSDPA with 4G LTE
LCD 5 inches
Internal memory 16 GB
RAM 2 GB
External memory microSD maximum 256 GB
Main Camera 13 MP, f/1.9, autofocus, LED flash
Front Camera 5 MP for video conference & selfie photography
Processor Quad-core 1.4 GHz
Operating system Android Nougat version 7.0
Battery Li-Ion 2800 mAh

 

How to Fix or Problem Solving for Recovery SAMSUNG GALAXY XCOVER 4 / G390F hang or not responding or malfunctions or stuck or freezing or bricked ?

Beside use for outdoor activity, this phone also can install with interesting applications like Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp, Snapchat, Line Messenger, WeChat, Viber, Skype, Blackberry Messenger (BBM), Telegram. Because it have internal memory 16 GB total storage, but we will get less it because it use to install operating system and factory default applications. The RAM for support multitasking is use 2 GB. Because some apps may contain viruses or malware when install from Google Play Store or offline APK files, then we always need to read as many user review as possible before download especially new applications. If we downloaded that kind of apps then our SAMSUNG GALAXY XCOVER 4 / G390F can become stuck or hang or bricks or frozen or bootloop or LCD touch screen not responding or not responsive with our finger touch. What should we do when our phone get this problems? First steps, we have to try do soft reset or reboot for clean temporary files and caches. After SAMSUNG GALAXY XCOVER 4 / G390F can start or boot again, we can try to give good antivirus which are free from Google Play Store like AVAST or NORTON. If the problems still happen, then we have to do hard reset or master format. Please note, doing hard reset will remove or erase all important data, therefore we have to backup all data first before doing master format. Doing hard reset will remove all Google account from SAMSUNG GALAXY XCOVER 4 / G390F.

 

How to Force Shutdown or Force Soft Reset or Reboot or Restart SAMSUNG GALAXY XCOVER 4 / G390F?

Soft reset is same meaning with reboot or restart. This process should be done when we need to clean temporary files and caches, especially when this phone hang or LCD touch screen not responsive or stuck. Please press and hold POWER button until SAMSUNG GALAXY XCOVER 4 / G390F shutdown or turn off by itself. This process will not remove any important data, therefore we can do this process anytime we want. If our SAMSUNG GALAXY XCOVER 4 / G390F still can work without problems, but we want to clear temporary files and caches, then please press and hold POWER button until pop-up menu appear, continue choose Shutdown / Power off / Reboot menu.

 

How to backup data or Contact at SAMSUNG GALAXY XCOVER 4 / G390F ?

We can use microSD external card to copy or move important files using File Manager applications. If our SAMSUNG GALAXY XCOVER 4 / G390F has already signed in with Google account, by default our contact will be synchronize in the background to Google server. Please make sure we check all contact at Google contact server using Internet browse to make sure backup is done.

 

#Option 1, How to Hard Reset SAMSUNG GALAXY XCOVER 4 / G390F with software menu:

1. Turn on this phone
2. Make sure SAMSUNG GALAXY XCOVER 4 / G390F battery already charge properly
3. Go to menu: Setting > General tab > Backup & Reset > Factory data reset > Reset device
4. Choose Erase Everything
5. SAMSUNG GALAXY XCOVER 4 / G390F will do the process to Master Reset to Factory Default

 

#Option 2, How to Hard Reset SAMSUNG GALAXY XCOVER 4 / G390F with Hardware key button:

1. Make sure the battery of SAMSUNG GALAXY XCOVER 4 / G390F charge properly or battery have more then 50% capacity
2. Turn off SAMSUNG GALAXY XCOVER 4 / G390F
3. Press and hold together : Power Button + Volume Up + Home Button
4. If the button at number 3 not work, we can try with press and hold together Power Button + Volume Up Button
5. If we see the menu at LCD screen, choose Wipe Data/Factory Reset with Volume Button to select and use Power Button to ok or enter.
6. The SAMSUNG GALAXY XCOVER 4 / G390F will doing the process of restoring to factory default.

 

How to Restore and Reinstall Clean Android Operating system / firmware at SAMSUNG GALAXY XCOVER 4 / G390F (Reformat) ?

These phone already installed with Android Nougat operating system when the first time use and out from the box. The problems may happen when installed applications crash and make our SAMSUNG GALAXY XCOVER 4 / G390F operating system corrupted or damaged, it can make our phone run not normal. If we get this conditions, we have to reinstall with clean operating system. How to do that? Please note, the clean factory default Android operating system file source already saved safely inside SAMSUNG GALAXY XCOVER 4 / G390F ROM or internal memory, therefore we do not need to download or copy from other sources. Just do simple steps to hard reset above, then clean factory default Android operating system will be reinstall automatically.

 

How to Unlock or Fix or Bypass or Solutions for SAMSUNG GALAXY XCOVER 4 / G390F forgot password code or security lock screen pattern or pin (lost password)?

SAMSUNG GALAXY XCOVER 4 / G390F does not have fingerprint sensor to protect. When we do some outdoor activity using SAMSUNG GALAXY XCOVER 4 / G390F, then we will get many important documentation with pictures or video, also have some important files. For safety reasons, we need to secure our files when SAMSUNG GALAXY XCOVER 4 / G390F away from use or stolen or lost. Using factory default screen lock pattern or password pin protections. The problems will be happen when we forgot security answer, what should we do?

Do not worry because we can unlock or bypass forgotten screen lock pattern or password pin protections at SAMSUNG GALAXY XCOVER 4 / G390F by using Google account. Please turn ON this phone, when security protections ask for unlock answer then try to give several time wrong answer continuously until our SAMSUNG GALAXY XCOVER 4 / G390F locked or freezing 30 seconds, at this time we can find Forgot Password / Pattern button. Press this button, then we can find field to type our Gmail username and password that we have already signed-in before. If we can not access our Gmail account, then we have to do hard reset using hardware button combination key.

 

What is BACKUP PASSWORD / BACKUP PIN at SAMSUNG GALAXY XCOVER 4 / G390F ?

This is the way to help for unlock or bypass forgotten security protection at SAMSUNG GALAXY XCOVER 4 / G390F. Although we are sure about our security protection, but sometime we may forget about the right answer. Please note, when we give security protection at our SAMSUNG GALAXY XCOVER 4 / G390F, it also give step to put our own PIN / PASSWORD as BACKUP PASSWORD / PIN. This backup PIN use to bypass or unlock forgotten security code later. Use above steps to unlock forgot password or screen lock pattern security protection using Google account or Gmail username and password.

 

How to Improve Performance SAMSUNG GALAXY XCOVER 4 / G390F to make run more faster?

This phone use Samsung own processor with Exynos 7570 Quad at Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A53. To support some 3D HD Games, this phone have dedicated GPU (graphic processor unit) Mali-T720MP2. We can run many standard applications without problems, but why some users get slowly problems at SAMSUNG GALAXY XCOVER 4 / G390F? Usually because applications trouble. We have to know that some applications will keep run in the background to wait data update like social media or games or chatting applications, they will consume RAM to standby. Especially this phone have only 2 GB RAM for multitasking. Therefore some users may get slowly trouble at SAMSUNG GALAXY XCOVER 4 / G390F because insufficient RAM and processor resources. We have to uninstall some not use applications. If we want to make our SAMSUNG GALAXY XCOVER 4 / G390F run faster again like new, then please consider to do hard reset or master format.

 

Is That Any Secret Code for Doing Format SAMSUNG GALAXY XCOVER 4 / G390F ?

There is no secret hidden code for SAMSUNG GALAXY XCOVER 4 / G390F to make it back to factory default. Do the options above to hard reset it.

 

How to Format or Erase Phone Memory at SAMSUNG GALAXY XCOVER 4 / G390F ?

There are two phone memory type at SAMSUNG GALAXY XCOVER 4 / G390F, one is internal memory and the other one is external memory. If we want to format internal memory phone then we have to do hard reset or reformat the operating system of SAMSUNG GALAXY XCOVER 4 / G390F as well. Please use menu setting to do hard reset or reformat using #option 1 above, but make sure to give checkbox mark at Erase Internal SD card / Internal storage. Then it will reformat the factory default operating system and remove or erase any data inside internal memory.

To reformat or wipe or erase all data at external memory, we can use menu Setting > Storage > Erase Internal Storage / SD Card. Please always make sure all data has already backup before reformat or wipe everything, because it is hard to recover formatted / wiped data at internal or external storage.

 

How to Make Battery of SAMSUNG GALAXY XCOVER 4 / G390F Stronger, Life Longer and Not Fast to Drain ?

When we choose to have SAMSUNG GALAXY XCOVER 4 for our daily smartphone, we need strong battery capacity to make this phone can work hard with our activity. But as we know SAMSUNG GALAXY XCOVER 4 only have 2800 mAh battery which is not too big for 5 inches LCD screen smartphone. We wish that this phone have more then 3000 mAh battery. However, we can try to do some adjustment like make LCD screen brightness as low as possible. We also have to disable all not use connection inside this phone, because although we are not use them, but they still consume battery power, such as GPS or Wifi or Bluetooth, NFC. If some apps need to know our locations, please activate GPS with Battery saving mode from menu Setting > Location.