How to Safely Master Format SONY XPERIA M2 & M2 DUAL (D2303/D2305/D2306/D2316/D2302/S50h) with Easy Hard Reset?

Tips and tricks for solving SONY XPERIA M2 & M2 DUAL trouble. Sony introduce 4.8 inches LCD screen smartphone with 8 megapixel camera and use quad-core processor at 1.2 Ghz clock speed, named as SONY XPERIA M2 for single simcard (D2303/D2305/D2306/D2316) & and SONY XPERIA M2 DUAL for duo simcard slot D2302/S50h). The LCD screen using scratch resistant glasses protection, but the SONY XPERIA M2 & M2 DUAL (D2303/D2305/D2306/D2316/D2302/S50h) is not water-proof smartphone and dust-proof like Xperia Z family.

 

What is Advantage of  SONY XPERIA M2 & M2 DUAL Specifications:

GSM 3G HSDPA for M2 / Dual Sim GSM for SONY XPERIA M2 DUAL
LCD 4.8 inches
Internal memory 8 GB
RAM 1GB
External memory microSD, up to 32 GB
Main Camera 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
Processor Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7
Operating system Android OS, v4.3 (Jelly Bean) can be upgrade to v4.4.2 (KitKat)
Battery Li-Ion 2300 mAh

 

How to Fix or Problem Solving for Recovery SONY XPERIA M2 & M2 DUAL (D2303 / D2305 / D2306 / D2316 / D2302 / S50h) hang or not responding or malfunctions or stuck or freezing or bricked ?

There are many applications from Google Play Store that we can download for use at SONY XPERIA M2 & M2 DUAL (D2303 / D2305 / D2306 / D2316 / D2302 / S50h), but we should be careful when download it, because some developer does not create their applications with good coding. Therefore our SONY XPERIA M2 & M2 DUAL (D2303 / D2305 / D2306 / D2316 / D2302 / S50h) can be hang or stuck or bricks or broken or frozen or boot loop or LCD touch screen not responding. At this situations we should have to force soft reset or force reboot SONY XPERIA M2 & M2 DUAL (D2303 / D2305 / D2306 / D2316 / D2302 / S50h) to delete temporary files or caches. But if the problem still happen, then we should do hard reset or master format. Please do backup all important data before doing hard reset or master format, because all important data and installed applications will be removed or wiped from SONY XPERIA M2 & M2 DUAL (D2303 / D2305 / D2306 / D2316 / D2302 / S50h).

 

How to Force Soft Reset or Reboot or Restart SONY XPERIA M2 & M2 DUAL (D2303 / D2305 / D2306 / D2316 / D2302 / S50h) ?

What should we do when our SONY XPERIA M2 & M2 DUAL (D2303 / D2305 / D2306 / D2316 / D2302 / S50h) stuck or hang or freeze in the middle of running applications? Because this phone battery is non removable, then we can not remove the battery to do hard reset, but we should know that this phone have special small button beside or near the GSM Simcard slot. We can use small paperclips or pen to push the small button, but we should open the GSM simcard slot cover at SONY XPERIA M2 & M2 DUAL (D2303 / D2305 / D2306 / D2316 / D2302 / S50h). Pressing soft reset button will make our phone turn off or shutdown. Please remember, doing this steps is safe, because the soft reset or reboot will not delete or not wipe any important data or applications at SONY XPERIA M2 & M2 DUAL (D2303 / D2305 / D2306 / D2316 / D2302 / S50h). We also can do soft reset or restart SONY XPERIA M2 & M2 DUAL (D2303 / D2305 / D2306 / D2316 / D2302 / S50h) when the phone still work normally, by press POWER button for several second until the pop-up menu appear, please choose Reboot / Restart to do soft reset or reboot.

 

#Option 1, Hard Reset SONY XPERIA M2 & M2 DUAL (D2303 / D2305 / D2306 / D2316 / D2302 / S50h) with Software Menu :

1. Make sure the battery is charge properly
2. Turn on SONY XPERIA M2 & M2 DUAL (D2303 / D2305 / D2306 / D2316 / D2302 / S50h) smartphone
3. Don’t forget to backup all important data
4. Go to menu: Setting > Backup & reset > Factory Data Reset > Reset Phone
5. Choose Erase everything to continue and confirm you ready to do the format SONY XPERIA M2 & M2 DUAL (D2303 / D2305 / D2306 / D2316 / D2302 / S50h)
6. The SONY XPERIA M2 & M2 DUAL (D2303 / D2305 / D2306 / D2316 / D2302 / S50h) will continue the step until ready to use in clean factory default.

 

#Option 2, Hard Reset SONY XPERIA M2 & M2 DUAL (D2303 / D2305 / D2306 / D2316 / D2302 / S50h) with Flashtool applications:

1. Flashtool in the applications from Sony can be download from Sony website.
2. Flashtool software need to  installed in you computer and ready with USB data cable
3. Make sure SONY XPERIA M2 & M2 DUAL (D2303 / D2305 / D2306 / D2316 / D2302 / S50h) battery is charge properly or full charge
4. Power off SONY XPERIA M2 & M2 DUAL (D2303 / D2305 / D2306 / D2316 / D2302 / S50h)
5. Boot SONY XPERIA M2 & M2 DUAL (D2303 / D2305 / D2306 / D2316 / D2302 / S50h) to flashmode with using: Volume Down Button and connect to USB cable at No.1 above
6. Follow the menu at you computer display, it is easy to understand the steps.

 

#Option 3, Hard Reset SONY XPERIA M2 & M2 DUAL (D2303 / D2305 / D2306 / D2316 / D2302 / S50h) with Hardware Key Button:

1. Make sure the battery fully charge
2. Do not forget to backup all important data
3. Turn off the SONY XPERIA M2 & M2 DUAL (D2303 / D2305 / D2306 / D2316 / D2302 / S50h)
4. Press and Hold together: Power Button + Volume Up Button for several seconds
5. Follow the menu at LCD screen to continue the hard reset SONY XPERIA M2 & M2 DUAL (D2303 / D2305 / D2306 / D2316 / D2302 / S50h)

 

#Option 4, Hard Reset SONY XPERIA M2 & M2 DUAL (D2303 / D2305 / D2306 / D2316 / D2302 / S50h) with PC Companion Software from Computer

1. Please Make Sure the Battery not Empty
2. PC Companion is default applications for Sony Smartphone which can be download from Sony Website
3. After install at our computer, open PC Companion Applications
4. Before connect to phone, please choose Phone Update and follow several step at PC Companion
5. At some menu, PC Companion will tell us how to connect the phone with PC Companion using USB cable and press the Volume Down button
6. Finish the PC Companion step and until it doing Factory Reset to SONY XPERIA M2 & M2 DUAL (D2303 / D2305 / D2306 / D2316 / D2302 / S50h) to factory default Android operating system.

 

How to Restore and Reinstall Clean Android Operating system / firmware at SONY XPERIA M2 & M2 DUAL (D2303 / D2305 / D2306 / D2316 / D2302 / S50h) ?

Because of some wrong setting or crash with other applications from Google Play Store, our SONY XPERIA M2 & M2 DUAL (D2303 / D2305 / D2306 / D2316 / D2302 / S50h) operating system or firmware could become damage or not working properly, some trouble maybe happen with camera trouble, or network connections or any other wrong functions from out phone. At this situations, we should reinstall or restore clean factory default Android operating system. We have to know that the clean and factory default setting and applications already saved safely inside our SONY XPERIA M2 & M2 DUAL (D2303 / D2305 / D2306 / D2316 / D2302 / S50h) ROM. Therefore we does not need to copy or connect our phone to other gadget when we want to reinstall or restore the operating system. Please follow the options steps to do hard reset above, then the SONY XPERIA M2 & M2 DUAL (D2303 / D2305 / D2306 / D2316 / D2302 / S50h) operating system or firmware will be reinstall or restore automatically.

 

How to Unlock or Fix or Bypass or Solutions for SONY XPERIA M2 & M2 DUAL (D2303 / D2305 / D2306 / D2316 / D2302 / S50h) forgot password code or security lock screen pattern or pin (lost password)?

Using smartphone will make use have many important data to save. Therefore we should give more security protections to keep our data save. There are several options that we can choose to protect, but we recommended to use screen lock pattern for easy and fast usage, some users still like to use password pin protections, all of the protections are quite safe to use. But the problem happen when we forget the answer of security protections. Do not worry, because Google already have steps to bypass or unlock forgotten security screen lock pattern or password pin protection by using Google account or Gmail username and password. Please try to give several time wrong answer continuously, after that the SONY XPERIA M2 & M2 DUAL (D2303 / D2305 / D2306 / D2316 / D2302 / S50h) will lock or freeze for several seconds, at this time we will find Forgot Password / Pattern button. Press this button, then the phone will ask for Gmail account that have already signed-in before. If we can not access that Google account, then we should have to do hard reset or master format.

 

How to Improve Performance SONY XPERIA M2 & M2 DUAL (D2303 / D2305 / D2306 / D2316 / D2302 / S50h) to make run more faster?

The SONY XPERIA M2 & M2 DUAL (D2303 / D2305 / D2306 / D2316 / D2302 / S50h) have quad core processor with 1.2Ghz speed. This phone will give good performance for daily activity, but  some users maybe have experience with slow response of their phone. Usually this problem happen because there are too many applications run in the background. Some applications will keep run in the background after we have finish installed from Google Play Store, that apps will wait for some update data or some command to process the job. Each applications will need some amount of RAM and also processor resources when running or doing job, therefore our phone can work become slowly or sometime not too responsive. Please try to uninstall some not use applications, but if we want to make our SONY XPERIA M2 & M2 DUAL (D2303 / D2305 / D2306 / D2316 / D2302 / S50h) performance run more faster again like new, then we should consider to do hard reset or master format.

 

Is That Any Secret Code for Doing Format SONY XPERIA M2 & M2 DUAL (D2303 / D2305 / D2306 / D2316 / D2302 / S50h) ?

There is no secret hidden code for SONY XPERIA M2 & M2 DUAL (D2303 / D2305 / D2306 / D2316 / D2302 / S50h) to make it back to factory default. Do the options above to hard reset it.