Sony Xperia S hard reset

Before you buy a new cell phone or new tablet, please try the following procedure to repair your device. First charge your battery, back up your important data if possible and in most cases take out SIM and SD card.

Xperia S reset via MENU

Your device freezes or has fatal errors

If this does not solve the problem, perform a factory data reset. In Idle mode, open the application list and select Settings → Privacy → Factory data reset → Reset phone → Erase everything.

Clear storage : Erase the credential contents from the device and reset the password

Set an unlock pattern

Once you set a screen lock, your device will require an unlock code each time you turn it on or unlock the touch screen

Settings → Location and security → Set screen lock → Pattern

If you forget your PIN or password, bring your • device to a Samsung Service Centre to reset it.

Set an unlock PIN code

Settings → Location and security → Set screen lock → PIN

Set an unlock password Sony Ericsson Xperia Nozomi, Sony Ericsson Arc HD

Settings → Location and security → Set screen lock → Password.

firmware update with PC companion software

Download PC companion and install

PC Companion software S firmware update

Install PC companion on your PC computer. Follow instruction. For firmware update you need a micro USB cable. When the pc recognizing your XPERIA S it will install the necessary driver files.

After yourXPERIA S connected press Start / in Support Zone

Xperia X10 firmware update

You can also use Sony update service tool

X1 update service tool

PC Suite is out of date use PC companion software instead

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