Problem:

How to reset an Android Phone



Solution:


The easy way:
Settings > SDCard > Format
Settings > Privacy > Factory Reset

The hard way:

Do a hard reset and format your phones.
Warning:
You will have to re-download your apps and settings.

1. HOLD power button and shut down the phone.
2. Hold HOME and RED POWER down for 25 seconds until you see a triangle with an exclamation mark in it. Keep holding it down even though the G1 logo shows up.
3. Now you can do 4 things.
Home+Back reboot system now – (Soft Reboot)
Alt+L – Toggle log text display – (Toggles between the exclamation and menu options)
Alt+S – apply sdcard:update.zip
Alt+W – Wipe data/factory reset – (Out of Box reset need to re-register.)