designed in canvaMany Android smartphone user tend to experience certain malfunctioning and signs of phone being corrupted such as screen freezing,phone restarting on it own,phone roboting and sometimes app stopping abruptly when being used.
All this aforementioned things are sign of a smartphone being corrupted and in need of quick diagnosis and fixing.
A corrupted phone can sometimes lead to lost of sensitive data,information and documents saved and can even make your phone useless and not function well to one's satisfaction.
However,a corrupted phone doesn't imply that the lifespan of the phone has come to an end,It is just more like a sickness that needs to be cured.Just like humans fall sick, corruption in smartphone is like a sickness in the device that needs to be remedied.
SO,IS IT POSSIBLE TO FIX A CORRUPTED PHONE BY ONESELF??
Absolutely yes!
it is possible to fix your corrupted smartphone by yourself just by following this quick and simple procedures.
As far as fixing corrupt android phone is concerned,there is only about 4 available and proven method to go about this issue.
Follow these method consecutively in order of arrangement to fix a corrupted phone by yourself at home.
Let's delve right into the details
METHOD 1: SCAN YOUR ANDROID PHONE USING GOOGLE PLAY PROTECT.
The Google play protect is a follow come feature that comes with practically all Android phones.
It major function is to keep your phone protected and secure from threat and attacks.
The Google play protect scan your mobile phone everytime by default for app installed from play store and outside play store as it is a feature built into play store.
Anytime the Google play protect feature detect a harmful app that can corrupt or damage your phone,steal personally and sensitive information,violate your privacy or affect the performance of the phone, it automatically and instantly inform you of the threat the app poses.
And sometimes it automatically disable or uninstall such app on it own when it perceives it too be to harmful and risky for your device to host.
Once you start noticing the signs of your phone being corrupt,all you have to do is to go to your settings and then proceed to security,there you will find your Google play protect feature..Scan your phone to see those harmful application.
The google play protect will automatically reveal those harmful application if there be any and then guide you on how to get rid of them.
Making use of antivirus application also can help you get rid fix corruption on your smartphone as it also will scan it to reveal harmful app that is causing your phone to malfunction.
METHOD 2: UNINSTALL & DELETE THE ROGUE APPS PRESENT ON YOUR SMARTPHONE MANUALLY.
If after trying the Google play protect feature and probably the antivirus,you still keep experiencing the same issue with your phone,then it is time to carry out the second method of fixing corrupted phone.
Carry out a manual search for rogue app on your mobile phone.These rogue app are most times responsible for phone corruption.
These are worst and they tend to run continuously in the background and in turn corrupting your phone and even stealing your data and information.
To carry out this operation,go to your application list and search for apps you don't remember installing and app you don't use or find useful anymore and delete them instantly.
If you also suspect any app to be harmful,you shouldn't waste time to delete it too.
However,it is imperative to note that some of these rogue app are really really stubborn and very hard to do away with,some of them set and install themselves as "device admin app" making it impossible for the user to uninstall or delete them from the device.
If you suspect any app in your mobile phone "device admin app" to be harmful,all that is required of you is to disable their admin privilege in the settings by going to your "settings", clicking on the "security" and the select device admin to revoke the authority and privilege of certain apps you suspect to be harmful.
METHOD 3: USE THE FACTORY RESET FEATURE ON YOUR PHONE.
If at the end, these two method still didn't give you the desired results then this is the next thing to try.
It is quite unfortunate that you will be utilizing these 3rd method if the above 2 method couldn't fix your phone corruption.
The factory resetting feature Is a one-click and last user facing solution that can remedy any problem on a smartphone but the bitter and disadvantage side of it is that it will erase all the data present in the phone,the user will loss important documents and data including pictures,videos,music and all installed application both the rogue apps and the good ones.
But it is only methodical as a user to first of all backup all your data on your smartphone before carrying out this operation.
You can make use of the Google backup on your device to secure all your data to avoid loss after the factory reset.
To rest your mobile phone,go to settings scroll down to select the reset optionand click on the restore factory(erase all data) option to wipe your phone,confirm the process and wait for the operation to commence.
NB: to reset an Android phone that isn't accessible is quite complicated and different,so you can follow these measures.
•power off your Android phone to shuts down completely.
•once it has shut down completely,hold both the power button and the volume up botton together until the device boots on or come alive.
•Once the Android logo displays on the screen,you can let go of the power button.
•After sometime,an instruction will pop up on the screen showing "NO COMMAND",at this point,press both the power and volume up button again simultaneously to have a clearer view of the recovery menu.
•After this,make use of the volume down button to highlight the wipe data or factory reset option and finally make use of the power bottom to select it.
•Again, highlight YES using the volume down button and then make use of the power button to select or pick it.
Give it time to erase and wipe the data on the phone and then use the power button to restart your phone again.
However,the resetting and rebooting process can take a while,but just calm down,it is going to on/work.
METHOD 4: SEE A PHONE TECHNICIAN.
If after trying all of these above method of fixing corrupted phone and the problem still persists,the last resort is to take your phone to a repairer to help you resolve the issue.
Just walk into any repair center and explain what the problem is,the tech guys are in the best position to put an end to the issue of curruption on your phone.
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