Formatting the TCL 30 SE can be a valid solution to solve some performance problems, such as slowdowns and crashes. This can also be a way out when the smartphone is going to be sold or donated, as it erases all your personal data.
This is not the procedure known as “hard reset”, which makes the smartphone enter recovery mode, usually aimed at when it is not possible to access the device’s settings.
The TCL 30 SE used in this tutorial runs the Android 12 operating system, under the TCL UI 4.0 interface. It is possible that the procedure is similar in other TCL smartphones with the same software version.
How to format the TCL 30 SE?
- Make sure your TCL 30 SE has at least 50% battery remaining, or leave it charging from an outlet. A power outage, and therefore interruption of the process, can damage the device;
- Go to the phone’s “Settings” menu;
- At the end of the screen, click on the “System” option;
- Select “Restore”;
- The menu will show three options. Click on “Clear all data”;
- The device will show what will be removed, such as accounts and applications. To continue, select “Erase all data”;
- He will ask if you are sure. Again, click on “Erase all data”;
- The smartphone will restart and start the process, which should finish in a few minutes. After that, it will be ready to be reconfigured and the procedure has been done successfully.
