The Sony Xperia Z1 follows the likes of Xperia Z Ultra which came with a physical button to hard reset your smartphone. Sony has really got things easy, if you want to hard reset your Xperia Z1, all you need to do is to locate the “OFF” button.
This “OFF” button is located under the MicroSD flap. The image below should explain better if things are still getting messy at your end.
Once the red “OFF” button is located, press and hold it for 2-3 seconds.
Hint: Do not use a sharp object to press “OFF” button. The tip of a pen should work for you.
On completion of the task, your Sony Xperia Z1 would hard reset and you could make your device return to a functional mode.
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This is how you hard reset Xperia Z1, I hope this tutorial has been helpful. Let me read your experiences.
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6 Comments
Andrea
Thank you for this tutorial. I never knew there was a button over to perform a hard reset on my Xperia Z1.
Nosa E Nosa
Hello Andrea,
I am glad you could find that magical button.
Do have a nice day friend. 🙂
PS
Thank you soooooo much for this tutorial! The screen of my z1 just blacked out n gave me a panic attack! Now it’s ok after following your tutorial!
Joao_BJJ
What if I forget my password for the screen lock, what should I do? Thanks
Nosa E Nosa
Hello Joao
Tap the “Forgot Pattern” to bring up Google account options. You should enter your account information on the text field and setup a new security lock.
Let me know if it works for you.
qasim
please help me my Xperia z1 is stuck I don’ what to do beside to ask you if I can get some help what happened is when I was downloading an update from sony pc companion, my phone was off screen but still on and when it says downloading finished my phone say’s not installed and is been stuck like that for3 to 4 days what to do… can you help me and it also shows a message a white page “please connect phone update error” HELP!