Last Updated on December 23, 2022 by Mathew Diekhake

Hard resetting the Samsung SM-A515FM smartphone is the most efficient way to wipe all data. You can also hard reset when you want to reset the phone to factory settings. You should always hard reset before selling a smartphone; that way no data is shared and the next owner is using the software as though it were new.

Some Android users choose to replace stock firmware with custom firmware. When they are switching to custom firmware for the first time, they need to hard reset and wipe the cache from Recovery Mode beforehand.

This tutorial demonstrates how to hard reset the Samsung SM-A515FM smartphone.

Caution:

  • Hard resetting wipes all data. You can only restore from a backup. Back up your phone before starting this guide if you want to restore data.
  • You may need to sign in to your Google account after the hard reset before you can use Android. You can reset your Google account password via Google.com on any computer if you need to.

How to Hard Reset Samsung SM-A515FM

You can hard reset the Samsung SM-A515FM smartphone from the Settings app and Recovery Mode. We recommend using the Settings app method unless you cannot get access to it because of software issues. Here is how to hard reset via the Settings app:

  1. With the Samsung SM-A515FM turned on, open the phone’s Settings app.
  2. Tap General management.
  3. Tap Reset > Factory data reset.
  4. Tap Reset > Delete all.

Wait for the hard reset to complete and for the device to be reset to factory settings.

You can also hard reset the Samsung SM-A515FM using Recovery Mode. You can have a stock or custom recovery partition installed. If you have the stock recovery, follow these steps:

  1. With the Samsung SM-A515FM turned off, boot to stock recovery holding Power + Volume Up.
  2. From the Android Recovery menu, press Wipe data/factory reset.
  3. Press Factory data reset.
  4. Press Reboot system now.

The phone will boot out of recovery and restart the Android operating system.

If you have the TWRP custom recovery image installed, use this guide instead:

  1. With the Samsung SM-A515FM turned off, boot to TWRP holding Power + Volume Up.
  2. Tap Wipe.
  3. Choose to wipe all the different cache options and wipe the data.
  4. Tap Reboot from the main menu.

The Samsung SM-A515FM will reboot out of TWRP and into Android.

In conclusion, that is how to hard reset the Samsung SM-A515FM smartphone.