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We asked, you told us: Factory resets remain the exception, not the norm
July 25, 2025
There are plenty of reasons you may need tofactory resetyoursmartphone, whether it’s squashing an annoying bug, a misbehaving app, or the desire to start off totally fresh. But how many of our readers have factory reset their current device?
We posed this question in arecent poll, and the results are now in.
Have you ever factory reset your current phone?
This poll garnered over 2,800 votes since it went live on January 26. Surprisingly, the results are remarkably close.
Around 46% of respondents claim to have factory reset their current smartphone at some point during their ownership. However, 53% suggest that they’ve done no such thing.
Notably, the slant towards “no” could be explained by users only resetting their devices when passing them on or when jumping betweencustom ROMs— two relatively infrequent circumstances. However, some users reset their devices just to get that new phone “fresh feeling.”
Realistically, factory resetting a smartphone is never something userswantto do. Even with the variousbackup and restorepossibilities, restoring a device to its previous state still requires some knowledge and free time. Thankfully, the poll results suggest that resetting a smartphone, especially a current device, is an exception rather than a regular occurrence.
Your comments
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