There can be many reasons for resetting your Amazon Fire tablet. It could be a frozen screen or you just want to clear all the data from your device. If your tablet screen is frozen, it is hard to perform any action using normal screen taps. But you can restore your tablet to save your data or solve problems like frozen screens. A factory reset fixes bugs and makes your device like new. It removes all the downloaded apps, data, including in-app purchases, and resets your Amazon Fire tablet to its factory defaults.
Difference between Soft reset, Hard reset and Factory reset
Before you reset your fire tablet, here are different types of reset methods. There is a hard reset, factory data reset, and the most common soft reset method. A Soft reset is the normal reboot of your Amazon Fire tablet, which you can perform by long pressing the power button and it will ask you to Reboot and Power off. When you tap on reboot, your tablet will turn off and automatically turn on without pressing the power button.
The Factory reset will erase all data from your Amazon Fire and return the device to its default settings. All your personal data, settings, and apps will permanently be deleted. You can make a factory reset Amazon Fire tablet before selling the device, giving a gift to your friend, or resolving an issue.
A Hard reset is a method to reset and restart your device. It involves a combination of two buttons and which allows you to perform reset and reboot actions It is called hard reset because the hardware is involved in this process. You can do a hard reset if your Amazon fire tablet is frozen, or unresponsive and you can’t turn it off.
What to do before you reset your Amazon Fire tablet
To avoid the risk of deleting personal data, we recommend that you perform a soft reset first.
- Press and hold the power button until the Amazon Fire tablet turns off.
- After turning off the tablet, again press and hold the power button to turn on the tablet.
- You can also restart your tablet with just one click, when you long press the power button, a pop-up with a few options will show up, tap on the restart option and the device will turn off and restart itself.
How to Factory Reset Amazon Fire Tablet?
If turning off doesn’t fix Amazon Fire Tablet problem, it could be a simple software bug or something else. You can then do a factory reset, which often fixes software problems. It also wipes all your data from the device. Factory reset may take some time, once the process is complete, the device software will be fresh like new. Your Amazon account will also be removed in this process, so don’t forget to sign in again.
- Go to the Amazon Fire settings, and open the Device options.
- Select the Reset to Factory Defaults option.
- And tap Reset. Your tablet should now start the reset process.
How to Hard reset the Amazon Fire tablet without password
If your device screen is stuck and it is unresponsive, or you having trouble resetting the amazon fire tablet from settings, you can try hard reset from recovery mode.
- Press and hold the power button until your tablet shuts off.
- After it is completely turned off, press and hold the Power and Volume Up buttons until you see the logo (some amazon tablets work with Power and Volume Down buttons).
- Go to the wipe data/factory reset option using the Volume button.
- Now press the power button to select the wipe data/factory reset option.
- Select yes to hard reset your Amazon Fire Tablet.