A hard reset is traditionally when you kill all power to the phone and then boot it up from that state. Normally you remove the battery, then put it back in and boot up. You're right about factory reset -- it erases all your settings and data, leaving the OS. Unfortunately, some people use "hard reset" when they really mean "factory reset".

A hard reset is traditionally when you kill all power to the device and then boot it up from that state. Normally you remove the battery, then put it back in and boot up. You're right about factory reset — it erases all your settings and data, leaving the OS. Unfortunately, some people use "hard reset" when they really mean "factory reset".

A hard reset is when you kill all power to the phone and then boot it up from that state. Normally you remove the battery, then put it back in and boot up. You're right about factory reset -- it erases all your settings and data, leaving the OS.

A hard reset is traditionally when you kill all power to the phone and then boot it up from that state. Normally you remove the battery, then put it back in and boot up. You're right about factory reset -- it erases all your settings and data, leaving the OS. Unfortunately, some people use "hard reset" when they really mean "factory reset".