What is a Soft Reset and what the Soft Reset does? The Soft Reset is the easiest reset to perform on a mobile phone.
To Soft Reset a phone is to simply power cycle the device, to power it off and then to power it back on.
The soft reset can actually solve many simple problems on mobile phones, especially when the phone has been on for a long period of time and has not been power cycled for a while.
1. First step here is unlocking your device, and pressing and holding down power button.
2. As soon as you will see menu on the screen you can release the power button. It should look like this
3. Now to restart your device tap on reboot/restart option.
4. Now your phone will reset and in few moments will be ready to use.