A Soft Reset (or Forced Restart) differs from a Hard Reset (or Factory Restore) in that it doesn’t delete any essential data from the smartphone or tablet but you may lose some RAM or temporary data, for example any unsaved game progress or the page you were viewing on a website.
A Hard Reset on the other hand would only be required when you want to wipe all data from the device, starting it over.
1. This very quick and easy guide begins from unlocking your phones screen and holding down power button.
2. Now there should menu appear on your screen and if it does, release the power button.
3. Here we have to tap on Restart or Reboot option to finish the whole Soft Reset.
4. It's done. The whole process is that easy.