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. Start from unlocking your screen and holding down your power button for few seconds.
2. This should lead you to opened up menu looking like this:
3. You have to tap on Reboot or Restart option to end the process.
4. Just wait for your device to restart and you're done, good job.
Soft resets are usually conducted in an attempt to fix malfunctioning applications or because they're required for software installation.
Soft reset contrasts with hard reset, which removes all user data, settings and applications and returns a device to the same state it was in when it shipped from the factory.