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CompTIA A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide

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NOTE Most of these tools either are guaranteed to erase data and

customizations or have some risk of doing so under the right circumstances.

Remember to communicate with the device’s user what steps you’ll be

taking, including what kinds of data loss it can entail, and give the user a

chance to back up his or her data.

Try This! Practice on the Real Deal

If you have access to a smartphone or tablet, practice getting to the tools

used for troubleshooting mobile devices. You’re going to read about a

bunch of places to adjust things such as screen brightness, close or

uninstall apps, and much more. Access the device’s Settings and explore.

Just don’t do anything specifically to any device without proper

permissions.

Check and Adjust Configuration/Settings

Modern mobile operating systems have tons of configurable settings, as do

many of the apps users install on them. Always be on the look-out for

“problems” that sound a lot like a simple configuration issue, and investigate

these early if they seem likely. It won’t cost you much (except time) to check

relevant settings, but it might save you from having to perform later steps that

require backing up and restoring user data.

If the issue isn’t likely related to configuration, save your time and revisit

configuration after you’ve tried rebooting the device, which we’ll discuss in

the upcoming “Soft Reset” section; you don’t want to waste tons of time

toggling settings if a reboot could fix the problem. If you find a setting that

doesn’t seem right and want to see if a change resolves the issue, make sure

to keep track of what you changed and what the previous setting was!

Close Running Apps

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