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Take extra care not to confuse a hard reset with a hard reboot; if you’re

reading documentation or a how-to page that uses the terms reboot and reset

interchangeably, pay close attention to what the author intends you to do—

and consider finding a less-ambiguous resource.

Because the hard reset removes all of a user’s data and settings changes,

it’s the most disruptive option here—typically one you won’t perform until

after backing up the user’s data (which we’ll discuss later in the chapter). The

big exception is when you’re intentionally performing a factory reset in order

to clear user data off a device before it is sold, recycled, or assigned to a new

user.

Despite the inconvenience, resetting a device to factory defaults is an

important troubleshooting step on the way to determining whether it should

be sent to a service center. If a factory reset fixes the device’s issues but they

return some time after restoring a backup of user data and programs, return to

earlier steps for tracking down the troublemaking app.

Touchscreen and Display Issues

Modern mobile devices are almost all screen, and some provide little beyond

a touchscreen and a power button for interacting with the device. While

display issues tend to be urgent for most devices, the touchscreen’s integral

role in controlling a modern mobile device makes it all the more so. We

already touched on some important steps for troubleshooting a touchscreen in

the “Input Problems” section at the end of Chapter 23, “Portable Computing,”

so be prepared to integrate those steps with the more mobile-centric issues

discussed here.

Dim Display

Mobile devices have a brightness control that can be set to auto mode or

controlled manually. These settings don’t always work perfectly, and

sometimes apps that need special control over brightness settings can cause

the device’s display to be too dark or bright for the user’s comfort.

A dim display might be a sign that there’s a problem with the panel, but

first you need to check the display settings. Turn off any auto-adjustment

setting and manually change the display brightness from the dimmest to

brightest setting and observe whether it covers an appropriate range of

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