Thanks, it was a pleasure and an honor to represent so many people working together to make that write-up possible. I'm constantly on the scour and open to suggestions and it keeps evolving - two new tips in just the past two days, courtesy of the blood, sweat and tears of others.
Newcomers don't know how to search effectively and sometimes us regulars get worn out posting what's old news to us - but this way, we have a one-stop thread that covers a lot of ground, not just simple resetting. (I've taken some good, clean-fun pokes because I've recommended it for curing everything - because - it nearly often does.)
Please pass the word along and keep me up to date on anything that belongs there - that one is
our thread and I'm just the game show host.
That all said - yes - if you do a reset, you're going to have all that good stuff scrubbed so you WILL have to restore your configuration.
If you're perfectly happy with your phone, don't fix it if it ain't broken.
But if there's the slightest doubt - there's your fix for most everything, along with the explanation of why.
For myself, I'm constantly fiddling around with apps and configurations so I follow that procedure myself now at the drop of a hat.
In any case, spread the word to go there for
everyone if only for the backup advice - we all know the denial of not backing up a phone because this one won't get dropped, soaked, lost, stolen or totally fragged from a bad app install like those other phones we've all owned in the past.
Oh, no not this one, can't happen.
I always recommend bookmarking it - it's heavily read today, but nothing lasts forever, not even stickies.