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Factory Reset Motorola ATRIX HD

I don't necesarilly hope that I will need this procedure again soon... but I get the feeling I will need it someday and I had a hell of a time figuring this out this evening in a pinch.


  • Power up the phone by pressing the VOL UP + VOL DOWN KEY together + PWR KEY .
  • The device will enumerate with different BOOT OPTIONS
  • Use the VOL DOWN Key to SCROLL and VOL UP Key to SELECT
  • Select Recovery





  • The device will start up with Motorola logo and power up to  a little Android man logo with Exclamation mark
  • Press the VOL UP and VOL DOWN Key together at this screen
  • The device will display BLUE Text on a Black background .
  • Use the VOL DOWN Key to scroll DOWN and the PWR Key to SELECT the option desired .
  • In this case , press the VOL DOWN key till the Wipe data / factory reset is selected and press the PWR key to confirm the selection .
  • Use the VOL DOWN key again to select YES - delete all user data and press the PWR key to CONFIRM .
  • The device will then start performing the Factory Data Reset
  • Once the Formatting is complete , press the PWR key to confirm a REBOOT
  • The message rebooting is displayed on the phone.
  • The device will reboot and start the normal power up sequence .


    • Some app update seemed to slow down my handset, so I decided to reboot it.  That was the last time I was able to get in to my handset :-(

     Whatever though - being sync'd with Google really helped the recovery be a quick and easy process.

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