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How to Hard Reset — Gionee Marathon M5

Hard ResetAndroid 5.1 (Lollipop)

How to Hard Reset — Gionee Marathon M5

⏱ ~5 min📋 6 steps

The Gionee Marathon M5 is a 2015 Android 5.1 smartphone powered by the Mediatek MT6735 (28 nm) with 3GB and 32GB internal storage. It features a 5.5", AMOLED, 720.0x1280.0 display and is available in White, Gold, Black.

The Marathon M5 is equipped with a Li-Po 6020 mAh, non-removable, a 13 MP, 1080p@30fps main camera, a 5 MP, 720p front camera. The device uses a Dual SIM (Micro-SIM, dual stand-by) configuration. It weighs 211 g.

Hard resetting your Gionee Marathon M5 via Recovery Mode will completely wipe all data, apps, accounts and settings, restoring the device to its original factory state. This is commonly used to fix persistent software issues, boot loops, prepare the phone for sale, or recover from a forgotten screen lock. Back up your data before proceeding as this cannot be undone.

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All data will be permanently erased. Back up first.

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Power off Gionee Marathon M5

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Hold Volume Down + Power until Recovery appears

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Navigate to 'Wipe data/factory reset'

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Press Power — confirm 'Yes' or 'Factory reset'

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Wait for completion

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Select 'Reboot system now'

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