How To Hard Reset Your LG TV

If you are experiencing issues with your LG TV and you’ve already exhausted all potential solutions to fix it, you should try hard resetting your LG TV. Resetting your LG TV might sound like a complicated process but with LG TVs builtin reset button, you can easily reset the TV with just a single press on that button. Though there are also different ways that you can do to hard reset LG TV which will be discussed in this article.

Hard Reset Your LG TV

With the advent of technology, televisions now have great features not just used for watching cable tv but Smart TVs are now able to download streaming apps, download apps and can even websurf. However, there are times when issues can occur.

Hard reset or also known as Factory reset is the process of restoring a device to its factory settings or default settings. This means all the data, account settings and configurations will be wiped out and removed. You will need to do the inital step and set up your LG TV similar from the time your first purchase your LG TV.

Common issues why there’s a need to reset LG TV

Resetting an LG TV can fix a wide variety of problems that it might be experiencing. Since a hard reset deletes everything, resetting is the very first step when the TV is experiencing problems before deciding to factory reset the device.

Listed below are the common issues why you may need to reset your LG TV:

LG TV cannot connect to a Wi-Fi network

If your LG TV is having trouble connection to an internet connection, resetting the television will usually fix it. However, before you factory reset the TV make sure to check the router first as it may be the culprit that your TV cannot connect to a Wi-Fi network.

LG TV keeps on restarting or disconnecting

Another issue that can be fix with a factory reset is when LG TV keeps restarting on its own or keeps disconnecting from a streaming device or streaming channel. If you are havning network related or software related issue, a factory reset might fix this.

LG TV experiences problems after an update

Updating Smart TVs is recommended for new updates on the softwares and features, however if your LG smart TV was updated recently and started to experience issues, the best way to fix it is to factory reset the TV. Often, a full factory reset might actually fix this kind of issues with your television.

Bought a Second hand LG TV

There are times when the previous owner of the used LG TV that you recently purchased did not restore the TV to its default settings. With that, all the data settings, log in info and other configurations set by the previous owner is still on the TV. To configure the TV with your own settings and configurations you may need to factory reset it.

Factory Reset LG Smart TV without the TV’s remote control

If at some point the your LG Smart TV remote control is lost or damaged, not to worry because you can still restore LG smart TV to its factory settings. However, when needed there are also other universal remote available for purchase online.

Follow the steps below:

1. On your Smart LG TV, navigate to the Menu option and then navigate to settings menu. You can use the joystick like panel controls on your TV.
2. Locate and select General settings
3. From the drop down menu screen, select the option Reset to initial settings.
4. Follow the onscreen instructions and confirm if you want to proceed with the reset process.
5. Enter the password or Pin code when prompted. Once correct password is entered, factory resetting process will begin.
6. Once factory reset process is complete, a startup screen appears on the screen. You can now set up your LG TV with your settings and configuration preferences.

Factory Reset LG TV on WebOS TV

The factory resettings steps of an regular LG TV is different from an LG TV on webOS.

Instead of just disconnecting LG TV to reset it, follow the steps below:

1. Press and hold volum down and Power keys simultaneously. Continue pressing down the keys until the TV reboots, usually takes 11-12 seconds.
2. When the LG logo appaers on the screen, release pressing the keys.
3. Press the ON and OFF button for at least 3 seconds until TV turns off. Do this while the TV is still turned on.
4. Turn ON TV, the webOS logo will appear on the screen. When the logo is seen, this indicates that the TV restarts.

Factory resetting an LG TV on WebOS does not reboot not reset the TV, bt rather reboots the TV’s operating system that is found on the TV’s settings.

Reset LG TV without the password

There are times when we forget the pin codes or passwords on your LG TV especially if you changed the default pin codes. Unfornately, you cannot reset your LG TV if the correct pin code or the parental lock is not entered. The best thing to do is to reset the pin codes.

To do this:

1. Press the Menu button the LG TV remote control
2. Select Settings menu.
3. Navigate and locate Advanced settings option
4. Scroll down and select Safety option
5. A button with “reset password” is seen, do not click on that button. Rather do the following sequence in order: click channel up 2x, click channel down, click channel up.
6. A pop up dialogue box appears, type either 0325 or 0314.
7. Safety dialogue box then appears, type the default password of 0000 or 1234
8. The next screen will allow users to modify the password.

What is the difference between Restarting and Factory Resetting

Restarting (power cycling) or also called soft reset, is a simple process of rebooting your LG TV. Most of the time, a soft reset or a restart is the initial step when experiencing issues before you factory reset the TV if the restart fails to fix the problem.

The difference between restarting and factory reset is that with a restart the settings configurations and data will not be deleted like what the factory reset does.

If you are not ready to erase and wipe your TV, try restarting the TV first.

Here’s how to do it:

1. Unplug TV power cord from power source.
2. Wait for 60 seconds, after 60 seconds press and hold power button on the TV (not on the remote) for at least 30 seconds.
3. Plug TV power cord to power source

After restarting LG TV, check if the issue that it is experiencing still occurs. If not, you can do all other potential solutions and the last resort would be do a hard reset.

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Final Thoughts

Hard reset is not as complicated as you think, with the steps outlined in this article you will be able to factory reset your LG TV with or without the remote. Resetting most of the fixes different varieties of problems that users might have encountered either while using the LG television and or using a streaming device.