Here’s a gem: Your cellular data settings reset too. But not your plan or minutes. Nope, it forgets your preferred network type—like 4G vs. 5G. Your phone literally asks, “Hey, what’s your favorite flavor of signal?”
It also dumps any custom APN settings. That fancy work email you snuck onto your personal phone? Kaput. You’ll need to beg IT for that code again. Fun reunion!
Some phones even forget your cellular network selection. It goes back to “Automatic.” So if you manually locked onto a distant tower to avoid your neighbor’s noisy Wi-Fi? Too bad. The phone picks the closest chatty tower instead.
Why This Is Like Rewriting a Love Letter
Your device remembers every network you ever connected to. That library Wi-Fi from 2018? Still on file. That hotel password from a sad vacation? Parked in memory. Resetting is like burning that old stack of letters and starting fresh.
You’ll notice your phone suddenly forgets the names of networks it once loved. It’s a clean break. No awkward run-ins with “HomeSweetHome_5G.”
