On the screen were options: Reboot system now , Wipe data/factory reset , Wipe cache partition .
The old man nodded gravely.
Kofi pulled up a chair and placed the phone on the workbench next to a disassembled pendulum clock. “Lesson one. A hard reset wipes everything. It’s the last resort. You’re going back to the day it left the factory.” How to Hard Reset ITEL P36
Mr. Luthando took it, turning it over in his weathered hands. The screen was clean, responsive, empty. No garden photos. No contacts. No ghost in the machine.
The screen asked for confirmation: Delete all user data? This cannot be undone. On the screen were options: Reboot system now
Kofi pressed Volume Down to highlight Yes — delete all user data , then pressed the Power button.
The little ITEL P36 sat on the rain-speckled window ledge, its screen a mosaic of frozen pixels. For three days, it had refused to wake up properly—stuck in a boot loop, flashing the ITEL logo like a frantic distress signal. Its owner, an elderly watchmaker named Mr. Luthando, sighed. The phone contained photos of his late wife’s garden, now lost in a digital coma. “Lesson one
Kofi looked at his grandfather. “Once I press Yes, all your photos, contacts, apps—gone. Only what came with the phone remains.”
The screen flickered. The ITEL logo appeared, vanished, and then—a dark screen with pale blue text: .
“There,” Kofi whispered. “The secret menu.”