So I went on a bit of a rant earlier about how Mavic Mini doesn’t have a factory reset button but then explained you could possibly get rid of a camera virus by resetting the default camera settings. That kind of turnaround could give you whiplash if you aren’t sure what the difference between the two is. Let me explain.
A factory reset removes all the data from the device in question, and the device then restarts with only the basic functions it could have. Basically, it goes back to how it was when the device was in the manufacturing factory. This type of reset cleans the system entirely.
A normal reset will not remove your data. It will bring you back to its original state or even its last saved state. This means if you like to use Automatic Mode and you set your Mavic Mini to automatically use Automatic Mode, even when you reset your camera settings, it will still recognize that you like this feature. This means it will log in its data somewhere that you often ask to use this feature. Your data is still stored, even though your settings were reset.