How to Factory Reset a Huawei phone?

Over the years, it’s normal for your phone to slow down or lose speed due to the amount of data and files stored on it. Instead of rushing to replace your phone because you think it’s past its useful life, you can format your Android phone and do a factory reset from your PC or phone if you want.

Resetting your device can restore speed to the beginning by removing all data and files that are no longer useful. For this reason, in this article you will learn some facts about factory reset , what you should know before performing this action, and how to perform it on your Huawei phone .

Index

1. How to reset or perform a hard reset on your Huawei device?
   1. Reset to factory settings from the Smartphone settings
2. Hard reset with Recovery method

How to reset or perform a hard reset on your Huawei device?

There are different types of reset. The first one is about factory reset in smartphone settings . The second is on how to perform a hard reset using the recovery method . Before you start, you can learn more about your phone model on Huawei’s official website .

Reset to factory settings from the Smartphone settings

Please note that the phone must be charged at least 50% . To use this method, all you have to do is follow the simple steps that you will see below:

1. Go to « Settings» or « Preferences ».
2. Hit the “ Backup and reset” option.
3. Then select « Factory data reset».
4. Lastly, select the “ Reset device” option and the reset process will start immediately. Wait a few minutes for the phone to reboot and you’re done.

Hard reset with Recovery method

This method is used when the phone does not turn on, we do not remember the password or the lock pattern, or the previous method simply does not work. Again, we make sure that the phone battery is at least 50% charged . Once the charge level has been checked, we perform the following steps:

1. Press and hold the Power On/Off + Volume Upbuttons simultaneously until the recovery menu appears .
2. There, select the option « Wipe data / factory reset» by scrolling with the volume keys and selecting with the power key.
3. You will then be asked to confirm, so select the “ Clear data” option again using the volume keys .
4. Now the process of restoring the devicebegins . How long it lasts will depend on the number of files you have on your phone.
5. Once the process is complete, you will be redirected to the recovery menu. There select the option « Reboot system now».
6. And finally after a few minutes you have your phone back to factory settings.

As you can see,  resetting your Huawei phone to factory settings is not as complicated as you thought , just follow the steps we have mentioned and the process will be effective.