By Hally | Last Updated
In this article, we will take the Huawei phone as an example to introduce how to factory reset an Android phone when it is locked or not. Before hard resetting the Android phone, please mind that this operation will erase all data and settings in your device.
It would be easy to restore the Android phone to factory default settings, when it is accessible.
Step 1: Open Settings on Huawei Android, switch to All tab and choose Backup & reset.
Step 2: Select Factory data reset on Backup & reset interface.
Step 3: When the Android phone prompts you that which data will be erased from the internal storage, confirm Erase internal storage and tap Reset phone.
Then the Android phone will begin factory resetting itself.
In case of forgetting the password or pattern/PIN to unlock the Android device, how can you factory reset it? Above introductions can not be applied at this time. If you want to successfully hard reset your locked Android phone, please follow the steps below.
Step 1: When your Huawei Android phone is locked and powered off, press and hold Volume Up and Power button, until you see the Huawei logo. And about 10 seconds later, it would enter Recovery mode.
Step 2: In the Recovery mode, three options are mainly available for you to choose, wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache partition and reboot system now. Just select wipe data/factory reset with Volum button and then choose "yes - delete all data" to restore the phone to factory default.
Step 3: After the reset process finishes, the recovery mode menu will be shown again and you need to choose reboot system now.
Now the locked Android phone has been restored to factory settings.
1. Wipe Android phone in order to get a clean Android system.
2. Android phone cannot start up successfully, after installing apps or running wrong operations. Factory reset could help to restore Android phone to default settings. Surely the wrong Android settings can also be erased.
3. When Android phone is locked and there is no way to unlock it, you can hard reset it. Even though factory reset is not the best way to unlock the Android phone, it still could make the locked phone be accessible again at any time.
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