How to format your Honor 7a phone
How to format the SD card on your phone correctly in the system settings
Follow the instructions to format the memory card on Huawei and Honor:
- Open the “Settings” folder;
- click on the “Internal Memory” button;
- select the “Mass Storage” item;
- click on the memory card icon;
- Go to “Settings” in the new window;
- Start system formatting.
During the operation, do not remove the card from the smartphone and do not perform a reset. Make sure the battery is charged. The battery should last until the end of the process. At the end, reset the device.
How to properly do a full reset on Huawei and Honor smartphones
Factory reset or Hard reset. This is a very handy feature that can help with many problems with the smartphone. But many users do a factory reset not quite right, and once the reset is complete, the problems become even more.
In this article we will tell you how to do Hard reset on Honor smartphones correctly. The instructions will fit most smartphones from Huawei, namely Honor 6A, 7A, 7C, 7X, 8 lite, 8X, 9 lite, Honor play, Honor 10.
- On the phone type ##2846579# and press the Call button
- Next select Restore Factory defaults.
- At the end, agree to the destruction of all personal data and click on Ok.
- Once the phone has rebooted the reset process will complete Option 2.
- With the phone turned off beforehand, press and hold down Volume and Power at the same time until the screen lights up
- Wait a couple of seconds for the menu to appear
- Use the Volume buttons (plus/minus) to move to “wipe data / factory reset” and press Power.
How to properly do a full reset on Huawei and Honor?
To perform a full reset, you can use:
Each of the mentioned methods is equally successful, so users can choose the option that is appropriate for them, without fearing for the final result.
How to reset your Honor phone to factory settings from the system menu
To use the system menu, it is necessary:
- Open the “settings” application on your phone;
- Find “system” among the suggested sections;
- Select the “reset” subsection;
- After it remains to choose the most appropriate action.
You have to choose between resetting “all settings”, “network”, “phone“. Other options are not provided by the developers.
Partial reset
If you select “all settings” a partial reset occurs. As a result, unlock passwords, pin codes, stored fingerprints and facial scans set by the owner are deleted from the phone. The rest of the data, including photos and applications, will remain. That is, after using this solution, the user will have to reset the device access parameters.
Full reset
To reset Huawei and Honor to factory settings, you need to select “phone reset”. As a result, all user data stored on the smartphone, including correspondence, contacts, photos will disappear. It is important to remember that it will be impossible to restore them, so before rolling back to the basic settings, it is recommended to save important files on an external drive or in the cloud.
“Hard Reset” through the recovery menu
To do a “Hard Reset” via Recovery, you need to use the following instructions:
- Press volume up and power button simultaneously;
- Wait until the boot screen appears and release the power button;
- After turning on the menu, select “wipe data”;
- Confirm the decision in the dialog screen.
After that you will have to wait and reboot the smartphone, click reboot in the recovery.
How to reset Honor to factory settings using three buttons?
If the Recovery menu will not be available, there is an alternative solution that allows you to do without keys. To roll back the system you will have to:
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- Press all three buttons to control the device at the same time;
- After the start menu appears, release the power key, leaving pressed two buttons. volume down and volume up;
- Do not release the keys until the phone reboots.
Via One Click
The One Click service requires the same actions that were performed when using Recovery, but it differs from the mentioned menu in that
- One Click. a third-party application;
- after a complete reset the software restores the phone settings to the state selected by the user.
It is important to keep in mind that applications and erased files are not returned, only the system settings can be restored.
Via computer (HiSuite)
Making Hard Reset on Honor and Huawei using HiSuite service is not possible, but users are able to delete unnecessary files, including contacts, programs, photos through the computer. The advantage of this approach is the fast search of unnecessary and superfluous components. But to restore the factory settings, the method described is not suitable.
What else you can do in the “Recovery
Service mode is not only to do reset on Honor. The utility also allows:
- Clear the cache. You don’t have to do a full reset right away to get your smartphone to work faster. For starters, you can try deleting temporary system files, program report data, and other digital junk that severely slow down Android.
- Mount or format file system partitions.
- Work with apps and firmware.
- Perform data backup or restore.
Please note! To restore the smartphone from Recovery mode is possible only if the user created a backup beforehand.
How to reset Google settings and password in Honor
It often happens that users do a reset on Honor 8, but they can’t remember their Google account password when logging in. If you do, you won’t be able to log in.
The following method will help you log in even if you don’t know the login details:
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Turn on the smartphone and log in to the device until the smartphone prompts us to select the Wi-Fi network to connect. Choose your network and enter your username and password;
So this new password will work for both the keypad pin and the Google account. Once you’re in the system, delete your current Google account password on your smartphone. Make up your details and create a new account. But this time be sure to write it down so you don’t forget it again.
Reset to factory settings (hard reset) for Huawei Honor 7A Prime phone
There are many reasons why you may need to perform a full reset of your Huawei Honor 7A Prime smartphone (Hard Reset). Usually this procedure is performed to restore the system functionality, which was broken by viruses, deleted system files, “buggy” firmware update and many other things. Hard Reset is very easy to perform on any smartphone, but you must be aware of the consequences of this action and be able to make a backup of the system and files. We will explain all of this in detail below.
How to create a backup?
Attention! Resetting will erase all data on your Huawei Honor 7A Pro phone. If you haven’t backed up your contacts, pictures, videos, documents and everything else, you should do so, otherwise you’ll lose all the personal information that was on your device.
To avoid losing your data, follow these recommendations.
- Drop your photos, documents, and videos to your computer via a USB cable. You can also use Google Photos to back up your pictures, and for documents and folders you can use cloud service Google Disk, but you can “back up” the number of files. You will have to pay to expand storage.
- Synchronize your contacts and applications with the cloud, in the settings, so you don’t lose them. Go to “System”. “Advanced”. “Backup”. Turn on the backup function to your Google account.
Once you finish this, you can perform Hard Reset Huawei Honor 7A Pro.
How to do a complete data reset on your Huawei Honor 7A phone from the settings menu?
Attention! Because of FRP (Factory Reset Protection, i.e. reset protection) Android will ask you to enter the login and password of the account that was fixed before the Hard Reset procedure. Therefore, if you plan to sell your smartphone, you need to log out of your Google account (“Settings”. “Accounts”. “Google”. “Delete account”) before the reset, so that the person who will get your phone can activate his profile on it.
Given the wide range of Android phones and the complexity of describing the process of resetting settings for a particular model, we will show the guide on the example of three fundamentally different devices and firmware :
- Mi A1 on pure Android, which is also used in Nokia, Motorola, OnePlus (has a slightly redesigned system) and in all the devices released pro Android One program;
- Galaxy S7, which functions under Samsung Experience. Recall that the Korean corporation is the largest manufacturer of smartphones in the world, so it makes sense to show this shell as well;
- Redmi Note 5 on MIUI. The products of this company are in great demand in the CIS, so we could not avoid it.
The easiest way to make a Hard Reset through a special menu in the system settings. Once again, note that the location and name of the items may vary slightly depending on the phone used. The main thing is to find the main category of recovery and resetting.
Xiaomi Mi A1 (pure Android 8.1 Oreo)
- Click on the “Settings” icon in the app menu or launch them using the icon in the notification bar.
- Scroll down and go to the “System” section.
- Press “Reset”.
- Select “Delete all data” (“Reset to factory settings”).
- Confirm your intention by pressing the key below.
- Enter the PIN code of the device and click “Continue”.
- Select “Erase All”.
Huawei Honor 7A Formatting and softReseting
The device will reboot and you’ll need to go through the initial setup again, as if it were a new phone.
Samsung Galaxy S7 (Samsung Experience shell)
- Go to the settings the way you want.
- Click on “General Settings” tab at the bottom.
- Select “Reset” (“Archive and Reset”).
- Tap on “Reset Settings”.
- Tap on the blue reset button.
- Enter the PIN code of the device and press “Next”.
- Click “Delete All” (“Reset Device”).
Your phone will restart. It remains to set it up like after purchase.
Redmi Note 5 (MIUI firmware)
- Open the “Settings” tab.
- Go to the “Advanced Settings” window.
- Click on “Backup and reset”.
- Select “Reset Settings”.
- To delete all the applications and files completely, select “Clear internal memory”.
- Remain to click on “Reset Settings” and enter the password if needed.
Go to ! As you can see, the main thing is to find the “Reset” section. To be sure not to “wander” through all the options in search of the right menu, it’s easier on the main page in the search box to enter the query “Reset”. Choose the menu you are looking for from the proposed list and you will immediately get there. And further everything is as in the instructions.