2. Next, you need to press the POWER and Volume down button for a few seconds.
3. Release the buttons when you see the HTC logo.
4. When you see Boot mode, use the Volume Down(-) key to go to Recovery mode, and confirm the selection by the POWER button.
5. When you see the Android robot, press the POWER button and click the Volume Up(+) button.
6. Select from the menu wipe data / factory reset using the Volume Up(+)/Down(-) buttons to go through the menu items and confirm the POWER button >.
7. End the reset operation, select Yes and confirm the selection by the POWER button.
Hard Reset - advantages and disadvantages HTC U12 life?
In simple words, Hard Reset means hard resetting the phone. As a result, the system automatically returns to the factory settings and the system is completely cleared. Contacts, correspondence, application, files, search queries, passwords - all of this is deleted from the device's memory.
Benefits of Hard Reset:
The ability to get a completely clean phone from user settings and data. Remove viruses and malware that block applications on the device. Solving various problems that arose on the device after installing some applications and did not disappear after uninstalling them.
Disadvantages of Hard Reset:
All data and applications will be permanently deleted. The need to have an up-to-date backup of your data, contacts, settings and media files. After returning to factory settings, some viruses may remain in the phone.
What needs to be done before the Hard Reset operation.
In order to use the phone after a hard reset and it is not blocked by the FRP, make sure that you know the login / password to your google account. You can sign out of your google account before resetting. In this case, after performing a factory reset, you can immediately use your device. If after a hard reset you cannot remember the login and password for entering your Google account, then you need to find instructions on bypassing the FRP blocking. You will need to contact the official service center to bypass the FRP protection on some new phone models.
After performing a hard reset, your device will be completely wiped clean. Everything that was in the memory of your device will be deleted.
What can be done to avoid losing important information?
If important information remains in the memory of your phone, then there are the following options to save it:
Sync your data with Google contacts, Google drive. Create a backup using Titanium Backup or other programs. Using the service programs for your phone model, you can transfer important data to your PC.