2. Simultaneously press and hold the POWER and Volume UP button for a few seconds.
3. After that, you need to release the left buttons when the Huawei logo appears on the screen.
4. Select the Volume Up(+)/Down(-) buttons wipe data / factory reset and confirm the selection by the POWER button.
5. Once again, select Use Volume UP / Down buttons wipe data / factory reset and confirm the selection by the POWER button.
6. Select in the menu reboot system now and confirm the selection by the POWER button.
Hard Reset - advantages and disadvantages Honor 5X?
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 reset the phone, thereby improving its performance. Removal of viruses that interfere with the normal functioning of the device. Solving problems that have arisen on the device between applications and for example bluetooth.
Disadvantages of Hard Reset:
Completely deletes all user data on the device. The need to have a fresh backup of your phone's data, contacts, and media. In rare cases, it is impossible to remove some viruses from Android, even after a hard reset.
What needs to be done before the Hard Reset operation.
So that after a hard reset the phone 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, the phone will not ask for any logins and passwords and you can use your device. If, after the hard reset procedure, the phone is locked by the FRP and you cannot log into your Google account, then you need to find instructions for bypassing the FRP lock for your phone model. Some new phone models may have problems with bypassing the FRP protection and for this you will need to contact the official service center.
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 (contacts, sms, photos, videos) remains in the memory of your device, then there are the following options to save it:
Sync your data with Google contacts, Google drive. Create a backup using Titanium Backup. Transfer important data to your PC using service programs for your smartphone model.