1. To start, turn off the phone with the POWER button.
2. After that, you need to press and hold the Volume Up(+) and POWER and POWER button within a few seconds.
3. When the MI logo appears on the screen, release only the POWER button.
4. When Recovery mode appears on the screen, release the Volume Up(+) button.
5. Select English using the Volume Up(+)/Down(-) buttons to go through the menu items and the POWER button to confirm the selection.
6. Select "Wipe Reset. Use the Volume Up(+)/Down(-) keys to go through the menu items and the POWER button to confirm the selection.
7. Select Wipe All Data and confirm the selection by the POWER button.
8. Now, confirm the operation, select Yes and confirm the selection by the POWER button.
Hard Reset - advantages and disadvantages Xiaomi Redmi 3s Prime?
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:
Ability to clear the phone to factory settings. Removal of viruses that block applications on the device and give persistent errors. Solving problems that have arisen due to the installation of some applications on the phone and have not disappeared after they were removed from the phone.
Disadvantages of Hard Reset:
All your contacts, data and media files will be deleted. The need to back up contacts and all user data. Not all viruses on Android can be removed even after returning to factory settings.
What needs to be done before the Hard Reset operation.
If you are going to do a hard reset on your phone, then be sure to make sure that you know the access data for your google account. ÒYou can sign out of your google account before resetting. To use your device immediately without any problems. If, after a factory reset, the phone is locked because you cannot log into your Google account, then you need to find instructions for bypassing the FRP lock for your phone model. Not all owners of new phone models will be able to bypass the protection of the FRP and for this they 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:
Synchronize your phone with Google contacts, Google drive. Using the Titanium Backup program, create a backup. Transfer contacts, media files and important data to your PC using service programs for your smartphone model.