1. To start, turn off the phone using the POWER button.
2. After that, press and hold the POWER and Volume UP button for a few seconds.
3. When the MI logo appears on your screen, release both keys.
4. Select English using the Volume Up(+)/Down(-) keys to view and POWER button to select.
5. Select Wipe and Reset and press the POWER button to confirm.
6. Select Wipe All Data and press the POWER button to confirm.
7. Confirm the process by selecting Yes.
8. Return to the main menu and select reboot.
9. Select Reboot to System and press the POWER button to confirm the selection.
Hard Reset - advantages and disadvantages Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Pro?
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 various problems that arose on the device after installing some applications and did not disappear after uninstalling them.
Disadvantages of Hard Reset:
All your data and media files will be deleted. The need to create a backup. 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. 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 resetting the settings you cannot log into your Google account, then you need to find instructions for bypassing the FRP lock for your phone model. However, not all smartphones can bypass this protection. Owners of some phone models, especially the newest ones, will have 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. Create a backup using Titanium Backup or other programs. Transfer contacts, media files and important data to your PC using service programs for your smartphone model.