2. Next, you need to press the Volume Up(+) and POWER and POWER buttons for a few seconds.
3. When the MI logo appears on the smartphone screen, release both keys.
4. Select "Wipe Reset" using the Volume Up(+)/Down(-) buttons for scrolling and the POWER button to confirm.
5. Select Wipe All Data. Use the Volume Up(+)/Down(-) buttons to go through the menu items and the POWER button to confirm the selection.
6. Now, confirm the operation, select Yes and press the POWER button to confirm.
Hard Reset - advantages and disadvantages Xiaomi Redmi Y1?
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. Removal of viruses that block applications on the device and give persistent errors. You will be able to solve various problems on the device, for example, with bluetooth or other applications.
Disadvantages of Hard Reset:
Permanently deletes all data on the device. The need to back up contacts from the phone book, settings and media files. 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 need to log 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 immediately use your phone. In case you have already done a factory reset and cannot remember the login and password for logging into your Google account, for most models there are instructions for bypassing protection (FRP). It is not possible to bypass the FRP protection on some new phone models, 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 or other programs. With the service programs for your phone, you can transfer important data to your PC.