How to reset a Huawei P8 Lite, factory mode, Hard reset

You need to know how to format a Huawei P8 Lite? If you have a Huawei P8 Lite for some time now, it may have stopped working. To do it as well as it did in the beginning, when you took it out of the box. Many times, when we are installing applications and downloading files, we end up filling our smartphones with unnecessary content. Which makes it not work as it should. You can even get infected with a Android virus or malware and that's when it stops working properly.

The best solution to get it working again, like when you bought it, is to reset, format and restore to factory settings. It is a simple process, which we can carry out in 2 different ways and which will return your device to its initial state. Let's see how reset a Huawei P8 Lite, factory mode through the menu adjustmentsas well as make Hard reset, Through the Recovery menu.

How to format a Huawei P8 Lite, reset to factory mode, Hard reset

Do you really need to format a Huawei?

If you're thinking about restore your phone to factory settings, it is important that you keep in mind that all the information in it will be lost. Therefore, we recommend that you only do it if you think it is really necessary, and that you previously make a backup with the application for computers Huawei HiSuite.

Another way to do this backup is to move all important files to the P8 Lite's SD card, if you use it. But cloud storage services can also be very practical for this process. Remember that once you have formatted your Huawei, you will no longer be able to recover the files, so you must make 100% sure that you save a copy somewhere else.

How to restart a Huawei using buttons, recovery menu

There are two different ways to format your Huawei P8 Lite. This first one, which is done using the physical buttons of our device, is especially recommended for those cases in which the operation of the device is so poor that we cannot even access the screen menus, such as Settings.

To enter the Huawei Recovery menu, we are going to do the following steps:

1. Make sure you have a fully charged P8 Lite battery.
2. Power off the phone, as this process is powered on with a combination of physical buttons.
3. Press the power and volume down buttons at the same time, until the Android logo appears. Stop pressing them at that moment and in this way you will enter the recovery menu.
4. Use the volume keys to move around the Recovery menu and choose the option data factory reset.
5. Confirm using the on/off button.
6. We move through the No list, until we reach Yes…
7. There we confirm again with the power button.

Once you have carried out these steps, the Huawei will start to format. After a few minutes, it will be as when you first took it out, that is, to start configuring the language, the Gmail account, the Wi-Fi network, etc.

How to reset a Huawei P8 Lite through the settings menu

If you can power on and use the Huaweil normally, the most easy to format is using the menus, for which you will have to follow these steps:

1. On the home screen choose Settings > todas
2. the section Personal, choose the option Restore.
3. Within this menu, select Factory data reset.
4. Now a message will appear warning us that we are going to lose all our data. We will press the confirm button and it will begin to reset to factory mode.

Whichever way you choose, in a matter of minutes you Huawei P8 Lite will be formatted and it will be exactly the same as when you bought it. We hope this tutorial on how to format a Huawei P8 Lite will be useful to you. In the event that you cannot use it normally.

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