How to Easily Master Format XIAOMI REDMI Y1 (REDMI NOTE 5A PRIME) with Safety Hard Reset?

Tips and tricks to fix problems at XIAOMI REDMI Y1 / REDMI NOTE 5A PRIME. This is 5.5 inches LCD screen smartphone which comes using Android Nougat when the first time release in the market. The Xiaomi use their own user interface known as MIUI 9.0 installed at this phone as well. MIUI is active development, therefore we will get several firmware upgrade with latest Android version. XIAOMI REDMI Y1 / REDMI NOTE 5A PRIME use dual simcard slot which can active with maximum 4G LTE data broadband. Find more information about XIAOMI REDMI Y1 / REDMI NOTE 5A PRIME review and solutions when get some trouble at www.hard-reset.org community.

What is Advantage of XIAOMI REDMI Y1 / REDMI NOTE 5A PRIME Specifications:

GSM 3G HSDPA, Dual SIM Card GSM GSM / CDMA
4G LTE
LCD 5.5 inches LTPS IPS
Internal memory 32 GB with 3 GB RAM
Internal memory 64 GB with 4 GB RAM
Main Camera 13 MP, f/2.2, autofocus, LED flash
Front camera 16 MP, f/2.0 for selfie photography
Processor Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A53
GPU Adreno 505
Operating system Android Nougat version 7.0
Battery Li-Po 3080 mAh

How to Fix or Problem Solving for Recovery XIAOMI REDMI Y1 / REDMI NOTE 5A PRIME hang or not responding or malfunctions or stuck or freezing or bricked ?

There are two options of internal memory that we can choose when we want to buy XIAOMI REDMI Y1 / REDMI NOTE 5A PRIME, which are 32 GB internal memory with 3 GB RAM or 64 GB internal memory with 4 GB RAM. More RAM and internal storage will give better performance and long time to become insufficient storage, but the smaller 32 GB RAM will have cheapper price. If we need more storage, then we can add additional external memory strorage using MicroSD maximum 256 GB. All applications from Google Play Store will use internal memory as default data keeper. There are many interesting apps like WeChat, Facebook, Whatsapp, Snapchat, Line Messenger, Telegram, Instagram, Viber, Skype, Blackberry Messenger (BBM). But please be careful before install new or not famous applications, because some of them is not Verified by Google Play and may contain viruses or malware that can make some trouble at our phone like hang or stuck or bricks or bootloop or frozen or LCD touch screen not responsive or LCD screen not responding with our finger touch. What we have to do? First we have to try do soft reset or reboot or restart to remove temporary files or caches that can make some trouble at this phone. If our XIAOMI REDMI Y1 / REDMI NOTE 5A PRIME can boot again, then please directly download one good antivirus applications from Google Play Store like AVAST or NORTON, please choose only one we like. The antivirus will try to scan all installed applications and give recommendation setting to our phone. If the problems still happen, then next steps is doing hard reset or master format. Please note, doing hard reset will remove or erase all important data, therefore we have to backup all data first before doing master format. Doing hard reset will remove all Google account from XIAOMI REDMI Y1 / REDMI NOTE 5A PRIME. For safety reasons, please do not install any unknown APK files, because it is very easy to make our phone getting trouble.

How to Force Shutdown or Force Soft Reset or Reboot or Restart XIAOMI REDMI Y1 / REDMI NOTE 5A PRIME ?

XIAOMI REDMI Y1 / REDMI NOTE 5A PRIME have enough storage to install many applications, but we have to know that sometime they may crash or corrupted that make this phone become working not normal or hang or LCD touch screen not responsive with our finger touch. Please press and hold POWER button until XIAOMI REDMI Y1 / REDMI NOTE 5A PRIME shutdown or turn off by itself. After it totally off, then we can press again POWER button to turn it ON. This process will not remove any important data, therefore we can do this process anytime we want. If our XIAOMI REDMI Y1 / REDMI NOTE 5A PRIME still can work properly, but we want to clear temporary files and caches from some applications, then please press and hold POWER button until pop-up menu appear, continue choose Shutdown / Power off / Reboot menu.

How to backup data or Contact at XIAOMI REDMI Y1 / REDMI NOTE 5A PRIME ?

We can use microSD external card to copy or move important files using File Manager applications. If our XIAOMI REDMI Y1 / REDMI NOTE 5A PRIME has already signed in with Google account, by default our contact will be synchronize in the background to Google server. Please make sure we check all contact at Google contact server using Internet browse to make sure backup is done.

How to Boot Recovery Mode at XIAOMI REDMI Y1 / REDMI NOTE 5A PRIME ?

If we need to boot our XIAOMI REDMI Y1 / REDMI NOTE 5A PRIME go to recovery mode. We can follow the steps at #Option 2 above from steps no.1 until no.4. After that steps finish, then we will find list of menu options, and choose Recover menu or any other menu as what we need to do.

#Option 1, Hard Reset XIAOMI REDMI Y1 / REDMI NOTE 5A PRIME with software menu:

  1. Turn on the XIAOMI REDMI Y1 / REDMI NOTE 5A PRIME
  2. Please make sure battery capacity more then 50% or better fully charge
  3. Backup important data at XIAOMI REDMI Y1 / REDMI NOTE 5A PRIME because all data and applications will be erase or delete
  4. Go to Menu : Setting > General Setting > Backup and Reset > Factory Data Reset
  5. Choose :Reset Device > Delete all
  6. The XIAOMI REDMI Y1 / REDMI NOTE 5A PRIME will do the hard reset or master format to factory default process.

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#Option 2, Hard Reset XIAOMI REDMI Y1 / REDMI NOTE 5A PRIME with Hardware Button Key to Recovery Mode

  1. Turn Off XIAOMI REDMI Y1 / REDMI NOTE 5A PRIME
  2. Make sure the battery is fully charge
  3. Press and holdPOWER BUTTON + VOLUME UP BUTTONkey
  4. Release all button after the LCD show Recovery Mode
  5. UseVolume Buttonto select the option and pressPOWER Buttonto Ok or Confirm or Choose. Please choose Wipe all data to finish the Hard Reset or Master Format Steps
  6. Wait until the XIAOMI REDMI Y1 / REDMI NOTE 5A PRIME finish the process and the phone will start again like new

How to Unlock or Fix or Bypass or Solutions for XIAOMI REDMI Y1 / REDMI NOTE 5A PRIME forgot password code or security lock screen pattern or pin (lost password)?

Having big storage capacity will make this phone have many important files. XIAOMI REDMI Y1 / REDMI NOTE 5A PRIME have 16 megapixel for selfie lovers, some of pic is not for public, we also need to keep all photos secure from unauthorized people when this phone away from us or stolen or lost. There are fingerprint sensor located at back side of body. This sensor is not active when the first time open from the box. We need to activate fingerprint sensor and register our finger several time to make them recognize by fingerprint sensor. Sometime our fingerprint is not easily read with that sensor. Do not worry, because we can use screen lock pattern or password pin protections for anyone who do not want to use fingerprint sensor for their security protections. The problems will start happen when we can not unlock this phone or forgot security answer or fingerprint can not unlock. What should we do?

Do not worry about this trouble, because Android already give solutions when we forgot security screen lock pattern or password pin protections using Google account to unlock it. Please turn on this phone, when it ask for security answer, then please try to give several time wrong answer continuously until XIAOMI REDMI Y1 / REDMI NOTE 5A PRIME locked or freezing about 30 seconds. At this situations we can find Forgot Password / Pattern button. Press this button, to give our Gmail username and password account that we have already signed-in before. If we still can not access Gmail account, then we have to do hard reset using hardware button combination key above.

Is That Any Secret Code for Doing Format XIAOMI REDMI Y1 / REDMI NOTE 5A PRIME ?

There is no secret hidden code for XIAOMI REDMI Y1 / REDMI NOTE 5A PRIME to make it back to factory default. Do the options above to hard reset it.

How to Format or Erase Phone Memory at XIAOMI REDMI Y1 / REDMI NOTE 5A PRIME ?

There are two phone memory type at XIAOMI REDMI Y1 / REDMI NOTE 5A PRIME, one is internal memory and the other one is external memory. If we want to format internal memory phone then we have to do hard reset or reformat the operating system of XIAOMI REDMI Y1 / REDMI NOTE 5A PRIME as well. Please use menu setting to do hard reset or reformat using #option 1 above, but make sure to give checkbox mark at Erase Internal SD card / Internal storage. Then it will reformat the factory default operating system and remove or erase any data inside internal memory.

To reformat or wipe or erase all data at external memory, we can use menu Setting > Storage > Erase Internal Storage / SD Card. Please always make sure all data has already backup before reformat or wipe everything, because it is hard to recover formatted / wiped data at internal or external storage.

How to Make Battery of XIAOMI REDMI Y1 / REDMI NOTE 5A PRIME Stronger, Life Longer and Not Fast to Drain ?

XIAOMI REDMI Y1 / REDMI NOTE 5A PRIME is 5.5 inches LCD screen smartphone. The default battery is 3080 mAh capacity. This size is good enough to make this phone can work full one day. But for some active users which have many social media group chat or playing games several hours or watch full movie, then XIAOMI REDMI Y1 / REDMI NOTE 5A PRIME battery will not enough. What should we do to make this phone battery work more longer? Fist we can not replace with bigger capacity, because XIAOMI REDMI Y1 / REDMI NOTE 5A PRIME battery is not removable. What we can do is try to do some adjustment like make LCD screen brightness as low as possible to reduce battery usage. We also need to disable all not use connections like GPS or Wifi or Bluetooth. We suggest to active that connections once we want to use it. If some applications need to know or locations like camera or Maps, then please activate GPS battery saving mode from menu Setting > Location.

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