Tips and tricks to fix MOTOROLA MOTO G8 PLAY problems. This is Android smartphone from Motorola which have 6.2 inches LCD screen HD resolution at 720 x 1520 pixels. At front body, we will see full screen display with small notch at the top for front camera. This phone use Mediatek MT6771 Helio P70M processor with dedicated graphic processor unit (GPU) Mali-G72 MP3. When the first time release in the market, MOTOROLA MOTO G8 PLAY (XT20150) use Android Pie version 9.0 as factory default operating system. Find more review and information about how to solve troubles of MOTOROLA MOTO G8 PLAY at www. hard-reset.org community.
What is Advantage of MOTOROLA MOTO G8 PLAY Specifications:
GSM 3G HSDPA + 4G LTE DUAL SIMCARD
LCD 6.2 inches with 19:9 aspect ratio
Internal memory 32 GB with 2 GB RAM
Main Camera Triple 13 mp f/2.0 + 8 mp f/2.2 + 2 mp f/2.2
Main Camera Features phase detection autofocus, LED flash
Front Camera 8 MP for selfie photography
Processor Octa-core 4 x 2.1 GHz Cortex-A73 & 4 x 2.0 GHz Cortex-A53
GPU Mali-G72 MP3
Operating system Android Pie version 9.0
Battery Li-Ion 4000 mAh
How to Fix or Problem Solving for Recovery MOTOROLA MOTO G8 PLAYhang or not responding or malfunctions or stuck or freezing or bricked ?
MOTOROLA MOTO G8 PLAY (XT20150) use 32 GB internal storage. This capacity also use for operating system and factory default applications. But we still have enough free storage to install some important apps from Google Play Store like Whatsapp, Facebook, WeChat, Instagram, and some other more still able to install free. We still can expand storage using MicroSD maximum 512 GB. Please be careful when we want to install install new or not famous applications, because some of them may contain viruses or malware that can make troubles at our phone like hang or stuck or bricks or frozen or LCD touch screen not responding. Usually these bad applications will not get Verified by Play Protect notification.
Do not worry when we get this troubles, because we still can try to force soft reset or reboot for remove temporary files and caches from MOTOROLA MOTO G8 PLAY. When our phone can start or boot again, then we suggest to install one good Antivirus application like AVAST which is free to install from Google Play Store, it will scan all installed apps and give recommendation setting. 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 MOTOROLA MOTO G8 PLAY. 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 MOTOROLA MOTO G8 PLAY?
Please only install important applications, because this phone only have limited RAM at 2 GB. If the RAM is insufficient, then some of installed apps may crash or corrupt then will make our phone work not normal or hang or LCD touch screen not responsive with any finger touch. We have to remove temporary files and caches. Please press and hold POWER button until MOTOROLA MOTO G8 PLAY 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 MOTOROLA MOTO G8 PLAY 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 MOTOROLA MOTO G8 PLAY ?
We can use microSD external card to copy or move important files using File Manager applications. If our MOTOROLA MOTO G8 PLAY 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.
#Option 1, Hard Reset MOTOROLA MOTO G8 PLAY with menu setting:
This is the option that we can do if MOTOROLA MOTO G8 PLAY still can access the menu setting, then try to hard reset with this step:
- Turn on the MOTOROLA MOTO G8 PLAY
- Please make sure the battery is not empty or charge the until battery full
- Make sure you already backup all important data, because it will deleted from MOTOROLA MOTO G8 PLAY
- Go toMenu Setting > Backup & reset > Factory Data Reset
- ChooseReset Phone, continue withErase Everything
- The MOTOROLA MOTO G8 PLAY will do the master reset until it finish
#Option 2, Hard ResetMOTOROLA MOTO G8 PLAYwith hardware button key:
In some situations, the LCD of MOTOROLA MOTO G8 PLAY is not responding, or frozen or stuck or blank so nothing happen when we navigate or touch the MOTOROLA MOTO G8 PLAY screen, in this situations, please try to hard reset with hardware key by this steps:
- Make sure you have fully charge the MOTOROLA MOTO G8 PLAY battery (more than 50% or 100% is recommended)
- Backup all important data as you can, because all data will be erased
- Power off the MOTOROLA MOTO G8 PLAY
- First PressVolume Downbutton about 2 until 3 seconds
- Continue with press and releasePower Button
- If the combination between step 4 and 5 is success then we will seeBootOption in the LCD screen
- Navigate menu withVolume Downbutton to go toRecovery, to choose or enter pressVolume Up
- In the step at no.7 success, we will see Motorola Logo with exclamation mark
- Press hand holdVolume Upbutton for about 15 seconds (do not releaseVolume Upbutton after 15 seconds) continue directly with pressPower Button(in some phone, you can skip this steps and continue to next steps)
- We will see Menu at LCD screen
- Follow the menu option and useVolume UpandVolume Downto navigation, and pressPower Buttonto Enter or OK
- After finish formatting or hard reset, the MOTOROLA MOTO G8 PLAY will restart from beginning again
How to Unlock or Fix or Bypass or Solutions for MOTOROLA MOTO G8 PLAY forgot password code or security lock screen pattern or pin (lost password)?
Having triple camera makes this phone able to take interesting photos and videos at daily activity. Therefore we have to secure all important data from unauthorized people when MOTOROLA MOTO G8 PLAY (XT20150) away from us or lost or stolen. We can activate fingerprint which located at back side of body. We also have to choose secondary protections to backup fingerprint sensor. We can choose screen lock pattern or password pin protections. The problems will be happen when we forgot security answer or can not open with fingerprint sensor, what should we do?
Do not worry because we can unlock or bypass forgotten screen lock pattern or password pin protections at MOTOROLA MOTO G8 PLAY use registered Google account. All new Motorola smartphone already use latest Android version with FRP (Factory Reset Protection) for give more security protections when our phone lost. If we need to force hard reset using hardware button combination key, then previous same Google account username and password will be ask after finish reformat to make sure this phone belong to us. Therefore we have to always remember carefully our Google / Gmail username and password.
Is That Any Secret Code for Doing Format MOTOROLA MOTO G8 PLAY?
There is no secret hidden code for MOTOROLA MOTO G8 PLAY to make it back to factory default. Do the options above to hard reset it.
How to Format or Erase Phone Memory at MOTOROLA MOTO G8 PLAY ?
There are two phone memory type at MOTOROLA MOTO G8 PLAY, 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 MOTOROLA MOTO G8 PLAY 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 ofMOTOROLA MOTO G8 PLAYStronger, Life Longer and Not Fast to Drain ?
4000 mAh battery capacity is use at MOTOROLA MOTO G8 PLAY (XT20150). Many users can use this phone full one day without need to recharge. The problems will happen when we use this phone for playing games or watch movie several time continuously. The battery will not enough. MOTOROLA MOTO G8 PLAY battery use non removable battery, therefore we can not replace with bigger capacity. Please do some adjustment to make battery work more longer like make LCD screen brightness as low as possible and disable all not use connections like GPS or Bluetooth or Wifi. MOTOROLA MOTO G8 PLAY (XT20150) does not have NFC data connections.