How to Easily Master format MOTOROLA MOTO G8 PLUS (XT2019) with Safety Hard Reset?

Tips and tricks to fix MOTOROLA MOTO G8 PLUS XT2019 / XT2019-2 problems. Motorola give other options for mid end smartphone with triple camera at back side of body, it have 48 megapixel for main wide lens + 16 megapixel for ultrawide + 5 megapixel for DOF or Bokeh effect at portrait photo with background blur. The first operating system use Android Pie version 9.0 with Qualcomm SDM665 Snapdragon 665 processor that have dedicated GPU (graphic processor unit) Adreno 610 for help playing games without problems. MOTOROLA MOTO G8 PLUS use 6.3 inches LCD screen at Full HD 1080 x 2280 pixels resolutions. Other advantages of MOTOROLA MOTO G8 PLUS is sound quality that use Dolby sound system for better music quality. Find more review and information about how to solve troubles of MOTOROLA MOTO G8 PLUS (XT2019) at www.hard-reset.org community.

What is Advantage of MOTOROLA MOTO G8 PLUS Specifications:

GSM 3G HSDPA + 4G LTE DUAL SIMCARD
LCD 6.3 inches with 19.5:9 aspect ratio
Internal memory 64 GB with 4 GB RAM
Main Camera Triple 48 MP, f/1.7 + 16 MP f/2.2 Macro + 5 MP for DOF
Main Camera Features phase detection autofocus, LED flash
Front Camera 25 MP for selfie photography
Processor Octa-core 4 x 2.0 GHz Kryo 260 Gold & 4 x 1.8 GHz Kryo 260 Silver
GPU Adreno 610
Operating system Android Pie version 9.0, can be upgrade to Android 10.0
Battery Li-Ion 4000 mAh

How to Upgrade MOTOROLA MOTO G8 PLUS Android Firmware Update ?

MOTOROLA MOTO G8 PLUS is mid end smartphone which released at 2019. When the first time introduce on the market, this phone use Android Pie 9.0 as factory default operating system. Now at 2020, Motorola release official Android 10.0 firmware upgrade for MOTOROLA MOTO G8 PLUS. The processes is easy by follow the OTA (over the air) procedure. The new update Android 10.0 at MOTOROLA MOTO G8 PLUS bring several security patch, bug fix, and some other new Motorola features. The firmware upgrade is rolling out using Over The Air (OTA) methods, therefore we need to check from menu Setting > Software update.

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Please note, maybe this firmware upgrade not always available for our MOTOROLA MOTO G8 PLUS version, therefore we can not find it from OTA. Please consult with Motorola authorized service center for further firmware upgrade help.

How to Fix or Problem Solving for Recovery MOTOROLA MOTO G8 PLUShang or not responding or malfunctions or stuck or freezing or bricked ?

MOTOROLA MOTO G8 PLUS is midend smartphone with Qualcomm SDM665 Snapdragon 665 processor. Having 64 GB internal memory makes us have more free storage to install many applications from Google Play Store like WeChat, Telegram, Whatsapp, Viber, Facebook, Instagram, and some other more. If we need more storage, then please add external memory MicroSD maximum 512, but share with secondary network simcard for dual sim type. Usually external memory is useful to keep photos videos which taken from MOTOROLA MOTO G8 PLUS (XT2019) camera.

Please note that some applications inside Google Play Store may contain bad stuff like viruses or malware, especially new or not famous app. Therefore we have to read as many user review as possible. If that kind of apps are installed at our MOTOROLA MOTO G8 PLUS (XT2019), then some troubles might happen such as crash or 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 PLUS. 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 PLUS. 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 PLUS?

When some troubles happen because of applications, sometime MOTOROLA MOTO G8 PLUS can be crash or corrupt and 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 PLUS 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 PLUS 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 PLUS ?

We can use microSD external card to copy or move important files using File Manager applications. If our MOTOROLA MOTO G8 PLUS 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 PLUS with menu setting:

This is the option that we can do if MOTOROLA MOTO G8 PLUS still can access the menu setting, then try to hard reset with this step:

  1. Turn on the MOTOROLA MOTO G8 PLUS
  2. Please make sure the battery is not empty or charge the until battery full
  3. Make sure you already backup all important data, because it will deleted from MOTOROLA MOTO G8 PLUS
  4. Go toMenu Setting > Backup & reset > Factory Data Reset
  5. ChooseReset Phone, continue withErase Everything
  6. The MOTOROLA MOTO G8 PLUS will do the master reset until it finish

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#Option 2, Hard ResetMOTOROLA MOTO G8 PLUSwith hardware button key:

In some situations, the LCD of MOTOROLA MOTO G8 PLUS is not responding, or frozen or stuck or blank so nothing happen when we navigate or touch the MOTOROLA MOTO G8 PLUS screen, in this situations, please try to hard reset with hardware key by this steps:

  1. Make sure you have fully charge the MOTOROLA MOTO G8 PLUS battery (more than 50% or 100% is recommended)
  2. Backup all important data as you can, because all data will be erased
  3. Power off the MOTOROLA MOTO G8 PLUS
  4. First PressVolume Downbutton about 2 until 3 seconds
  5. Continue with press and releasePower Button
  6. If the combination between step 4 and 5 is success then we will seeBootOption in the LCD screen
  7. Navigate menu withVolume Downbutton to go toRecovery, to choose or enter pressVolume Up
  8. In the step at no.7 success, we will see Motorola Logo with exclamation mark
  9. 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)
  10. We will see Menu at LCD screen
  11. Follow the menu option and useVolume UpandVolume Downto navigation, and pressPower Buttonto Enter or OK
  12. After finish formatting or hard reset, the MOTOROLA MOTO G8 PLUS will restart from beginning again

How to Unlock or Fix or Bypass or Solutions for MOTOROLA MOTO G8 PLUS forgot password code or security lock screen pattern or pin (lost password)?

Main camera of MOTOROLA MOTO G8 PLUS (XT2019) have big megapixel at 48 mp for any activity with good aperture number f/1.7 to help get more bright photos at low light situations. Selfie camera also can give good result with 25 megapixel. We will have many good photos videos after use several months. Please secure all private and important data from unauthorized people when MOTOROLA MOTO G8 PLUS away from us or lost or stolen.

Fingerprint is located at backside of body. We need to register our finger several time to make it recognize for unlock. We also can choose to use face unlock detection. After first protection is active, then we need to choose secondary protection for backup, please 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 PLUS 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 PLUS?

There is no secret hidden code for MOTOROLA MOTO G8 PLUS 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 PLUS ?

There are two phone memory type at MOTOROLA MOTO G8 PLUS, 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 PLUS 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 PLUSStronger, Life Longer and Not Fast to Drain ?

MOTOROLA MOTO G8 PLUS (XT2019) battery is 4000 mAh capacity. This battery is enough for power up this phone full one day with standard activity. But some heavy users who have many social media group chat or playing games several hours continuously may have battery life problems. For that kind of users, we suggest to do some adjustment like make LCD screen brightness as low as possible and disable all not use connections inside this phone such as NFC or Bluetooth or Wifi or GPS. For some apps who need to know our location, then please try to activate GPS battery saving mode from menu Setting > Location.

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