How to Easily Master Format HONOR 20 (PRO) with Safety Hard Reset?

Tips and tricks to fix HONOR 20 or HONOR 20 PRO problems. These phones have several product code. HONOR 20 codes are YAL-L21 / YAL-AL00 / YAL-TL00 while HONOR 20 PRO codes are YAL-AL10 / YAL-L41. Basically almost all specifications are similar. These phone use 6.26 inches LCD screen Full HD+ with 1080 x 2340 pixels resolutions. The first operating system use Android Pie 9.0 together with Magic 2.1 user interface. The internal memory for HONOR 20 use 128 GB  while HONOR 20 PRO have two options of internal memory 128 GB and 256 GB. At the front body we can see full screen LCD with small hole for front camera. At back side body, there are four camera vertically with each own capabilities. Find more review and information about how to solve troubles of HONOR 20 / HONOR 20 PRO at www.hard-reset.org community.

 

What is Advantage of HONOR 20 (PRO) Specifications?

Network GSM 3G HSDPA + 4G with Dual Simcard Slot
LCD 6.26 inches capacitive touch screen
Processor Octa-core 2×2.6 GHz Cortex-A76 & 2×1.92 GHz Cortex-A76 & 4×1.8 GHz Cortex-A55
GPU Mali-G76 MP10
Memory Internal 128 GB for HONOR 20
Memory Internal 128 GB or 256 GB for HONOR 20 PRO
RAM 6 GB or 8 GB
Main Camera Quad 48 MP f/1.8 + 16 MP f/2.2 + 2 MP f/2.4 + 2 MP f/2.4
Main Camera Quad 48 MP f/1.8 + 16 MP f/2.2 + 8 MP f/2.4 + 2 MP f/2.4
Main camera Features autofocus, LED flash
Front Camera 32 MP for selfie photography or video conference
Operating System Android Pie version 9.0
Battery Li-Po 3400 mAh for HONOR 20
Battery Li-Po 4000 mAh for HONOR 20 PRO

 

How to Fix or Problem Solving for Recovery HONOR 20 (PRO) hang or not responding or malfunctions or stuck or freezing or bricked ?

This phone use HiSilicon Kirin 980 processor with several options of internal memory. The smallest version use 128 GB, still big storage for keep all installed data. But we have to know that neither HONOR 20 or HONOR 20 PRO do not have external memory slot for MicroSD. However, with 128 GB, we can install many applications from Google Play Store like WeChat, Whatsapp, Line Messenger, Viber, Facebook, Skype, Instagram, Telegram and some other more. Some apps act as fake functions, usually at new at nor famous apps, they may contain viruses or malware that can make some troubles at our HONOR 20 (PRO) like become slowly or hang or stuck or bricks or some phone also become bootloop. They will not get Verified by Play Store when we want to download. Therefore we have to read as many user review as possible if must install that new or not famous apps.

What do 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 HONOR 20 (PRO) 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 HONOR 20 (PRO). 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 HONOR 20 (PRO)?

Having big internal memory makes us always want to install interesting apps, but some of them may crash or corrupt that can make troubles at our phone like hang or LCD touch screen not responsive with any finger touch. We have to remove temporary files and caches inside this phone. Please press and hold POWER button until HONOR 20 (PRO) shutdown or turn off by itself. If it is not work, then try to press and hold POWER + VOLUME DOWN together until shutdown. 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 HONOR 20 (PRO) 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 HONOR 20 (PRO) ?

Please note, HONOR 20 (PRO) does not have external memory slot, therefore we can not copy any data to MicroSD. However, we can can connect this phone to computer using USB data cable and copy all important data to computer using file manager.

If our HONOR 20 (PRO) 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 HONOR 20 (PRO) with Software Menu :

1. Make sure the battery is charge properly
2. Turn on HONOR 20 (PRO) smartphone
3. Don’t forget to backup all important data
4. Go to menu: Setting > Backup & reset > Factory Data Reset > Reset Phone
5. Choose Erase everything to continue and confirm you ready to do the format HONOR 20 (PRO)
6. The HONOR 20 (PRO) will continue the step until ready to use in clean factory default.

 

#Option 2, Hard Reset HONOR 20 (PRO) with Hardware Key Button :

1. Please make sure the battery is not empty
2. Turn off HONOR 20 (PRO)
3. Press and Hold together: Power Button + Volume Up Button for several seconds
4. Follow the menu at LCD screen to continue the hard reset HONOR 20 (PRO) , use Volume Down or Volume Up button to moving, and press Power Button to Ok or Enter or Confirm

 

#Option 3, Hard Reset HONOR 20 (PRO) with MicroSD card Firmware Update:

1. Make sure the battery if fully charge
2. Turn off the HONOR 20 (PRO)
3. Remove the MicroSD and connect to computer or PC
4. Download firmware from computer browser http://www.huaweidevice.com or http://consumer.huawei.com/
5. Choose the HONOR 20 (PRO) support and download the same version of firmware or update firmware
6. Extract the downloaded folder, and copy all folder (include folder) into main root location of MicroSD
7. Insert again the MicroSD to HONOR 20 (PRO)
8. Turn on Phone together with press and hold Power + Volume Up + Volume Down button until the Android logo appear
9. Wait the process of update or reinstall the firmware will be less then 10 minutes.
10. You can also update firmware using Updater applications at this phone.

 

How to Unlock or Fix or Bypass or Solutions for HONOR 20 (PRO) forgot password code or security lock screen pattern or pin (lost password)?

We will have many important data and private photos videos after use this phone several months. Because HONOR 20 (PRO) have good quality four camera and front camera. We have to secure all data from unauthorized people when HONOR 20 / HONOR 20 PRO away from us or lost or stolen. HONOR 20 (PRO) have fingerprint which located at side body. We need to register our fingerprint to make it recognize for unlock. We can change the fingerprint with face unlock recognizing. After fingerprint finish register, then we have to activate secondary protections like screen lock pattern or password pin protections. The problems will start happen when we can not unlock this phone or forgot security answer or fingerprint sensor can not open with our finger-hand. 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. However, because HONOR 20 (PRO) already use latest Android version, then we have to force hard reset or master format using one following steps above. After finish reformat or hard reset, this phone will ask for Verify your account with previous Google Account. This is happen because Android already optimize the security using FRP (Factory Reset Protections), we have to make sure this phone is belong to us after finish hard reset. Therefore we have to remember and keep secure our Gmail username and password for bypass FRP at HONOR 20 (PRO).

 

Is That Any Secret Code for Doing Format HONOR 20 (PRO) ?

There is no secret hidden code for HONOR 20 (PRO) to make it back to factory default. Do the options above to hard reset it.

 

How to Format or Erase Phone Memory at HONOR 20 (PRO) ?

There are two phone memory type at HONOR 20 (PRO) , 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 HONOR 20 (PRO) 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 HONOR 20 (PRO) Stronger, Life Longer and Not Fast to Drain ?

HONOR 20 YAL-L21, YAL-AL00, YAL-TL00 use 3750 mAh battery capacity while HONOR 20 PRO YAL-AL10, YAL-L41 use 4000 mAh battery, not too many different, but still having bigger battery is recommended. Both capacity can make this phone work full one day or more before recharge, because these phones use HiSilicon Kirin 980 with 7 nm processor technology for battery saving mode. But we have to do some adjustment for some heavy users who playing games several hours continuously or for watch movie, like make LCD screen brightness as low as possible and disable all not use connections like GPS or NFC or Bluetooth or WIFI.