How To Enter into Honor 8x Bootloader/Fastboot Mode

How to Enter into Honor 8x Bootloader/Fastboot Mode: Huawei is arguably one of the most iconic and well-renowned brands around the world. It has been in business for a lot of years yet time after time it has come up with some astonishing models which have made waves in the smartphone market. Huawei gives a lot of features and decent specifications in most of their models. However, a smartphone will always have issues whether application related or performance. You can also improve the outlook of your interface and tinker with the settings.

In all the Android devices, you will find a crucial feature called the bootloader mode. Each and every device comes with both the Recovery (stock) and the bootloader mode. This mode will allow a user to perform tasks like flashing/modifying the system partitions, unlocking the bootloader, different OEM level operations, installing TWRP or other custom recoveries, and more. This part is basically the fun part where you get to tinker with the settings and give your device a brand new outlook.

The Honor 8x was recently launched by Huawei (September 2018). It has created loads of hype since its release as the device is offering some greats specs and features in a very budget price. The Honor 8x comes equipped with a large 6.5inches IPS LCD display (1080 x 2340 pixels, 19.5: 9 ratio). The smartphone is powered by an Octa-core Hisilicon Kirin 710 (12 nm) processor coupled with Mali-G51 MP4 GPU. It comes with 4/6GB of RAM and 64/128GB internal memory which is expandable up to 256GB via microSD card.

The Honor 8x runs on Android 8.1 Oreo with EMUI 8.2 out of the box. It houses a 4750 mAh Non-removable battery. It also has a Fingerprint sensor on the rear side of the device. The Honor 8x sports a dual camera setup on the rear side [20 MP, f/1,8, 27 mm (wide) and PDAF 2 MP, depth sensor] and 16 MP front shooting camera. The camera can take some awesome HDR shoots. The device has a notch display and it is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection.

Today, in this post, we will be sharing with you how to boot your Honor 8x Bootloader/Fastboot mode. There are two methods using which you can boot into Honor 8x Bootloader/Fastboot mode.

Steps To Enter Honor 8x Bootloader/Fastboot Mode

Note: The image used below is of our Huawei Mate 20 Pro post but the process is the same for all Honor and Huawei devices.

Huawei Mate 20 Pro Bootloader/Fastboot Mode

There are two ways which can help you to boot into Honor 8x Bootloader / Fastboot Mode 1) Using Power and Volume Keys 2) fastboot commands via Computer

#1 Using Hardware Keys

Follow the given steps to boot into Honor 8x Bootloader by hardware buttons

  • First, Power off your second generation Pixel phone.
  • Then Press & hold Power + Volume down button for a few seconds.
    └ This will boot your phone into bootloader mode.
  • Use the Volume Up & Down buttons to navigate between options and Power button to select an option in bootloader mode.

#2 Using PC fastboot Commands

If you want to boot Honor 8x into bootloader mode from your PC, then follow the linked guide below

Note: Make sure you have installed your device USB drivers on your PC and You have install ADB and Fastboot Drivers On PC

How To Boot Into Fastboot/Bootloader Mode Using Commands from PC
Dibyashree Sharma
Dibyashree Sharma
Dibyashree Sharma graduated in Computer Science from NIT Rourkela. For the past eight years, she has been blogging about Android, which she is really passionate about. She has built a good reputation as a reliable source. Away from the digital sphere, Dibyashree enjoys playing tennis, a sport she is as passionate about as she is about technology.

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