How to Easily Master Format HTC DESIRE 601 (ZARA) & 601 DUAL with Safety Hard Reset?

Important solutions for HTC DESIRE 601 or HTC ZARA problems. As we know HTC always bring elegant design for their smartphone and now HTC DESIRE 601 become option for user who would like to use elegant smartphone with mid-price, because HTC DESIRE 601 have good design and quality, although the HTC DESIRE 601 body does not use Aluminium like other HTC smartphone, but the phone looks strong and comfort to hold for daily use. Not like other Android smartphone which usually have 3 button in the front body, the HTC DESIRE 601 only have 2 button in front of it, Home and Back button. We can press for long time that HOME button to see last previous applications we use before. Overall the LCD screen width is the same between HTC Desire 601 vs HTC Desire 600.There are also the same product but use dual simcard which standby and ON together, it name HTC Desire 601 DUAL SIM.

Main Advantage of HTC DESIRE 601 (ZARA) Specifications:

GSM 3G HSDPA & 4G LTE
GSM 3G HSDPA (DUAL SIMCARD)
LCD 4.5 inch
Processor Dual-core 1.4 GHz
GPU Adreno 305
Main Camera 5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
Front Camera for Video Conference
Operating system Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)
Internal Memory 8GB
RAM 1GB
External microSD slot up to 64GB
Battery Li-Po 2100 mAh

How to Fix or Problem Solving for Recovery HTC DESIRE 601 (ZARA) hang or not responding or malfunctions or stuck or freezing or bricked ?

We can use HTC DESIRE 601 to run many applications together for multitasking without worry getting problem, because this smartphone have 1GB RAM and totally have 8GB internal memory. There are many applications that we can download from Google Play Store, but we have to know that not all applications can work nicely at HTC DESIRE 601. Maybe at fist time some applications can work without problem, but after use several time or after install another applications, then the normal apps can work with problem like hang or stuck or blank or frozen or brick or LCD touch screen not responding with our finger touch. This problem can be happen because some applications are not compatible 100% with HTC DESIRE 601, or some applications can crash with previous installed apps at our smartphone. If this problem happen, we can try to force restart or force soft reset HTC DESIRE 601 to delete temporary files or cache. If the problem still happen at our smartphone, then we have to hard reset our HTC DESIRE 601.

How to force Soft Reset or Reboot or Restart HTC DESIRE 601 (ZARA) ?

If the HTC DESIRE 601 (ZARA) are stuck or frozen in the middle of running applications, usually the phone become not responsive and we can not do anything. We can force to soft reset or force restart HTC DESIRE 601 (ZARA) with remove the back case and unplug the battery from its positions. Wait about 5 seconds for fully remove the power from the smartphone, and then we can put the battery again at the right positions and press POWER BUTTON until the phone powered on. If the phone is not hang or not stuck, we can press and hold POWER BUTTON for several seconds and we will see popup menu. Choose restart/reboot for soft reset HTC DESIRE 601 will do the soft reset or reboot. We do not need to worry about our data, because all data will not removed while doing soft reset or reboot.

#Option 1, Hard Reset HTC DESIRE 601 (ZARA) with menu setting:

This is the option that we can do if HTC DESIRE 601 still can access the menu setting, then try to reset HTC DESIRE 601 with this step:

1. Turn on the HTC DESIRE 601
2. We suggest to charge the battery full
3. Make sure you already backup all important data, because it will deleted from HTC DESIRE 601
4. Go toMenu Setting > Storage > Factory Data Reset
5. ChooseReset Phone, continue withErase Everything
6. The HTC DESIRE 601 will do the master reset until it finish

#Option 2, Hard Reset HTC DESIRE 601 (ZARA) with hardware button key:

In some situations, the LCD of HTC DESIRE 601 is not responding, so nothing happen when we navigate or touch the HTC DESIRE 601, in this step try to hard reset with hardware key by this step:

1. Make sure you have fully charge the HTC DESIRE 601 battery
2. Backup all important data as you can, because all data will be erased
3. You can do this at any conditions phone On or Off
4. Press togetherPower Button + Volume Downtogether for several second until the white menu appear
5. Navigate menu withVolumebutton to go toFactory Reset, to choose or enter pressPOWER Button
6. The HTC DESIRE 601 will do the master reset for several minutes, just wait until it finish.

How to Restore and Reinstall Clean Android Operating system / firmware at HTC DESIRE 601 (ZARA)?

Sometime our smartphone operating system need to reinstall or restore with clean and factory default Android operating system. Usually we need to reinstall the OS if the HTC DESIRE 601 have problem or hang or work not normal. Sometime stuck or not working smooth. We can do reformat or restore the clean Android operating system or firmware without need to connect HTC DESIRE 601 to other device, because the clean factory default Android operating system file source already saved safely inside HTC DESIRE 601 ROM. So that files source can not removed or delete when we format it. Just follow the hard reset or master format step above to reinstall or restore clean Android operating system from this smartphone ROM automatically. Please backup all necessary data before doing hard reset, because all important data will be wipe or removed from this smartphone.

How to Unlock or Fix or Bypass or Solutions for HTC DESIRE 601 (ZARA)forgot password code or security lock screen pattern or pin (lost password)?

There are several way to give protections for HTC DESIRE 601. We are strongly recommended to use screen lock pattern or password pin protections. But in our experience, using screen lock pattern is more faster to open then using password pin protections. What should we do if we forget the answer of security pattern or password protections? Android have solutions for user who forgot the security protection answer. Please follow this step, do several time wrong answer for that security protections for several time until the phone frozen or locked for several seconds. After that we will find Forget Password / Pattern button, when we press this button, we can unlock our forgotten password or pattern using Google account or Gmail username and password which already saved inside this phone. If we can not access that account, then we should do hard reset or master format.

How to Improve Performance HTC DESIRE 601 (ZARA) to make run more faster?

Some user have problem with slowly speed after use HTC DESIRE 601 several months, as far as we know, usually this problem happen because that user installed many applications, and some of that applications run in the background as multitasking. Although the RAM of HTC DESIRE 601 is 1GB, but some factory default applications like HTC Sense and others need some RAM to run their process, so if we installed many applications in the background then the HTC DESIRE 601 can run more slowly or even hang. So, we need to removed or uninstall some not use applications to make RAM more free. If we need to make the HTC DESIRE 601 performance back faster like beginning again, then we should consider to hard reset or master format this phone.

Is That Any Secret Code for Doing Format HTC DESIRE 601 (ZARA)?

There is no secret hidden code for HTC DESIRE 601 to make it back to factory default. Do the options above to hard reset it.

How to Upgrade HTC DESIRE 601 (ZARA) to Kitkat ?

If we see the specifications, the HTC DESIRE 601 can run Android Kitkat without any problem, but unfortunately the factory default operating system is Android Jelly Bean with version 4.2.2. So, we need to wait until HTC release the official Android Kitkat for HTC DESIRE 601 (ZARA). We can try to check the operating system update by using Menu Setting > About > System Update to find out the new operating system, please remember that maybe there are some official update for the same Android version, but fix some bug or performance.

Update info: Now HTC Desire 601 have already received the update Android Kitkat 4.4 from official HTC. The update can be find from Menu Settings > About > Software Updates and follow the steps to update with OTA, we suggest to use Internet Wifi connection because your operator network will charge for more data quota. There are some new features update at Android Kitkat 4.4 with new HTC Sense 5.5 User Interface.