How to Easily Master Format HTC DESIRE 616 DUAL (Octa Core) with Safety Hard Reset?

Tips and tips for solving problems at HTC DESIRE 616 DUAL. For most smartphone user will agree that usually HTC have good design for their smartphone. This is also available at HTC DESIRE 616 DUAL, the 5 inches LCD screen smartphone with Octa Core processor at 1.4 Ghz clock speed. It mean this phone will work more better for multitasking with their multi core processor. If comparing between Quad Core vs Octa Core, some benchmark give Octa Core better performance. HTC DESIRE 616 DUAL have dual SIM Card slot which can active or standby together. Unfortunately, HTC DESIRE 616 DUAL have only 4 GB internal memory but good news is about this phone already have 32GB MicroSD external memory slot, for daily activity, 1GB RAM is enough for some multitasking applications.

 

What is Advantage of HTC DESIRE 616 DUAL Specifications:

GSM 3G HSDPA DUAL SIM GSM GSM
LCD 5 inches HD touch screen
Internal memory 4 GB
RAM 1GB
Main Camera 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
Front camera for Video conference
Processor Octa-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A7 Mediatek MT6592
GPU Mali-450MP4
Operating system Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)
Battery Li-Po 2000 mAh

 

How to Fix or Problem Solving for Recovery HTC DESIRE 616 DUAL hang or not responding or malfunctions or stuck or freezing or bricked ?

In our opinion, the 4GB internal memory is not ideal for this days because there are many applications that we can download from Google Play Store. Most of applications by default will keep the applications at internal memory, this space will become insufficient. We will talk at more about that bellow. The problem that sometime happen at our HTC DESIRE 616 DUAL usually because the applications trouble. It can make our HTC DESIRE 616 DUAL become trouble like hang or stuck or bricks or broken or blank or freeze or boot loop or LCD touch screen not responding. At this time we should force to shutdown or force soft reset or reboot or restart our HTC DESIRE 616 DUAL to delete some temporary files or caches. If the problem still happen, then we have to do hard reset or master format. Please remember, if we want to do hard reset or master format, all important data or installed applications may deleted or removed or wipe from our HTC DESIRE 616 DUAL, therefore we should backup all important data, and please remove the external memory card before performing hard reset to reduce the data loose problems.

 

How to Force Soft Reset or Force Reboot or Force Restart HTC DESIRE 616 DUAL ?

If our HTC DESIRE 616 DUAL become trouble and the phone stuck or freeze or LCD touch screen not responding, then we should have to force soft reset or force shutdown or reboot or restart. The very easy steps to do force soft reset is by removing the battery. Open the back case and unplug the battery from its locations. Wait about 5 seconds or more, then please put the battery again at the right positions. Press power button to finish the soft reset process. This process will not remove any important data or installed applications, so we can do it as much as we want. If HTC DESIRE 616 DUAL still run normally, but we want to perform soft reset or reboot, at On positions, press POWER button until the pop-up menu appear, choose Reboot or Shutdown or Turn Off menu.

 

#Option 1, Hard Reset HTC DESIRE 616 DUAL with menu setting:

This is the option that we can do if HTC DESIRE 616 DUAL still can access the menu setting, then try to reset HTC DESIRE 616 DUAL with this step:

1. Turn on the HTC DESIRE 616 DUAL
2. We suggest to charge the battery full
3. Make sure you already backup all important data, because it will deleted from HTC DESIRE 616 DUAL
4. Go to Menu Setting > Storage > Factory Data Reset
5. Choose Reset Phone, continue with Erase Everything
6. The HTC DESIRE 616 DUAL will do the master reset until it finish

 

#Option 2, Hard Reset HTC DESIRE 616 DUAL with hardware button key:

In some situations, the LCD of HTC DESIRE 616 DUAL is not responding, so nothing happen when we  navigate or touch the HTC DESIRE 616 DUAL, in this step try to hard reset with hardware key by this step:

1. Make sure you have fully charge the HTC DESIRE 616 DUAL 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 together Power Button + Volume Down together for several second until the white menu appear
5. Navigate menu with Volume button to go to Factory Reset, to choose or enter press POWER Button
6. The HTC DESIRE 616 DUAL will do the master reset for several minutes, just wait until it finish.

 

How to Deal With HTC DESIRE 616 DUAL Internal Memory Full or Insufficient ?

The problem that we know while using this phone is about the internal memory which only have 4 GB, some capacity will use for operating system and default installed applications, then the free space will left less then 2GB. Maybe at the first time we will not get problems, but after installed or running some applications, then the applications cache or data become  bigger and it will make HTC DESIRE 616 DUAL can not update or install new applications from Google Play Store. However, this full capacity memory problem only can be solve if uninstall some not use applications or remove data or cache from Setting Menu  > Applications and remove their cache, but this problem will back again after using several time. There are also one solutions to do this, by moving the installed data or cache to external microSD memory, but unfortunately this need our HTC DESIRE 616 DUAL to be rooted, and we are not recommended to do root, because some wrong steps can make our phone become trouble or not run properly, please becareful to do that.

 

How to Restore and Reinstall Clean Android Operating system / firmware at HTC DESIRE 616 DUAL ?

Because of some applications crash or not compatible applications that we have installed at our HTC DESIRE 616 DUAL, then it can make problem like operating system damage or broken. The only solutions for this trouble is doing reinstall or restore clean factory default Android operating system. For this steps, we should know that the file source of clean factory default Android operating system already saved safely inside HTC DESIRE 616 DUAL ROM. We do not need to copy or connect anything when we want to reinstall the operating system or firmware. Just follow the hard reset steps above, then the clean factory default operating systems will be reinstall automatically.

 

How to Unlock or Fix or Bypass or Solutions for HTC DESIRE 616 DUAL forgot password code or security lock screen pattern or pin (lost password)?

We always suggest all smartphone users to give more security protections for protect our data when the phone away from us. This is also happen at HTC DESIRE 616 DUAL. There are several options that already available at Android operating system for security protections, but we are recommended to use screen lock pattern security or password pin protections. Using screen lock pattern is faster to open and easy, but we have free to choose any other options. The problem happen when we forgot the screen lock pattern or password pin protections answer. This problem is easy to break, as long as we still remember the Google account that we have already installed at HTC DESIRE 616 DUAL. Please try to give several time wrong answer continuously until the phone locked or freeze for 30 seconds. At this time we will find Forgot Password / Pattern button, press this button then the phone will ask for Gmail username and password. If we can not access Google account at this phone, then we have to do hard reset or master format.

 

How to Improve Performance HTC DESIRE 616 DUAL to make run more faster?

Mostly the slower performance can be happen at HTC DESIRE 616 DUAL because of many applications run in the background. This phone have 1GB RAM, which mean it can do more multitasking. But some users does not aware that some applications which install from Google Play Store will keep run in the background without any notice because they need to wait for some data update or command to run. All applications need memory and processor resources when run although in the background. Therefore, if there are too many applications run in the background, then the RAM and processor resources will be insufficient. The Android need some process to release the resources. This will make HTC DESIRE 616 DUAL run more slowly. Try to uninstall or remove some not use applications. If we want to make our HTC DESIRE 616 DUAL performance run faster again like new, then we have to do hard reset or master format.

 

Is That Any Secret Code for Doing Format HTC DESIRE 616 DUAL ?

There is no secret hidden code for HTC DESIRE 616 DUAL to make it back to factory default. Do the options above to hard reset it.

 

How to make Longer Life for HTC DESIRE 616 DUAL Battery Saving Not Fast to Drain ?

Using 5 inches LCD with Octa Core processor will make this phone need more power capacity, but unfortunately the HTC DESIRE 616 DUAL only have 2000 mAh  battery capacity, therefore we should make some adjustment for longer battery life. Please adjust the LCD brightness as low as possible because LCD is the biggest battery drain, after that turn off some not use connection like Bluetooth or Wifi while we are not use it. Some battery drain also can be faster at HTC DESIRE 616 DUAL if the network is not too good and the phone receiver will try to find good network. Using 3G also will need more battery resources, if the battery level is near empty but we are away from charger, then try to change the data connection become 2G only.

 

How to Upgrade HTC DESIRE 616 DUAL Operating system to Android Kitkat or Lollipop ?

Until we write this information, HTC still not release official Android Kitkat for HTC DESIRE 616 DUAL. Many users also wait for latest firmware update, also waiting for Android Lollopop upgrade. Can We update the HTC DESIRE 616 DUAL to Android Lollipop version? The answer is YES it can, the HTC DESIRE 616 DUAL specification is good enough to run Android version Lollipop and for safety reason, we just have to wait the official release Android version Lollipop for HTC DESIRE 616 DUAL. However, some other community like XDA Developer also have release the Android Lollipop custom ROM, but this need to be install Clockworkmod recovery and need to unlock boot loader. Please becareful to do this, because some wrong steps can make our phone brick and can not use normally.

 

How to Deal with Insufficient Internal Memory at HTC DESIRE 616 DUAL (not enough memory) ?

sadly the good performance of HTC DESIRE 616 DUAL is limited with only 4 GB internal memory, we will get only half of this size because this phone have to use internal memory for operating system and factory default installed applications. Although we can add more external memory with microSD, but all applications which are installed from Google Play Store will use internal memory for default location, therefore our phone will reject or unable to install or update some new applications if the free size of internal memoy is low. Please uninstall some not use applications to give more size. Some applications will keep cache and data inside internal memory like Facebook, Twitter and something like that, so please also consider clean cache for that apps, but of course we will need to setup again that applications to run properly.