Tips and tricks for troubleshot HUAWEI HONOR 4C and HUAWEI G PLAY MINI. The specification between HUAWEI HONOR 4C vs HUAWEI G PLAY MINI are similar but the body design is have little bit differences. With the same specifications using HiSilicon Kirin 620 processor which produce by Huawei manufacture, also using Android Kitkat version 4.4.2, then make this phone have same steps to hard reset and solving several other problems. This phone have 5 inches LCD screen with Octa Core processor with 1.2 Ghz clock speed.
What is Advantage of HUAWEI HONOR 4C / HUAWEI G PLAY MINI (CHM-U01) Specifications?
Network GSM 3G HSDPA Dual SIM card GSM-GSM
LCD 5 inches
Processor Octa-core 1.2 GHz
Memory Internal 8 GB with 2 GB RAM
External memory microSD slot maximum 32 GB
Main Camera 13 MP, 4208 x 3120 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
Front Camera 5 MP for Video Conference and selfie camera
Operating System Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) can be upgrade to Android Lollipop.
Battery Li-Ion 2550 mAh
How to Fix or Problem Solving for Recovery HUAWEI HONOR 4C / HUAWEI G PLAY MINI(CHM-U01) hang or not responding or malfunctions or stuck or freezing or bricked ?
HUAWEI HONOR 4C / HUAWEI G PLAY MINI use simple impressive user interface which call Emotion UI version 3. We can find all installed applications in the main desktop with several windows depend on how much installed applications that we have already downloaded. There are also some factory default applications from Huawei Honor 4C, but we still can download several other more from Google Play Store like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Whatsapp, Blackberry Messenger (BBM), WeChat, Line Messenger, Viber, Skype, Path, Pinterest and many more. But we have to understand that because this phone use Huawei HiSilicon Kirin 620 processor, then maybe some applications are not compatible with HUAWEI HONOR 4C / HUAWEI G PLAY MINI. If we download these applications, then our phone will become hang or stuck or bricks or frozen or boot logo loop. We also can get LCD touch screen not responding when we run some applications. At this situations, we have to force soft reset or force shutdown or force reboot to restart all running applications, delete temporary files and caches. If the problems still happen, then we have to do hard reset or master format. Please note, doing hard reset will erase or wipe any important data, photos, videos, downloaded files and applications. Therefore we always suggest to do backup before doing hard reset.
How to Force Shutdown or Force Soft Reset or Force Reboot or Force Restart HUAWEI HONOR 4C / HUAWEI G PLAY MINI (CHM-U01) ?
We need to delete temporary files and caches to make this phone run normally. Usually we can unplug or remove the battery when we need to force soft reset or force shutdown or force reboot HUAWEI HONOR 4C / HUAWEI G PLAY MINI, but unfortunately this phone use non removable battery, so we can not release or unplug the battery when this phone get hang or freeze or stuck or bricks or LCD touch screen not responsive in the middle of running applications. But we can force soft reset or force shutdown HUAWEI HONOR 4C / HUAWEI G PLAY MINI by press and hold POWER button until this phone shutdown automatically. After this phone totally turn off, then we can press and hold POWER button again to turn it on. This process is safe to do anytime we want, because it will not remove any data. If we want to delete temporary files and caches while this phone still work normally, then we can press and hold POWER button until pop-up menu appear, then press Power off / Shutdown / Reboot menu.
#Option 1, Hard Reset HUAWEI HONOR 4C / HUAWEI G PLAY MINI(CHM-U01)with Software Menu :
- Make sure the battery is charge properly
- Turn on HUAWEI HONOR 4C / HUAWEI G PLAY MINI smartphone
- Don’t forget to backup all important data
- Go to menu:Setting > Backup & reset > Factory Data Reset> Reset Phone
- ChooseErase everythingto continue and confirm you ready to do the format HUAWEI HONOR 4C / HUAWEI G PLAY MINI
- The HUAWEI HONOR 4C / HUAWEI G PLAY MINI will continue the step until ready to use in clean factory default.
#Option 2, Hard Reset HUAWEI HONOR 4C / HUAWEI G PLAY MINI(CHM-U01)with Hardware Key Button:
- Please make sure the battery is not empty
- Turn off HUAWEI HONOR 4C / HUAWEI G PLAY MINI
- Press and Hold together:Power Button + Volume Up Buttonfor several seconds
- Follow the menu at LCD screen to continue the hard reset HUAWEI HONOR 4C / HUAWEI G PLAY MINI, useVolume DownorVolume Upbutton to moving, and pressPower Buttonto Ok or Enter or Confirm
#Option 3, Hard Reset HUAWEI HONOR 4C / HUAWEI G PLAY MINI(CHM-U01)with MicroSD card Firmware Update:
- Make sure the battery if fully charge
- Turn off the HUAWEI HONOR 4C / HUAWEI G PLAY MINI
- Remove the MicroSD and connect to computer or PC
- Download firmware from computer browser http://www.huaweidevice.com or http://consumer.huawei.com/
- Choose the HUAWEI HONOR 4C / HUAWEI G PLAY MINI support and download the same version of firmware or update firmware
- Extract the downloaded folder, and copy all folder (include folder) into main root location of MicroSD
- Insert again the MicroSD to HUAWEI HONOR 4C / HUAWEI G PLAY MINI
- Turn on Phone together with press and hold Power + Volume Up + Volume Down button until the Android logo appear
- Wait the process of update or reinstall the firmware will be less then 10 minutes.
- You can also update firmware using Updater applications at this phone.
How to Restore and Reinstall Clean Android Operating system / firmware at HUAWEI HONOR 4C / HUAWEI G PLAY MINI (CHM-U01)(Reformat)?
Why we need to reformat or reinstall Android operating system at HUAWEI HONOR 4C / HUAWEI G PLAY MINI? Mostly we need to do this because some applications get crash or bad setting will make our HUAWEI HONOR 4C / HUAWEI G PLAY MINI operating system become corrupt or damaged. We need to know before doing reformat, the clean factory default Android operating system already saved safely inside HUAWEI HONOR 4C / HUAWEI G PLAY MINI ROM or internal memory, therefore we do not need to copy from other source or connect with other device. Just follow simple steps to hard reset above, then clean factory default Android operating system will be reinstall automatically.
How to Unlock or Fix or Bypass or Solutions for HUAWEI HONOR 4C / HUAWEI G PLAY MINI(CHM-U01) forgot password code or security lock screen pattern or pin (lost password)?
How to Improve Performance HUAWEI HONOR 4C / HUAWEI G PLAY MINI(CHM-U01)to make run more faster?
This phone use 64 bit Octa core processor at 1.2 Ghz clock speed, we can run many applications without problems and faster HD Games because it have dedicated GPU (graphic processor unit) Mali T450 GPU. But some users get slowly speed at their HUAWEI HONOR 4C / HUAWEI G PLAY MINI. This problems probably happen because there are too many applications run in the background. We have to know that some applications which run downloaded from Google Play Store will keep run in the background to wait data update or wait some command to run like Games, Chatting, Social Media and many more. All of them will use RAM, if they run together, then HUAWEI HONOR 4C / HUAWEI G PLAY MINI resources will be insufficient and will make this phone run more slowly. Therefore we need to uninstall some not use applications. If we want to make our HUAWEI HONOR 4C / HUAWEI G PLAY MINI performance run faster again like new, then we have to do hard reset or master format.
Is That Any Secret Code for Doing Format HUAWEI HONOR 4C / HUAWEI G PLAY MINI (CHM-U01)?
There is no secret hidden code for HUAWEI HONOR 4C / HUAWEI G PLAY MINI to make it back to factory default. Do the options above to hard reset it.
How to Upgrade or Update HUAWEI HONOR 4C / HUAWEI G PLAY MINI(CHM-U01)to Android Lollipop ?
When the first time HUAWEI HONOR 4C / HUAWEI G PLAY MINI release in the market, the factory default operating system is Android Kitkat version 4.4.2, there are several minor update that we can get from OTA (over the air), but it still Android Kitkat. We know that some of us willing to have latest Android Lollipop update for HUAWEI HONOR 4C / HUAWEI G PLAY MINI, but until we write this information, Huawei still not release official Android Lollipop for HUAWEI HONOR 4C / HUAWEI G PLAY MINI, however the full features still work perfectly with Android Kitkat. Maybe we can find some custom ROM Android Lollipop for HUAWEI HONOR 4C / HUAWEI G PLAY MINI but usually some features will not work using non standard ROM and some wrong steps when upgrading or doing root will make this phone get trouble and can not use anymore, please be careful before doing that.
How to Make HUAWEI HONOR 4C / HUAWEI G PLAY MINI Battery Work More Stronger and Not Fast To Drain ?
The battery is working normally for full one day if we do not install many applications, because some apps will stay to connect with Internet, this conditions will make battery more fast to drain. We have to do some adjustment to help it work more longer. First try to disable all not use connections like GPS or Bluetooth or Wifi. Second, we need to make LCD screen brightness as low as possible when we use it continuously for watch movie or playing games.