How to Easily Master Format LENOVO A516 with Safety Hard Reset?

Problem solutions for LENOVO A516 with easy steps. Some user have problem with their smartphone. However, now we will give simple solutions for common problem at LENOVO A516. As we know this is the dual-core processor with 1.3Ghz clock speed. The price for LENOVO A516 is not expensive, but we get 4.5 inches LCD screen with Jelly Bean operating system. LENOVO A516 is dual sim smartphone GSM-GSM on together. Dual Sim only first simcard which will get 3G HSDPA Internet data connection, the other SIM Card will work only at 2G data connection, so if the first simcard have problem or does not get signal, then the second simcard will work for 2G data connection.

 

What is Advantage of LENOVO A516 Specifications:

GSM 3G HSDPA Dual SIM GSM-GSM
LCD4.5 inches touch screen
Internal memory 4GB
RAM 512MB
External memory microSD, up to 32 GB
Main Camera 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels
Front camera for Picture and Video conference
Processor Dual-core 1.3 GHz
Operating system Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)
Battery Li-Ion 2000 mAh

 

How to Fix or Problem Solving for Recovery LENOVO A516 hang or not responding or malfunctions or stuck or freezing or bricked ?

Having LENOVO A516 with 4.5 inches LCD screen will make us more fun to play many games or running specific applications that we can download easily from Google Play Store. But we need to understand that some applications does not compatible with LENOVO A516. If we force to install that unsupported applications, then some problem can happen like hang or stuck or bricks or blank or frozen or lcd touch screen not responding with our touch. If this problem happen, then we need to force soft reset or force reboot LENOVO A516 to clean some temporary files or cache. If after doing soft reset the problem above still happen, then we should do hard reset or master format.

 

How to force Soft Reset or Reboot or Restart LENOVO A516  ?

If this phone hang or stuck or freeze in the middle of running applications or games, then we have to force shutdown or force soft reset or reboot LENOVO A516, the very easy step to do this is remove the battery for 5 seconds, after that put again the battery at the right positions and continue with pressing POWER button to turn it on. If our phone is not hang or still running normally but get some problem which need to soft reset, then we can press POWER BUTTON for several seconds until the pop up menu appear, then choose Restart or Reboot to soft reset LENOVO A516. How safe is our data when doing soft reset or reboot process? Do not worry, because this step is safe to do anytime or everyday, because this step will not erase or wipe any important data like contact or photo or files from LENOVO A516.

 

#Option 1, Hard Reset LENOVO A516 with menu setting:

  1. Turn on the LENOVO A516
  2. We suggest to charge the battery full
  3. Make sure you already backup all important data, because it will deleted from LENOVO A516
  4. Go to Menu Setting > Storage > Factory Data Reset
  5. Choose Reset Phone, continue with Erase Everything
  6. The LENOVO A516 will do the master reset until it finish

 

 

#Option 2, Hard Reset LENOVO A516 with Hardware Button key:

  1. Confirm and make sure that LENOVO A516 Battery is fully charge or not empty
  2. Turn off LENOVO A516
  3. Press together : POWER + VOLUME UP about several second, that the warning will appear at the LENOVO A516
  4. You can also try to press POWER BUTTON until Lenovo logo appear, then continue press VOLUME UP + VOLUME DOWN together until menu appear
  5. Choose: Reset Device or Wipe data or Clear eMMC
  6. Make sure we already sure than we know that our application and data will be loose or clear while Resetting LENOVO A516

 

How to Restore and Reinstall Clean Android Operating system / firmware at LENOVO A516?

LENOVO A516 use Android Jelly Bean as the default operating system. As far as we never update this OS, then the source file of Android operating system at LENOVO A516 is still Jelly Bean. We need to know that the source file is saved safely at this phone ROM. It mean, that we do not need to copy anything from outside LENOVO A516 when we need to reinstall or restore the clean factory default operating system or firmware. Just follow the step to hard reset or master format above to running the reinstall the operating system by itself. After doing reinstall, we need to setup again LENOVO A516 from beginning. And all important data will be wipe or removed, that’s why we should backup all data first before doing reinstall or restore the operating system or firmware.

 

How to Unlock or Fix or Bypass or Solutions for LENOVO A516 forgot password code or security lock screen pattern or pin (lost password)?

There are several option to give security protection at LENOVO A516. Some user still like to use password pin protection, but we are recommended to use screen lock pattern. There are also any other security protection that we can choose at LENOVO A516. The problem happen when we forget the answer for security protections. But do not worry, because Android have solution for forgotten security password pin or screen lock pattern at LENOVO A516. To bypass the protection, please try to give several time wrong answer continuously until the phone frozen or locked for several seconds. At this time we will find Forget Password / Pattern button, press this button to bypass or unlock forgotten security protection using Google account or Gmail account that we have already input at this phone. If we can not access the Google account then we have to hard reset this phone with hardware button key.

 

How to Improve Performance LENOVO A516 to make run more faster?

The LENOVO A516 user have to aware that the specification of this phone is not too high, so we need to limited our installed applications only for important applications only, because some user have problem with LENOVO A516 which become slowly, and the common causes are because many applications run in the background together, this situations will make the phone running slowly and with limited RAM. If we can not find out which applications that make the phone slowly, or we need to make the LENOVO A516 performance more faster like new, then we might consider to do hard reset or master format.

 

Is That Any Secret Code for Doing Format LENOVO A516?

There is no secret hidden code for LENOVO A516 to make it back to factory default. Do the options above to hard reset it.

 

Is that Any Update LENOVO A516 operating system to Kitkat or Android Lollipop ?

The official update operating system Android Kitkat for LENOVO A516 are not available until now, but some community maybe have solutions to update the LENOVO A516 with unofficial Kitkat operating system, but we are suggest for many user to stay at official LENOVO A516 operating system, because using Android Jelly Bean 4.2.2 is running without any problem. The worse situations when we upgrade LENOVO A516 to unofficial Android Kitkat, will make it become brick or some functions or sensor might not work normally.

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  • The internal memory is only 2gb. Is there new update that allows the phone to move apps to sd card? Or just downgrade the system?

    • Hi, at standard rom, we can move some applications data to external memory, but this steps only available if that apps allow to do that, not all applications can move to external memory, please try to download applications like AppMgr III (App 2 SD) from Google Play Store for free. There are also some other possibilities but you have to root Lenovo A516 to allow move almost all apps to external SD, but we are not recommended to do that because some wrong steps can make your phone get trouble.

  • Hy. My lenovo a516 cannot on :'( I press power button n volume up but can not. :`( " have been in factory mode, long press the power button and the normal boot" . what's wrong ??? Plz

    • Hi, the steps to hard reset can not work at your Lenovo A516 if it get hard bricks or hardware trouble. First you have to make sure your charger can work properly, and try to do again with hardware button after you are sure your battery is not empty. If the problem still happen, then you have to consult with Lenovo authorize service center.

    • Hi, first maybe some of installed applications make your OTA (over the air) update can not work normally then you should consider doing hard reset or reformat first, after that you can directly do OTA update before install any additional applications. The additional options to update latest firmware or operating system version at your Lenovo A516 is using Lenovo Smart Assistant, download it from Lenovo official website.

  • Hi, i cant turn on my Lenovo A516.. what should I do? I just transferred movie from desktop to my phone and after that I cant turn it on.
    HELP!
    thanks

    • Hi, please make sure your Lenovo A516 already charged properly. You can try charge using different Android charger which have minimum 1 Amp current output. If you are sure your battery work normally, then the last options you can do is doing hard reset using hardware button combination key, but all your Lenovo A516 data will be remove or wipe.

  • hi i pressed the power button with the volume up , it says have been in factory mode long press the power button and the normal boot what should i do . reply asap

    • Hi, please make sure your Lenvo A516 has already followed steps to hard reset using hardware button combination key carefully. If your steps success, your phone LCD screen will show recovery menu and you can choose: Reset Device or Wipe data or Clear eMMC. When you are not see any menu like that, then maybe you still not success pressing that button combination, please try again carefully.

  • Hi, my Lenovo A516 shows only black screen during startup. It only glows with its backlight and doesn't even seem to start. I thought it was just because of an empty battery but I've even charged it the whole day. Now, I can't even use my phone and only shows black screen for all eternity. :(

    • Hi, maybe you can try to charge with different Android charger which have minimal 1 A output capacity. Because sometime the battery can be not charging because trouble with charger. However, if you are sure your battery is fully charge and can turning on but start with blank screen, then please try to press hardware button combination key to force hard reset or reformat. If still can not work, then maybe you get hardware bricks and need to repair to Lenovo authorize service center.

    • Hi, you can try to borrow or use GSM card which already have Internet data subscriptions, then put it at your Lenovo A516. Try again to bypass or unlock forgotten security password using steps above. If you still can not access your Google account, then you have to do hard reset using hardware button combination key above.

  • I have a problem. I have hard reset my phone yesterday because the apps on my phone (Lenovo A516) keep on saying that they stopped. I keep on clicking the OK button but doesn't stop popping up. So I restarted my phone and there appeared: 'Encryption Unsuccessful, the data encryption was interrupted, making the data on your phone unaccessable.' Then it gives me the option to 'Restart Phone' but the button is not working -_- so I hard reset it. It worked. but today, it kept doing the same. What do I do?

    • Hi, usually this problems happen at non standard custom rom or rooted Lenovo A516. There are some possibilities may happen at custom rom that we can not give good advice for this problems. However, doing hard reset is the best method to try weather this trouble happen again or not, then please do not install any not important applications or tweak apps from Google Play Store.

  • Hi! i have a 1.4gb free internal memory why i can't install app it keeps on saying out space and redirect me to manage apps what should i do? please help! thanks in advance!

    • Hi, basically if you have 1,4 GB internal memory at your Lenovo A516, then you can install several applications, unless you have less then 300 MB free and 1,4 GB is for external memory capacity. However, please try to do hard reset then try to install again some important apps, but please note that Lenovo A516 only have total 4 GB internal memory and some of them will use for operating system and factory default applications.

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