Tips and tricks to fix NOKIA 5.1 problems. This is Android One project from Nokia which will use native Android One Oreo without any bloatware applications, therefore we will get more free storage to install only interesting applications that we want to use. NOKIA 5.1 is cheap smartphone with 5.5 inches LCD screen width, it have 18:9 aspect ratio to make it more easy to hold. This phone does not use Qualcomm chipset, but NOKIA 5.1 use MediaTek Helio P18 which can run maximum with Octa Core CPU. Find more information about how to solve problems of NOKIA 5.1 at www.hard-reset.org community.
What is Advantage of NOKIA 5.1 (Android One) Specifications:
GSM 3G HSDPA single or dual simcard
4G LTE Broadband connections
LCD 5.5 inches (18:9 aspect ratio)
Internal memory 32 GB with 3 GB RAM
Internal memory 16 GB with 2 GB RAM
External memory microSD maximum 256 GB
Main Camera 16 MP, PDAF, dual-LED dual-tone flash
Front Camera 8 MP for selfie photography and video conference
Processor Octa-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53
Operating system Android Oreo version 8 / Android One
Battery Li-Ion 2970 mAh
How to Fix or Problem Solving for Recovery NOKIA 5.1 hang or not responding or malfunctions or stuck or freezing or bricked ?
The minimum 16 GB storage capacity still enough to install some applications from Google Play Store like Telegram, Facebook, Whatsapp, Snapchat, Instagram, Skype, WeChat, Viber, Line Messenger, Blackberry Messenger (BBM) and some other more, because this phone use Android One which is native from Google without any other bloatware factory default applications. But we have to make sure all installed applications are safe before install to our NOKIA 5.1, because some apps which are new or not famous may contain viruses or malware that can make some trouble if installed at our NOKIA 5.1 such as stuck or bricks or hang or bootloop or frozen or LCD touch screen not responsive or LCD screen not responding with our finger touch. These kind of apps will not get Verified by Play Protect information.
What should we do if this problem happen? First we have to try do soft reset or reboot or restart to remove temporary files or caches that can make some trouble at this phone. If our NOKIA 5.1 can boot again, then please directly download one good antivirus applications from Google Play Store like AVAST or NORTON, please choose only one we like. The antivirus will try to scan all installed applications and give recommendation setting to our phone. If the problems still happen, then next steps is doing hard reset or master format. Please note, doing hard reset will remove or erase all important data, therefore we have to backup all data first before doing master format. Doing hard reset will remove all Google account from NOKIA 5.1. For safety reasons, please do not install any unknown APK files, because it is very easy to make our phone getting trouble.
What Should We do When NOKIA 5.1 Internal Memory Insufficient and Can Not Installed Applications ?
Internal memory is very important, this phone have two options base by internal memory capacity, one with 16 GB and the other version with 32 GB. After use several months, we will have several installed applications. Therefore our internal memory will be insufficient or not enough to download or install more applications from Google Play Store. At this situations, we can try to do extended internal memory which use external memory. Thanks to Android Oreo which able to expand internal memory by using external microSD, please read how to do this steps at this information:
How to Force Shutdown or Force Soft Reset or Reboot or Restart NOKIA 5.1 ?
After installing several applications from Google Play Store, sometime the applications crash or corrupt. It will make some trouble at our phone such as hang or LCD touch screen not responsive with our finger touch. We need to remove temporary files and caches to solve this problems. Please press and hold POWER button until NOKIA 5.1 shutdown or turn off by itself. After it totally off, then we can press again POWER button to turn it ON. This process will not remove any important data, therefore we can do this process anytime we want.
How to backup data or Contact at NOKIA 5.1 ?
We can use microSD external card to copy or move important files using File Manager applications. If our NOKIA 5.1 has already signed in with Google account, by default our contact will be synchronize in the background to Google server. Please make sure we check all contact at Google contact server using Internet browse to make sure backup is done.
#Option 1, How to Hard Reset NOKIA 5.1 (Android) with software menu:
- Turn on this phone
- Please Make sure NOKIA 5.1 (Android) battery already charge properly or minimum have 50% capacity
- Go to menu:Setting > Backup & Reset > Factory data reset > Reset device
- ChooseErase Everything
- NOKIA 5.1 (Android) will do the process to Master Reset to Factory Default
#Option 2, How to Hard Reset NOKIA 5.1 with Hardware key button:
- Turn off NOKIA 5.1
- We have to connect power charger to our phone right now
- Press and hold together :Power Button + Volume Up(about 10-20 seconds or more and the LCD while screen show Nokia Logo and command)
- Release All button once we see Android Recovery with several menus at our phone
- If we see the menu at LCD screen, chooseWipe Data/Factory ResetwithVolume Buttonto select and usePower Buttonto ok or enter.
- The NOKIA 5.1 will doing the process of restoring to factory default. And if we go back to Recovery menu, choose Reboot to start this phone from beginning.
How to Unlock or Fix or Bypass or Solutions for NOKIA 5.1 forgot password code or security lock screen pattern or pin (lost password)?
Fingerprint is very important for these days smartphone, because we can easily unlock our NOKIA 5.1 when we want to use anytime. Some users maybe does not aware about security which is very important to enable, because we do not want any unauthorized people can see or access our important data or private photo videos from good 16 megapixel main camera or 8 megapixel selfie camera when NOKIA 5.1 away from us or stolen or lost. Some users maybe does not like to use fingerprint sensor, because for some people, the fingerprint are hard to read. Please use other alternative protections like screen lock pattern or password pin protections. The problems will start happen when we can not unlock this phone or fingerprint can not unlock this phone. What should we do?
Do not worry about security protections, because Android already give solutions when we forgot security screen lock pattern or password pin protections using Google account to unlock it. This NOKIA 5.1 already use latest Android version which already implement FRP (Factory Reset Protection) to secure our phone when stolen or lost. Anyone who do not know previous Google account, can not use this phone although we do hard reset or reformat the operating system. Therefore we have to make sure keep our Gmail / Google account secure. To recovery forgotten protections or passcode, please do hard reset using hardware button combination key. After reformat finish, Verify your account with previous Google Account.
Is That Any Secret Code for Doing Format NOKIA 5.1 ?
There is no secret hidden code for NOKIA 5.1 to make it back to factory default. Do the options above to hard reset it.
How to Format or Erase Phone Memory at NOKIA 5.1 ?
There are two phone memory type at NOKIA 5.1, one is internal memory and the other one is external memory. If we want to format internal memory phone then we have to do hard reset or reformat the operating system of NOKIA 5.1 as well. Please use menu setting to do hard reset or reformat using #option 1 above, but make sure to give checkbox mark at Erase Internal SD card / Internal storage. Then it will reformat the factory default operating system and remove or erase any data inside internal memory.
To reformat or wipe or erase all data at external memory, we can use menu Setting > Storage > Erase Internal Storage / SD Card. Please always make sure all data has already backup before reformat or wipe everything, because it is hard to recover formatted / wiped data at internal or external storage.
How to Make Battery of NOKIA 5.1 (Android) Stronger, Life Longer and Not Fast to Drain ?
This phone have 2970 mAh battery capacity, almost 3000 mAh battery capacity. Like other Nokia smartphone NOKIA 5.1 use non removable battery, therefore we can not replace battery with bigger one if we are kind of heavy active user who use phone very much such as playing games several hours or watching full movie or having many social media group chat. What we can do for make NOKIA 5.1 battery work more longer are do some adjustment like make LCD screen brightness as low as possible, then disable all not use connections such as GPS or Wifi or Bluetooth. NOKIA 5.1 does not have NFC which also use battery. If some applications want to know location, then please activate GPS battery saving mode from menu Setting.