Tips and tricks to fix NOKIA C12 problems. This is Android 12 Go smartphone that come with entry level specifications for low price selling price. The processor comes with Unisoc SC9863A1 and has dedicated GPU IMG8322. With 2 GB RAM, it should only install with important apps.
The screen size is 6.3 inches with HD resolutions. This phone can not work with 5G connection, but 4G LTE is ready to use for broadband Internet access. We will give more information and solutions to solve NOKIA C12 troubles at www.hard-reset.org community.
What are Advantages of NOKIA C12 Specifications & Features:
- GSM 3G HSDPA & 4G LTE dual simcard
- LCD 6.3 inches with 720 x 1600 pixels
- Processor Octa-core 4×1.6 GHz Cortex-A55 & 4×1.2 GHz Cortex-A55
- Internal memory 64 GB
- RAM 2 GB
- Main Camera Triple 8 MP
- Main Camera Features LED flash
- Front Camera 5 MP for selfie photography and video conference
- Operating system Android 12
- Battery Li-Po 3000 mAh
How to Fix or Problem Solving for Recovery NOKIA C12 hang or not responding or malfunctions or stuck or freezing or bricked ?
We should only install most important apps from Google Play Store that design for Android Go smartphone. However, there are some bad apps that can act like fake games, but they may contain viruses or malware. We should read many user reviews before install new or not famous apps.
Otherwise, our NOKIA C12 will get some troubles like become slowly or hang or stuck or bricks or bootloop or frozen or LCD touch screen not responsive with our finger touch. They also can stolen our data or install unknown apps. Google will not give Verified by Play Protect icon for these kind of applications.
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 C12 can boot again, then please try to download one good antivirus application from Google Play Store like AVAST or NORTON, please install only one antivirus. The antivirus will try to scan all installed applications and give recommendation setting for our phone.
If the problems still happen, then next step 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 C12. For safety reasons, please do not install any unknown APK files, because they are very easy to make our phone getting trouble.
How to Force Shutdown or Force Soft Reset or Reboot or Restart NOKIA C12 ?
NOKIA C12 is Android Go smartphone with limited 2 GB RAM. Sometime installed apps may crash or corrupt that can make troubles at our NOKIA C12 or become stuck or LCD touch screen not responsive with our finger touch. We have to remove temporary files and caches to fix this troubles.
Please press and hold POWER button until NOKIA C12 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 C12 ?
We can backup important data to external memory if we already insert external memory at MicroSD slot. We can transfer some files to external memory manually using File Manager inside this phone or we can download from Google Play Store.
We can connect this phone with USB cable to connect with computer. After the computer recognize this phone, please choose File Transfer from our Android phone, then we can see our NOKIA C12 as external storage from our computer. At this time please copy and paste any important files from NOKIA C12 to computer using computer File Manager.
If our NOKIA C12 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 C12 (Android) with software menu:
- Turn on this phone
- Please Make sure NOKIA C12 (Android) battery already charge properly or minimum have 50% capacity
- Go to menu:Setting > Backup & Reset > Factory data reset > Reset device
- ChooseErase Everything
- NOKIA C12 (Android) will do the process to Master Reset to Factory Default
#Option 2, How to Hard Reset NOKIA C12 with Hardware key button:
- Turn off NOKIA C12
- 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 C12 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 C12 forgot password code or security lock screen pattern or pin (lost password)?
It is very important to secure all data from unauthorized people when NOKIA C12 away from us or stolen or lost. The fingerprint is not available but we can use several security options like screen lock pattern or pin or password to protect our private data and photos videos. However, problems will start happen when we can not unlock this phone or forgot protection password or pattern or pin or fingerprint can not work. What should we do?
Do not worry about this trouble, because Android already give solutions when we forgot security screen lock pattern or password pin protections using Google account. But because this Nokia phone already use latest Android version, then it have FRP (factory reset protections) to protect from stolen or lost. We have to hard reset our phone using hardware button combination key like steps at #option 2 above.
After finish reformat, NOKIA C12 screen will show Verify your account page to make sure this phone is belong to us. We need to sign in with previous Google Account that was previously synced on this device. Therefore we have to remember carefully our Google / Gmail username and password.
Is That Any Secret Code for Doing Format NOKIA C12 ?
There is no secret hidden code for NOKIA C12 to make it back to factory default. Do the options above for performing hard reset.
How to Format or Erase Phone Memory at NOKIA C12 ?
If we want to format internal memory phone then we have to do hard reset or reformat the operating system of NOKIA C12 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 C12 (Android) Stronger, Life Longer and Not Fast to Drain ?
NOKIA C12 has 3000 mAh battery capacity. The battery is removable, therefore we can have backup secondary battery. However, if we want to make single battery work more longer, then please do some adjustment like make LCD screen brightness as low as possible and turn off all not use connections like GPS or Bluetooth or WiFi. NFC is not installed on NOKIA C12.