Tips and tricks to fix OPPO A1 problems. This is 5.7 inches LCD screen smartphone which use Android Nougat as factory default operating system. The dual simcard slot is available to use and both of them can standby to wait phone connection, but only one simcard can active for one time. This phone can work with 4G LTE data broadband. The screen resolutions is 720 x 1440 pixels but it already use 18:9 aspect ratio. Find more information about how to solve troubles of OPPO A1 at www.hard-reset.org community.
What is Advantage of OPPO A1 Specifications?
Network GSM 3G HSDPA or with 4G LTE Dual simcard
LCD 5.7 inches
Processor Octa-core 2.3 GHz Cortex-A53
Bluetooth / GPS / Wifi
Memory Internal 64 GB with 4 GB RAM
External memory 128 GB microSD use dedicated slot
Main Camera 13 MP, f/2.2, autofocus, LED flash
Front Camera 8 MP, f/2.2 for video conference and selfie photography
Operating System Android Nougat 7.1
Battery Li-Ion 3180 mAh
How to Fix or Problem Solving for Recovery OPPO A1 hang or not responding or malfunctions or stuck or freezing or bricked ?
This phone comes to answer big internal memory smartphone. OPPO A1 have 64 GB internal memory, this capacity is very important to keep all factory default operating system and installed applications. We still have big free storage to download some important applications from Google Play Store like Skype, Telegram, Instagram, Facebook, Whatsapp, Line Messenger, WeChat, Viber, Snapchat, Blackberry Messenger (BBM). There are many good and bad apps inside Google Play Store, some bad apps may contain viruses or malware that can make some trouble if we install at our OPPO A1, our phone can become hang or bricks or bootloop or frozen or LCD touch screen not responsive or LCD screen not responding with our finger touch. Usually these apps are new or not famous, they also did not get any Verified by Play Protect information.
What do we have to do? 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 OPPO A1 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 OPPO A1. For safety reasons, please do not install any unknown APK files, because it is very easy to make our phone getting trouble.
How to Force Shutdown or Force Soft Reset or Reboot or Restart OPPO A1 ?
When our OPPO A1 can not run normally, usually the problems happen because applications, it may crash or corrupt. That problems can make some trouble like hang or not responsive with our finger touch. At this situation we need to do soft reset or reboot to remove temporary files and caches. Please press and hold POWER button until OPPO A1 shutdown or turn off by itself. After this phone 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. If our OPPO A1 still can work properly, but we want to clear temporary files and caches from some applications, then please press and hold POWER button until pop-up menu appear, continue choose Shutdown / Power off / Reboot menu.
How to backup data or Contact at OPPO A1 ?
We can use microSD external card to copy or move important files using File Manager applications. If our OPPO A1 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, Hard Reset OPPO A1 with software menu
- Turn on the OPPO A1
- Make sure the battery is not empty
- Backup important data at OPPO A1 because all data and applications will be erase or delete
- Go to Menu : Setting
- Choose Tab :General
- PressBackup & Reset > Restore factory setting
- Better you not check anything at the option if you do not want to erase data at data partition at internal memory
- ChooseReset phone
- The OPPO A1 will do the master reset process.
#Option 2, Hard Reset OPPO A1 Factory Default using Hardware Secret Button Key
If we can not go to menu, or OPPO A1 can not turn on or hang or stuck or frozen so we can not access the menu setting or nothing happen while touch the screen, then try to factory reset with secret button and hardware key
- Turn off the OPPO A1
- Make sure the battery OPPO A1 already full or more than 50%
- Press together and hold thePower Button + Volume Down Button
- If the Logo appear, then release the button, after that we will enter some menu
- Choosewipe data / factory resetusingVolume Button, and pressPower Buttonto Enter or OK
- The OPPO A1 will continue master reset, wait for several minutes until OPPO A1 start like new again.
How to Unlock or Fix or Bypass or Solutions for OPPO A1 forgot password code or security lock screen pattern or pin (lost password)?
64 GB internal memory are big enough to keep so many important files and confidential photos or videos that capture from 13 megapixel rear camera or 8 megapixel front camera. Please give security protection to make unauthorized people can not access our important data when OPPO A1 away from us or lost or stolen. OPPO A1 does not have fingerprint sensor, but we still can use alternative screen lock pattern or password pin protections. The problems will start happen when we can not unlock this phone. 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 to unlock it. Please turn on this phone, when it ask for security answer, then please try to give several time wrong answer continuously until OPPO A1 locked or freezing about 30 seconds. At this situations we can find Forgot Password / Pattern button. Press this button, to give our Gmail username and password account that we have already signed-in before. If we still can not access Gmail account, then we have to do hard reset using hardware button combination key above.
Is That Any Secret Code for Doing Format OPPO A1 ?
There is no secret hidden code for OPPO A1 to make it back to factory default. Do the options above to hard reset it.
How to Format or Erase Phone Memory at OPPO A1 ?
There are two phone memory type at OPPO A1, 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 OPPO A1 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 OPPO A1 Stronger, Life Longer and Not Fast to Drain ?
This phone have enough battery to make it run one day without need to recharge, because it is use 3180 mAh battery capacity. But for heavy users, having bigger battery is needed, especially when they have many social media group chat or playing games several hours. But we can not replace OPPO A1 battery with bigger one, because OPPO A1 battery is not removable. Please do some adjustment like make LCD screen brightness as low as possible. We also need to disable all not use connections like GPS or Bluetooth or Wifi. Some apps maybe need to know our locations, please activate GPS battery saving mode from menu Setting.