Tips and tricks to fix XIAOMI REDMI 5 problems. The first operating system that ship together with XIAOMI REDMI 5 is Android Nougat 7.1.2. The LCD screen size is 5.7 inches but it also use 18:9 aspect ratio screen. It use 720p+ screen resolution. Some users maybe need to give screen protection, but we also have to know that XIAOMI REDMI 5 already use Gorilla Glass screen protections by default. We can use 2 simcard with different provider because this phone have dual simcard slot. But the second simcard also share with external MicroSD maximum 128 GB. The community of www.hard-reset.org will give more information about how to solve some trouble at XIAOMI REDMI 5.
What is Advantage of XIAOMI REDMI 5 Specifications:
GSM 3G HSDPA, Dual SIM Card GSM GSM / CDMA
4G LTE
LCD 5.7 inches IPS
Internal memory 16 GB with 2 GB RAM
Internal memory 32 GB with 3 GB RAM
Main Camera 12 MP (f/2.2, 1.25 μm), phase detection autofocus, LED flash
Front camera 5 MP, f/2.0 for selfie photography
Processor Octa-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A53
GPU Adreno 506
Operating system Android Nougat version 7.1.2
Battery Li-Po 3300 mAh
How to Fix XIAOMI REDMI 5 Camera Problems Solving
How to Fix or Problem Solving for Recovery XIAOMI REDMI 5 hang or not responding or malfunctions or stuck or freezing or bricked ?
Please always take attention for internal memory before buy smartphone. Right now this phone have two options start from 16 GB internal memory with 2 GB RAM or 32 GB internal memory with 3 GB RAM. The internal memory is very important to keep default data. The internal memory will use to install some other applications and operating system, but we still have enough space to install interesting applications from Google Play Store like Whatsapp, WeChat, Line Messenger, Facebook, Snapchat, Telegram, Instagram, Viber, Skype, Blackberry Messenger (BBM). Please take some time to read user review before install new or not famous apps, because some of them may contain viruses or malware that can make some trouble at XIAOMI REDMI 5 such as hang or stuck or bricks or bootloop or frozen or LCD touch screen not responsive or LCD screen not responding with our finger touch. What 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 XIAOMI REDMI 5 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 XIAOMI REDMI 5. 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 XIAOMI REDMI 5 ?
After installing many applications, sometime some of them get crash or corrupt, this situation can make XIAOMI REDMI 5 become not normal or hang or LCD touch screen not responsive with our finger touch. Please press and hold POWER button until XIAOMI REDMI 5 shutdown or turn off by itself. We also can try to press POWER + VOLUME DOWN together to turn it off. 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 XIAOMI REDMI 5 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 XIAOMI REDMI 5 ?
We can use microSD external card to copy or move important files using File Manager applications. If our XIAOMI REDMI 5 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.
How to Boot Recovery Mode at XIAOMI REDMI 5 ?
If we need to boot our XIAOMI REDMI 5 go to recovery mode. We can follow the steps at #Option 2 above from steps no.1 until no.4. After that steps finish, then we will find list of menu options, and choose Recover menu or any other menu as what we need to do.
#Option 1, Hard Reset XIAOMI REDMI 5 with software menu:
- Turn on the XIAOMI REDMI 5
- Please make sure battery capacity more then 50% or better fully charge
- Backup important data at XIAOMI REDMI 5 because all data and applications will be erase or delete
- Go to Menu : Setting > General Setting > Backup and Reset > Factory Data Reset
- Choose :Reset Device > Delete all
- The XIAOMI REDMI 5 will do the hard reset or master format to factory default process.
#Option 2, Hard Reset XIAOMI REDMI 5 with Hardware Button Key to Recovery Mode
- Turn Off XIAOMI REDMI 5
- Make sure the battery is fully charge
- Press and holdPOWER BUTTON + VOLUME UP BUTTONkey
- Release all button after the LCD show Recovery Mode
- UseVolume Buttonto select the option and pressPOWER Buttonto Ok or Confirm or Choose. Please choose Wipe all data to finish the Hard Reset or Master Format Steps
- Wait until the XIAOMI REDMI 5 finish the process and the phone will start again like new
How to Unlock or Fix or Bypass or Solutions for XIAOMI REDMI 5 forgot password code or security lock screen pattern or pin (lost password)?
All XIAOMI REDMI 5 will like to take selfie pictures with 5 megapixel front camera and also have documentation camera with 12 megapixel from rear camera. This phone will have many important files and pictures. We need to secure all data from unauthorized people when XIAOMI REDMI 5 away from us or lost or stolen. We suggest to use fingerprint sensor. This sensor is located at back side of body, but it is not active by default. We need to activate from menu Setting and register our finger hand to make this phone can recognize our fingerprint to unlock. Some user maybe getting hard to unlock using fingerprint. At this condition, we can disable fingerprint sensor and activate alternative one like screen lock pattern or password pin protection. The problems will start happen when we can not unlock this phone or forgot security answer or fingerprint can not unlock. 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 XIAOMI REDMI 5 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 XIAOMI REDMI 5 ?
There is no secret hidden code for XIAOMI REDMI 5 to make it back to factory default. Do the options above to hard reset it.
How to Format or Erase Phone Memory at XIAOMI REDMI 5 ?
There are two phone memory type at XIAOMI REDMI 5, 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 XIAOMI REDMI 5 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 XIAOMI REDMI 5 Stronger, Life Longer and Not Fast to Drain ?
3300 mAh battery capacity is enough to make this phone work for one day without need to recharge. But if we use this phone very intensive, like heavy gamer or watch full movie or have many social media group chat, then maybe XIAOMI REDMI 5 default battery is not enough. However, we can not replace XIAOMI REDMI 5 battery with bigger capacity, because it this phone battery is not removable. The good possibilities to extent battery life are by doing some adjustment. First, please make LCD screen brightness as low as possible, because more brightness will use more battery power. We also have to disable all not use connections like GPS or Bluetooth or Wifi. If some applications need to know our locations for tag locations, then please activate GPS battery saving mode from menu Setting > Location.