Troubleshoots Gionee Big Gold Steel 3

These are some common reasons why you might want to reset, format, or perform a hard/factory reset on your Gionee Big Gold Steel 3:

— My Gionee Big Gold Steel 3 is running very slowly, and I want to format it.

— I’ve forgotten my unlock pattern or PIN code for the screen.

— The Gionee Big Gold Steel 3 is frozen or unresponsive.

— There isn’t enough storage space on my Gionee Big Gold Steel 3 to install new applications.

— I want to erase all information before selling or giving away my Gionee Big Gold Steel 3.

— I need to restore my Gionee Big Gold Steel 3 to factory settings.

— My Gionee Big Gold Steel 3 is having trouble receiving calls.

Click the following link to see instructions on resetting Gionee Big Gold Steel 3

Before performing a hard reset or formatting your Gionee Big Gold Steel 3, you should know that all data and configurations will be erased, returning the device to its factory settings.

Formatting should generally not pose any risk to your Gionee Big Gold Steel 3; however, it’s essential to follow all the steps carefully. Ensure that the battery is fully charged, and if possible, keep the device connected to the charger during the process.

If something goes wrong during the reset, restarting from the beginning and following the steps again usually resolves the issue, allowing the process to be completed successfully. Nevertheless, there is always some risk involved in performing a hard reset, which can depend on the condition of the device. You should weigh whether you're comfortable taking that risk or if you'd prefer to seek assistance from a professional.

Performing a hard reset or formatting your Gionee Big Gold Steel 3 will erase all data stored since the device was first launched.

This means that all applications you have installed will be deleted (pre-installed applications will remain). Any settings or customizations made to the device will also be removed.

Your Big Gold Steel 3 will be unlinked from all social media accounts and services, including Google, Facebook, Instagram, email, and iTunes.

Additionally, all chat conversations, messages, photos, videos, audio files, and documents downloaded while using your Gionee Big Gold Steel 3 will be deleted.

While this data will be removed from the Big Gold Steel 3, if you have linked it to a cloud backup service (such as iCloud or Google Drive), you can restore your data by connecting your account to a new device and connecting to Wi-Fi. This will allow you to download all backed-up data, including messages, chats, photos, videos, multimedia files, and browsing history.

First and foremost, we recommend making a backup of all your data on the Gionee Big Gold Steel 3. You can do this by connecting the Big Gold Steel 3 to a computer via a cable and transferring your data using a file browser or a dedicated backup program. Alternatively, you can use an SD card or the simplest method: back up to the cloud through services like Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, Apple iCloud, Dropbox, or Amazon Drive.

Secondly, ensure that your Gionee has at least 80% battery power. If possible, keep it connected to the charger while performing the reset process.

The Fortnite video game has the following requirements to work on a mobile device: minimum 3Gb of RAM, Android 8.0 or higher, GPU: Adreno 530 or higher, Mali-G71 MP20, Mali-G72 MP12 or higher and free internal storage space of at least 3GB.

The Gionee Big Gold Steel 3 it has a RAM memory 3 GB, it comes from the factory with the Amigo 5.0 (Android 7.1.1 Nougat) operating system and an internal memory of 32 GB (gigabytes).

Fortnite for Android cannot be obtained from Google Play like the rest of applications and games, since Epic Games decided to remove it from the Google application store to avoid paying 30 per cent commission for each subscription or purchase that is made in the video game. To get Fortnite in your Gionee Big Gold Steel 3 you must download the installer accessing from the mobile device to epicgames.com/fortnite/android and allow installation of apk files on your Big Gold Steel 3.

The Genshin Impact video game has the following requirements to be able to work on an Android mobile device: minimum 3 GB of RAM memory, Android 7 or higher operating system and free internal storage space of at least 8 GB.

The Gionee Big Gold Steel 3 it has a RAM memory 3 GB, the processor ARM Cortex-A53, it comes from the factory with the Amigo 5.0 (Android 7.1.1 Nougat) operating system and an internal memory of 32 GB (gigabytes).

If you have forgotten the PIN code of your Gionee Big Gold Steel 3 SIM card, do not enter the wrong code more than twice or you will block the SIM card. A hard reset will not take effect in this case, the only solution is to look for the PUK code that you must have on the plastic card where your SIM card came from, in case you cannot find it, contact your telephone company to provide you with the PUK code, With this code you can create a new PIN code. Do not enter a wrong PUK code or the SIM card will be unusable and you will have to request a new one from your telephone company.

If you have a Google account associated with your Gionee Big Gold Steel 3 and you remember the password you can unlock your Gionee.

After several attempts to try to unlock the Big Gold Steel 3, the phrase “Forgot your password?” Will appear in the lower left. or “Forgotten the password” click on it, now enter the password of your Google account and your Gionee Big Gold Steel 3 will be unlocked.

Once unlocked you can change the unlock pattern or lock PIN code from the Amigo 5.0 (Android 7.1.1 Nougat) operating system settings.

If you do not remember the password of your Google account you must use a computer or other device to try to recover the password through a secret question or a second email account, if it is also not possible to recover the Google password the last option to unlock your Gionee Big Gold Steel 3 is to do a hard reset or factory reset so you will erase all the information stored in your 32 GB (gigabytes) and all its settings.

There are several methods to improve the speed of a Big Gold Steel 3 from Gionee before resorting to acquiring a new model or resorting to more drastic methods.

Unlike a computer or laptop, we cannot expand the RAM of a Gionee Big Gold Steel 3 from 3 GB which comes by default so we have to look for methods to improve its performance.

1- Perform an unnecessary application cleanup. Check all downloaded applications you do not use and delete them.

2- Remove pre-installed applications. Your Gionee Big Gold Steel 3 comes with pre-installed applications that you may not use and are taking up space in your 32 GB (gigabytes) memory.

3- Pass media files to memory card.

4- Keep your Gionee Big Gold Steel 3 updated to the latest software version, Amigo 5.0 (Android 7.1.1 Nougat) it is the version of the operating system with which it was released but possibly new versions have come out with performance improvements.

5- Try restarting your Gionee Big Gold Steel 3

6- Install an antivirus or cleaning application.

7- As a last option you can perform a format, factory reset or hard reset of your Gionee.

The frequencies or bands of mobile telephony used in the United States are the following:
2G/GSM: GSM 850 MHz, GSM 1900 MHz.
3G/WCDMA: UMTS 850 MHz, UMTS 1900 MHz, UMTS 1700 MHz, UMTS 2100 MHz.
4G/LTE: LTE 700 MHz, LTE 800 MHz, LTE 1700 MHz, LTE 1900 MHz, LTE 2100 MHz, LTE WCS 2300 MHz (30), LTE 2500 MHz.
5G: 3100 – 3550 MHz (and 3700 – 4200 MHz).

The Gionee Big Gold Steel 3 has a 2G connectivity: GSM 850 MHz, GSM 900 MHz, GSM 1800 MHz, GSM 1900 MHz

A 3G connectivity: CDMA 800 MHz

4G / LTE connectivity: W-CDMA 850 MHz, W-CDMA 900 MHz, W-CDMA 1900 MHz, W-CDMA 2100 MHz

The frequencies or bands of cellular telephony used in the United Kingdom are the following:

2G/GSM: GSM 900 MHz, GSM 1800 MHz.

3G/WCDMA: UMTS 900 MHz, UMTS 2100 MHz.

4G/LTE: LTE 800 MHz, LTE 1800 MHz, LTE 2600 MHz.

5G: 3400 MHz (42), 5G 3500 MHz (78).

You can check if the Gionee Big Gold Steel 3 works in the United Kingdom since it has a connectivity 2G: GSM 850 MHz, GSM 900 MHz, GSM 1800 MHz, GSM 1900 MHz

A 3G connectivity: CDMA 800 MHz

4G / LTE connectivity: W-CDMA 850 MHz, W-CDMA 900 MHz, W-CDMA 1900 MHz, W-CDMA 2100 MHz

The frequencies or bands of cellular telephony used in Ireland are the following:

2G/GSM: GSM 900 MHz, GSM 1800 MHz.

3G/WCDMA: UMTS 2100 MHz.

4G/LTE: LTE 800 MHz, LTE 900 MHz, LTE 1800 MHz.

5G: 3500 (78).

The frequencies or bands of cellular telephony used in Australia are the following:

2G/GSM: Obsolete 900 MHz, 1800 MHz.

3G/WCDMA: 850 MHz 900 MHz, UMTS 2100 MHz.

4G/LTE: 700 MHz (28), 850 MHz (5), 1800 MHz (3), 2100 MHz (1), 2300 MHz (40), 2600 MHz (7).

5G: 2300 MHz (40), 3500 MHz (78).

The frequencies or bands of cellular telephony used in Canada are the following:

2G/GSM: 850 MHz, 1900 MHz.

3G/WCDMA: 850 MHz 1700 MHz, UMTS 1900 MHz.

4G/LTE: 700 MHz (12, 13, 17, 4, 29), 1700 MHz (4, 66), 1900 MHz (2), 2100 MHz (4), 2300 MHz (40), 2500 MHz (7), 2600 MHz (7, 38), 3500 MHz (42).

5G: 2600 MHz (38, 66).

On Android devices like the Gionee Big Gold Steel 3 it is possible to quickly access emergency contacts without having to unlock the terminal.

First of all you must configure emergency calls on your Big Gold Steel 3, for this you must go to the device settings and search under “Advanced functions” or “Security and privacy” section “Send emergency message”, “Contacts of Emergency” or “SOS Emergency” varies depending on the version of the operating system and the customization layer of Gionee.

Within this section you must configure the emergency contacts that you want to appear when activating the emergency call.

Once you have configured several possible ways to make the call depending on the software version, one possibility is by pressing the power key five times in a row (in some models it is activated with three consecutive keystrokes), in case this option does not work in The lock screen should show the emergency text at the bottom, click on the word “Emergency” and you will be able to access the emergency contacts.

Keep your Gionee Big Gold Steel 3 updated it is very important especially to receive the latest corrections in security and to receive the latest news of the operating system as well as improvements in speed and battery performance.

Before updating the Gionee Big Gold Steel 3 make sure you have a fully charged battery and be connected to a Wi-Fi network, since a large amount of data must be downloaded.

To update your Gionee Big Gold Steel 3 you must go to Settings, this is the gear icon on the home screen of your Gionee, scroll down and click on “Software Updates” and then on “Check for updates”.

Step-by-step instructions to update Android.

To make a backup of your Gionee Big Gold Steel 3 there are several methods.

The most economical method to make a backup is to connect the Gionee Big Gold Steel 3 to a computer using the USB cable and make a copy of the files using the file browser.

To perform a cloud backup you need a cloud backup service, on Android devices the default built-in service is Google Drive.

With Google Drive you have 15Gb free, there are other similar services of other companies all with limited free storage space option such as Microsoft OneDrive, Amazon Photos or Dropbox.

If what you want is to make a backup only of the photos and videos made with your Gionee you can use Google Photos, You will have all your photos and videos organized and you can configure it to be uploaded automatically at the time of capturing or uploaded all when connecting to a Wi-Fi network.

If your Gionee Big Gold Steel 3 it does not turn on you must follow a series of recommendations to check what the problem is:

First connect the Gionee to the charger and to the electric current to rule out that it is a problem of lack of battery. If after one hour of charging the Gionee still does not turn on, proceed to the following recommendation.

Press the power button for a few seconds, if you hear a sound but the screen remains black, it is either the screen or the cable connecting the screen to the motherboard that is broken.

Try to make a factory reset, you will lose all the data in the Gionee Big Gold Steel 3 but you can recover them later through the iCloud backup.

If the Gionee Big Gold Steel 3 does not react to factory reset is likely to be a battery problem, you can call a technician to replace the battery 4000 mAh (milliampere-hours) from Big Gold Steel 3, it is a relatively cheap solution.

If none of these methods have worked, it is likely that Gionee Big Gold Steel 3 s has a broken motherboard or screen problem.

Water resistance is not a permanent condition and may decrease over time, avoid using the Gionee Big Gold Steel 3 in saunas, steam baths, drop it or receive blows, expose it to soap or shampoo, expose it to perfumes, solvents, detergents, acids, creams and in general any type of liquid other than fresh water and extreme temperatures. The Big Gold Steel 3 has a certification IP52.

If your Gionee Big Gold Steel 3 is not charging the battery while connected to the power adapter, it may be due to a dirty charging connector. Check the Big Gold Steel 3's Micro USB charging connector, for example, with a flashlight, to see if it has lint or dirt and clean it very carefully. You can blow to try to remove the lint and dust. You can also carefully insert a toothpick or a cotton swab. Avoid inserting metallic, conductive, or sharp materials, as they can damage the interior.

Try another power outlet: Sometimes the problem is the power outlet and not the phone or these accessories. Check the charger and cable: Make sure they are not damaged. Try another charger and cable to rule out that they are the problem.

Remember that handling the phone on your own can void the warranty, so be careful with the steps you decide to follow.