How to reboot a BQ Mobile BQ-5001L Contact

If you notice that your BQ Mobile BQ-5001L Contact hangs, stays frozen or "thinking" for a long time, it does not react, perhaps because it is overloaded and you have thought about restarting quickly to free up its 1 GB RAM memory, in just three steps we will indicate you how to restart it.

A restart does not erase any data, it only consists of turning the device off and on again, if you want to erase all the content and restore the factory, consult the following tutorial: How to restore a BQ Mobile BQ-5001L Contact.

Before restarting, you must bear in mind that you must know the PIN code of the SIM card and the unlock pattern or password of the BQ-5001L Contact, since it will request it when it is turned on again.

Table of Contents:

Estimated time: 2 minutes.

1- First step:

Press and hold the power or unlock button on the BQ Mobile BQ-5001L Contact until a screen with various options appears.

Press power button Android

2- Second step:

Among the options that are displayed on the screen of the BQ Mobile BQ-5001L Contact, choose "Restart". If a confirmation message appears, press accept.

Restart Android

3- Third step:

The device will turn off and on again to perform the reboot, wait a few seconds or minutes. When it is turned on again, it will request the PIN code of the SIM card and the pattern, fingerprint or unlock code.

Restart screen Android

If the BQ-5001L Contact power button does not work or activate the assistant.

1- First step:

First of all, display the quick access or settings bar of your BQ Mobile BQ-5001L Contact. To do this, with the BQ Mobile BQ-5001L Contact unlocked, you can slide your finger from the top of the screen downwards, the shortcuts to device settings will be displayed.

Open Android quick panel

2- Second step:

Swipe a second time to fully display the shortcuts panel. You will see in the lower right part a button with the symbol to turn on / off, click on this button to continue.

Shut down/restart button on quick panel Android

3- Third step:

Several options will be displayed on the BQ Mobile BQ-5001L Contact screen, including activating emergency mode, power off and the option you are looking for: "Restart". Click on the "Restart" button to continue.

Confirm restart Android

How to restart the BQ Mobile BQ-5001L Contact if it is not responding?

If you cannot restart the BQ Mobile BQ-5001L Contact since it is blocked and the previous method does not work, you must proceed to turn it off and turn it on again using the physical buttons.

To force a restart on your BQ-5001L Contact press and hold the power button (or unlock button) for at least 8 seconds until the BQ Mobile or Android logo appears on the screen and release the button while it turns on again.

If the device still does not respond and you cannot restart it, it is possible that it is low on enough battery, in that case connect the BQ-5001L Contact to its charger and try the procedure again.

If it continues without responding and does not turn on or has entered a loop, it is possible that some internal component such as the motherboard, memory, screen or even the power button has been damaged so you will have to repair it or resort to the warranty.

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