• After 15+ years, we've made a big change: Android Forums is now Early Bird Club. Learn more here.

"Cool Thing" c101 - mt6516 - 850mhz

C

c0ldfyr3

Guest
Hi all,

I was given a phone to get working for a friend. It's from Brazil and all the branding everywhere says it's made by "Orange Cool Thing" and that it's a c101, they don't even list it on their website. It's a dual-sim quad band phone and has 850mhz which is in use here in Argentina.

When I insert a sim and turn it on, 50% of the time it says no networks and when it does give me a network selection and I choose my network it tells me it can't connect.

There is nothing in the engineering menu to select bands nor is there an option anywhere I can find.

Also, to hard reset I'm supposed to hold - whilst plugging it into my PC and then power it on for the factory menu. Doesn't work.

Any help would be appreciated. And yes I've tried both SIM slots :p
 

BEST TECH IN 2023

We've been tracking upcoming products and ranking the best tech since 2007. Thanks for trusting our opinion: we get rewarded through affiliate links that earn us a commission and we invite you to learn more about us.

Smartphones