[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] umarfarooqleo:
Hi Everyone.... A.O.A.

My Friend has QMobile Noir A10. He had pattern lock on it. Today he locked his cell by too many wrong pattern attempts :p :

So I Google for suitable Solution but failed to find accurate result. I Attempted to unlock it (factory reset) and successfully factory reset it.

So here is what i did.....

STEP BY STEP PROCEDURE TO FACTORY RESET QMOBILE NOIR A10 / UNLOCK IT IF PATTERN FORGOTTEN / ACCESS RECOVERY MODE:

(STEP:1) MAKE SURE YOUR NOIR A10 BATTERY IS MORE THEN 50%.IF SO, CONTINUE THE PROCEDURE OTHERWISE CHARGE IT FIRST.

(STEP:2)Turn off your QMobile Noir A10 by pressing & holding Power Button, then touch 'Power off', then touch 'OK'.

(or simply take out the battery and put it after 10 sec. :laugh: )

(STEP:3) When The cellphone is Off, simultaneously press & hold Volume Up Button + Volume Down Button + Power Button, till you see a Screen having 2 lines of options of 'Recovery Mode' & 'Factory Mode'. When this screen appears release all buttons instantly.

(STEP:4) Now when the above screen appears, press the Volume Up Button to go to Recovery Mode. You will see Noir A10 Logo Screen then Android system recovery <3e> screen will appear:

(STEP:5) To move up and down in the 'XX Android system recovery utility' Menu use Volume Up Button and Volume Down Button Simultaneously.

To select anything in the 'XX Android system recovery utility' Menu, use the Square Button situated at Bottom Left of Noir A10 touchscreen (Menu Button)

From the Recovery Menu, select "wipe data/factory reset". A screen will appear for the confirmation of wiping user data (containing many 'no' and only 1 'yes' :silly: ). Scroll down the pointer by using Volume Down Button and select "Yes -- delete all user data" by using Square Touch Button at bottom left.

(STEP:6) After the process is complete, you will be returned to the Main Menu again. select "reboot system now". the cellphone will reboot and will show you the Noir A10 logo screen. Wait for 5-10 min.

(STEP:7) After a few minutes the "Welcome" Screen will appear. wait for 2 more minutes till a notification box appear saying "System Initialization Complete". touch 'OK' and HAVE FUN..... :D

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STEP BY STEP PROCEDURE TO BACKUP / RESTORE THE WHOLE ROM + USER DATA IN QMOBILE NOIR A10:

To Backup / Restore your ROM, follow all the steps from STEP:1 to STEP:4, as described above.

After those 4 steps, perform following steps:

(STEP:5) To move up and down in the 'XX Android system recovery utility' Menu use Volume Up Button and Volume Down Button Simultaneously.

To select anything in the 'XX Android system recovery utility' Menu, use the Square Button situated at Bottom Left of Noir A10 touchscreen (Menu Button)

If you want to backup your data, From the Recovery Mode select "backup user data". A screen will appear with blue moving line on top and backup file name at bottom. wait for 10 to 15 min till the backup process is complete and you are automatically returned back to the main menu.

(STEP:6) If you want to restore your data, From the Recovery Menu select "restore user data". A screen will appear to select the backup file.

all backup files are of '.backup' extension. e.g. "userdata_20130219_104821.backup". Select the backup file from which you want to restore the data. if too many backup files are there, select the last possible backup. if no backup file if there it means that you have never backed up your data.

now select the backup file and wait for 10 to 15 min till the restoration process is complete and you are automatically returned back to the main menu.

(STEP:7) If you want to restore your data, follow this step, otherwise skip this step and move to next step.

From the Recovery Menu, select "wipe cache partition".

(STEP:8) After the process is complete, you will be returned to the Main Menu again. select "reboot system now". the cellphone will reboot and will show you the Noir A10 logo screen. Wait for 5-10 min. After a few minutes the "Welcome" Screen will appear. HAVE FUN..... :D

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I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE OR LOST OF DATA. :angel:

always keep a backup of your data from recovery mode.

QMobile Noir A10 is copy of MICROMAX A110. you can use MICROMAX A110 Jellybean Rom on it but its not suggested since they are not designed for QMobile.... (most custom ROM have accelerometer issues with NOIR A10)