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How to reset or format a S60 series phone
It worked on All nokia series 60 phones:
Nokia-N-gage,Nokia N-gage Qd, Nokia 3650,Nokia 3660,Nokia 6600,Nokia 6620,
Nokia 3230,Nokia 6260,Nokia 6670,Nokia 7610,Nokia 6630,Nokia 6680,Nokia 6681,
Nokia N70,Nokia N72,Nokia N90,Nokia 3250
It may happens that a program corrupts the C: drive of your phone. In such case, some data can be lost of course but, more annoying, some applications may not work or work only partially,...
On a Series 60 based phone, two key sequences will allow to restore your phone to a cleaner state:
Normal Reset (*#7780#) :
Restores ini files from rom but preserves user data (photos, 3rd party apps etc)
Deep Reset (*#7370#) :
This formats completely the C: drive. All applications and files stored on this drive will be lost and clean default files will be rewritten.
In both case, the phone will ask you a confirmation and you will have to enter a security code (12345 by default).
Files and applications stored on E: drive are not be affected by these sequences.
Full phone formatting or Hard Reset:
Here to let everybody how to perform a Full phone formatting.
If you encounter situation like below on your phone:
1. Blank screen phone unable to reboot.
2. Phone only able to boot-up to "Nokia" word screen.
3. Install some program but not able to uninstall it after that.
4. Unable to delete unwanted files on C drive.
Do a Full phone formatting on your phone as steps below:
- Make sure you have at least 3/4 point charge of battery power left.
- Backup your contacts list and personal files to MMC memory card and (or) PC.
- Switch-off your phone and remove memory card.
- Press and hold 3 keys:
- Green dial key
- * Star key
- no. 3 key on keypad
- and then press the power on/off to swtich on the phone.
Remember, do not let go the 3 press and hold keys until you see a formatting word screen show!
- After a few minutes when the Full phone formatting completed, your phone will be back to original system and factory setttings.
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