How to reset/reformat a phone
How to reset/reformat a phone
26 Sep 2003 - 16:49

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,...

Series 60

On a Series 60 v1 based phone (N-Gage, 3650, 7650), 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 reformats 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.

On newer Series 60 phones (6600/6620/7610), the sequence is slightly different:
-  power the phone off,
-  press and keep down the keeys green/talk + '3' + '*', - power on the phone.
-  release the keys when the formatting starts.

UIQ

Reformat is also possible on UIQ phones. Just after boot, when the phone waits for the PIN entry, enter the following :
-  enter 000, to go into emergency dialing
-  then using the jogdial and the keyboard, enter the following sequence:

UP *  DOWN  DOWN  *  DOWN  *

This should bring up a secret service menu with three choices:
-  Informations: to access various information like software versions, IMEI, Simlock status and speech codecs supported
-  Tests Service: various function to test your phone hardware
-  Service function: to completely reformat and reset your phone.

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Tutorial posted September 26th, 2003 by eric

Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 2004-11-06 15:59.

Thank You, this was a great help!

Submitted by Nick (not verified) on Fri, 2005-05-20 19:30.

The instructions for the 6620 worked like a charm and fixed my problems synching outlook, pc suite, and the 6620. The contacts and calendar had become corrupted by an interrupted sync.

Submitted by sweety (not verified) on Mon, 2005-11-14 02:23.

this really works i am so glad that i found this site so guys anyone wanna format ur phone memory for nokia 6600 go ahead with the instructions welll and its great thanks so much

Submitted by kd (not verified) on Mon, 2006-12-11 22:35.

thanks a lot i saved my phone!!!! this is a very usefull site on the web

Submitted by emcevo on Tue, 2007-05-22 08:19.

I charge my fone now and Ive tried the reset sequence: turn off, then press Talk/Green + 3 + * - power on. Won'w work on my 6600 phone. It just create a squick sound and nothing happen. Still off "blank screen". What will i do with this one??? plss help...... >x<

My phone gone off a year ago. I dont know what happen. It just suddenly turn off and never turn on again.. I try to go to the centre but they said i need to change the hardware with it. they say its internal problem.. well i dont have the money with it coz im just a ordinary student guy... no income.. plsss help me with it..

I loaded my 6600 phone with application: flexicam, and mp3 player. MP3 about 5 songs. Movies about 8 i think. My 6600 specs are just stock sets.. 32mb memory flash disk.. and etc...

Submitted by Ryu on Sat, 2007-06-23 13:53.

DD: I am so friggin' happy 'cause the codes really work. My N71 is prone to filling up its memory. I pay Php500($10) to have it reset. now I can do it myself. Thanks a million.

Submitted by vince_74 on Mon, 2007-09-03 00:28.

The instructions for the 6620 worked like a charm and fixed my problems synching outlook, pc suite, and the 6620.


Submitted by er.khalid on Fri, 2008-04-11 12:18.

I observed on few NOKIA E65 it didn't works.
Even though Two device with same ROM version.
for one it works for other it won't.

Submitted by timcooperx on Thu, 2008-07-10 18:25.

Gentlemen,

This website has excellent coordination which helps resolve the problems. The best hard reset is *+3+call key press all together and switch ON the phone it works on Nokia N-95 also {sim card & memory card shall be removed during this process}

Thanks & regards
New member

Submitted by Milliardo on Mon, 2008-08-25 22:04.

Also tried the green key + 3 + * for my Nokia 6600, and it worked. Too bad my contact numbers and some files were deleted. Next time I should back-up my contacts to my SIM. BTW, this worked after a few tries, and it only worked once the message General: system error came up. Before that, I tried doing it after the phone came on, and it didn't work. Had to wait for the message to come on to make it work.

Submitted by samratc1 on Thu, 2008-09-18 06:54.

Hi,
My UIQ phone (sony ericsson g700) is continuously restarting itself . It is not asking for any pin entry , rather its starting , displaying "sony ericcson" , then starting the start up progress bar .
When that progress has only completed 30% its again restarting and this continues in an infinite loop. Can anybody suggest what needs to be done to bring the phone back to normalcy?

Regards,
SC

Submitted by lgmanalo0510 on Sat, 2009-01-17 12:36.

Hi!

I'm having a problem with my nokia 6600, everytime I received a message, it will automatically reply but it is only remain in the Outbox.

I already perform the 3 keys format and it is sucessful, but my problem still there...

Please help me...

Thanks!

Submitted by zgi_05 on Mon, 2009-06-29 00:23.

how i can reset/reformat my phone nokia 9300 ? and where i can found new OS symbien for my phone .
please reply me as soon as possible .

thanks


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