This post was last updated on May 23rd, 2020 at 09:27 am
As most of you already know, there is a uniform code that you can use to format or hard reset any Nokia Symbian phones that has a keypad. This code will work as long as the phone in question is still powering on. And the code is *#7370#. However if this code fails to work it means you cant even have access to press any number on your phone and this means you may need to do a hard reset of your phone. In this tutorial, i will be teaching you how yo format most Nokia phones manually using button combination especially when the above code fails to work:
How to Hard reset Nokia Symbian^3 Phones Such as Nokia N8, C7, X7, C6-01, and other symbian^3 touch screen phones
If you’re unlucky enough to encounter a problem on your Nokia N8, a hard reset may be what you need to do. This wipes the entire phone memory and settings fresh to how it was (or should be) from the factory.
It’s also useful if you have any need to send away your Nokia N8 for repair or exchange, or maybe in the future you plan to sell it and don’t want your information/details/media stored on your device to be accessible by someone else.
Hopefully unlike the N97, the N8 will not encounter hard-reset bugs where we constantly have to hard reset.
Now to To hard reset the Nokia N8
- First off, Turn off your phone
- Hold “Volume Down + Camera Key + Menu Key” and press the power button until your phone vibrates.
- Wait until the screen show properly… and welcome back!!
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- Press & hold these keys: Red (end) + Green(dial) + PhotoCamera buttons and
SWITCH on the phone.
How to: Hard reset your Nokia N97
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The traditional method won’t work as the N97 doesn’t have the old keypad. After you’ve backed up your data onto a memory card/pc/OVI, turn your phone off, and simultaneously press these four buttons circled in red shown in the picture above.
- Caps shift
- Space bar
- Delete button
- Power-On button
You’ll know it’s worked when you see the initial set up screen, asking country of origin.
- The above method will wipe the phone memory but will not touch the mass memory (you’ll
have to format that separately via File Manager) – got 61 MB back. - Applications installed onto the memory card is still present Fixed voice dialing, but after
restoration from memory card, voice dialing was disabled again -_- Hasn’t Fixed broken GPS. - Refuses to get a GPS fix.
- Restoring from memory card doesn’t put back widget/applications from phone memory
you will need to restore your backup from your memory card – e.g. Facebook/Nokia Messaging/N-Gage is gone. - Restoring from memory card does not restore the menu to how you may have reconfigured it (extremely annoying).
- I’m not sure if the *#7370# code (enter code in dialler) has the
the same effect of wiping everything on the N97 – I’m not
going to try and find out. - From my previous experiences with other Nokia devices, the button method has the advantage of being able to reset your phone if your device refuses to turn on.
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This works specifically if your device is still powering on. If your phone is misbehaving but not yet dead you can restore to factory settings on it by going to settings>>restore>> restore factory settings
HOW TO HARD RESET/FORMAT A NOKIA S60 PHONE:
If It happens that a program corrupts the C: drive of your phone. In such a 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 restoring your phone to a cleaner state:
Normal Reset
*#7780#: Restores any files from rom but preserves user data (photos, 3rd party apps etc)
Hard 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 cases, 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: The drive is not to be affected by these sequences. If you encounter a situation like the ones below on your s60 or s60v3 :
- Blank screen phone or phone unable to reboot.
- Install some program but not able to uninstall it after that.
- Unable to delete unwanted files on C drive.
Do a Full phone formatting on your s60 and S60v3 as steps below:
- Make sure you have at least a 3/4 charge of battery power left.
- Backup your contacts list and personal files to the MMC memory card.
- Switch-off your phone and REMOVE UR MMC!.
- Press and hold 3 keys : Green dial key, * Star key, no. 3 key on keypad and then press the power
on/off to switch on your phone. Remember, do not let go the 3 press and hold keys until you see two hands shaking
How do i hard reset my nokia 5330 guys forgot my passcode
@EDDY: You need to flash your device.
How can I flash Nokia c2 phone.
sir I’m reset my Nokia 112 and my battery turn off and try to switch on back it doesn’t display anything and switch off by itself back what is the solution i can do to it sir
@adedokun: you need to get another battery then do a full flashing
Sir. i’m flashing my nokia 112 by factory reset on setting and my battery turn off but not complete it flashing and try another battery to switch on back and display white on it screen and switch off by itself what is the solution i can do to it sir
@Adedokun: you need a pc hard flashing. take it to the engineers. Next time, please don’t ever reset any electronic device(not only phone) when they are not fully charged or when they have less than 55% power
I have a Nokia X2-00 which after the Nokia hands turns off itself. What can I do?
Is there any way to hard reset it without turning the phone on?
@Bad Wolf: have you tried some of the tips in this article already?
Gud day sir, pls hw can i reset my Nokia 2700: i forget the sec.code
@udeme: you will most definitely need a pro to help you with that. Please engage the services of any GSM engineer close to you. He will help you do it for a token
pls my nokia X2 shows only a white light n then swiches off itself wat can i do pls ur help
@becky: that is boot loop. You need to take it to your nearest Nokia office or a reputable gsm software engr
How can i reset my Nokia 6263? I forgot the security code.
@Teme: unless you flash the phone. you can send it to the stores or read up some articles on how to fash nokia phoes oline
pls how can i hard reset ma asha 200 fone…
pls how can i hard reset ma asha 200 fone
@mystique: https://hard-resets.com/nokia-asha-200-hard-reset/
i mean its not 12345 that is not my code that i forgot it
i want to hard restore my nokia e63 but i forgot my pasword it is 12345
@suraj: have you resolved it now?
No! i am still trying my best to find out:
hello,
thanks for being there.
I tried factory resetting my Nokia E71 but a code is requested for and I don’t know it, please I need your suggestion. Thanks.
@Franklyn: by default that code is 12345
@Abdul kasim: make use of http://www.google.com
I dont know how to hard rest my nokia m6 phone since the day i forgot my code. Pls how can i get that done with no delay.
the second code didn’t work on my e52 that is 12345
i want to know about nokia phone any problem
@Gafar Olanrewaju: which problem is your nokia phone having?
i want to flash my nokia touch light phone
thank u very much 4 ur nice advise
Plz help me,i charged my nokia phone nd wen i saw that it is full i removed it nd tried to switch it on but all mah efforts yielded no good result,plz wah cn i do?
@gold: try another battery on it
please how do I formate Ma x2-01 it turns itself off when I turn it on and switches itself on again and off for like 3 to 4 times then trips off
@Alex, that’s beyond users hard resetting. Take it to a software engineer
I Have a problem .. my mini n97 need hard resset, but my “back space” is not working .. is there any new way to resolve this?
I reseted my N97 phone with the hard reset and when the phone switched on,i choose my country and the phone switched on.but immediately after that,it started showing installing for about 1hour bt neva stopped.i got tired and switched off the phone.please what might be the problem or if there is any solution for it,i would be very grateful.thanks
JUST WAIT FOR THE HOURS REQUIRED TO COMPLETE THE INSTALLATIONS OF FILES INSTALLED ON YOUR MASS MEMORY
.IF YOU WANT TO STOP THIS ERROR, THE CLEAN YOUR PHONE’S UNWANTED APPS WITH SYMBIAN TOOLS OR FORMAT YOUR MASSMEMORY / MEMORYCARD
I Have Nokia C6-01 n mine problem is tat my Nokia Phone turns off automatically n ten turns on automatically also but before tis it gets hanged for some time n ten tis stuff happens n tis is happening from long time n so for the solution i have formatted my phone many times by *#7370# code n also went once to Nokia Gallery for it but tis problem persist ten also i have never got a permanent solution yet till, so now how to fix tis problem for permanently plz help me n in ur feedback plz write tat y tis problem is concerning me always in my Nokia Phone n wat’s the solution for it??., so plz help me n provide me ur feedbak on tis as soon as possible plzzzzzzz ??
the best solution is for you to remove your memory card then hard reset the phone. then use the phone for sometime without the memorycard and see if problem will occur.