Format Nokia s60 phones

[_Vishal_]

Shit happens, on a smartphone, its inevitable u do something wrong, and tis calls for a format of fone. to format the fone, press *#7370#, then enter the lock code, which is the sec code of the fone. NOTE: batt must b full, else if format is disrupted by low batt, consequences will b disatrous I heard the code *#7780# works too, pretty much the same i tink.
for 6600 users, to format the fone, theres an alternative way. Press and hold <3>, <*> and Call (Send) buttons, then power on fone, keep holding on the 3 buttons, till u come to a format screen. this method ONLY works on 6600, and need not enter the sec code. BUT sec code would be reset to default 12345.

[007]

Good info. How the heck you know this stuff? Or did you find it online somewhere?

[_Vishal_]

found from google to format my phone lol so though let me share this trick...coz this shit happens allthe time when we share files threw bluetooth

[JoVinz]

reflashing would solve all your mobile problems (hang, slow, card problems, network problems etc...)

[roipatrick]

Me too, i am having a hard time formating my nokia phone but when i restore it to its factory setting it works fine but a couple of days it will return to its what i call "ABNORMAL STATE"

[JoVinz]

It's Firmware related problem. Reflashing it's Firmware to a higher version would solve the problem. I have Nokia 6120c S60 before, after a couple of months it starting to have problems on it's own, memory problems, suddenly hangs and restarts so I decided to Reflash it's firmware and now for about 1 year I have no more problems with it. Don't reflash your firmware through Nokia because it will take about 1 day to download there firmware, reflash your firmware manually so you can save time.

[roipatrick]

Can you include the steps for reflashing for other to also. Thanks.

[JoVinz]

You can read it here How To Use Phoenix Service Software for Nokia. It's very safe and easy, just follow the instructions to avoid problems.

[yboyandrei]

After a long time using your mobile phones or even after a short period, sometimes you may get some problem in its functioning like automatic restart, unable to delete some file, camera not working, virus infected like commwarior, OS works very slow, bluetooth not working, phone hangs or not responding, unable to restart, in that case the first and foremost step is restore your original factory settings. Here I’m telling you how to track back the original factory settings and if the problem still persists than there’s an alternative approach for doing so.

Resetting Phone factory settings by Nokia Secret Codes.
This method is very simple one and you don't have to do much effort. In this process factory settings are restored i.e. phone is switched back to default settings and no application is deleted.
First Method-Normal Reset:
Before you start this first backup your phone books, calender and any other important stuff to your PC or memory card and then simply enter this code
*#7780#
It will ask for “Restore all phone settings-phone will restart….”
Then it will ask for security code, enter your security code whose default value is 12345 and then the phone is reset after restart. After doing all this phone will be restored to the time when you purchased the phone and no application is removed.
Second Method-Hard Reset:
The other method is formatting memory disk. It format the phone memory, everything that has been installed other than the default applications that were present at the time of purchase will be deleted. The phone restored to time to you purchased keeping the original software intact.This reformats completely the C: drive. All applications and files stored on this drive will be lost and clean default files will be rewritten. Files and applications stored on E: drive are not be affected by these sequences.

To do this just enter the code: -#7370#
Then it asks for security code, enter your security code and by default its value is 12345 and process as done in previous method.
Before starting just take backup of all the necessary data like contacts, calender etc.
Note : Battery should be fully charged or be connected to charger so that it may not run out of power.
If you encounter situation like below on your phone:

1. Blank screen phone and/or unable to reboot.

2. Phone only boot-up to "Nokia" word welcome screen.

3. Install some program but not able to uninstall it after that.

4. Unable to delete any unwanted files on C drive.

Do a Full phone formatting on your as steps below :

1. Make sure you have at least 3/4 charge of battery power left.

2. Backup your all contact list and personal files to your memory card or PC.

3. Switch-off your phone and remove memory card.

4. Press and hold three keys : Green dial key, * Star key, no. 3 key on keypad and then press the power on/off button to switch on the phone. Remember! do not let go the 3 press and hold keys until you see a 'formatting' word screen show.

5. After a few minutes when the Full phone formatting completed, your phone will back to original company system and factory setting. Hope your phone will now work fine.

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[_Vishal_]

dont play with any secret codes if u dont know what you are really doing.