Soft OR Hard Resets?, What are they & when to do them?
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 Feb 9 2007, 03:35 PM
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reset whether it is soft or hard,is useless..
if your phone has some corrupted files,neither method would cleanse the corruption  all it does is reset the settings. big deal,nothign a normal phone cant do if anything bad happens to your phone,(cant on,files corrupted,cant access menu) just hard format. it wont work ALL THE TIME,because there are different reasons why your phone is spoilt (could be firmware) but most of the time,a hard format gives you your phone back good as new  |
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Feb 9 2007, 04:50 PM
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QUOTE(zac1 @ Feb 9 2007, 04:36 PM) for symbian 7.0 or lower(6600.7610.6670etc),*#7370# is hard format(no soft format) 6680,6630,n70 are symbian os 8.1 phones.for symbian 7.1 or higher(6680,6630,n70),*#7370# is soft format ,if u wan hard format .reboot(restart) ur hp,when nokia word come out ,pree green(call button)+3+ * ,preess until the nokia word blink 1 times,kao tim  symbian os 7 onwards can hard format. only the os6 phones cant be hard formatted,and if there ever is a problem,flashing is the only way out.(os6=ngage,qd,3660,3650...) |
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Feb 10 2007, 12:06 AM
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off the phone,keep your fingers on GREEN CALL BUTTON+3+* and power on the phone whilst holding those three buttons.
dont forget to backup anything you need. |
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Feb 10 2007, 05:38 PM
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QUOTE(zeone @ Feb 10 2007, 10:58 AM) Summary : Up to this point in time, we can conclude that a Hard Reset for N-Series/S60 V3 phones can be done, as repeated in last post by Mgsrulz, by switching "off the phone,keep your fingers on GREEN CALL BUTTON+3+* and power on the phone whilst holding those three buttons." besides waiting for someone to confirm it,you can easily google your query Any1 else who has done so successfully, pls confirm that is THE correct way. Pls do post yr confirmation. TQ.  QUOTE(zeone @ Feb 10 2007, 10:58 AM) Now what 1 more aspect that one needs to be CLEAR abt is : a hard format erases EVERYTHING you installed or put into your phone.What is the FINAL outcome of that action? What is only left in the HP after a Hard Reset? Izzit only the Factory Installed Default items & Original Default settings? All extras (installed contact info, Apps, data, images, links, etc) are totally removed? Also anything done to the Firmware if updated firmware is in the phone? Does it remain intact or reverted to firmware installed by factory? Let's all help to make it clear & remove all doubts so users can carry out a Hard Reset w/o FEAR... Answers to the above would go a LONG way to help new Symbian phone users to hv confidence when need to do a Hard Reset arises. All responses here are greatly appreciated and truly invaluable. Tks a meg in adv. from contact list to applications to games to messages,everything is wiped out. you'd have a clean phone,exactly the way you bought it from the shop on the first day. nothing is done to the firmware. it stays the same. if you have(for example) version 2 firmware,it will stay at version 2. it wont revert back to the previous firmware. |
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