Format Nokia Phone

Its important to read through this topic before you proceed with formatting, you will need to charge your phone at least half full to enable a successful format.

Soft Reset *#7780# : Restores ini files from rom but preserves user data (photos, 3rd party apps etc) - Hard Reset *#7370# : This reformats the C: drive completely and all applications and files stored on this drive will be lost. *

With *#7370# and *#7780# the lock code will be asked before formatting the phone so be sure to remember your code, the DEFAULT CODE by nokia is 12345. *

Firstly you might want to make a back up of all your important bookmarks, calender, notes and contacts, Using file manager go to c:/system/data find bookmarks.db for bookmarks, calendar for calendar, notepad.dat for notes, and Contacts.cdb for contacts. *

Contacts can only be copied when phone is in offline mode/flight mode, use Psiloc System Tools for flight mode, not needed on 6630 or later. Or you can use Contact Manager app *

Ok so 7650, 3650, 3660, ngage and ngage qd can only be formatted using *#7370# Before your format, be sure that the problem is on phone, remove mmc and see if problem still exists. *

Also try starting in safe mode (press and hold pencil/abc key while turning on till op logo comes up). You can solve an apparent problem with simple solution

6260, 6600, 6620, 6670, 7610, 6630, 6680, n70 etc: Turn phone off, press and hold the green (talk) key on the left + number 3 on the keypad + the * key and then turn the phone back on. Keep pressed until phone boots up. *

Fonts and Formatting. If you have any fonts installed be sure to remove them using Font Remover app or go to c/ or e/ system/ fonts/ and rename it to whatever and delete it now reboot phone before you attempt format. *

and above all,this is very important,don't mess with file explorers (delete,rename,alter files) if you don't know what your doing. *

and yes, formating phone (soft/hard) can screw some app's on mmc. Some will work fine,others don't coz they share files on both drives (c:/e: ) *

OPERA - to copy opera bookmarks before formatting mmc, assuming opera is installed on e-drive. e/system/data/opera/bookmarks

(These Tricks mainly works on s60 Mobiles )

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