Format Your Phone - Nokia Symbian

by **vinay** on Sat Dec 15, 2007 11:11 pm

It may happen 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,...

On a Series 60 based phone, 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 your security code (12345 by default). In all cases make sure you have at least 3/4 charge of battery power left

Files and applications stored on E: drive are not be affected by these sequences

Useful help: Full phone formatting a phone!

Here to let everyone know how to perform a FULL phone formatting on a 6600! If you encounter situation like below on your phone,
1. Blank screen phone unable to reboot
2. Phone only able to boot-up to "Nokia" word screen
3. Install some program but not able to uninstall it after that
4. Unable to delete unwanted files on C drive

Do a Full phone formatting on your phone! as steps below
1. Make sure you have at least 3/4 charge of battery power left
2. Backup your contacts list and personal files to MMC memory card
3. Switch-off your 6600 phone
4. 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 the 6600 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 system and factory setting.

VINAY