Nokia hard reset shortcode?

Random · 14-09-2006 10:59PM #1

I've been looking around and it says that *#7370# will hard reset my Nokia phone. I've tried it on my Nokia 6230 and it has no effect.

Any ideas?

col1 · 14-09-2006 11:02PM

works on my n70

Random · 14-09-2006 11:03PM

col1 wrote:

works on my n70

You didn't just try that now did you? :O

This work / not work for anyone else?

col1 · 14-09-2006 11:09PM

ciaranfo wrote:

You didn't just try that now did you? :O

Yep

Random · 14-09-2006 11:11PM

col1 wrote:

ciaranfo wrote:

You didn't just try that now did you? :O

Yep

Tell me you didn't lose your data?

col1 · 14-09-2006 11:16PM

:)Nah,Your given an option to proceed or not,I have used it before,
Its only a soft reset,the hard resest requires keys to be held down
during power on

col1 · 14-09-2006 11:19PM

just read this,

The Hard Reset code *#7370# won't work with Series 40 phones. I believe that this code is recognized by Symbian OS-based Series 60/80/90 phones only.

The firmware is not affected by any reset. All that a reset does is reload the original factory phone settings.

Random · 14-09-2006 11:20PM

@col1
It wipes everything though - right? As in - there's nothing left on it beyond the basic files needed for the phone to work? It's like you've just got it outta the box?

++ edit - just read your post. posted at the same time.

rogue-entity · 15-09-2006 01:08AM

Not speaking for all S60 phones, but the 6680 seems to have two "partitions" on its flash memory. One holds a read-only copy of the firmware, the other holds a read/write copy of the firmware and also your user settings, themes etc.
A hard format erases the read-write area and copies the firmware from the read-only area to the read-write area. Cant be certain, but its my working theory.

Nokia hard reset shortcode?

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