People asks a lot of question about Nokia 520 various problems, for example, the smartphone began to work slowly, it is stuck on loading Nokia, Microsoft or Windows logos, a user forgets a password or unlock pattern, etc.

You’ve come to the right place, because we tell you how to make hard reset Nokia Lumia 520.

Factory Reset Nokia Lumia 520 returns mobile device to the state it was released from the factory. Also it means that all personal data will be removed, including contacts, applications, photos. Before making reset, you must create a backup data, otherwise you will lose them forever.

How to hard reset Nokia Lumia 520 through Settings menu:

1. Open Settings
2. Next, scroll down to “Product Information“.
3. If your smartphone works on Windows 10 Mobile, you need to go to the section “System” – “Device Information“.
4. Click on “Reset“.
5. Then read the warning, and click “Yes“.
6. Click “Yes” again.
7. The smartphone will be automatically rebooted and restored to factory settings.

How to hard reset Nokia Lumia 520 using buttons

If your phone freezes, and you can not go to Settings, then you need to use the physical buttons to reset Lumia 520. Smartphones by Microsoft have a special key combination to restore factory settings. Please note, in step 3 you must press the keys in the order as described. You should not press all buttons at the same time or wait a long time between pressing each button.

1. Press and hold Volume+ and Power button simultaneously. After 10-15 seconds you will feel a vibration.
2. Then immediately press Volume- Keep it up until you see the exclamation point on the screen.
3. Then press the buttons in the following sequence:

• Volume+
• Volume-
• Power
• Volume-

4. The smartphone will be automatically reset to the factory settings. Reset process can take a lot of time from 30 minutes to several hours. It depends on the number of files on your smartphone, as well as device status.

That’s all! Now you know how to hard reset Nokia Lumia 520, even if it freezes or does not turn on.

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Hard reset helps in many situations. This process resets all settings to factory defaults, removing all errors and faults.

We will consider two situations to make Nokia Asha 500 hard reset: if the device is enabled and working normally, and the second situation – if the smartphone won’t turn on or you forgot your password.

Hard reset Nokia Asha 500

So, if your Asha 500 turns on, then perform the following steps:

1. Go to the main menu and open the dialer app.
2. Then enter the following code: *#7370#.
3. Carefully read the message on the screen. After that, click OK and enter the password from your smartphone. The default password is 12345, 11111 or 00000.

Often people perform Nokia Asha 500 hard reset after forgot password. If you are unable to turn on your smartphone because you don’t know the password, then you need to flash your phone.

Flashing Nokia Asha 500

This is a more complicated instruction, so it is not recommended for beginners.

So let’s start.

1. First, you need to download NaviFirm+ and Nokia Care Suite. Install them.
2. Then start NaviFirm+. It will ask to enter your account, click “Cancel”.
3. In the search bar where it says “Search in Nokia Care Suite”, write the phone code that you can find under the battery on the sticker. I have CODE: 059T2T7. Then click on “Mark All”.
4. Next you need to create the directory “%ProgramData%\Nokia\Packages\Products\” with the name “RM-934” and specify NaviFirm+ to download firmware in it.
5. Click on “Browse” and go down the directory tree in “C:\ProgramData\Nokia\Packages\Products\RM-934”. The path will be different and you need to show hidden and system folders, click OK, uncheck “Use ProductCode as final path” and click “Download”.
6. Run as administrator “Nokia Care Suite”, double-click launch “Product Support Tool for Store”, click “Work offline”, “File”, “Open Product”, enter in the search “RM-934”, “Open”, in the lower left corner of the window “Programming”, “Recovery”, select our firmware on the code and “Start”.
7. Then connect USB cable, wait until drivers are installed, click “Retry” and it will start the process.
8. After the completion of the flasher your phone will turn on and will offer initial settings.

As you can see, it is not a simple instruction. It is recommended to perform only by professionals. However, it helps to perform Nokia Asha 500 hard reset and remove password.

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All you know about hard reset of smartphone with three buttons (*, 3, green call button), but what to do if there is no buttons? Here is instruction for those who do not know how to perform Nokia C6 hard reset.

The article can be used for other Nokia smartphones on Symbian, such as Nokia N8, Nokia C7 and Nokia E7.

Nokia C6 hard reset

So, let’s start!

1. First, you need to turn off smartphone Nokia C6.
2. Then press Volume Down key (1) and hold it.
3. Press Camera button and also hold it.
4. Press Menu button (3) and hold it again.
5. And the last step to start hard reset is to press Power button (4).
6. Hold down these four buttons. Wait until Nokia logo will appear.

If you will see proposal to set up home city, date, time, and menu language, congratulations, you have done Nokia C6 hard reset!

Note:

Do not forget that if you use this method, you will lose all your applications and data, so do not forget to make backups.

The files on the memory card will not be erased, but it’s better to remove it out before you make Nokia C6 hard reset.

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If you have some problems with your phone, you need to perform Lumia 510 hard reset. Smartphone manufacturer has provided two option of reset: soft and hard. Thanks to them, you may return the working condition for your device.

Lumia 510 Soft Reset is used to eliminate minor malfunctions and Lumia 510 Hard Reset is used to eliminate the more serious errors.

Lumia 510 Soft Reset

Soft reset can be compared to a simple removal of the battery and then insert it back into smartphone. However, most of Lumia smartphones have non-removable batteries, so you need to use this method.

To perform Lumia 510 Soft Reset is necessary to simultaneously press and hold two buttons (Power and Volume Down), which are located on the side panel. Hold the buttons until phone vibrates for 3 times. This kind of signal indicating that the operation succeeded. The device should restart automatically.

Lumia 510 Hard Reset

Very often Soft reset is not enough to restore the normal functioning of smartphone. In such situations, you have to use Lumia 510 hard reset.

Note! When you perform Hard Reset all the information that is stored on your phone will be erased.

If the phone is still turn on, you can perform hard reset with settings menu. Open the settings, then go to the “About” section and select “Reset”.

But if your phone does not turn on or just freezes, you have to go other way.

1. First you need to turn off your Lumia 510.
2. Next, you need to press a special combination of 3 keys.

It is necessary to hold the three buttons (Power, Volume Down and Camera) that are located on the side panel. After the device vibrates you need to release Power button, but continue to hold other two for a few seconds.

3. After Lumia 510 will restarts your phone returns to factory settings.

These methods Lumia 510 hard reset does not guarantee a 100% result. They only help to eliminate most minor errors.

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Nokia N8 was one of the most advanced smartphones in 2010. So it is not surprising that many people are still using it as a primary mobile device.

However, any device may have a problem. You can forget your password, which earlier installed on your smartphone. Also, a variety of failures, errors, and faults in software may spoil the impression of using a smartphone.

Hard reset Nokia N8 is a universal method to return factory settings to smartphone.

Let’s get started!

Hard reset Nokia N8 through settings menu

The easiest way to perform hard reset is to use the built-in function in main menu. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Go to Settings> Phone> Phone management> Factory settings.
2. You will be offered two options: “Restore” and “Delete data and restore.” As you can imagine, if you click on “Restore”, your smartphone will be reset to factory settings, all personal data will remain intact. If you click on “Delete data and restore”, then the personal data such as contacts, applications, photos and other, will be removed.

Hard reset Nokia N8 with buttons

If you cannot go to the Settings menu, then you need to use the following instructions.

1. Turn off the smartphone and wait for about 20 seconds.
2. Press 4 buttons simultaneously: Volume Down, Home, Camera and Power.
3. When your smartphone vibrates, you can release all the buttons.

Nokia N8 smartphone is reset to factory settings.

Hard reset Nokia N8 via service code

And the last way to restore factory settings for Nokia N8.

1. Turn on the smartphone and go to the dialer.
2. Type the following code: *#7370#.
3. A message appears on the screen. Click “Yes” to start the process of hard reset Nokia N8.

That’s all! We hope that you were able to perform hard reset Nokia N8 and return factory settings.

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Given the fact that Nokia X2 runs on Android, you can perform hard reset as any other Android device.

You can do Nokia X2 hard reset via Settings menu or Recovery mode. But before we go to the instructions, we would like to tell you why you need to do a hard reset.

Nokia X2 hard reset returns default settings and factory condition of smartphone. It means that after hard reset all settings, photos, contacts, apps will be removed. So you need to make a backup of important data.

Hard reset is used when the phone is frozen, buggy, cycle reboots. Also you can use Nokia X2 hard reset to remove unlock pattern that you have forgot.

Now we can proceed to the instructions.

How to make Nokia X2 hard reset:

1. First, you need to turn off your phone. You may remove battery and insert it again.
2. Then press and hold two buttons: Power + Volume. You should hold them for several seconds, until you will see Nokia logo on phone screen.
3. After that you can release Power button, but continue to hold Volume key. After 7-8 seconds recovery menu will appear.
   
4. Then you need to select “wipe data/factory reset” and confirm the deletion of personal data by clicking “Yes – delete all user data”.
5. When the process Nokia X2 hard reset is completed, you should restart your phone. Select “reboot system now”.

When Nokia X2 is loaded, you will see that all settings has been restored. Thus, you get absolutely “clean” smartphone.

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We want to tell you that methods in this article cannot harm your Nokia Lumia 920, but if you are not sure, better to consult with repair service.

If Nokia Lumia 920 has a hardware failure, it is recommended to forced reboot your smartphone. The good news is that your account Windows Live ID and user’s data will not be deleted.

As you know Nokia Lumia 920 has a non-removable battery, so you will need to press certain buttons to turn off the smartphone.

If you decide to hard reset Nokia Lumia 920, you need to press and hold Volume Down button and Power button for 5 seconds. The screen will be black (phone turn off). Then press Power button on your smartphone.

Hard reset Nokia Lumia 920 / reload operating system

Software reset via the operating system returns Nokia Lumia 920 to factory condition.

ATTENTION! During this procedure, all user data will be deleted!

Option 1: Menu

This option can be used if you know the lock code and you can enter Nokia Lumia 920 menu.

• Select Settings> About> reset your phone
• Then you need to enter the lock code.

Option 2: Secret combination of buttons

This option can be used when Nokia Lumia 920 is locked and you do not know the lock code.

Step 1

Make sure that Nokia Lumia 920 is turned off. Press and hold Volume Down button and Power button until smartphone display shows an exclamation mark.

Step 2

Use the following combination of buttons:

1. Volume Up button
2. Volume Down button
3. Power button
4. Volume Down button

Step 3

Phone settings will be reset and Nokia Lumia 920 will turn on automatically. As you can see, hard reset Nokia Lumia 920 is very simple and fast.

Exceptions:

Sometimes the smartphone freezes or brick (spinning gear) for a long time. Wait some more. If the situation is not corrected, then you need to flash Nokia Lumia 920. If you do not know how to reflash your smartphone, then you need to contact with Nokia authorized service center, where smartphone will be reflashed for free.

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Universal way to solve many of the problems is hard reset. We’ll tell you about the two ways of how to hard reset Microsoft Lumia 640.

Method 1: hard reset Microsoft Lumia 640

In the first method, you need to go to the settings menu of smartphone.

• Settings – About – Reset your phone

And it’s all! A simple method.

Method 2: hard reset Microsoft Lumia 640

Sometimes you cannot enter smartphone’s menu. This could be for several reasons: for example, you cannot turn on your smartphone or you forgot your password. In this case, you need to hard reset Microsoft Lumia 640 with hardware buttons of your smartphone.

Step 1. Press the button “Power” and button “Volume Down”, hold the buttons for 10-15 seconds, until you feel the vibration. Then you need to let go of the button and your smartphone will reboot.

Step 2: Once your smartphone started to do a reboot, you must press and hold the button “Volume Down” for a few seconds.

Step 3: If you did everything correctly, you will see a big exclamation mark on the screen. This symbol means that you have entered in service menu.

Step 4: Next, you need to press a combination of buttons to begin to restore data: Volume up (+), Volume Down (-), Power button, Volume Down (-).

Step 5. If you did everything right again, you will see rotating gears on the screen of your smartphone.

Important: the whole process of system recovery can take from 5 minutes to 20 minutes. During the recovery process you should not use your smartphone.

If you could not do hard reset Microsoft Lumia 640 you can use the program Nokia Software Recovery Tool. System Restore through the program almost the same as hard reset.

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The examples are not far to seek. There was the announcement of another such new phone from Microsoft. It’s about the Nokia 222.

Feature of the new phone from Microsoft

New worth of phone from Microsoft is $ 37. The key feature of the device – rather capacious battery 1100 mAh. Power supply ensures up to 20 hours of continuous conversation.

How the device will hold in standby mode? 29 days.

Nokia 222 boasts the technical side? The 2.4-inch screen with a resolution of 320 by 240 pixels, a slot for microSD, a 2-megapixel camera on the adapter and Bluetooth 3.0 with support for SLAM.

In addition, there is a connector micro USB, FM radio, and a standard 3.5 mm audio output. Corporate flashlight available.

As for the OS, the gadget runs on Nokia Series 30+. The platform allows you to run dozens of popular applications. Available browser Opera Mini, customers Twitter and Facebook, as well as other software.

The product is created in the form of a monoblock and weighs 79 grams. Dimensions of the new phone from Microsoft  are 116 by 50 by 12.9 mm. Not an SIM? There is a modification to the two corresponding cards.

Source: Microsoft

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In an interview with ZDNet Satya Nadella he described how he came in 1992 to the company, where the main task was to bring a computer into every home: “You know what? We did it. But the years passed, computers already have with each and trends of the time made it clear that today it is necessary to go to the mobile market. Microsoft has been thinking about the PC as a central node for all and forever, says Nadella. Not giving much importance and simply obeying the trends, the company launched Windows Phone, but because of his neglect of the mobile market and confidence in desktop systems over five years was able to get only about 3% of the world market.

Today, in his view, universal gadgets have become “6-inch device,” but to rely on them, as at the time Microsoft did to the PC and be sure that nothing will replace, then again repeat my same mistake and lose again game. Nevertheless, the existence of some “center for all” continues to be the main idea of ​​the modern digital world, so Microsoft decided to bet on the function of Continuum. Apparently, the ability to customize the workspace to any size surface and a single system for all devices are the foundations of a new concept of a company that can not get out of the outsiders of the mobile market.

Satya Nadella makes it clear that a single system, the ability to turn your smartphone into a full-fledged computer with OS by Continuum (with some reservations, but still), the overwhelming share of the market for desktop operating systems, Xbox and HoloLens – is a single space that is running Windows 10. This, in turn, means software compatibility. That is, if the desktop operating systems already have the program, why not prepare it for other devices with minimal cost in time and money? This approach really can work. This will solve the problem of the number of applications for Windows 10 Mobile, which, however now is not as sharp as before. This Statement lure for developers.

The development of the software environment will attract an increasing number of device manufacturers. “We are trying to create new categories [devices],” – says Nadella and recalls that it was the Surface impetus to the development of this class of gadgets, as it is now common device “2 in 1”. However, not always attract the attention of vendors, but because Microsoft is ready to fill the empty space on their own: “If none of the manufacturers will make devices Windows, we make them ourselves.” He mentions Lumia as an example, but also notes that the substance is not in the ecosystem or the devices themselves, while in the complex, which is called Windows.

The company has two strategies for further development. They differ on the basis of whether the third-party company to produce the device. These words of the head of Microsoft made it clear that the software giant is not going to leave the mobile business or any other direction. Especially because Satya Nadella uses a smartphone with Windows Phone, according to him. So the CEO can not afford to keep a small production of gadgets for themselves. By the way, his choice fell on the Nokia Lumia 830.

How exactly will develop Windows and Microsoft as a whole, we can find out in the near future. Satya Nadella confident that the new strategy will build a strong, complete ecosystem with a variety of gadgets and their complete versatility. A reduction in the line of smartphones can play only on hand, because the devices are significantly different from each other, assures CEO of Microsoft.

Source: zdnet

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