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Starting the phone in Safe mode

If you experience problems with booting the phone (e.g. it restarts during startup or right after the system finishes loading) and you can't or don't want to format the internal memory you can try to start your device in so called "safe mode". In this mode only the neccessary system task are being run and all autostarting 3rd party applications are being skipped.

To start your phone in the safe mode press and hold the "ABC" or (depending on phone model) the "Pen" key, turn on the phone and hold the ABC / Pen key pressed until the system finishes loading.

View Running Apps:
Hold down menu key

How to reformat a Series 60 smartphone if it cannot boot the system?
Formatting the phone on power-on is only supported by some headsets, including all Nokia Series 60 2.0 and newer smartphones (Nokia 6600 and up). Older phones like 7650 or 3650, or Series 60 smartphones from other manufacturers (e.g. Sendo X) do not support this function.

To format a phone on power on (useful for phones which are unable to boot the system) 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.

Warning: formatting the internal drive results in ALL DATA being removed. Use this only when you experience serious problems with your device. Do not touch anything during the process! It is recommended to only do it with fully charged battery and your phone connected to a charger to ensure that your battery doesn't run out of juice in the middle of formatting.

Quick access to applications
You can customize both function keys located below the screen. This can be done in Menu -> Tools -> Settings -> Phone -> Standby mode -> Left/right selection key. Selected applications will be assigned to function buttons in standby mode (on Phone screen).

Besides that there are also two other applications which can be quickly launched in standby mode:
press joystick or the central part of the 5-way button to open Contacts base
press and hold "0" (zero) key to launch the WWW browser.
Reset the phone
So, you foobared your phone.

To reset a nokia 6600
turn the phone off,
- hold down the keys: green/talk, *, and 3
- Once it starts formatting, release the keys

I think this will restore the phone to factory settings and erase any user data.

One thing to check before you start resetting the phone - make sure it's not out of power. :)

Some information related to Series 60 smartphones:
Welcome image: C:\system\Data\welcomeimage.mbm
Wallpaper: C:\system\Data\backgroundimage.mbm
Ringtone information: C:\system\Shareddata\100058fa.ini
Bluetooth information: C:\system\Shareddata\10005952.ini
Alarm information: C:\system\Shareddata\1000599e.ini
Currency converter data: C:\system\Data\UnitConverter.ini (yet to decipher the file format)
Version file: Z:\System\Versions\sw.txt
Of course, all this is relevant to Nokia Series 60 phones (in particular, my 3650). It may be different for your model.

Get IMEI
*#06#

My IMEI:
354350002092964

No Autostart - When switching the phone on up to the pin inquiry press the whole time the "ABC" key (pen) - this is to ignore the autoinitialization programs (and the MMC programs) - "safeboot".

*#06# Serial Number/IMEI indicates

*#0000# SW version (e.g. V3.42.1, 16-10-03, NHL-10)

*#2820# Bluetooth (BT) device address

xx# Directory quick access (xx = storage location and afterwards lozenge e.g. 24 #)
12345 ... is according to be the standard Nokia nokia-securitycode.
Caution - starting from here the codes are "dangerous"
*#7370925538#
*#Res0Wallet#
... is to delete the code around the "wallet"
*#7780# - Reset to original settings
*#7370# - Soft format - resets all the telefone Memory (like Formatting a disk
NOTE! Battery should be full up to at least 75%, do not accomplish during the procedure under any circumstances ! The procedure takes some minutes (approx. 3-4)
Green, * 3 - Hard format: If the Mobile (only telephone memory) formats, puts back the attitudes (see * to # 7780 #) and implements a RESET.
NOTE! Battery should be full up to at least 75%, do not accomplish during the procedure under any circumstances ! The procedure takes some minutes (approx. 3-4)
Proceeding: Equipment switch off, keep "green key" (take off) at the same time pressed, "*" and to "3" key and switch the equipment on (the keys thereby keep further pressed)... to "Formatting" on the display appears...
Tip 2 : Shit happens, on a smartphone, its inevitable u do something wrong, and this calls for a format of fone. to format the fone, press *#7370#, then enter the lock code, which is the sec code of the fone. NOTE: batt must b full, else if format is disrupted by low batt, consequences will b disatrous
I heard the code *#7780# works too, pretty much the same i tink.
for 6600 users, to format the fone, theres an alternative way. Press and hold <3>, <*>, and the buttons, then power on fone, keep holding on the 3 buttons, till u come to a format screen. tis method ONLY works on 6600, and need not enter the sec code. BUT sec code wun be reset to default 12345
Tip 7: Operator logos
Use a filemanager like FExplorer or SeleQ to add the folders: "c:/system/Apps/phone/oplogo". Add a .bmp picture to folder "oplogo" and restart your phone! The .bmp picture size needs to be: 97 x 25 pixels

Tip 9: While you are viewing a picture in your phone's gallery, press one of these shortcut keys (definitely works on 6600, not sure about other symbians)
1 - turn image anticlockwise
3 - turn image clockwise
* - toggle on/off of full screen
5 - zoom in
0 - zoom out
A soft and Hard reset
A Soft-reset - the process of resetting all the settings of the phone to the factory default! No applications are deleted! A Hard-reset is like formatting a drive! It does format the memory. Everything that has been installed after the first use of the phone is deleted! It will recover the memory of the phone to the state you purchased it! It is done by inputing the following code: *#7370# NOTE: The battery must be full or the charger has to be connected to the phone so that it does not run out of power and make the phone unusable
Start up in Safe Mode so no 'auto start' apps will be running:
To make sure that no memory-resident programs start when you reboot your phone,
hold down the pencil key when you turn on the phone and hold it on untill you have to enter your PIN code.
(When you have trouble booting up the phone with the MMC in it because it got corrupted for some reason, this trick will
almost always let you boot up the phone so you can remove the latest installed app which might have caused the
problem or if your phone is "unrepairable" you can still back up your important data before you do a format.)[/

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It may happens 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,...

Series 60
On a Series 60 v1 based phone (N-Gage, 3650, 7650), 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 a security code (12345 by default).

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

On newer Series 60 phones (6600/6620/7610), the sequence is slightly different:
power the phone off,
press and keep down the keeys green/talk + ’3’ + ’*’, - power on the phone.
release the keys when the formatting starts.
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