[Q] Hard Reset

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Guys,

I've tried various searches but I can't come up with an answer that works for me.

When attempting a factory/hardware reset one has two choices:

1. Use the software option.

2. Hardware option using button presses.

I'm looking for a procedure to execute option 2. I can get into the bootloader (Vol Up + Power).

Once in the bootloader, I can navigate to the "Recovery" option but once selected my NS doesn't appear to do anything, it just sits there with an "!" inside a triangle and the little android-droid on the screen.

I doesn't move from there no matter how long I leave it and there are no prompts/confirmations.

Once in that state, if I remove the battery and the reboot the phone boots up as if nothing happened...everything is still there, all my accounts still work etc. Basically the actions had no effect.

Does anyone know how to factory reset the device properly? My device non-root btw.

TIA,

Syphon.

I think, for the stock recovery, once you get the ! in the triangle you need to press or hold volume-up and power button again, then it will take you to recovery.

Ah cool.

Thanks for the tip, I will remember that for the next time I need to do it!!

Originally Posted by ikon8

I think, for the stock recovery, once you get the ! in the triangle you need to press or hold volume-up and power button again, then it will take you to recovery.

On my phone, after 2.3.1, it's power button first, then while holding it, volume up, and only while the box dumping an arrow onto the little android is showing (maybe a second or so). Once the "!" in a triangle is showing, no key combo will get my phone into recovery. Timing is critical. Took me a few tries and a few helpful posts here to get it right.

Oh, also, you can do the ULTIMATE factory reset on this device by doing a "fastboot oem unlock" on the device (then relock it with "fastboot oem lock"). This wipes the sd card as well as the personal data in the rom space.

Awesome, thanks for all the information guys. Much appreciated.