Jan 27 2011

How To Force Turn Off Your Nokia N8 When It Hangs Up and Avoid Hard Resetting

Posted by Jade Bryan in C6-01, C7, Cseries, E-Series, E7, N-Series, N8, Nokia, tags: C6, C7, E7, hard reset, N8, Nokia, tutorials

Nokia N8 04 300x187 How To Force Turn Off Your Nokia N8 When It Hangs Up and Avoid Hard Resetting There were people asking me about how to reflash their Nokia N8 but it seems it’s a very tricky stuff to make unless you hand it to your nearest Nokia Care Centre or if you are an experienced software programmer.

But let me share some related other issue about hangs in your Nokia N8. Because for new users they will be baffled on how to turn off or reset their phone. Plus the battery method (removing battery in order to power off your phone when it get stuck or hang) will not work on this one as the battery is not user replaceable.

*If your phone get stuck or hangs, do these:

Press and hold Power Button for 8 seconds until it turns off
Press Power Button to Power Up. Done!

*If your phone experiences some faulty software issues (like messaging, calls notifications errors) Not a big issue, do this:

Restore Factory Settings by going to Settings > Phone > Phone Management > Factory Settings

*Remember to back-up and sync in weekly or monthly basis as this will help in restoring your most recent restore points

* = Applicable to Nokia C7, Nokia C6-01, Nokia E7

Why hard resetting is not recommended?
Hard Resetting is not recommended because the current software of Nokia N8 (and Nokia C7, C6-01, E7) seems to be stable and there are no big issues on it. And hard resetting will just cause of some removal of applications such as Ovi Store, Widgets and Ovi Maps. Yes, there are few small glitches but the above procedures will solve it.

What’s the other resort aside from hard resetting?
If you experience many software and hardware problems in your Nokia devices, always visit the Nokia Care Centre and don’t experiment with yourself.

But How To Hard Reset?
If you are an experienced user from reflashing and resetting and you badly needed to hard reset then these are the steps:

Sync and back-up content – your contacts, photos, music, calendars to Ovi Suite and memory card
Turn off the phone
Simultaneously press and hold volume down + camera key + menu key and power button until your phone shakes (3 inputs + power)

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Jtejasbs

thx man i dnt kno hw to thx u because my n8 was hang i it was nt even locking…….
ur awsome ideas make my go in the safe path ….
may god bless u
Test

Avoid this phone – if you actually use it (thousands of text) it just crawls to a halt and dies regularly… it pains me to say it but get an iPhone4
Test

Avoid this phone – if you actually use it (thousands of text) it just crawls to a halt and dies regularly… it pains me to say it but get an iPhone4
Annapurnia

that’s all gr8. but no1 is posting how to reset the phone when your touch pad stops working. that’s what happened to my n8 and since i have a access code I can’t turn it off or use the ’3 finger’ method ’cause it asks me to enter the code first.
Can any1 help with that?
Anonymous

I believe that you could hard reset it provided u are doing it right. Turn it off then reset properly. Just try it first.
danar

my mobile phone n8 have a problem when i wont to take a picture someone sent me i msg since this time i cant do anything with my mobile
danar

tell me how i can make it good
Mohammad Abdul Matin

My Nokia E7 got hanged while i was talking. Touch screen and key board was not working. I tried to switch it off pressing power button – it was not working. After around four hours, I decided to use this tip “Simultaneously press and hold volume down + camera key + menu key and power button until your phone shakes (3 inputs + power) ” – it worked and it could be switched off. then switch it on found contacts, photos, messages alright.

However, still i feel that it is not a reliable phone. Being a loyal nokia user for last 10 year i have decided to switch to a new brand. My last phone was E75 – it was also hanging like E7 but in less frequency. I think this a common problem for all nokia smart phones.
The Darkhorse

Thank you so much. You have brought us a sense of calm. (“,)
Syed

thank u so much, much helpful my dear…
Amathavan

thanks for your nice information. before this, i waited for one day for automatic switch off
Amjadnafees

thanks for helping me its really useful
http://www.facebook.com/bcsangeetha San Geetha Geethanjali

thank u so much i was very much tensed, and i thought my nokia n8 was dead…. omg… thank u good info….
Sharif

Thanks. It helped me
As.Ismail

saya sudah melakukan update software ,dan lgin ke ovi com lantas hp hang hidup dg gambar Nokia.
As.Hariani

bagaimana cara mgembalikan kepada layar awal dan tidak hang lgi
BuLLeT

Thnx Dude ! Really Appreciated !