To hard reset Nokia E71:
- Switch off the phone.
- Press and hold down *, 3 and talk/green keys while switching on the phone, until you see the Nokia boot up screen.
The default password is 12345.
Please note that this action would remove everything from the phone memory, and restore the factory settings.
However, it will not erase the contents of the memory card.
Note:
- You can also hard reset E71 via *#7370# code.
- To reset E71 to its factory settings only, use *#7780# code.
What is the difference between a hard reset and factory settings reset. Are they the same? If there is a difference between them then please elaborate on what the difference is.
@Pali Madra: A soft reset will restore factory settings, while the hard reset will restore factory settings, reinstall factory software and delete all data from the phone memory such as sms, notes and calendar entries.
I have nokia e71 purchased from australia, my problem is while listening to songs, it goes switched off and on automatically, and again it goes switched off. In night I thought it was due to low battery, and in morning I changed it with the same phone battery of my friend and the charger too, which both are allright. I take it to my friend repair shop who tried to install the software again, but it goes failed on it. While switching on the mobile it shows some blank bright light and goes off again in few seconds. My warranty won’t works as it was purchased in australia, and I am living here in india. If you help me, I am really greatful you, as all my contacts are there in it. Looking for your early positive reply.
I hope that you had previously backup your contacts to PC or at least to the memory card. BTW, my suggestion is that you could try hard formatting the phone. However, this task will wipe everything from the phone memory.
thanks for replying, first of all I would like to tell your that it is my bad luck that on the very next day I was thinking to transfer all the data, the previous night it goes off. I had took my e71 to one of my friend mobile shop, where he tried to reinstall the phone software, but it goes failed after doing 70% of copying, and while switching-on, the same bright light come on screen and goes switched off in few seconds without showing anything. And now he is suggesting me to take it to the nokia care centre. As I told u allready the phone is purchased in other country my warranty didn’t works here and if I went to nokia centre they will definetly charged me huge amount of services charges. I am not able to think what to do now, kindly tell me the possible cheap solution. Looking for your early reply
My opinion is the same as your friend. If hard formatting the phone cannot solve the problem, you should send it to the Nokia Service Center. By the way, if the repair cost is too expensive, perhaps buying a new phone is another option. You could ask them an estimated repair cost beforehand.
hi all
how can i reset de lock code of a nokia e 71 ??
or where do i found codes from that
Hi please help me. I have a Nokia E71 which I restored the factory settings. When I turned it on again, I noticed that the 2 preinstalled games, Tetris and Tiger PGA Tour 07, had disappeared from the Installations folder. These are the only things missing and I can’t find them anywher, not even under App. Mgr. how can I recover them?
@ivan: I don’t think that it is possible to recover them if those games are installed in the phone memory. BTW, don’t you have the backup? If you do, what you need is to restore the backup.
hi, i need help.
how can i reset de lock code of a nokia e 71 ??
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@eric: You need the master code to reset the lock code in case you forget one. The master code is unique and depends on the IMEI of your phone.
thank you
hi..pls help me, i want to restore the factory settings of my nokia e71 but somebody changed the unlock code. how will i able to restore it?
hi.please help me, i would like to restore the factory settings of my nokia e71 but someone changed the lock code..how will i able to restore it?
hi when i try to restore it to the factory settings it is asking for the lock code and i forgot about it..how will i able to restore my nokia e71?
i reset my phone ( Hard Reset) but the problem is .. i just forgot the password of my Memory card .. is there any way to retrieve the password of my memory card?
@Furqab Masood:
Usually the password is kept in a file called mmcstore in c:\system folder of your phone.
If you have the backup file for your phone, try to restore the backup and, find for the “mmcstore” file.
If you don’t even have the backup, search for “mmcpwd” in Google.