Soft Reset and Hard Reset Nokia 5800, 5530, N97

What is a Soft Reset
Soft Reset - the process of resetting to standard as well as cleaning your phone (no SIM card or memory card) of personal data (contacts, SMS-MMS messages, and other records)
What is Soft Reset
You can use the soft reset in case of an incorrect application if the settings have been changed by the user, yet soft reset can be useful if you pass the phone to another man in constant use, soan reset securely erase all your personal data private.
How to make a Soft Reset on Nokia 5800, 5530, N97
On the Nokia 5800, 5530, N97 makes it very easy - type the following shortcut: * # 7780 # or via the menu item Menu - Settings - Control telephone - Initial parameters (the device asks for the password lock - its default - 12345) .
Warning Remember that the Soft Reset will erase all your data in your phone (not in SIM card or memory card). You can make a backup of your data to kompyuetere using Nokia PC Suite or by using the backup to a memory card (Menu - Applications - File manager - Backup)
What is a Hard Reset
Hard Reset - is to reinstall your operating system in your mobilnon. Remove not only your settings and all installed applications and their components. Will install the standard software that was installed in the phone the day of release.
Why a Hard Reset
Hard Reset helps to cope with serious problems in the phone, is useful in cases when not helping Soft Reset. Frequent bugs, departures and the brakes are successfully treated a hard reset, if the same problems remain after a hard reset then you should contact the service center because the problem is not in the software and iron phone.
Hard Reset, for example, successfully coping with the next, rather massive problem in the green keys, buttons, contacts and dial numbers:
How to Hard Reset on Nokia 5800, 5530, N97
To perform a Hard Reset on Nokia 5530, 5800 and N97, type on the keyboard * # 7370 # (the device asks for the password lock - the default password - 12345).
Warning Remember, Hard Reset and erase all your contacts and messages, so create a backup using Nokia PC Suite or using the phone (Menu - Applications - File manager - Backup). Before you do Hard Reset to remove all the installed programs on your memory card (after hard reset the phone will not know about most of them, and if re-installing programs you can run into problems).
Hard Reset formatting memory (Master Reset)
Hard Reset with additional formatting the phone.
Why a Hard Reset with formatting memory
Hard Reset with the formatting may be indispensable in the case of infection with the virus smartphone as well as damage to the file system. Also, if your phone does not turn on or turn not to the end (if the unit is not activated until the end - first remove the memory card and try again to include - if not turn on again then use a hard reset).
How to Hard Reset formatting memory
This way of reinstalling the operating system is currently only available for Nokia 5800 and N97. For Nokia 5530 may be his appearance in future firmware.

For the Nokia 5800 is required on the phone off, hold down the green button, red button, camera button and the key and hold for 2-3 seconds. After a few seconds the phone turns on.


For the Nokia N97 should be on the phone off, hold down the Shift, space, Backspace and key and hold for 2-3 seconds. After a few seconds the phone turns on.
Warning In the case of the virus, before you make a Hard Reset with the formatting you want to pull the memory card and format it on your computer in order to avoid reinfection phone virus.