The truth is that sometimes your Nokia phone might suddenly start misbehaving that you no longer enjoy your mobile phone  as you used to simply because somethings are not right with your phone firmware which can be fixed through Normal resetting or Deep resetting in other words you can call it Soft and hard resetting.

Before we continue with the hard resetting and soft resetting let look at the things that might cause your phone not to work properly as you know that sometimes there is always a cause for alarm, you phone didn’t just start misbehaving, that is why it is necessary to know the cause before we continue with the solutions.

1. Virus:
The no:1 thing that might make your mobile phone work abnormally is VIRUS, you phone can contact virus in various ways such as:

Application Installation:
I understand that once you have a good phone that you must always like to install lots of mobile applications that will add extra features and better performance to your wonderful device but hey! sometimes that application contains dangerous Virus that can affect you mobile phone performances.

File transfer through Bluetooth
Once you have Bluetooth enabled device , you must be transferring and receiving  media files using your Bluetooth Enabled phone but the problem is that sometimes your phone will not only exchange files between the two phones but will also exchange virus if anyone of the phone is effect with virus.

Let not go more further about more ways your phone can contact virus but i will rather provide a solutions because you can’t stop installing applications neither can you stop exchanging files with friends and family through Bluetooth.

SOLUTION:

Install Antivirus: You need a good mobile antivirus that can fight those virus, antivirus will detect and prevent them from penetrating to your mobile phone firmware.

Back to business Reset and Formatting Codes for Nokia phones
The truth is no matter the kind of antivirus you have on your phone, it might not be able to stop your phone from misbehaving or working abnormally.

When things like that occurs, there is a solution once is not a hardware problem and the solution is simple and easy, all you need is to format and reset you mobile phone to be in its original form but the question is:

How to format and reset your Nokia Phone

Actually you don’t need a computer to reset and format your phone, all you need is few formatting codes which i have listed below as:
Normal Reset
(*#7780#) : Restores ini files from rom but preserves user data (photos, 3rd party apps etc)
Deep Reset
(*#7370#) : This reformat completely the C: drive. All applications and files stored on this drive will be lost and clean default files will be rewritten.
The password is 12345 (if not changed)

Note: This codes works only on original Nokia phones and  if you have any complications formatting your Nokia mobile phone don’t hesitate to ask question i will always be available to help you more.