Hard Reset

[badwolf]

i have searched and tried the vol down center button power on no stylus reset and can not get it to work. do you have to do clear storage first? is that the same and or is there another way to do it?

thanks

[lcbster]

First take out the battery put it back in dont power the phone on but press down on the volume button the press the center then power button and somethings goin to come up on the screen

[reeg420]

Thing is that most people forget is the phone has to be OFF. Hold down the power button on the top of the phone for a few seconds. Something will pop up about are you sure you want to turn the phone off. Hit yes..

Then do the volume down, center button, soft reset button. That will start the hard reset. It wont work if you dont have the phone off. It will just keep soft resetting.
Clear storage if exactly the same thing though. If you have that you can use that program if you prefer does the same thing.

If you can't get that to work, you can do a hard reset with the ## codes. IF you have sprint dial ##786# then select reset under the right softkey menu. Enter your msl and thats it. Make sure to record your MSID though because this method will require you to reprogram the phone. If you don't have your msl look here. http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=43560

[TheLuMan7]

Originally Posted by reeg420

Thing is that most people forget is the phone has to be OFF. Hold down the power button on the top of the phone for a few seconds. Something will pop up about are you sure you want to turn the phone off. Hit yes..

Then do the volume down, center button, soft reset button. That will start the hard reset. It wont work if you dont have the phone off. It will just keep soft resetting.
Clear storage if exactly the same thing though. If you have that you can use that program if you prefer does the same thing.

It's the volume down, center button, and power on, not soft reset... but yea, phone has to be off first