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How to Safely Master Reset Nokia Lumia 520 with Easy Hard Reset ?

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Nokia Lumia 520 is Nokia smartphone family with Windows Phone 8 operating system. For everyone who love to use or try to taste the Microsoft Windows Phone 8 os will like to use this Nokia Lumia 520.

 

The main Advantage specifications of Nokia Lumia 520:

LCD 4 inchi
Processor Dual Core 1Ghz
Memory Internal 8GB ROM with 512 RAM
External memory slot MicroSD upto 64GB
Camera 5 MP,  autofocus,
Operating System Microsoft Windows Phone 8
Battery Li-Ion 1430 mAh

 

How to Soft Reset or Reboot or Restart Nokia Lumia 520 ?

There are two choices when our Nokia Lumia 520 get problem and the phone become hang or frozen. How to force shutdown or soft reset or restart Nokia Lumia 520? The very easy way to do is remove the battery from Nokia Lumia 520 after open the back case. Wait about 5 seconds and we can put the battery again in the right positions. After that we can turn on again by pressing power button. The second to force soft reset when nothing can be touch in the LCD touch screen by press and hold POWER BUTTON for several second, if you see ‘slide down to power of’, do slide the phone then it will turn off. We need to press Power button again to turn on Nokia Lumia 520 on again.

 

How to Master Reset Nokia Lumia 520 to Factory Default ?

Nokia Lumia 520 use Microsoft Windows Phone 8 as the operating system. With this OS we can do many feature in Nokia Lumia 520 also we can add more applications to fit what we need. But sometime the Nokia Lumia 520 get hang or stuck or freezing or brick or not responding when we use to do something. The other problem is LCD is not responsive while touch the applications or menu. We are recommended to do soft reset by turning off the Nokia Lumia 520 with the power button to remove the cache or temporary files which can make the Nokia Lumia 520 not run properly. If the problem still appear, then we can try to do the hard reset with easy step in bellow:

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#Option 1, How to Hard Reset Nokia Lumia 520 with Setting Menu:

Please remember to backup your important data before doing the hard reset to factory default, because all data and installed applications will be erased.

  1. Turn on the Nokia Lumia 520
  2. Make sure the battery is fully charge or not empty
  3. Go to menu: Setting > About > Reset Your Phone
  4. The process of formatting Nokia Lumia 520 will do by it self

 

#Option 2, How to Hard Reset Nokia Lumia 520 with Hardware Button Key:

If we can not access the menu or stuck or not responding, then we can try format Nokia Lumia 520 with hardware key:

A. BIG STEP ONE:

  1. Please remember, we have to do two BIG STEP
  2. BIG STEP ONE (a). Press and Hold the Power Button, do not release until the phone vibrate (if you feel the vibrate in Nokia Lumia 520 then release the Power Button)
  3. BIG STEP ONE (b). Press and Hold the Volume Down Button, do not release until the LCD show the exclamation mark (if you see the exclamation mark in LCD, then release the Volume Down Button)

B. BIG STEP TWO (this can be down after all BIG STEP ONE finish)

  1. To continue reset, you have to do the last step bellow
  2. Press Volume Up Button Key and release
  3. Press Volume Down Button Key and release
  4. Press Power Button Key and release
  5. Press Volume Down Button Key and release
  6. The the Nokia Lumia 520 will do the hard reset format

 

 

FAQ Nokia Lumia 520:

What to do if I forget Security Key Password Code Nokia Lumia 520 (To Unlock or Bypass the Lost Password) ?

If you forgot Nokia Lumia 520 pin password code, you have to do the hard reset with the step above. Please keep in good place your password of Nokia Lumia 520

 

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What is the Secret Code Key for Hard Reset Nokia Lumia 520 ?

Until this tutorial created, it does not have secret code for hard reset Nokia Lumia 520, please tell us if you have this information, we will update it soon. But the most easy way to hard reset Nokia Lumia 520 is by doing the steps above.

 

How to Reinstall or Restore Microsoft Windows Phone Operating System at Nokia Lumia 520 (reformat)?

The default operating system of Nokia Lumia 520 is Microsoft Windows Phone 8. We should have to know that the clean factory default OS file source already saved inside this phone ROM. The installed operating system usually will run normally and not easy to be broken unless we use special unusual steps that not recommended to everyone. But in some situations the installed application can get trouble and impact to the process of operating system. Therefore, when we need to reinstall or restore clean operating system than the processes are same with hard reset or master reset above. Just follow the steps above then the clean factory default OS will be reinstall automatically. Please note, this steps are similar with reformat Nokia Lumia 520 which can make all important data removed or wipe from this phone, therefore do not forget to do backup.

 

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Hard reset Nokai Lumia 520 is easy to do if you have problem with this phone, by doing the simple step above, you can restore the Nokai Lumia 520 to factory reset.

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    • Base on your question, you mean 3 button keys bellow LCD light is off. Well, you need to try to hard reset first to make sure Nokia Lumia 520 back to factory setting. After that you need to make sure the keypad light back to normal or not. If the problem still happen in your Nokia Lumia 520 keypad light, then maybe you need to bring this smartphone to nearest Nokia service center to make sure about hardware problems.

  • i attempted to many passwords to unlock my nokia lumia 520 and nw it shows i hv to wait for 51472 mints what i do can i hard reset it? to unlock n solve it? plz hlp me

    • Hi, If you have problem with password protection, than you may need to do hard reset for Nokia Lumia 520 with step at Option 2 above. But please remember, that hard reset step with hardware button will make all you data removed from Lumia 520, so you need to consider which are the best for your condition.

      • My phone does not do the vibration when I hold the power button. What else can I do when I hold the power button it only shows me to pull the thing down to turn the phone off

        • Hi, to do hard reset using hardware button, you have to make sure that your Nokia Lumia 520 start at OFF positions. Please turn your phone off until it totally shutdown, after that please follow the steps again to hard reset at #Option 2 above. You have to start from BIG STEP ONE until finish, then continue with BIG STEP TWO until finish.

  • I entered a phone lock and i forgot... it shows try again in... Minutes... i am trying to do hard reset but its not working .. i hold on the power button ... and nothing. even tried with up n down volume key.. still nothing ...pls help

    • Hi, the only solution to solved forget security password and phone lock at Nokia Lumia 520 is doing hard reset with hardware button. Please try carefully the step at Option 2 above. Some user need to try several time to make it work. Do it slowly to read and follow step by step can help your problem.

  • Both of them, perfectly works. But the thing is, with hard-reset, the log file remains in the other storage. How to get rid of it??

    • Hi, we can not make sure which log file that remaining in the memory, but doing hard reset should erase all important data, except at your external memory card at Nokia Lumia 520.

    • Hi, if the problem of your Nokia Music Subscription is about account, then you can not solve that problem by doing hard reset your Nokia Lumia 520, because usually the problem is about your database at Nokia server.

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