Soft Reset Nokia 9210 9500 9300

The format function reformats the internal drive and restores the device to a 'factory state'. This method should be used when all other attempts to fix your phone fail as it removes all data, applications, settings etc. But there's no problem if you have full backup, which makes it possible to restore all system contents within a couple of minutes...
To reformat your Communicator you have to:

remove the battery for several seconds and reconnect it

press and hold Ctrl+Shift+F until a format request appears

in 9210/9290 you will see the following message displayed:

• In 9500/9300 the screen will look as follows:

• press Format key to confirm. Formatting will start:

• after formatting boot picture appears on screen, and the system starts with Startup settings.

• Now you have a "fresh" internal file system. All Memory card contents remain untouched.
  
  
• In 9210/9290 you will have to reinstall internal memory system contents from 9210 CD-ROM (All_Nokia_9210_Data.sis) or restore them from your Memory card or PC backup.
  
  
• Nokia 9500/9300 users do not need to reinstall anything as all system files in these models are in ROM, but they can restore their settings and applications from Memory card or PC backup.