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Useful helps : Full phone formatting a 6600!

204 replies · 427,264 views · Started 07 November 2003

mynokia007 10 Aug 2005, 08:18

thanks very much for this info. i did it on my phone when it was giving me problems and it workd! 😉
keep up the gud work :icon14: AAS ppl!!

xandra_70 13 Aug 2005, 11:28

hello, my fren gave me a 6600 and til now i dunno how to get a WAP/GPRS

tone 09 Sep 2005, 11:49

3 key phone formatting and memory card formatting works fine with me.
it saves me hundreds of pesos.
thanks for the info peeps! :icon14:

freakfido 25 Sep 2005, 13:23

anY ONE WOULD HELP ME PLZZ.
I HAD INSTALLED A SOFTWARE RAGHU WHICH HAD DONE SHIT ON MY NOKIA 6600.
NOTHN SEEMS TO BE WORKING
HERE R THE FEW PROBLEMS ......................
GALLERY DOESNT OPENS
BLUTOOTH DOESNT WORKS NOR INFRARED
FILE MANAGER , ETC.
I M NOT ABLE TO INSTALL ANY THING ON MU CELL PHONE
I M REALLY WORRIED JUST 2 MONTHS HAVE PASSED MY CELL IS QUITE NEW
DUE 2 DIS MANY APPZ R NOT WORKING.
PLZZ HELP
WHERE DO I GET OS FOR MY NOKIA 6600 PHONE?
:frown: :frown: :frown: :frown: :frown: :frown: :frown:

tanel 16 Nov 2005, 16:37

am i doing somthing wrong beachose my phone just swiches on and it...no formatt letter:frown:

kabage 20 Nov 2005, 19:45

NewForce wrote:Here to let everybody how to perform a
Full phone formatting on a 6600!

If you encounter situation like below on your 6600,
1. Blank screen phone unable to reboot.
2. Phone only able to boot-up to "Nokia" word screen.
3. Install some program but not able to uninstall it after that.
4. Unable to delete unwanted files on C drive.

Do a Full phone formatting on your 6600! as steps below,

1. Make sure you have at least 3/4 charge of battery power left.

2. Backup your contacts list and personal files to MMC memory card.

3. Switch-off your 6600 phone.

4. Press and hold 3 keys; Green dial key, * Star key, no. 3 key on keypad and then press the power on/off to swtich on the 6600 phone.

Remember, do not let go the 3 press and hold keys until you see a formatting word screen show!

5. After a few minutes when the Full phone formatting completed, your 6600 will back to original system and factory settting.

Bye and enjoy!

hi there dude ,this is kabir ,, well a few days back my battery charger got spoiled so as it was an emergency, i opted for a cheaper battery charger when i first inserted the charger ,i received warning messages saying MEMORY LOW DELETE SOME DATA , first i thought may b my MMC card was full but it started happenin regularly and when i checked my memory space ,it was 30mb empty ,
and after that i got the orignal nokia battery charger , and now there is another problem occuring , i m not able to view the GALLERY , whenever i m opening it it is showin the warnin message OPENIN FILES and stucking there itself , and even the camera aint workin whenever i m takin a snap it is sayin TEMPORARY OVERLOAD . and also i m not able to activate the blue tooth option .CAN ANY BODY HELP ME PLZZZZZZZZZZZ.:frown:

ktv303 30 Nov 2005, 01:15

dunno if this has already been answered but i couldnt find it

can anyone tell me how to format the mmc on a 6600 when the phone is switched off? ive got a corrupt file and it wont format usin the inbuilt way

i know its a button combination but cant remember which.


thanks in advance

micko 30 Nov 2005, 05:13

Hey guys, I have a problem with my nokia 6600. When I turn it on it boots up to the first nokia screen (with a colour picture) then it just fades to black. I can hear it working and by pressing buttons I can get it to the main screen where you can hear the tones when dialing a number (even tho I cant see anything).

I have tried formatting it using the green,*,3 method and it does a full format. i have tried this with the sim card and mmc in and out. It still does the same thing, fades to black.
Im guessing it isnt the screen otherwise I wouldnt be able to see the first nokia screen. Any suggestions?

rein_ulan27 02 Dec 2005, 05:05

Ei man....Thank you very much for posting this...you saved my ass ....hahaha.

I installed mc.affe in my phone and it started goiung berzerk.....it would just load main screen and then it would just hang up...I cant use the restart usign #7370# cous I cant even tyoe anything...

great job!

Thanks

peterpickles 11 Dec 2005, 13:43

:frown: :frown: :frown:

Sorry if I am posting this thread to the wrong section, but I am a newbie!!

Please can someone help me out, I have been given a 6600. It boots up past the Nokia hands logo. Then locks (At bootup) onto the camera icon, on one side & the goto menu on the other side. Then locks up and says general system error ! Then freezes on this screen. I have tried a format as described but the phone will not accept any input. Are there any shorts on the circuit board I could try to reset the bios? Or is it knackered?

I would love to get this phone going, as I always wanted one but could not afford the cash. It has not been locked out as it is a legit phone.

Thanks for your time
Peter

goldenfox 02 Jan 2006, 05:47

Can i use this to a nokia 3660 phone? I'm having the same problem... I can only see a "Nokia" at bootup then nothing happens... I cannot type *#7370# because it fails to boot.

arefg 10 Mar 2006, 07:16

i really need help formatting my N90, i dont know how to ,i need to format the phone it self not the memory, 2nd issue,, when i try to go to "go to" it attempts to open it but it doesnt, any ideas why??

i really really appreciate help from any body

calcio11 19 Apr 2006, 09:07

guys, i tried to format my N6600 but using the "3 keys" and "*#7370#" but it didn't work i still get a mesage "messaging: Not enough memory to perform operation. Delete some data first (-2).

There are also several errors that pops up when i open the 'message', 'calendar', 'contacts'
a) system error (-25)
b) telephone error (-3)
c) telephone error (-25)

i guess the problem on my phone is on the ROM. how can i delete all the files in it?

Need your help, guys....thanks

sree9990 26 Apr 2006, 14:42

What about the applications? Will they get uninstalled or the ones in MMC will alone remain unaffected?

Lesser 29 May 2006, 08:18

Hello all,
Now i have been reading all the replys' etc on the formatting of my 6600 but no one has asked that when i format using the green + *+3 will i lose my photos ? I cant back them up on to the MMC because i cant get into the phone without the "general system error" coming up every second and thats as far as it gets so im assuming that they are sitting in gallery but im afraid i might lose them? Can someone help please?
Cheers Lesser.

A i M a N 08 Jun 2006, 03:03

does the format really available to 3650,3660 or n gage?? or is it other ways to do the format??i really need to know it..and does the format can eliminate the fonts file in c:

leytenio 15 Jun 2006, 05:34

do not answer your phone when it is being charge because there was an a news of people are electricuted when they ans. the call.:icon14:

Dr3k 16 Jun 2006, 09:07

Lesser wrote:Hello all,
Now i have been reading all the replys' etc on the formatting of my 6600 but no one has asked that when i format using the green + *+3 will i lose my photos ? I cant back them up on to the MMC because i cant get into the phone without the "general system error" coming up every second and thats as far as it gets so im assuming that they are sitting in gallery but im afraid i might lose them? Can someone help please?
Cheers Lesser.

When u format u lose EVERYTHING. There is no way 2 save ure photos :frown:

zerg1024 31 Jul 2006, 14:33

hey i am new here and i just got my 6620 working again and i forgot the passcodes to all my locks. i was wondering if there was any software that i can get that will get rid of the passcodes that i have on there?

nj7 31 Jul 2006, 15:17

zerg1024 wrote:hey i am new here and i just got my 6620 working again and i forgot the passcodes to all my locks. i was wondering if there was any software that i can get that will get rid of the passcodes that i have on there?

An Nokia Service Point can do that!

nj7 03 Aug 2006, 14:50

zerg1024 wrote:where can i get it undone? is there anyway i can do it myself?

I don�t think so!

nj7 03 Aug 2006, 14:52

dina_guntur wrote:After i full formating my 6600, how do i recall the phone book back up?

-thanks-

Befor do a format, You shoul do a backup, because, after, is to late.

juham_guiang83 21 Aug 2006, 07:39

Eulogy wrote:How long will it take before formatting is done?

3 seconds press b4 d display 'formatting" appears.. and the process is stamated 3mins to 5. 😃

MaxCage 20 Nov 2006, 05:33

Yes, just like juham_guiang83 mentioned it takes 3 to 5 minutes.

But, I should tell you this 'Hard Format' procedure needs a little patience. I had tried 5 failed times, and the got it working the 6th time, totally twisting myself - like I was doing a reptilian foreplay.

It is better if you had someone to help you switch on the power button.