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2 replies · 1,405 views · Started 07 January 2006

dudes..while formatting ur phone b careful ...i was formatting my phone(soft format) suddenly the phone froze with a blank screen & nothing happened for say half an hour..my heart was at my mouth by now & was wondering whether my phone has become dead...i removed my battery (which should not b done at any case) since i had no other option & i tried it out ,restarted the phone & now the phone never started...by now i was sure tat my phone is dead & thinking that i hav invested much in this phone & now the phone becoming dead is unbelievable ..with last hope i tried to switch on the phone,the phone blinked & then went back to off state..this gave me some hope & tried starting the phone with the pencil key pressed & wallah the phone confirmed hard reset & my phone was restored to normal..iam a very happy man now & promised myself not to do anything more stupid to my phone again...so plz b careful while formatting the phone coz i dont know whether such roblems hav solutions or not but it is better for us to stay on the safe side..cheers

yup...but i used *#7370# to format my phone..i heard its some kind of soft format..but it got stuck up in the middle..however i corrected the problem by hard formatting it again...