Nokia G10 Factory Reset

[Mae1]

Hi,

please can somebody help? My Nokia G10 started behaving weirdly so I consider factory reset. Unfortunately, all options I'm aware of failed - tapping the 'settings' ... etc doesn't work, nothing at all happens if I tap on the 'reset options'. If I try the 'power + volume down' method, I see a black screen with a small 'FASTBOOT MODE...' in the bottom left corner (nothing else happens). Would anyone have an idea what to do?

Thanks!

[Enlli]

If you Google "Nokia G10 factory reset"

There are a couple of YouTube instructional videos 

[Oxonian]

@Mae1 

If the factory reset as detailed by @Enlli does not work, you can buy a new Nokia G10 on eBay for about eighty pounds. And you could then recoup a few quid by selling your old one as a "for spares or not working" model.   

[MI5]

@Mae1 

More options here Nokia G10 - Reset via recovery mode - Gomibo.co.uk

[Mae1]

Nice, indeed (this is meant ironically, just for clarity). In fact, I'm afraid I'm not thinking about buying any further smartphone ever at all.

[Mae1]

This is exactly what I have already tried - but there was no 'Wipe data/ factory reset' available. In fact, no options to choose from appeared. There was just a black screen with a small 'FASTBOOT MODE...' in the bottom left corner and the phone basically just stuck in this. I had to hold the Pwer button for really long to make it at least switch off.

[Oxonian]

@Mae1 

OK, fair enough. 

[Bambino]

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@Mae1 wrote:

Nice, indeed (this is meant ironically, just for clarity). In fact, I'm afraid I'm not thinking about buying any further smartphone ever at all.

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In that case, @Mae1: Best dumb phones and non-smartphones in the UK for 2023 (goodhousekeeping.com)

[Oxonian]

@Mae1 

You can buy a PAYG dumbphone from Tesco for about twenty pounds. They work, nothing more and nothing less.