Couple of weeks back, saw an unusual message blinking on my cell "Phone Startup Failed. Contact the retailer". The phone was not starting and the message was constantly displaying. Thought it to be temporary phenomenon and rebooted the cell. That did not help :(
Got it checked at a Nokia centre – Got a response that there is hardware problem and repair will cost ~ 3.5 K (with no guarantee). Asked a local repair shop - Was told that its a software problem and will cost ~ 800 (again with no guarantee).
Now not sure what to, I decided to defer the decision making and started using mom's mobile in the meantime - My phone was now lying unused.
Today decided to do some Google search to find if there is some home-remedy available for phone repair (actually should have tried it earlier but it somehow slipped my mind!). Read about the problem on some tech forums and one of the suggested solution was to hard format by pressing “3”, “*”, “Green dial button” and “Switch off button” all together. I tried it and bingo!!! …. my the phone is working now :)
Hurrah !
