Factory reset Nokia Lumia 521
Nokia Lumia 521
How to reset or restore a Nokia Lumia 521
If your Nokia Lumia 521 smartphone is running very slowly, hanging, you want to bypass the screen lock, or you have a full memory and want to erase everything, or you want to sell or give it away and want to ensure that nobody can access your files and passwords, you can do a factory reset to restore it to its original state like the first day.
Keep in mind that a reset or return to the factory state on a mobile deletes all its content, so make a backup of your data before doing it if you don't want to lose everything.
We advise you to consult the following article before restoring the %s: What to do before selling an iPhone.
There are two ways to do a reset on a Nokia Lumia 521 from the settings of the mobile itself or by performing a hard reset.
Restore Nokia Lumia 521 using the “Settings” menu
If you want to make a reset to return to the factory settings a Nokia Lumia 521 through phone settings you have to follow these simple steps:
Estimated time: 5 minutes.
1- First step: Swipe the home screen of your Nokia Lumia 521 toward the left.
2- Second step: Go to “Settings”.
3- Third step: Search and access the option “Information”.
4- Fourth step: Press the “Reset phone” option.
5- Fifth step: Click “Yes” when you are asked to confirm if you want to reset the phone.
6- Sixth step: Press “Yes” again to start the process. Your device Lumia 521 from Nokia it will restart and take several minutes to start while restoring the device to its factory state and optimizing the applications pre-installed in the operative system Microsoft Windows Phone 8, Microsoft Windows Phone 8 Amber.
Restore Nokia Lumia 521 through a hard reset
If you want to make a hard reset to return to the factory settings a Nokia Lumia 521 you have to follow these simple steps:
1- Turn off your Nokia Lumia 521.
2- Press the power button and the moment the phone vibrates press and hold the volume down button until an exclamation appears on the screen.
3- While the exclamation appears on the screen, press volume up, volume down, power button and volume down.
4- Your device Lumia 521 from Nokia it will restart and take several minutes to start while restoring the device to its factory state and optimizing the applications pre-installed in the operative system Microsoft Windows Phone.
About the device:
Nokia Lumia 521 is a mobile/cell phone with dimensions of 64 mm (millimeters), 6.4 cm (centimeters), 0.21 ft (feet), 2.52 in (inches), a weight of 124 grams, , a screen resolution of .
It has a processor Krait and an internal memory of 8 GB (gigabytes).
The Nokia Lumia 521 comes from the factory with the Microsoft Windows Phone 8, Microsoft Windows Phone 8 Amber operating system.
