What does the large and small cogs on my screen mean?

[Windows Central Question]

what does the large and small cogs on my screen mean

After doing a phone update, I have a large & small white cog, frozen on my screen for the last 5 hours

 

[panchovx]

Re: what does the large and small cogs on my screen mean

Your device has bricked during the update. You need to download Nokia software update for retail and select the option "my device won't start" or something like this.

 

[Guytronic]

Re: what does the large and small cogs on my screen mean

Shut the phone off then plug it into the charger to restart the update process.
It may continue on the second try.

 

[mark233]

Re: what does the large and small cogs on my screen mean

After doing a phone update, I have a large & small white cog, frozen on my screen for the last 5 hours

This happened to me on my L521 (very first smartphone) I didn't know what to do so I just let it go until the battery died. I plugged in the charger and within a couple of minutes the phone came on and it carried on to completion.