[Makm]

To all the WP users: If you use an SD card, make sure you remove the SD card before installing any software update. Then you shouldn't face the endless spinning gear problem.

[Schnuffi]

To all the WP users: If you use an SD card, make sure you remove the SD card before installing any software update. Then you shouldn't face the endless spinning gear problem.

Thanks you saved me I just removed the battery and then the sd card and it started to install

[Kalyanashis Chakraborty]

I got a near similar type of issue. After my mobile (lumia 930)got an update on Friday. The phone started re-starting automatically multiple times. I did the soft and hard reset and then a symbol of flash with the setting symbol came. I tried everything but still didnt work. Nokia Care is telling me to change the board which will cost around 80% of the mobile price. Any suggestion.

[vickywills]

I did as mentioned here. but, again the bloody gear up is spinning... please do a help...

[Harrie-S]

I did as mentioned here. but, again the bloody gear up is spinning... please do a help...

Did you also see below
https://forums.windowscentral.com/e?...token=ha38OPJE

[santhanu chandran]

I had met the same problem with my Lumia 1320
This was happend first when I got the denim update
When I tried to update it got stuck on the spinning cogs'
That time I had waited for 30 mins, then I tried for a soft reset ie; the combination of the keys volume down and power button, this helped me to get my phone updated

After some days I tried for a reset ,the same issue was happens again, this time the soft reset doesn't helped me

Then I tried an other way
I turned of the phone and removed the sim card and memmory card then connected it to the charger ,the phone turned on automatically and the resetting was done successfully

Trying This may help you

[JohnnyB6]

in my case I couldn't even performed a hard reset on L1320, nothing happened when pressing the volume down (Nokia logo just kept re-appearing when doing so).
so I have removed the SD cards, restart the phone and it applied the update from lumia to denim successfully....on next restart, I have inserted back the SD card and the migration of the data went smooth also.

[Aryo Dwiatmojo]

When I try to connect the phone, I pressed Volume Down + Power Button just like you said, but it is not vibrating until I release the button. Then again it does not detect my phone. And the phone continue to show the spinning gear. What should I do? And here's my phone cycle when I connect it into a PC. Vibrate, Nokia sign, gear sign, blank screen, vibrate, Nokia sign, gear sign, blank screen, and so on. And here's a thing I should mention. If I try to hard reset it manually using the button combo, it does not show the exclamation mark. I pressed the volume down and connect my phone to a charger. But it shows no exclamation mark! Just showing Nokia, and then black blank screen, and then Nokia again, and black blank screen and so on.

[zlx]

I tried the software updater as well as

Step 1
Make sure the phone is turned off.

1. Press and hold the power key.
2. Phone vibrates (release the key)
3. Press and hold the volume down key.
4. Exclamation mark is shown on the screen (release the volume down key).

Step 2
Input the following key combination:

1. Volume Up
2. Volume down
3. Power
4. Volume down

Both is not working, I'm still stuck in the gears of death

Any other ideas? (Lumia 630 in this case, not 1020!)

[alv3st3r]

The procedure in this thread is obsolete now.

Use Windows Phone Recovery Tool:
http://download-fds.webapps.microsof...lInstaller.exe

[santhanu chandran1]

Nothing to worry
Remove your memmorycard and restart your phone

[Yinal Janbek]

A scholar and a true gentleman! Thank you kindly.

[zlx]

The procedure in this thread is obsolete now.

Use Windows Phone Recovery Tool:
http://download-fds.webapps.microsof...lInstaller.exe

you just saved my phone, thanks a lot!

[Elvis Shouta Mzenda]

l almost lost it to a point of braking my phone with anger .... thanx to you everything is back to normal ... l would kiss you now coz am so happy all my staff is in order thanx to your software

[Paul Iulian Gheorghe]

I have the same issue as Aryo Dwiatmojo.

Has anyone found a way to resolve the endless Nokia reboot logo when holding down the volume down button? :(

I really have no idea what else to do...

[Sadhna Singh]

thank you for this...It helped me a lot to recover my phone.

[Sangeetha Renuka]

I am very grateful..

No other suggestion in this forum was working for me .
And I got sick of seeing the endless gears on my Lumia phone.. your post was a huge help

[Kai_ibrahim1]

Thank you so much! My Lumia 520 crashed while I was updating to Windows 10. This helped me get it fixed. A tip to anyone out theere, if the phone keeps rebooting during this process, just take the battery out and leave it for a few minutes (preferably after the firmware download is complete). This worked for me

[vikas2004]

I bricked my Lumia 820 accidentally, but with the help of this forum i was able to bring it to life again. I really appreciate your work here.

[anthonycarnahan]

this doesn't:crying work for lumia 635

[alv3st3r]

this doesn't:crying work for lumia 635

Use Windows Phone Recovery Tool:
http://download-fds.webapps.microsof...lInstaller.exe

[Ilkin Imanquliyev]

man! you are so great/ i searched every single forums. no one helped me. at least i found your post. its really worked like a charm. i just registered to thank u !. great man!

[supickumaterinu]

thx soooooooooooo much it workss
Thx again
you have a big kiss from Serbiaa

[Anup Ghosh]

After that also it is working. it is giving :( nothing is happening. Please help me what to do.

[alv3st3r]

After that also it is working. it is giving :( nothing is happening. Please help me what to do.

I didn't get what you're trying to say.

Try Windows Device Recovery Tool. Latest version as of today is 3.3.31: http://download-fds.webapps.microsof...lInstaller.exe