After I did a reset on my WP 1020, with Windows Insider, all the important apps gone missing! How can I get them back?

[Windows Central Question]

After i did a reset on my WP 1020, with Windows Insider, all the important apps gone missing!

After i got my Windows Insider, I couldn't get my SIM - Card to work, so i read some of the forum threads and figured that since WP 1020 needed to reset the system to work properly i'd do that.

So i did.

Problem was just, when i logged on my Windows Phone again, I couldn't find = Settings, Phone, Messages and several other features. My backup has gone missing too. Please help me have a regular phone!

 

[Summer_Moon]

Re: After i did a reset on my WP 1020, with Windows Insider, all the important apps gone missing!

Try another hard reset. I've done about 6 on mine so far. Each time I did the exact same procedure, but different things would be missing. On the final one everything was back to normal.

 

[patrikmore]

If by Windows Insider you mean you were on Windows 10 preview, you fool, what have you done, aren't you afraid by Microsoft ?

 

[hotphil]

Hard reset, and set up as new device (don't restore from backup).

 

[patrikmore]

Backup is working on Windows Phone 8.1. When you do a reset to factory, on restart it asks you if you have (or wish to create) a Microsoft account, and then you are proposed to restore your backup.