Lumia 520 stuck on start screen loading. How can I get it past?

[Windows Central Question]

Lumia 520 stuck on start screen loading.

My handset is stuck on start screen loading since hours. I'm on build 10686.29. Soft reset didn't work. Do I have to hard reset or is there any other workaround.

 

[Cosmyc]

Try a hard reset, if not probably you will have to use Windows Device Recovery Tool in your PC.