Will Hard Reset Lumia 920 causes it to brick?

[HSLimMic]

Hi All,

I heard that back in the December if anyone were to perform Hard Reset on their Lumia 920, this will causes it to brick.
Can anyone confirm if this is still there?

Thanks,

 

[fardream]

Hi All,

I heard that back in the December if anyone were to perform Hard Reset on their Lumia 920, this will causes it to brick.
Can anyone confirm if this is still there?

Thanks,

I did that to a post portico Lumia 920 and no brick. But I heard there are people who didn't even brick theirs before portico. So, no idea if it is safe

 

[benrp]

Hi All,

I heard that back in the December if anyone were to perform Hard Reset on their Lumia 920, this will causes it to brick.
Can anyone confirm if this is still there?

Thanks,

Mine did but this was pre-portico, not sure if it still would.

 

[Maseroche]

I did that just last night post-Portico and it didn't brick.

 

[kclub]

Mine was on the spinning gear for hours and I pressed three buttons to hard reset couple times and brought it back. It was post-portico.

 

[HSLimMic]

Thanks for the feedback,
seems like post-portico is safer.

You guys are so adventurous lol, for trying the Hard-reset.
Nevertheless, thanks for sharing

 

[johnfishcurtis]

Have an issue with my 920 turning itself off every couple of days needing a soft reset to turn it back on.

I did a hard reset at 8am and it still showing "cogs" 4.5 hours later.............HELP !!!!!

 

[lsmachado]

If you have a SIM installed, have you tried removing it? Worked for mine. Within 10 minutes of removing it, the phone restarted and was fine. I had the spinning gears for quite awhile.

 

[conanheath]

Have an issue with my 920 turning itself off every couple of days needing a soft reset to turn it back on.

I did a hard reset at 8am and it still showing "cogs" 4.5 hours later.............HELP !!!!!

Perform soft reset. Should reboot. If not, thy the three button reset.

 

[johnfishcurtis]

Have done the 3 button reset.

Its now flashing with a red battery warning even though its been plugged into the charger. Then after 20seconds it turns off again.

 

[Coreldan]

I did it pre-portico and no bricks.

 

[WorzelGummage]

I reset mine pre-portico and it bricked. It's fairly hit and miss whether the phone will brick from what I can gather.

 

[Fleon]

Hi All,

I heard that back in the December if anyone were to perform Hard Reset on their Lumia 920, this will causes it to brick.
Can anyone confirm if this is still there?

Thanks,

I am now on my 3rd Lumia 920. Both of my previous phones were after the Portico update and bricked.

 

[rangerdogy]

One of my 920's locked when doing a hard reset; the other did not. No real rhyme or reason that I could find.

 

[Smileymtl]

I've had my phone since Halloween and did 3 hard resets. First one pre-portico bricked. Did one hard reset post-portico that did not brick and I did one last night that did brick. I had to flash it to bring it back both times it got stuck at the gears. Seems random.

 

[johnfishcurtis]

The phone is displaying a low battery and charge symbol (and has done for 3hours now whilst plugged in). Phone stays in this state unless I soft/hard reset, which then causes cogs.
No phone since 8am.

I presume this is "bricked", if so, what are my options?

 

[johnfishcurtis]

Did a soft reset and accidently held the volume up button..... I now have a lightening symbol and small cog on the screen???????

 

[WorzelGummage]

That's the firmware flashing mode. Just press and hold the volume down and power buttons together for about 12 seconds to reboot the phone

 

[ninjaap]

I did it post portico and it bricked. I got a replacement. Hoping I never have to hard reset, but I will do it at least once a couple months before warranty expires.

 

[johnfishcurtis]

PHEWWWW.. its up and running, its now time to get the phone back to normal.

Just one issue.... it cant find my SIM even though its inserted.