How to format nokia NGAGE qd

hi jimroz..

well.. u cannot format ngage qd using the techniuqe which formats other symbian phones.. but u can try a soft format *#7370# ... remember its very risky and may break up your file sytem.

i wud strongly suggest u to to take it to a service center.

if ur techincally qualified then u shud buy a DCT4 Box and if you get a DCT4 (Flasher) box, you'll also need the firmware and a bunch of other stuff -- the unit doesn't come with all the files you'll burn to the device.

Quite a HUGE pain, huh?

I had 2 different NGages go bad -- both were original and had the older 3.42 firmware (IIRC).

The newer firmware (4.03 IIRC) doesn't seem to have the problem ... at least not yet...

Then again, the last one that went bad was fine for maybe 6 mos. or so and then just suddenly died -- First it seemed to freeze for a few seconds, then a "system error" dialog box. Same error when exitting Message and trying to launch anything else -- so we rebooted. After rebooting, it never started again -- white screen, nokia logo, reset, repeat twice, then shut down.

It was pretty much the exact same thing with the other one as well. The only solution was to send them to Nokia -- Quite surprisingly, they were VERY quickly reflashed, and returned back with the updated firmware (which we didn't even know about).

Nokia's customer service (at least that particular experience) was excellent infact -- not at all what we expected, which is sad all its own.

Our fingers are crossed that the new firmware does infact fix whatever problem causes it to fail to boot... but I guess we'll find out in a few more months!