{"id":44313,"date":"2012-11-25T23:19:52","date_gmt":"2012-11-25T15:19:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/?p=44313"},"modified":"2012-11-25T23:29:54","modified_gmt":"2012-11-25T15:29:54","slug":"how-to-soft-reset-a-windows-phone-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/25\/how-to-soft-reset-a-windows-phone-8\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Soft Reset a Windows Phone 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you have a Windows Phone 8, this is a trick you should know. No matter how stable the OS is, it still hangs. I am currently <a href=\"http:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/20\/nokia-lumia-820-hardware-tour-video\/\" target=\"_blank\">reviewing the Nokia Lumia 820<\/a> and it hangs once on me. I have no choice (at that moment) but to take out the battery to reset it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/lumia-820-soft-reset.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"44317\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/25\/how-to-soft-reset-a-windows-phone-8\/lumia-820-soft-reset\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/lumia-820-soft-reset.jpg?fit=600%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-LX5&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1353373160&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5.1&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.003125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"lumia-820-soft-reset\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/lumia-820-soft-reset.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/lumia-820-soft-reset.jpg?fit=600%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-44317\" title=\"lumia-820-soft-reset\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/lumia-820-soft-reset.jpg?resize=600%2C400\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/lumia-820-soft-reset.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/lumia-820-soft-reset.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->However, if you have a WP8 that has built-in battery (cannot be taken out), here is a way to soft reset the phone. Press the volume down button and the power on\/off button together for 10 seconds (see the picture above). It will automatically perform a soft reset. Hope that this information helps.<\/p>\n<p>[ad#boxlist]<br \/>\n(<a href=\"http:\/\/wmpoweruser.com\/how-to-soft-reset-the-nokia-lumia-920\/\" target=\"_blank\">source<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you have a Windows Phone 8, this is a trick you should know. No matter how stable the OS is, it still hangs. 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