Trouble with your Nokia Windows Phone? Restore it with the official Software Recovery

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Quoted from the WPCentral website. Article by Rich Edmonds, Thursday, Feb 6, 2014 at 10:30 am
Link to article on WPCentral: http://www.wpcentral.com/nokia-software-recovery-tool-available

Links to Toolkits:
US Version: http://www.nokia.com/us-en/support/software-recovery/
UK Version: http://www.nokia.com/gb-en/support/faq/?action=singleTopic&topic=FA142987

Info from the article:

The Finnish manufacturer has made its Software Recovery Tool available for consumers to download, should they experience issues with their Nokia Windows Phone and its OS. It seems to be a re-brand of the 'Nokia Software Update for Retail', which we covered months ago as a solution to fixing your Lumia. Nokia appears to have made now made it 'public' instead of a tool for themselves.

This suite enables consumers to fix their Windows Phones without having to go through support channels, perfect if you're stuck on spinning cogs or the Windows Phone simply won't play ball. While this is an officially endorsed tool, released by Nokia, we do recommend caution when installing the software and running through the wizard to restore your device to an operable state.

Some requirements and notes when using the Software Recovery Tool:

• Microsoft Windows 7 or later.
• USB cable to connect your phone to the computer.
• Minimum 2 GB free storage space.
• The files downloaded by the Nokia Software Recovery Tool may be as much as 4GB, and may take a long time, depending on your internet connection and phone model.
• As always when using tools such as this, you're likely to lose data stored on the Windows Phone as its wiped and rebooted with a fresh lease of life.
• **NOTE: this tool will not work with Windows Phones from other OEMs. Only Nokia.