How to get a clean factory fresh N8

Many people are worried about formatting their phone or wondering how to format it and not loose Nokia wallpapers and what they had on the handset from new, With this little guide you will be bale to have a factory fresh n8 ive done it many times now but have just found out how to restore the mass memory content as well (approx 800MB-1gb of files)

1. Make all backups you need of messages , contacts , bookmarks , calendar entry’s via file manager or ovi these should be fine do not back up files or settings these may corrupt your handset again and not make it factory fresh i.e. fragments of data may still be present if you restore settings or files ovi can also back up pictures etc. as well 
2. Format the mass memory of your n8 , we do this to clear out alot of program files 
3. Perform a 3 finger salute hard format this is done while switching the phone on while holding Volume Down + Camera Key + Menu Key and is known as a hard reset which wipes everything including Qt files we will need to install later
4. Download and install phoenix 2010.24.008.43820 
5. Without your n8 connected to your pc open phoenix and wait for it to load , at the top of phoenix you have some tabs , look for tools . click tools at the top of phoenix , then click data package download 
6. This opens a box now simply add your product code from your n8 or another n8 that you wish to restore to , you can find your product code by pressing *#0000# on the n8 dialler , when you have inputted your product code there is a box under this in the very bottom left that says check availability click this 
7. Phoenix now checks Nokia servers for your firmware files , it should find them , when it does , click the two little check boxes / download files to network folder or temp location / download additional files also like mass memory. It is very important that you tick both the check boxes mentioned above 
8. When you have ticked the two check boxes check the download size and click download button , this will now download your n8 files including mass memory files to the right place on your pc for phoenix to use , if mass memory files are present the download will be between 800mb and 1.3gb in size 
9. When download is complete connect your n8 to pc via usb in ovi suite mode and wait a few ticks , now in phoenix click file at the top , then click scan product , it will scan and find your n8 
10. When your n8 is found at the top of phoenix click the tab flashing , then click firmware update , this will bring up a new screen and phoenix should automatically find your firmware files 
11. Click refurbish and the firmware flash and mmc flash should start and finish leaving you with a factory fresh n8 
12. As you performed a hard reset you may have to install qt components again to do this Download Qt files.
13. When that file is downloaded simply unzip folders and from folder 4.6 install qt.sis and qtwebkit.sis to phone memory , now go to main menu and click ovi icon and install ovi via the download , after ovi is downloaded switch off your n8 and switch it back on
14. Now open folder 4.7 from the download above and install qtwebkit_2.1.sis and qt_4_7_0_opengl.sis into phone memory.

Phoenix can be a great program but it’s also very dangerous and can brick phones this is just a guide to help and the blog or me will not be held responsible for bricked handsets.