Nokia Software Recovery Tool

Nokia Software Recovery Tool 8.1
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This Nokia recovery software download is currently available as version 8.1.25. Compatibility may vary, but generally runs on Microsoft Windows systems. Nokia Software Recovery Tool has been tested for viruses, please refer to the tests on the 'Virus Tests' page. Nokia Software recovery tool (Erstwhile Lumia Software Recovery tool) is a very useful tool that helps you to recover or update your Nokia-branded devices.The app includes features of both Nokia. Software suites, such as the Nokia Software Recovery Tool are nowadays redundant at best. Android offers a full recovery mode, accessible from the phone's hidden startup menu. Back in the Symbian days, Nokia had a tool called Nokia Software Recovery. This tool allowed one to wipe the internal software, as well as data, and an option to reinstall the software. The official Lumia Software Recovery Tool is a program by Microsoft which helps you recover either newer Microsoft phones or some legacy Nokia phones. The software is an alternative solution to bringing your phone into a repair center and incurring potential costs associated with that.

Nokia Windows Phones are solid smartphones running Microsoft's mobile operating system and we've previously looked at how physically durable the devices are. According to AdDuplex reports, almost 90 percent of all Windows Phones are part of the Nokia Lumia family of devices. Consumers have enjoyed both stability and reliability when it comes to said Nokia hardware, but there are times when things can go wrong.

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.

WPDownUnder spotted links to the tool on both the Nokia US and UK websites, though there are links available on other Nokia sites. We imagine the software download is the same per region, installing a fresh copy with the correct region configuration, so it shouldn't matter which one you choose to download – however, we've yet been unable to confirm this, so don't attempt to use this tool on your main device unless you know what you're doing.

Some requirements and notes when using the Software Recovery Tool:

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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. Check out the two tool downloads below:

Caution: it's worth noting that this tool will not work with Windows Phones from other OEMs. That all said, be sure to let us know how you get on, should you try these tools in different regions.

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Update (November 2017) – NSRT got a minor but mandatory update to version 8.1.25 recently. Other than new version, there is no noticeable change in UI or performance. Change-log says “Minor bug fixes”

NSRT (Nokia Software Recovery Tool) gets an update and a new developer

July 10, 2017 – Good news for old Nokia mobile users! Nokia Software Recovery Tool (NSRT) just got updated to version 8.0.23 (from the previous version 6.3.56). It is a major and mandatory update which means the older installed version of NSRT will not work (in online mode) until unless updated to the latest version. The update changelog reads –

There is a mandatory application update 8.0.23
This update must be installed and cannot be skipped. The application cannot be used until it is updated.
Publisher change to B2X – new installation & program data paths and remote URLs

NSRT moves from Microsoft to B2X

Actually Microsoft has outsourced the old Nokia phone software service to a rather unknown company named B2X. So from now on NSRT and Nokia firmware repository will be handled by B2X. It is a welcome move by Microsoft for many consumers who are still using old Nokia mobile phones around the world. Also this step has revived NSRT which stopped working last year after Microsoft closed down Nokia firmware servers.

This version 8.0.23 of NSRT installer is of 18.2 MB in size. New installation path is “C:Program Files (x86)B2X Care SuiteNokia Software Recovery Tool” and the new default download location of firmware files is “C:ProgramDataB2XCare SuitePackages”. The remote download URLs of Nokia phone software files have also changed and only the new NSRT can access them.

What is NSRT?

Nokia Software Recovery Tool (NSRT) is a Nokia phone service software. It can be used to fix phone software related issues by flashing the phone with stock firmware files. This way it can easily revive a bricked phone. NSRT is now the only software left which can download Nokia phones firmware files (required to flash the phone). You can read this post to know more about NSRT and how to use it to flash a Nokia phone. Also note that not all Nokia mobiles are supported by NSRT. In fact firmware files of older Nokia phones (basic feature phones and S40 devices launched before 2009) are not available now.

How to update?