iFixit - Answers With Device "Nokia G42 5G"

Nokia G42 5G: System stuck at boot logo

Sat, 11 Jul 2026 03:03:00 -0700

Hello, my G42 is stuck at boot logo NOKIA.

I've gone in to recovery but there is no reset option to delete data and cache.

I even tried fastboot erase cache and data but that is locked.

Any ideas? I'm shocked that a ifixit compatible phone has no basic option for factory reset. Did Nokia/HMD mess up? :o

⟐ Commented 7月 11, 2026 at 3:03 GMT-7

Nokia G42 5G: I was putting my g42 back together and found a small metal part

Sat, 17 May 2025 07:58:17 -0700

A small metal part was left over from stripping my g42 down, would anyone know where it fits?

⟐ Commented 5月 17, 2025 at 7:58 GMT-7

Nokia G42 5G: Camera lens cover replacement

Tue, 28 Jan 2025 08:39:21 -0700

I recently made a time lapse of a sandstorm and the top and middle lens covers have been cracked. Does anyone know where I can get replacements? Ifixit don't stock them and don't know if they ever will.

Thanks in advance for any help. I'm currently in Morocco but will be in Spain and Portugal in the next month or so.

⟐ Answered 1月 28, 2025 at 8:39 GMT-7

Nokia G42 5G: Изписва softlock и се рестартира постоянно?

Sat, 25 Jul 2026 08:25:20 -0700

Купил съм телефона като нов.Вече повече от две години ми служи вярно.От скоро започна да се рестартира сам и последно вече не можеше да се ползва. пише softlock?

⟐ Answer edited 7月 25, 2026 at 8:25 GMT-7

Nokia G42 5G: Hangs at Nokia logo, will not start

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 11:10:54 -0700

After restarting to do a system update, the phone has got stuck in a boot loop. I'm wondering if there's any possible way to resolve it without forcing a factory reset/data wipe.

Essentially, every time it restarts or powers on, it makes it to the Nokia logo screen and then hangs indefinitely. I can use the power + volume down button to enter the fastboot screen, but the options given are not helpful - all I can choose from is:
Start
Recovery Mode
Power Off
Restart bootloader

All of these options result in the logo hang, even the recovery mode option. I see another user had a similar problem but says the phone eventually recovered itself on its own. I'm not really eager to wait around to see if mine will do the same - is there any hope of a quick fix or am I just going to have to factory reset?

⟐ Answered 12月 09, 2025 at 11:10 GMT-7

Nokia G42 5G: Poor reception on Nokia G42

Fri, 16 May 2025 00:13:37 -0700

I bought my parents a G42 each at the same time. One of them broke the screen, which I replaced. That same phone is now on the same network as the other and we've noticed that it gets a much worse mobile connection than the other phone (that never had any bits replaced).

For example, the repaired phone only gets Edge but the "untouched" one gets 5G in the same location.

The repaired phone has only recently been changed into the same network as the "untouched" one, so it might well have had a signal issue for a while, possibly ever since I repaired it.

Can anyone advise what the best resolution is? For example, I wonder if the antenna is on the back panel, and perhaps the contacts between this and the main board need cleaning?

Thanks for any help and advice!

⟐ Answered 5月 16, 2025 at 0:13 GMT-7

Nokia G42 5G: No power to phone

Mon, 16 Sep 2024 04:40:51 -0700

Fully charged phone will not start, black screen, power cable does nothing except get hot.

Nokia G42 5G: Why is my phone always freezing with messages like UI not responding

Sat, 30 Dec 2023 05:14:06 -0700

My phone keeps freezing and giving error messages: Wait UI not responding

Nokia G42 5G: Phone locked, doesn't accept password

Sat, 28 Mar 2026 07:52:50 -0700

Phone locked, doesn't accept password, screen stays locked

⟐ Commented 3月 28, 2026 at 7:52 GMT-7

Nokia G42 5G: Security update 2025/01 continues to fail because previous update fail

Fri, 04 Apr 2025 16:20:45 -0700

My G42 5G works ok but can't install the 2025/01 security update. It says"Download and installation" works, but when it comes to the "Optimizing apps" phase it says "update failed"

Connecting via ADB and searching through logcat shows that the update failed because "previous update failed". (I presume that refers to a previous attempt to install 2025/01, as 2024/12 showed no issues at the time)

I already tried:

clearing the Play Store cache
factory reset
udating in Safe Boot mode

Ideally I would like to roll back the OS to Android 14 before the 2025-01 update attempt, but I see no such option in the recovery menu.

Within the family we have two more G42 G5's and they installed 2025/01 and even 2025/02 without problems.

⟐ Answered 4月 04, 2025 at 16:20 GMT-7

Nokia G42 5G: Why my phone is having charging issues

Fri, 04 Aug 2023 18:38:54 -0700

Hi I am having issue with my phone charger it keeps vibrating non stop when charging it keeps say unable to charge your phone your connection is too slow or you may have a incorrect phone charger please change phone charger that came with this device I bought this phone at Walmart and it came with the correct charger so I don't know if it a company error or a chip issue dose any known how to fix this.

⟐ Answered 8月 04, 2023 at 18:38 GMT-7

Nokia G42 5G: Is Screen part discontinued?

Sun, 24 May 2026 23:28:30 -0700

I could not find the screen replacement kit in the part I could buy. Is it discontinued?

⟐ Answered 5月 24, 2026 at 23:28 GMT-7

Nokia G42 5G: Why there's no IMEI no show

Sun, 02 Nov 2025 20:11:55 -0700

There's no IMEI number and no network

⟐ Answered 11月 02, 2025 at 20:11 GMT-7

Nokia G42 5G: Which part is dedicated to telephone connection?

Thu, 15 May 2025 05:35:30 -0700

After getting wet in the rain, it reads the SIM card but there is no connection.

The SIM works in other phones but with this phone it only asks me for the PIN but I have no connections neither 2g nor 3g nor 4g.

I tried to disassemble and reassemble but without success.

Everything else works.

⟐ Answer accepted 5月 15, 2025 at 5:35 GMT-7

Nokia G42 5G: Why sometimes finger sensor works only from 3hr+ attempt?

Sun, 17 Nov 2024 08:07:39 -0700

Sometimes I need to restart window for fingerprint authorisation for 3-5+ times to make it work, at first attempts it doesn't see any fingers and doing nothing, even no message that fingerprint is incorrect, and only after 3-5 window restarts it confirms fingerprint and works

⟐ Answered 11月 17, 2024 at 8:07 GMT-7

Nokia G42 5G: Why is my nokia g 42 constantly restarting?

Sun, 02 Aug 2026 06:43:22 -0700

I got my nokia like a good year and half ago and everything was fine until like a few weeks ago when it just started turning off by itself. It would freeze and then just restart, which would be fine, the problem is it just kept restarting over and over again.

At first it helped if I forced a restart and left it alone for some time but then it got progresivelly worse and it just won't work.

At first I connected this with low battery which I stupidly replaced but that wasn't a problem at all since it just keeps behaving the exact same now (a bit worse even)

And yesterday I did a factory reset...guess what? Nothing improved.

Is my phone cooked? Like it's not under warranty anymore... Is there anything I can do?

Nokia G42 5G: looping on powered by android logo

Tue, 07 Jul 2026 12:51:31 -0700

today the power button got pretty hot so i turned my phone off for it to cool down. when i turned it back on, it started looping on the little powered by android screen right at the start of the boot up. it tries to move over to the next screen seemingly fails and a few seconds later vibrates again and starts to boot up, before failing and repeating. power button does nothing, no matter how long i press it for. it was working fine before that and even tho i dont shut off my phone often, last time a few weeks ago it handled it just fine. admittedly my phone has taken some damage before, so it may be a cable physically loose or something, i drop my phone a lot because i have tics so its been repaired a lot (a few months ago i had to superglue one of the antenna cables down on the motherboard side because the socket for the cable came loose for example), but i dont know why it didnt behave noticably worse before turning off already if thats the case, i didnt drop it today.

Nokia G42 5G: My nokia G42 5G was stuck in fastboot mode how do I fix it?

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 02:59:30 -0700

Nokia G42 5G: Broke off a button from the volume flexcable Nokia G42 5g

Sun, 24 May 2026 23:23:56 -0700

Hi, I broke off a button of the volume flexcable after replacing the outer case while repairing my Nokia.

New parts are hard to get by and I was wondering if people know you can either replace/solder a button or do I need to buy a new flexcable?

Also, I tend to have trouble closing the case properly without getting the buttons nice and snug. They some to snag on the case somehow.. I'm probably doing something wrong while closing. Every advice is welcome! :D

⟐ Answered 5月 24, 2026 at 23:23 GMT-7

Nokia G42 5G: How to use jumper solution to turn on the phone?

Sun, 24 May 2026 21:21:29 -0700

I accidentally teared the flex cable power button and entering into fastboot is impossible since the volume key tricks is useless. The last solution would be to jumpstart it by short the power pin but I does not know which pin I should make contact? Would appreciate for this little help.