I promise this will be a very short one. This week I purchased 3 9971 with the camera in order to get ready for my rack rentals for CCIE Collaboration, well when I got them I noticed that the phones belonged to someone else(Duhhh!!).
I needed to do a factory reset on those guys, or at least be able to remove the ITL files.
My problem was that I could not do any of these because the Admin Settings was locked by a password. Of course you can remove this password but if only if your phone is able to get the SEP config from your CME (off course if you are using CME) - TCLSH procedure here http://collabengineer.com/2014/11/15/cisco-sip-phones-admin-password-removal-cme-tclsh-operation/
Using www.Google.com and the keywords “Cisco 9971 Factory Reset” I found many posts and the first one that shocked me the most:
https://supportforums.cisco.com/discussion/12053581/factory-reset-cp-9971-not-7791#comment-9985546
Which the option for factory reset is completely discarded by one of our fellow members on the Cisco Support Community , don’t blame him, its a kind of interesting task to complete.
After that I found another one which deserves the mention:
https://supportforums.cisco.com/discussion/11867511/9951-reset-factory-i-have-no-access-admin-mode
In this case he was doing a 9951 but its all the same (except for the touch-screen and other features)
Enough with the talk and lets go to the action, here is what you need to do:
1- Unplug your phone
2- Press the # key
3- Now when you see the MUTE light turn on (RED)
4- Begin to Key in the sequence 123456789*0#
5- The phone will restart and then you will have a clean CP-9971 Phone
Check the Admin Settings and you will notice the Password is no longer there.
About the Author:
Andres Sarmiento, CCIE # 53520 (Collaboration) With more than 13 years of experience, Andres is specialized in the Unified Communications and Collaboration technologies. Consulted for several companies in South Florida, also Financial Institutions on behalf of Cisco Systems. Andres has been involved in high-profile implementations including Cisco technologies; such as Data Center, UC & Collaboration, Contact Center Express, Routing & Switching, Security and Hosted IPT Service provider infrastructures.