lighting bolt and gear icon

I reset the phone from the stagnant lightning bolt/cog screen. After I realized the phone wasn't doing anything, I held down the aforementioned three buttons for a few seconds. Immediately after the phone vibrated, I let go of the power button, holding the volume down and camera buttons for an extra 7-10 seconds from what I remember. I held them pretty well into the process. I then saw the cogs again for a few minutes but not nearly as long as I was seeing them before. Then the AT&T logo appeared as well as the blue Windows Phone splash screen and the phone began its reset process. At this point, it prompted me with all the necessary login info. I hope this helps.

I do the reset and right after the vibrate I release the power button (but remain holding the camera + volume down) and I get the AT&T screen. Then it says Nokia, but it goes back to the cogs or it goes to a low battery symbol. I don't get the Windows Phone screen. Any ideas? It's been non-functional for 10 hours now and is getting frustrating. I have a long car trip tomorrow and not having a phone would be difficult.

It can't perform the system update on a low battery. Do that step while being plugged in and see if it works.

Thanks,

All I did was press the volume down + power keys for 5 seconds and it resolved the issue. however, it did reset the phone date and time to when I first got the contract and then later gave me an update :)

Aarif