How can I factory/hard reset/wipe a Nokia 2.2 (TA-1188) without a (windows) PC? Having looked around hither and thither now for a night as to how to factory reset a Nokia 2.2, I am still a bit confused and unable to do it.
Holding volume-down + power on brings me to a boot screen saying &quot;=&gt; FASTBOOT mode&quot;, but no buttons are having effect after that. Apparently the next step is to connect it via usb cable to a Windows computer with some specific tool or another installed on it?
I've seen people in youtube videos apparently using a Windows tool called 'InfinityBox AST' , and I have tried running that in a Windows VM, but for some (in my opinion) suspect reason, 'InfinityBox' decides to detect that's it's being ran under VirtualBox, and instantly refusing to launch with a message specifically stating that it wont run on a Virtual Machine.
(This 'vm detector' behavior is enough of a reason to me being quite reluctant and suspicious to even having attempted to run the utility trough Wine/Proton)

Is there really no way to factory reset a Nokia 2.2 TA-1188 cellphone without requiring an actual physical (Windows) PC in addition to some shady unofficial utility made by neither Google nor Nokia?
If not possible without a PC, is there some Linux software solution able to perform the task?
Having now been in contact with Nokia support; Apparently there is no way, at least with that specific phone in question (or the specific firmware ver.?), to get it unlocked/factory reset, for the common user.

Fortunately, the dude at Nokia support chat checked the IMEI's of it, and it turned out it was still within warranty, by a hair's length. So having contacted the chain that sold it, a second time, it seems the local store will be replacing the phone tomorrow.

As such, and though depending on varying consumer rights in countries; My hindsight tip would be to first press the seller with the fact, rather than immediately "making an appointment" trough Nokia's online warranty form, to send the phone away to Nokia as was suggested by Nokia support; Simply for Nokia to do the "magic" of unlocking your bought and paid for property(!!), and sending it back to you ..Something which no doubt would have added considerably more time than the store simply replacing the device and having to deal with manufacturer warranty themselves.

BTW: If you are indeed able to get to the 'downed droid' splash logo on your Nokia 2.2 (TA-1188) trough any physical button-combo, you just might want to confirm with Nokia support whether your phone might be a counterfeit one or not, or to verity that it's not been flashed with unoriginal and thus possibly tampered-with firmware.. (just push your way trough their silly chat-bot for a few questions, and then an actual human will respond to your inquiry on the other end)

PS: Google did eventually come trough with assistance in recovering my brother's hacked/locked Google account. (takes ~3.5 days).. But seemingly, that process also unlinks it from the/any associated device(s). Which is good, from a security perspective.. ..Though the problem becomes then, that that effectively makes it impossible to reset from online Android Device Manager as shown trough some online how-to's .. Meaning, the phone would've basically be considered as good as destroyed, if it had not been for it still being within warranty timerange... (personally, I'll be looking at Librem phone for myself in the near future, rather than risk experience a similar ordeal and frustration)