Recovering a protected device

nRF Util

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nRF Util

After enabling readback protection, the device will have limited debug capabilities. To restore full debug access, you need to recover the device, which erases all flash memory contents.

To recover a device with protection enabled, use the recover command:

nrfutil device recover --serial-number <serial_number>

For multi-core devices like nRF53 Series, make sure to recover the network core before the application core:

nrfutil device recover --core Network --serial-number <serial_number>
nrfutil device recover --core Application --serial-number <serial_number>

See Recovering the device for more detailed information about the recovery process for different device families.