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Well, this is fun. I installed build 14926 on my Lumia 640 phone earlier this afternoon, and it's been rebooting every 10 minutes (with predictable accuracy) ever since--just letting it sit there at the start screen.
Tried using the Feedback hub to report this, but the onscreen keyboard doesn't appear - the best I can do is send a low-rated complaint about the build, but with no comment.
[Edit]
If I want to revert back to the previous version, then in order to do a reset, I have to enter my password to get the process started...which I can't do, since the keyboard doesn't show up.
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Another reason I like my Blackberry Passport. A hardware keyboard!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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How am I supposed to make self-deprecating comments about my Windows Phone when you show up here with a Blackberry?? 
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The pecking order is obvious when a Blackberry user can mock your phone 
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cheers
Chris Maunder
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That's ok, my Blackberry Playbook tablet makes up for that. No, wait...
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Golly.
That's the 2016 version of "Have you tried formatting the hard drive and re-installing windows?"
Plus ça Change...
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I don't mind resetting/losing everything. This is a phone I'm using for development and testing only - hence the reason I let it install an Insider build in the first place.
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You really shouldn't have said that.
What'll happen now is that, ten minutes after resetting it, you'll have an "Oh Sh1t!" moment.
Don't tempt Murphy, because he always wins.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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There's literally nothing I care about on this phone.
Besides, the way I do things, if I'm not in a position where I can do a full reset of any hardware I own at a moment's notice without worrying whether I already have a backup of whatever may qualify as important, then I haven't learned a single thing from my last few decades in this field...
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I tried Volume Down + Power and thought I had reset it, as the follow power-up took longer than usual, but the method at your link is definitely a more complete reset. I've walked through the first couple setup screens, and it's now reached a point where I can let it do a restore - not sure if this'll bring the problem back, but at least it's progress...
Thanks for the link. Definitely been bookmarked.
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Just curious - can you call using your phone? Or even calls don't work.
I unregistered myself from the insider some months ago.
I hated being part of any of the bands.
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This is purely a test phone and it's never had a sim card in it.
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Death throes of the terminally ill.
«There is a spectrum, from "clearly desirable behaviour," to "possibly dodgy behavior that still makes some sense," to "clearly undesirable behavior." We try to make the latter into warnings or, better, errors. But stuff that is in the middle category you don’t want to restrict unless there is a clear way to work around it.» Eric Lippert, May 14, 2008
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"Terminally ill" is when I buy hardware that goes on clearance sale.
This explains this phone, my Windows RT tablet, my Blackberry Playbook tablet, and my Zune.
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Software Engineer (Nerdious Geekius)
The elusive Software Engineer is a nocturnal creature, rarely found at their desks before 10 or 11 in the morning, but often staying late into the night. They dislike being interrupted while at work, and is theorized that their penchant for twilight hours is an evolutionary adaptation to reduced breaks in their trance-like state of coding.
Not surprisingly, Software Engineers are solitary creatures, except for occasional gatherings called "code reviews." In these gatherings, engineers gently pace around a clearing, sizing up each other's work. Although occasional battles will erupt, they mostly end without injury and the engineer will retreat to their desk and continue to hibernate.
Diet: Pizza, Caffeinated Beverages, Potato Chips, and the assorted dry fruits
Conservation Status: Endangered due to poaching and head hunting.
Fun Fact: Software Engineers have been known to kill each other in brutal fights over indentation styles and level of code comments.
When you are dead, you won't even know that you are dead. It's a pain only felt by others.
Same thing when you are stupid.
modified 19-Nov-21 21:01pm.
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Much more interesting creature is the Junior Web Developer[^] according to some canadian "companies" should master in 1-2 years around 50 different technologies, languages and APIs, which means around one per week.
Now that IS a true genius.
modified 20-Oct-19 21:02pm.
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I have never met a software engineer.
I have met many software architects and developers, but never an engineer.
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Nice to meet you
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Thank you for your kind words yesterday. I successfully stood out on the pasture and also found a lot of cows. Fortunately I did not have to buy the pasture, nor a cow and much less had to get married.
Look for yourself.[^]
Putting together this video was a lot of work. So please, if you look at it then leave a comment or raise a shitstorm or whatever. Make it worth the time.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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Sweet! What is the maximum payload of that thing?
I'm thinking of a CO2-powered, Gatling-action BB gun attachment for herding purposes... 
Will Rogers never met me.
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I really have to guess because I usually fly as light as I can, but perhaps up to three pounds. The next bigger size, a T-Rex 600 has stronger motors, but also needs a second battery (another pound).
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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I have found something for you. Look what two 700 class copters[^] can lift.
Edit: This one is even better.[^]
Someone wants to sell some more Gaui 700s
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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Sweet!  That thing's pretty damn quick as well.
I was sure you were about to buzz the learner driver...
Next time, perhaps replace the white noise from the rotors with Ride of the Valkyries? 
Or perhaps Ode To Joy (Beethoven symphony #9) would startle the cows less?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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