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Samsung Galaxy S6 - perform hard reset with key combination

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It may happen that the Samsung Galaxy S6 after a certain point no longer the boot Android operating system. This of course is unfavorable because as a factory reset using Android is no longer possible.

Thankfully, there are also still the possibility the Samsung Galaxy S6 reset by using a shortcut to the factory settings. This is known mostly by "hard reset". We tell you now, how to reset the Samsung Galaxy S6 to factory settings when you no longer get into the Android operating system.

Small info in advance: There are of course all data on the Samsung Galaxy S6 deleted!

To initialize the hard reset, switch off your Samsung Galaxy S6.

Now press the following buttons to turn on the Smartphone again and keep it pressed:

Power On / Off
Volume +
Home button
When the Samsung Galaxy S6 vibrates once, the power on / off button let go, but keep the other two keys from the key combination depressed until a small menu appears on the screen.

In this Now you find the entry: "Wipe Cache factotyreset"

Selects the entry by your jumps with the volume down button down. By pressing the power on / off button of your Samsung Galaxy S6 is the Wipe Cache Factory Reset, so started the hard reset. All data on your smartphone are now deleted and the Android operating system and then uploaded.

You've now successfully performed a hard reset via hotkey and your Samsung Galaxy S6 reset to factory settings.

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