With a hard reset, you can quickly and easily delete on the Samsung Galaxy S5 all data on the phone and thus reset to factory settings. Reset to factory settings, meaning that is added to the software of the Samsung Galaxy S5 in the state of delivery. This means that after a hard reset, all data is completely erased and the firmware of Android will start their factory settings. Especially if Android can no longer boot, the hard reset is the only way to get the Samsung Galaxy S5 functional again.
In our article we would like to explain now how on the Samsung Galaxy S5 performs a hard reset and formatted the flash memory of the smartphone and the Android system new touches.
Before you start with the hard reset, check if your data are saved on your smartphone, are needed later. Please If so, then creates a backup of the data. A suitable app for this is MyBackupPro or desktop Samsung Kies program.
Now take your Samsung Galaxy S5 and turns this completely. Is the smartphone shut down completely, the following keys of the Samsung Galaxy S5 pressed simultaneously:
Pressing and hold the following keys at the same time please:
- Volume "Volume Down"
- Home button
- Power on / off button
After about two seconds will appear on the screen of the boot loader, in which you can navigate using the button volume up / volume down.
Select here the following entry: "Wipe date / factory reset". Confirm the selection by pressing the Power On / Off button. It now needs the security question "Delete all User Data" with "Yes" and confirm the hard reset is performed automatically.
All data are deleted on the Samsung Galaxy S5. Subsequently, the smartphone restarts and is part of the software in the state to which you purchased the phone.
You have now successfully performed a hard reset on your Samsung Galaxy S5 and so successfully deleted all the data on your smartphone.