How to hard reset the Samsung galaxy A5



HARD RESET

Today I will show you how to remove the the pattern, pin or password on your Samsung galaxy a5. You can also use these instructions to remove the vodacom protect lock. To b locked out of your phone is not nice at all. Maybe you bought a second hand Samsung galaxy a5 smartphone and you find that the owner forgot to remove the lock and now the phone is useless because it is locked. I'm gonna help you remove that lock on the Samsung galaxy a5 by hard resetting your phone using the physical buttons on your phone.

By hard resetting your Samsung galaxy a5 you will lose all the files stored on the device and there is no way you can backup the files if you are lock outside. Once you reset your phone and erase all the user file, you can never refer your file ever again. This was done by the android developers to protect the owner in case the phone is stole or lost. It means the person who will use the phone will need to reset the phone and delete all the files, you will not be able to use the owner's file such as videos, pictures and music, you will have to start afresh and load new files and apps.

Make sure your phone is charged so that it will not go off while in the process of hard resetting because once that happens it might result in bricking your Samsung galaxy a5 then you will need to reload the software using Odin. The only tools that you need is your phone and your two hands, you don't need any screwdriver or a computer to do a hard reset on your Samsung galaxy a5 smartphone. Remove the memory card and Sim card before you start with the hard reset process.
Instructions

1. Press and hold the home button and volume up button at the same time.

2. Press power button to turn on the device( keep the home and volume up button held down)

3. Release only the power button once you see the Samsung galaxy a5 screen.

4. Release the home and volume up button when you see the green android.

5. Now use the volume down key to scroll down to "wipe data/factory reset"

6. Tap the power button to select.

7. Scroll down to "yes" and tap power button.

8. After formating your phone will go back to recover menu.

9. Tap the power button to select "reboot"

10. Setup your phone.

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