If ever your Samsung Galaxy S6 commences having issues, do not stress! Before you begin watching for fussy errors in the Android os, you can actually check to do a Soft and Hard Reset of your Samsung Galaxy S6. This task is usually relatively convenient and will often solve issues that could influence your Samsung Galaxy S6.
Before running any of the actions in this article, bear in mind that it really is essential to create a backup of your Samsung Galaxy S6. Even if the soft reset of the Samsung Galaxy S6 is not going to induce loss of data, the hard reset will get rid of all the data. Perform a full backup of the Samsung Galaxy S6 with its application or on the Cloud (Google Drive, DropBox, …)
We are going to get started with the soft reset of your Samsung Galaxy S6, the least difficult option.
How to Soft Reset your Samsung Galaxy S6
The soft reset of the Samsung Galaxy S6 will let you to solve small problems such as a crashed application, a battery that heats, a screen that stop, the Samsung Galaxy S6 that becomes slow…
The solution is definitely very easy:
- Simultaneously push the Volume Down and Power key until the Samsung Galaxy S6 restarts (roughly 20 seconds)
How to Hard Reset your Samsung Galaxy S6 (Factory Settings)
The factory settings reset or hard reset is undoubtedly a bit more radical possibility. This method will remove all the information of the Samsung Galaxy S6 and you are going to get a cell phone as it is when it is created. You have to keep your essential data such as your images, contacts, conversation, movies, … in your pc or on a hosting site such as Google Drive, DropBox, … before starting the hard reset operation of your Samsung Galaxy S6.
To retrieve all your document following the reset, you should keep your data to your Google Account. To do that , head to:
- Settings -> System -> Advanced -> Backup
- Activate the backup
Once you made the backup, all you need to do is:
- System -> Advanced -> Reset options.
- Erase all data (factory reset) -> Reset phone
You will need to type your security code (or PIN) and as soon it is made, look for Erase Everything.
The Samsung Galaxy S6 will erase all the data. It will last a short time. Once the operation is finished, the Samsung Galaxy S6 is going to reboot with factory configuration.
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About the Samsung Galaxy S6
The dimensions of your amazing Samsung Galaxy S6 is 70.5 mm x 143.4 mm x 6.8 mm (width x height x depth) for a net weight of 138 g. The screen offers a resolution of 1440 x 2560px (QHD) for a usable surface of 71%.
The Samsung Galaxy S6 smartphone works with one Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7420 processor and one 4×2.1 GHz ARM Cortex-A57 +4×1.5 GHz ARM Cortex-A53 (Octa-Core) with a 2.1 GHz clock speed. This excellent smartphone includes a 64-bit architecture processor.
Regarding the graphic part, the Samsung Galaxy S6 incorporates ARM Mali-T760 MP8 graphics card with 3 GB. You can use 64 GB of memory.
The Samsung Galaxy S6 battery is Li-Ion type with a maximum capacity of 2550 mAh amperes. The Samsung Galaxy S6 was presented on March 2015 with Android 6.0 Marshmallow
A problem with the Samsung Galaxy S6? Contact the support: Samsung Support