{"id":193,"date":"2017-11-16T19:48:23","date_gmt":"2017-11-16T19:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swopsmart.com\/blog\/?p=193"},"modified":"2018-06-07T01:13:50","modified_gmt":"2018-06-07T01:13:50","slug":"how-to-hard-reset-your-samsung-galaxy-s8-and-s8-plus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swopsmart.com\/blog\/how-to-hard-reset-your-samsung-galaxy-s8-and-s8-plus\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Hard Reset Your Samsung Galaxy s8 and s8 Plus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A hard reset, also known as a factory reset, will delete all information on a device and restore the software back to it&#8217;s original manufacturer settings.\u00a0A hard reset should only be done if absolutely necessary as it removes all data from your device. Perform a hard reset if your Samsung Galaxy s8 or s8 Plus is experiencing any of the following issues:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Forgot your password<\/li>\n<li>Constant freezing<\/li>\n<li>Crashing applications<\/li>\n<li>Touchscreen Issues<\/li>\n<li>Can&#8217;t hear<\/li>\n<li>Can&#8217;t make or receive calls<\/li>\n<li>Sync issues<\/li>\n<li>Sound issues<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"number_icon1\"><a href=\"#\">Step 1<\/a><\/div>\n<p>Power off your device.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"number_icon1\"><a href=\"#\">Step 2<\/a><\/div>\n<p>Press and hold the\u00a0<strong>Volume Up\u00a0<\/strong>+\u00a0<strong>Bixby\u00a0<\/strong>+\u00a0<strong>Power buttons<\/strong>\u00a0at the same time. Release all buttons once the phone vibrates and wait for the blue android screen.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.swopsmart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/gs8-1.jpg\" alt=\"galaxy s8 buttons\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"number_icon1\"><a href=\"#\">Step 3<\/a><\/div>\n<p>Once the Android blue screen with the exclamation mark comes up, Press both <strong>VOLUME UP + DOWN<\/strong> to display the recovery menu.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"number_icon1\"><a href=\"#\">Step 4<\/a><\/div>\n<p>From the Android recovery system use the volume buttons to select\u00a0<strong>Wipe data\/factory reset.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-254\" src=\"https:\/\/www.swopsmart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/gs8-2.jpg\" alt=\"gs8 select wipe data\" width=\"260\" height=\"545\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"number_icon1\"><a href=\"#\">Step 5<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Select <strong>YES\u00a0<\/strong>on the next screen.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-256\" src=\"https:\/\/www.swopsmart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/gs8-3.jpg\" alt=\"gs8 Select yes\" width=\"260\" height=\"552\" \/><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"number_icon1\"><a href=\"#\">Step 6<\/a><\/div>\n<p>Select\u00a0<strong>Reboot system now.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-257\" src=\"https:\/\/www.swopsmart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/gs8-4.jpg\" alt=\"gs8 select reboot system now\" width=\"263\" height=\"545\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"alert alert-success\">Congratulations! The device has been restored to factory defaults.<\/p>\n<p class=\"warning-disclaimer text-center\"><b>WARNING!<\/b><br>A hard Reset will erase all data!<br>We are not responsible for any deleted or lost data.<br><strong>Found this useful? Share to help others and follow us on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/swopsmart\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<iframe title=\"youtube video\" src=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5L1Ra1Czj08\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A hard reset, also known as a factory reset, will delete all information on a device and restore the software back to it&#8217;s original manufacturer settings.\u00a0A hard reset should only be done if absolutely necessary as it removes all data from your device. Perform a hard reset if your Samsung Galaxy s8 or s8 Plus [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":289,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13,15],"tags":[18,19,20,17],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swopsmart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swopsmart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swopsmart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swopsmart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swopsmart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193"}],"version-history":[{"count":89,"href":"https:\/\/www.swopsmart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5506,"href":"https:\/\/www.swopsmart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193\/revisions\/5506"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swopsmart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swopsmart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swopsmart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swopsmart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}