Four ways to reset the Samsung Galaxy S4 Active and restore data to factory mode

We open a new page of our Android guide. Today we are going to learn how to make four procedures. How to reset the Samsung Galaxy S4 Active. A dust and water resistant Smartphone, which we presented to you a few weeks ago in todoandroid.is.

We explain below, several resources in case of a possible problem that arises in the mobile phone and that does not allow us to recover its normal operation. The called action Hard reset or hard reset, we will do it only when we have no other solution to the problem we have.

This can happen as a result of some badly installed or uninstalled application, because let's not remember the unlock pattern or the password of the telephone. That is, any circumstance that blocks the mobile and does not respond.

Likewise, we advise you to fully charge the battery. Remove the SIM card and SD card from the Smartphone.

Procedures on how to hard reset Samsung Galaxy S4 Active

Remember that the Hard reset will erase all mobile data, so before doing it, if possible, it is essential to carry out a copy de fullfilment of security requirements of all our data, documents, contacts, messages, files, tones, etc.

1º- Soft reset, how to restart the Samsung S4 Active

El first step What we must do if the device freezes or does not respond, is to remove the battery as we see in the image and put it back, with that we will restart the mobile, also called "soft reset".

For more information on this step, you can consult the Samsung Galaxy S4 Active guide in Spanish.

2º- How to format the Galaxy S4 Active (through the menu)

If this does not solve the problem, there is no other option but to do a factory data reset. Remove the SIM card and on the home screen, tap:

• Menu and select Settings → Privacy → Factory data reset → Reset phone →remove all.

Attention, all data on the phone is deleted. At this point, you may have to establish again the password o standard de unlocking of your mobile, this action can be done from Menu – Settings – Reset settings.

3º- Reset a Samsung S4 Active (combination of buttons)

If the phone doesn't respond, press and hold the key VOLUME UP, along with HOME and POWER. Or VOLUME UP and POWER. This operation should turn off the phone.

With the phone turned off (remove and reinsert the battery) press and hold the key VOLUME UP, along with POWER.

Using the VOLUME DOWN button, we will move through the phone menu until we select FACTORY DATA RESET. Then we press the POWER button to select it.

Use the volume button again to hover over the “Yes” and “Delete all user data” option.

4º- Reset the Samsung S4Active (entering a code)

Finally, if none of the previous options are viable, through the phone application enter the following bar code:

* 2767 * 3855 #

On some versions of Android, it may not work.

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