How To Hard Reset Samsung I9500 Galaxy S4 Using Its Hardware Keys

When you need to do a hard reset?

You can apply this operation in many cases, We will mention some of them here:

- After installing bad or unsupported application into your Samsung mobile phone which causes your phone to be frozen.

- Your Samsung mobile phone doesn't respond to any order after booting because of some software errors.

- Forgotten pattern lock in Samsung Android mobile phones.

- Forgotten user code.

- Forgotten phone code.

- Before or after installing new firmware updates into your device.

What to do before performing the hard reset?

- In case your Samsung mobile phone can connect to a computer then it is better to make a backup of your saved data using Samsung kies software.

- But in case that is not possible then you can check that your phone's battery has enough charging, Otherwise you should charge it.

Samsung I9500 Galaxy S4 Hard Reset Steps:

- Take out your phone's battery, SIM-card and memory card too.

- After 10 seconds put the battery back into your phone.

- Press and hold Volume Up key + Home key then press Power key.

- Keep pressing the above keys until Samsung logo appears, Then release Power key only.

- When you are into Factory reset menu, Release all keys.

- Use Volume Down key to select Wipe Data / Factory Reset option.

- Use Power key to confirm the operation.

- You need to use the Volume Down key again to select "Yes delete all user data"

- Use Power key to confirm.

- After performing the hard reset, Select Reboot System Now option, And confirm it using Power key.

- Now the phone will reboots, Wait for it to be fully on and then you can start using it.

Notice: The hard reset operation will delete anything that are saved in your phone's internal memory, So make a backup of your data in case you can access them.