2. Hold down the Volume Up(+), Bixby, POWER buttons for a few seconds.
3. Release all keys when the SAMSUNG logo appears.
4. When the Android Robot appears with No Command, tap the screen.
5. Select the wipe data / factory reset option from the menu using the Volume Up(+)/Down(-) buttons to navigate through the menu items and the POWER button, to confirm your choice.
6. Select Yes - delete all user data using the Volume Up(+)/Down(-) buttons to navigate through the menus and the POWER button to confirm selection.
7. Restart your phone, select "reboot system now" using the Volume Up(+)/Down(-) buttons to navigate through the menu items and the POWER button to confirm choice.
Hard Reset - advantages and disadvantages Samsung Galaxy S9 Active?
In simple words, Hard Reset means hard resetting the phone. As a result, the system automatically returns to the factory settings and the system is completely cleared. Contacts, correspondence, application, files, search queries, passwords - all of this is deleted from the device's memory.
Benefits of Hard Reset:
The ability to get a completely clean phone from user settings and data. Remove viruses and malware that block applications on the device. Solving various problems that arose on the device after installing some applications and did not disappear after uninstalling them.
Disadvantages of Hard Reset:
Complete cleaning of all user data on the device. The need to back up contacts and all user data. After returning to factory settings, some viruses may remain in the phone.
What needs to be done before the Hard Reset operation.
In order to use the phone after a hard reset and it is not blocked by the FRP, make sure that you know the login / password to your google account. You can sign out of your google account before resetting. In this case, after performing a factory reset, you can immediately use your device. If, after a hard reset, the phone is locked by the FRP and you cannot remember the login password for logging into your Google account, then you need to use the instructions for bypassing the FRP lock for your phone model. Not all owners of new phone models will be able to bypass the protection of the FRP and for this they will need to contact the official service center.
After performing a hard reset, your device will be completely wiped clean. Everything that was in the memory of your device will be deleted.
What can be done to avoid losing important information?
If important information remains in the memory of your phone, then there are the following options to save it:
Sync your data with Google contacts, Google drive. Create a backup using Titanium Backup or other programs. Transfer contacts, media files and important data to your PC using service programs for your smartphone model.