2023-05-24 16:57:09
When we notice abnormal behavior on our Samsung phone or tablet or suspect that we have installed a virus, it may be a good idea to activate the safe mode. This mode allows us to start our device without third-party applications. This works equally well for Galaxy S, Galaxy A, Galaxy J or Galaxy Tab users. We explain how to activate it, then remove it.
The beauty of having a smart phone running on the Android operating system is that you are free to install all the files and applications you want on it.
This is why the Android operating system is said to be an open system. It’s the opposite of Apple and its iOS operating system, which seeks to control what we install on it so as not to alter the user experience that we are supposed to have on our iPhone or iPad.
The flip side of the Android system is that we can install third-party applications that our device doesn’t digest well, whether it’s our phone or our tablet.
Our mobile device may thus encounter problems with battery power, performance, internal memory, in short, everything that affects its proper functioning.
This is without counting the famous malware and virus-infected applications that manage to find their way into the Play Store catalog.
Of course, there are tips to avoid viruses and malicious applications on Android. But in a context where we don’t have one of the best protection solutions and we detect one of the six clues that our phone is infected, what can we do?
If you have a Samsung phone or tablet, there is a secure mode that can help you!
This allows us to quickly know if the problems encountered by our device are caused by an application or if it is simply our phone or tablet that has some defect.
Why does my Samsung phone go into safe mode?
The safe mode of Samsung phones and tablets is a mode in which all third-party apps are disabled.
What is a Third-Party Application? These are basically all the apps that we have installed on our device through Play Store, Galaxy Store or any other app stores.
In short, following restarting our mobile device in safe mode we end up with a device that is as we had it when we configured it the very first time.
It contains only the applications that are installed by default.
This therefore allows us to know if our device has a problem with one of its components or if it is a third-party application that is causing problems.
In a case where we think we have installed a virus, we will be able to proceed with the “nuclear” solution to remedy it, namely the factory reset of our device to erase all traces of the malware.
How to Enable Safe Mode on a Samsung Phone
To restart your Samsung phone or tablet and activate secure mode, the method and steps will differ depending on the type of model you have.
To activate secure mode on a model without On/Off buttons (Power button), here is the method and the steps:
- Swipe down to display the Shortcuts panel
- Tap the On/Off icon at the top right of the screen
- Press for a few seconds on the option: Power off
- Hold your finger on it until you see Safe Mode
- Confirm activation of Safe Mode by tapping on it
By leaving our finger on the option: Power off, Samsung’s safe mode appears.
To activate secure mode on a model with On/Off buttons (Power button), here is the method and the steps:
- Turn off your phone by pressing the On/Off button
- Restart the device
- During startup, press the volume minus (-) key
- wait a few moments
- In the lower left corner will appear the option: Safe Mode
How to get out of safe mode and disable it?
Getting out of secure mode on your Samsung smartphone or tablet is really very simple.
It is simply a matter of bringing up the notification panel by swiping our finger from the top of the screen downwards.
We then see the notification: Secure mode activated. It is a question of pressing on it to deactivate it.
How to restart a Samsung in safe mode?
We will sometimes hear some users say that we must restart our Samsung phone or tablet in safe mode.
What is Safe Mode? It’s basically another phrasing to talk regarding safe mode on Samsung’s mobile devices.
Safe mode does the same thing as safe mode. After restarting our smartphone or tablet in safe mode, we are basically in safe mode.
In short, our device restarts without opening third-party applications.
How to reset your Samsung device?
As we mentioned above, Samsung’s safe mode can come to our aid if our device is unfortunately affected by a virus or malware.
Especially if this software prevents us from reaching the settings of our device to perform an update or prevents us from installing one of the best protection solutions to help us remove it.
The action that we can do in such a case is to restart our phone in safe mode and then completely reset our device. This is called a factory reset.
This has the effect of deleting all our accounts, all our applications and all our files on our Samsung smartphone or tablet and therefore by the very fact it deletes any malware.
This ”nuclear” solution can be done on all so-called passing Android models.
In short, it returns our phone to the state it was in when we bought it.
The problem with this solution is that it erases everything…
You can first try to connect your Samsung device to the computer to try to extract data. However, we also run the risk of infecting our machine, hence the importance of having a good antivirus on it!
Still, to completely reset your Samsung device, you must:
- Open settings
- Go to tab: Global Management
- Scroll down
- To push on: Reset
- Weigh on: Reset all data
- Scroll all the way down and tap: Reset
- Enter your device’s PIN
- To push on: Delete all
Here’s how to reset your Samsung device via settings.
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