{"id":143,"date":"2019-02-14T12:58:19","date_gmt":"2019-02-14T12:58:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.helpsmartphone.com\/blog\/?p=143"},"modified":"2019-02-12T12:59:35","modified_gmt":"2019-02-12T12:59:35","slug":"phone-frozen-how-to-force-restart-it-with-a-hard-reset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.helpsmartphone.com\/blog\/phone-frozen-how-to-force-restart-it-with-a-hard-reset\/","title":{"rendered":"Phone frozen how to force restart it with a hard reset"},"content":{"rendered":"

Having a phone (or, most likely, smartphone) not responding, probably making noise that won’t stop until the non removable battery runs out of power ?<\/p>\n

Do not panic, there is a simple solution, which is called power cycling, hard reset, hard reboot, force reboot, depending on the source.<\/p>\n

Basically, it is equivalent to your computer’s reset button : by pressing a combination of keys for some time, a battery disconnection will be simulated, forcing your hardware to reset, emptying the phone’s memory, but NOT loosing any stored applications and saved data. Your phone will simply restart.<\/p>\n

See below example for the following devices : Samsung Galaxy S7, Samsung Galaxy S6, Samsung Galaxy Note 5, Google Pixel, HTC Desire 626, iPhone 5, iPhone 7, iPad, iPod<\/p>\n

1 – Android devices<\/h2>\n

Press Power + Volume down keys (it might be volume up on some devices) for 10 to 20 seconds.<\/p>\n

The phone will then reboot automatically.<\/p>\n

Example with a Samsung Galaxy S7 :<\/p>\n

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Phone frozen how to force restart it with a hard reset : Samsung Galaxy S7 frozen : force reboot by pressing power and volume down keys for 20 seconds<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Example with a Samsung Galaxy S6 :<\/p>\n

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Phone frozen how to force restart it with a hard reset : Samsung Galaxy S6 blocked : hard reboot by pressing power + volume down for 20 seconds<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Example with a Samsung Galaxy Note 5 :<\/p>\n

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Phone frozen how to force restart it with a hard reset : Samsung Galaxy Note 5 not responding : hard reboot by holding power and volume down keys for 20 seconds<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Example with a Google Pixel :<\/p>\n

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Phone frozen how to force restart it with a hard reset : Google Pixel stuck : soft reset by pressing power button for 15 seconds<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Example with HTC Desire 626 :<\/p>\n

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Phone frozen how to force restart it with a hard reset : HTC Desire unresponsive : force a soft reset by pressing Power and Volume up buttons for more than 10 seconds<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

2 – iPhone, iPad, iPod devices<\/h2>\n

All Apple devices use the same combination to force a hard reboot : hold the power and home buttons.<\/p>\n

Example for iPhone 5, iPhone 7, iPad, iPod :<\/p>\n

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Phone frozen how to force restart it with a hard reset : Iphone unresponsive : force a soft reset by pressing Power and home buttons for more than 10 seconds<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Hard reset iPhone <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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