Do you need to know how to reset a Samsung Galaxy S3? In this android guide let's see how to make a reset to factory mode, also called “hard reset” when Samsung Galaxy S3. The "Hard reset» or factory data reset, we will do it when we have no other solution to the problem we have.
Some error with badly installed or uninstalled applications, We do not remember the unlock pattern or password, the mobile is blocked and does not respond, etc. A hard reset will erase all data, so before doing it, we will make a backup of all our data, documents, contacts, messages, files, ringtones, etc and extract the SD and SIM cards. Let's see how to format a Samsung Galaxy S3.
How to reset a Samsung Galaxy S3? format and reset to factory mode – Hard Reset
How to format a Samsung Galaxy S3
As we say, when doing the Hard reset this mobile phone Android, all data is lost.
If you let us into the menus:
- Settings → Backup and reset → Factory data reset → Reset device → Erase everything.
If it does not let us enter the menus, we will do the reset using the physical buttons:
- We press during 8 – 10 seconds the button on off. The Galaxy S3 will reboot automatically.
- If it still doesn't respond, turn off the phone. Press the Volume up, Start / Home keys and the power button at the same time.
- We select the wipe data / factory reset option using the volume up and down buttons.
- We press the power button to confirm.
Video, how to restart a Samsung Galaxy S3 and Hard Reset
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it didn't work
I did everything they put but still my sansung s3 does not respond
Payment SMS
Due to an error I have deactivated the option of payment messages by sms and now when sending an sms to a payment website it gives me an error and it is not sent, it is urgent!
I rooted it
I applied root and it doesn't work anymore, it doesn't turn me on, what do I do, when I follow the steps it tells me among all the options, yes — delete all user files, and the rest tells me: no. What do I do?????
I put a new password and I don't remember it
I want you to tell me step by step how to recover my cl I don't remember the new password but the previous one. Thanks
Doubt
Hello, how are you, well, I have doubts because I want to do the reset to "improve" let's say the performance of my mobile since it is quite loaded. The question I have is, is there something that harms doing the reset? By this I mean will it do any damage to my phone? I know in performance or being able to open apps and that. Thanks
RE: How to reset and restore data to factory mode on the Samsung Galaxy S3
I gave a factory reset to my galaxy sIII and now when it turns on it stays on the T Mobile 4G LTE screen blinking and does nothing else
URGENT QUESTION
Hello, I have a SAMSUNG A3 that was updated only from kitkat to lollipop, I want to return it to kitkat, does this »return to factory status» serve or should I do the whole root process, etc? Thank you!
hard reset problem
hello, I would like to know what I can do... I have a samsung s3, with pattern and my screen broke... it is impossible to access by touch... and as for the hard reset, I have tried in a thousand ways and it does not respond to anything .. is there any possible solution?
solution
[quote name=”Ana Te.”]Thanks for the info. However, now the cell phone has on the screen:
Odin Fashion
Product name: GT-I9300
Custom Binary Download: No
Current Binary: Samsung Official
System Status: Official
Downloding…do not turn off the target!!
However, it's like 12 hours old. Is this normal?[/quote]
is that the normal procedure is to press the volume button on top of the home and the power button... and when the samsumg logo appears with the model, you release the buttons and it will enter the recovery mode and that is where you choose the option you want
problems
Hi, I restored my Galaxy S3 but I don't know what to do to help.
galaxy s3 problem
Hello, I did the procedure to reset the cel. From
Factory mode, but when it turns on ss it stays with the tmobole 4g lte logo and from there it doesn't happen and it gets hot. Please I need help urgently!!!!!!
what madness
that is, if they steal your phone they do this and a new phone for the thief, what happiness. They should make one unlock it only by the operator, what a crazy reason they steal so many phones.
Reset Samsung S3
Hello, I tried to reset my S3 with the instructions that appear here but it does not work for me, I have Android 4.3 kernel 3.0.31-2320216
Can you help me please...thank you
What happens to my cell?
Thanks for the info. However, now the cell phone has on the screen:
Odin Fashion
Product name: GT-I9300
Custom Binary Download: No
Current Binary: Samsung Official
System Status: Official
Downloding…do not turn off the target!!
However, it's like 12 hours old. Is this normal?
RE: How to reset and restore data to factory mode on the Samsung Galaxy S3
Hika doesn't hit me with kos buttons. mr forgot the pattern so I can not enter anything, please help me
urgent help
Hello, I wanted to reset my phone settings. I have the Samsung Galaxy S3 Neox but it asks me for the password, where can I find it?
locked
Hello, I would like to know how I can do to unlock my cell phone I have s3 gt19300
the pattern was blocked. Please if you can help me thank you
I have a problem
I have a galaxy s3 and the captive buttons stop working for a while, they do not perform the action they do not turn on or vibrate and I do not know if this problem can be solved with a hard reset, I would appreciate any solution.
RE: How to reset and restore data to factory mode on the Samsung Galaxy S3
[quote name=”pepe abellan”]Hello, I have a problem with the APNs. I have changed companies and it won't let me save a new APN. The ones it has from the previous company let me delete them, but it won't let me create a new one. I have reset it and when I turn it on, the APNs of the previous company are back. Also, I find it weird that it also reinstalls only some apps that I had downloaded from the play store.
Is there any other way to reset it completely?
Thank you
Regards [/ quote]
Try the button reset, it leaves it clean as a whistle.
RE: How to reset and restore data to factory mode on the Samsung Galaxy S3
[quote name=”Junior Tineo”] Thank you very much it worked for me, the phone is clear
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RE: How to reset and restore data to factory mode on the Samsung Galaxy S3
[quote name=”sayra”]hello, good, I have done all the steps to factory reset my samsung galaxy s3 but when I turn it on it stays in samsung and no further progress is there any solution for that? thank you[/quote]
Try to reset again, if it doesn't work you will have to flash a ROM with odin. There are official roms on sammobile.
RE: How to reset and restore data to factory mode on the Samsung Galaxy S3
[quote name=”JoseJulio”]Hello.
I did a hard reset and wipe data cache. But when I finished and hit restart, it got stuck on "installing applications" I don't know whether to turn it off or wait... It's been like this for more than 10 minutes.[/quote]
The normal thing is to wait, especially if you have many apps installed.
Blocked installing apps
Hey.
I did a hard reset and wipe data cache. But when I finished and hit restart, it got stuck on "installing applications" I don't know whether to turn it off or wait... It takes more than 10 minutes like this.
It does not turn on
hello, good, I have done all the steps to factory reset my samsung galaxy s3 but when I turn it on it stays in samsung and no further progress is there any solution for that? Thank you
mobile error
hello, good, I have done all the steps to factory reset my samsung galaxy s3 but when I turn it on it stays in samsung and no further progress is there any solution for that? Thank you
reset problems
Hello, I have a problem with the APNs. I have changed companies and it won't let me save a new APN. The ones it has from the previous company let me delete them, but it won't let me create a new one. I have reset it and when I turn it on, the APNs of the previous company are back. Also, I find it weird that it also reinstalls only some apps that I had downloaded from the play store.
Is there any other way to reset it completely?
Thank you
All the best
Thank you
Thank you very much it worked for me, the phone is clear
I know the black screen
Good morning, my s3 gt-i9300 stays in that state in galaxy s3 gt-i9300 and it doesn't advance and then, on some occasions, it goes to samsung but it doesn't advance, I did the physical buttons but it doesn't work either..
that I can do?
Thanks and sorry for the inconvenience
the samsung screen stays
I did the steps as it should be done and when I restart the screen, the galaxy s3 and model comes out and others after the samsung and it stays on that screen, it's normal... I thank you and what I had to do I would appreciate it
RE: How to reset and restore data to factory mode on the Samsung Galaxy S3
[quote name = »gustavo canals»] good afternoon I am writing because I have problems resetting a samsung galaxy s3, I did what the tutorial explains (up volume button + power button + home button) and the only thing that appears on the screen is:
FACTORYMODE
full test
item test
test report
clear eMMC
version
reboot
thank you very much.[/quote]
well factory mode
problems to factory reset a samsung galaxy s3
Good afternoon, I am writing because I have problems resetting a Samsung Galaxy S3, I did what the tutorial explains (up volume button + power button + home button) and the only thing that appears on the screen is:
FACTORYMODE
full test
item test
test report
clear eMMC
version
reboot
thank you very much.
urgent!!!
I have an s3 i747 LTE I just reset it but it stays in samsung with the black screen and from there it doesn't happen I need to know if it's normal
helps
I have a samsung s111 model gt-9300 and it is not the same as many that I know or have seen. It does not give me the option to reset it, nor do several functions appear in the menu. the camera stopped working. I don't know if there is any program to reset it with the computer. I need help. I live in Costa Rica and the technicians charge dearly. just to reset it they charge me more than $40.
Hard reset
I get another menu and I have not been able to hard reset it and the keyboards do not respond. Thanks.
safe mode
[quote name=”CARUSOJO”]I would appreciate if you help me with the problem I have with my S3, from one day to the next the word SAFE MODE appeared on the screen in the lower left, and it does not let me see the applications that I have Discharged; I restart it and nothing, the truth is I'm desperate I don't know what to do. Thanks for the help[/quote]
If you press the left touch (when it lights up) when restarting, safe mode is activated and I suppose k will also be deactivated.
same thing happened to me
[quote name=”john jairo”]my samsung galaxy s3 lost volume, none of the sound or the ringer worked for me, nor did I listen to the videos or the sound player, absolutely nothing is mute, what happened? how do i fix it! please I need your collaboration, thank you[/quote]
Hello! you have root and wanted to change the boot? if the answer is yes, it is the permissions of the files. check them...
it is not erased
[quote name=”alanz”]I would like to know if when you restore it the telephone company is also deleted :sad:[/quote]
no, that remains.
the telephone operator is deleted?
I would like to know if when you restore it the telephone company is also deleted 🙁
recognize wifi
If the wifi does not recognize you, give it to call and put * # 0011 # then you give it the striped key on the left side and where wifi appears you give it deactivate 🙂 pure life I hope it works for you
Thank you very much
Thank you very much for the tutorial it served me wonderfully with the galaxy s4..
SAFE MODE
I would appreciate if you help me with the problem I have with my S3, from one day to the next the word SAFE MODE appeared on the screen in the lower left, and it does not let me see the applications that I have downloaded; I restart it and nothing, the truth is I'm desperate I don't know what to do. Thanks for the help
my galaxy s3 does not turn on due to bad application installation (chainfire3d)
Please help it stays on the galaxy screen and since I already reset it, it resets it but when I reboot it stays the same as before please help 🙁 🙁 🙁 😥 😥
Locked screen
Very good information it helped me, I had the screen blocked it was totally black, and prescribing as they explain it returned to normal, thanks
engineer
hello friends I bought a galaxy s3 that recognized the network and everything then I did a factory reset and it no longer recognizes the network. im new to android and i dont know what to do
Excellent
What good information very useful and precise 🙂
Thank you
wing makina They gave me a mega stop. a bunch of thanks. if he pulls with everything, although I lost my information ufff now he pulls me with all my cel 😆
nothing
This is useless, the only thing it does is delete all the applications, it does not appear as if it came from the factory, the last update installed remains
good
I didn't think it was true, but I have to say that hand in hand, I forgot the password and I couldn't access anything and now it's factory I had to sacrifice the photos but nothing
Dear, if I have 4.1.2 and I do this process downgrade version or stay???
Thank you very much, I've been using it for 3 days and I foolishly installed things that I shouldn't have, thanks to these tips they have saved my phone. Excellent thank you very much.
Hello! It has worked well for me, it has been as when I opened it, although I had to make some configurations that the seller had made... And that's where I'm going: the seller mentioned some things to me about «activating it to be able to call», «entering the rut, that it is necessary” (and I gave it to him then and he did it)… I wanted to know if those things, now that I reset it, I will have to do them myself, or if they are exclusive to the company Chip and then they were not affected by the reset… Or is it that the chip itself is affected by resetting? Can there be problems after resetting it?… Well, thank you very much.
This medium of information is the best.
I installed the system for the blind and I don't know how to remove it
😮 😡
it is necessary to do this procedure there is no other shorter I need to know please my cell phone is in trouble help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :zzz
[quote name=”la_lori25″]:P this is going great, especially if you have to sell a cell phone, it's going very well, I've already done it a couple of times and I'm very happy. Thanks to these pages, they help me a lot. :P[/quote]
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😛 This is going great, especially if you have to sell a cell phone, it's going very well. I've already done it a couple of times and I'm very happy. Thanks to these pages, they help me a lot. 😛
I reset my samsung galaxy s3, do I have to put it back to locate it or is that keda when it is reset?
thanks in advance
[quote name=”Diego Monje”]I restored the factory values, it tells me accessing, this may take a few minutes…and 10 have already passed…is it normal?[/quote]
It's not normal, but sometimes it takes a while.
I restored the factory values, it tells me accessing, this may take a few minutes... and 10 have already passed... is it normal?
[quote name=”Txingudi”]The applications do remove all of them, but shouldn't I leave the software that came from the factory? since I still have the last one that I put with odin, the i9300XXELLA, is it like that or can you put the last one that Samsung has officially….[/quote]
I have reset the galaxy s2, the cell phone is as if you had just bought it, the applications that we installed are uninstalled, NOT the ones that come from the factory, the contacts, configurations, passwords are deleted.
I have a little problem, I have been installing apks NOT from google play but I download it from the internet of the pc, now I want to do it and I can't, I have unknown origins enabled but I still can't install, I would like to avoid resetting my cell phone.
How to delete incoming and outgoing calls
[quote name=”Alejo123456″]I have the problem that the weather widget doesn't appear, I don't know why if I reset the s3 will it appear?? Thank you[/quote]
Have you checked if you have deleted it or at least if you can select it from the other widgets?
I have the problem that the weather widget does not appear, I do not know why if I reset the s3, will it appear? Thanks
Otto you don't have to reset it to me it also happened to me you have to go to configuration / application management / all there you look for the phone and you give it delete default options and that's it more info look here I found http://www.htcmania.com/archive/index.php/t-246351.html luck
The applications if it removes all of them, but shouldn't I leave the software that came from the factory? since I have the last one that I put with odin, the i9300XXELLA, is it like that or can you put the last one that samsung has officially….
How can I make my phone ask me with which system I want to make the call
The following happens to me when I made a call on my Samsung galaxy s3 I used to ask myself how I wanted to do it, because I liked the telephone or voip or Skype system because I really do make various types of calls abroad and sometimes I do them by system voip or Skype never by phone because it is very expensive now what happens I lent my phone to my nephew and now when I want to make a call it goes directly to the phone I don't know how to make him ask me again how I want to make it is true I always got a box below where it said determine this function forever but it must be that my nephew left it so someone could help me
Hello migueltriny, the same thing happened to me, I restarted it by pressing the volume keys + the power key and the one on the bottom, you will enter a blue screen, I chose option 3, the equipment will remain original from the factory, that if you are going to lose everything you downloaded, but that is the only way I found the problem, I took out the sd memory and the chip just in case and it stayed as before. HOPE THIS CAN HELP YOU!!!!
I have bought a samsung galaxy s3 mini and at the beginning of the configuration it has been put in blind mode and it speaks everything to me, it does not let me slide the screens, so I cannot access the lower parts of these positions in the settings that does not let me scroll the screen up I have to dial and double click even to dial the phone numbers, etc. would someone know how to change to normal mode or how to format it, I have tried to format it as they say for the large galaxy s3 but it does not nothing just lights up.
I can not enter text messaging on my s3 what can I do please tell me what can I do.. 😥
I have a problem with my s3 it doesn't want to enter text messaging it tells me MESSAGE HAS STOPPED I don't know what to do please help me
They are gross, the post served me the truth that I don't know what people like me would do without internet and people like you, thank you very much 😆 😆
brother download this program through google play you can put it in the language you want Morelocale2 – Google play
I have an s3 to which the label of the safe mode appeared after an update and I put it original I removed the battery I turned it off I restarted it and there is no way for it to disappear the few tips found on the internet have not helped me at all yes please can you help me thank you
A month ago I bought the galaxy s III, at the cia.claro (codetel) in my country, but it turns out that the cell phone came with a manufacturing defect, because the camera didn't work, they allege that the cell phone lost its warranty for a peladito that he has his cell phone in one of the corners, I don't know what anyone in the cia can do. he answers me the galaxys comes with a factory problem, several people have complained about this situation. Thank you…….
I forgot my password, what do I do?
I have a non-original sansumg galaxy s3 it doesn't turn on they told me it was the software xk the one it brings is java they told me to pass it to android I don't know how if it doesn't turn on :sigh:
How do I put the Samsung SIII into Spanish since it only has Japanese, Chinese and English languages?
my samsung galaxy s3 lost volume, none of the sound or the ringer worked, nor did I listen to the videos or the sound player, absolutely nothing is mute, what happened? how do i fix it! please I need your collaboration, thank you
I have a problem with my samsung galaxy s3. When I make a call the screen is locked and it doesn't let me do anything or hang up the call or anything. The only solution, disassemble the mobile. What I can do? They told me to format and nothing.
I forgot the password of my samsung galaxy sIII what should I do…? I have not been able to unlock it...urgent
the updates that I had done before to the cell phone are also deleted?
hello I need help! I have a point of view 10.1 tablet until yesterday it worked fine for me, today I turned it on and it doesn't enter the desktop or anything, it only remains in the presentation that says android, I would appreciate your help.
Thanks in the first place for the information, I have a question about my samsung galaxy 3 how much real storage memory does this machine have when I go to the settings menu – storage – it appears that its total space is 11.35 gb the rest that is missing will be for applications and system ?
Thanks! Your post is very effective!
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Hello, I have a Galaxy s3 but the movistar company let me install their theme and the icons are not the original ones from the cel theme. How could I remove the boot and leave the samsung theme, I already tried to do it with the reset from the tools and I reset it but it still continues with the same icons and movistar screen