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Have you ever heard of safe mode on Android phone? How much do you know about Android safe mode? Android safe mode is feature that temporarily stops any third-party application from running on your device. It can be used as an effective way to diagnose and troubleshoot any problem with your Android phone in case your Android device confronts with an app error, malware infection, or some other operating system issues. In this article, we are going to study what Android safe mode is and focus on How to Turn On/Off Safe Mode on Android Phone.
Safe mode is a special mode of Android system, just like safe mode of Windows. By entering safe mode in Android, users can easily fix some system errors, thus playing a multiplier effect. Safe mode works by booting into the system without running third-party and auto-start programs to make the phone run in the minimum mode where only the default system apps work, so that you can easily detect system errors caused by third party software. It won't damage any application or personal data.
A few third party applications may have compatibility issues, resulting in the issue that these applications have conflictions with other already installed apps in your device or causing your phone is unable to boot. In this situation, you can start your phone in safe mode to check whether the problem is caused by the third party application and then uninstall the faulty application to repair the errors.
As what we have talked above, now you must have a general idea about Android safe mode. To move on, we are going to talk about how to enter safe mode in Android in this part. Android system adds "safe mode" after Version 4, but not all Android phones can use it, and not all Android phones use the same approach to access to the Safe Mode. Some of the basic ways to boot into safe mode in Android are provided as below.
Step 1: Long press and hold the Power button on your Android phone until a menu with several options appears.
Step 2: Tab and long hold the Power off option until the "Reboot to safe mode" prompt pops up on the phone screen, and then tab "OK" to reboot your phone.
Step 3: After booting into system, you will see the "Safe mode" words in the lower left corner of the device screen, meaning that you successfully enter the safe mode on Android.
Step 1: Press and hold the Power button and then select the option of Power off to turn your device off.
Step 2: With your phone turned off, long press the Power button to boot it until you see the phone model logo appears on the screen. In this example, until Samsung logo appears.
Step 3: In this page, you can release the Power button and then press and hold the Volume Down button (or long press the Menu button in some earlier versions of Samsung Android phones) until your device boots up.
Step 4: Then you can see the words "Safe mode" in the lower left corner of the phone screen.
Step 1: Press and hold the Power button to power off the device first of all.
Step 2: With your phone off, long press Power key to restart it until the "htc quietly brilliant" screen appears.
Step 3: Now you can release the Power button but to long press the Volume Down key until your device boots into system. If there is the words "Safe mode" in the bottom left of the screen, you can let it go.
Note: Ways to enter safe mode in different brands and different models of Android phones are not the same. If the above methods don't apply to your device, please ask the customer service coordinator or search the operation targeting at your phone model from the Internet purposefully.
Now we have known how to turn on safe mode in Android. But sometimes we enter the safe mode by chance and don't know how to remove safe mode from Android phone. Below are some ways to exit safe mode on Android. (Generally the ways to exit safe mode are basically the same in all kinds of Android phones).
How to get out from safe mode in Android? Restating your device is the easiest way to get out of safe mode. In general situations, you can successfully leave the safe mode by rebooting your phone. If it can't be turned off, please use the Option 2.
Reloading battery aims at resetting your phone settings so as to disable safe mode. Just remove the battery for a few minutes, then reload it and restart your phone. Besides, if you can't take down the battery, just long press Power key over 10 seconds to force shutdown and then reboot it. If it can't be removed either, please see the Option 3.
If the above two methods are not effective, it is likely that your phone have got viruses. Use your anti-virus software to run a full scan and troubleshoot this cause, and then reboot your phone. If you still can't turn off safe mode in Android phone, please consider the Option 4.
If you can't turn off the safe mode with the all above methods, the only last way is to restore your phone to factory settings! With this method, you need to back up your important data first. Otherwise, all the data in your device will be lost. So this method is not that recommended unless you have no other choice.
