You will lose all data when following the steps below:
Steps to Factory Reset most (if not all) Samsung phones:
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# Turn phone off by taking battery
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# Turn phone off
# After that Boot your device into Recovery Mode. You can do this by holding the Volume Up + Home + Power keys. When the Samsung Logo pops up, stop holding the power button but keep holding the rest.
# Once your android device is in Recovery Mode, Go to the “wipe data/factory reset” option and select it.
# After that go back to the recovery main menu and reboot the device by “reboot system now” option.
'''If you want to keep the data, the other way is more tricky and requires the the phone to have a custom recovery which can be loaded in via ODIN.'''
More information is here, but I don't exactly remember how I managed to take off the lockscreen security without wiping anything.
You will lose all data when following the steps below:
Steps to Factory Reset most (if not all) Samsung phones:
# Turn phone off by taking battery
# After that Boot your device into Recovery Mode. You can do this by holding the Volume Up + Home + Power keys. When the Samsung Logo pops up, stop holding the power button but keep holding the rest.
# Once your android device is in Recovery Mode, Go to the “wipe data/factory reset” option and select it.
# After that go back to the recovery main menu and reboot the device by “reboot system now” option.
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If you want to keep the data, the other way is more tricky and requires the the phone to have a custom recovery which can be loaded in via ODIN.'''
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'''If you want to keep the data, the other way is more tricky and requires the the phone to have a custom recovery which can be loaded in via ODIN.'''
More information is here, but I don't exactly remember how I managed to take off the lockscreen security without wiping anything.
You will lose all data when following the steps below:
Steps to Factory Reset most (if not all) Samsung phones:
# Turn phone off by taking battery
# After that Boot your device into Recovery Mode. You can do this by holding the Volume Up + Home + Power keys. When the Samsung Logo pops up, stop holding the power button but keep holding the rest.
# Once your android device is in Recovery Mode, Go to the “wipe data/factory reset” option and select it.
# After that go back to the recovery main menu and reboot the device by “reboot system now” option.
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If you want to keep the data, the other way is more tricky and requires the the phone to have a custom recovery which can be loaded in via ODIN.
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'''
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If you want to keep the data, the other way is more tricky and requires the the phone to have a custom recovery which can be loaded in via ODIN.'''
More information is here, but I don't exactly remember how I managed to take off the lockscreen security without wiping anything.
You will lose all data when following the steps below:
Steps to Factory Reset most (if not all) Samsung phones:
# Turn phone off by taking battery
# After that Boot your device into Recovery Mode. You can do this by holding the Volume Up + Home + Power keys. When the Samsung Logo pops up, stop holding the power button but keep holding the rest.
# Once your android device is in Recovery Mode, Go to the “wipe data/factory reset” option and select it.
# After that go back to the recovery main menu and reboot the device by “reboot system now” option.
If you want to keep the data, the other way is more tricky and requires the the phone to have a custom recovery which can be loaded in via ODIN.
More information is here, but I don't exactly remember how I managed to take off the lockscreen security without wiping anything.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2437946&page=7#post66601314