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How to Hard Restart an Android Phone

  1. How to Hard Restart an Android Phone, Hold power button: crwdns2935265:01crwdnd2935265:01crwdnd2935265:01crwdne2935265:0
    • Hold down the power button for 15 to 30 seconds, until the phone restarts.

    • On Samsung devices you might need to hold down the volume-down button and power button for 7 seconds instead.

  2. How to Hard Restart an Android Phone, Wait: crwdns2935265:02crwdnd2935265:01crwdnd2935265:01crwdne2935265:0
    • Wait for the phone to finish restarting.

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Unlock your phone and you've just hard restarted/rebooted your Android device.

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Nicholas Kowalski

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Nicolas, I think you are confusing people by introducing too many terms in the first sentence.

Android phones - I have had several, including Huawei and now Samsung Galaxy S22, have only two soft buttons - "Power Off" and "Restart".

You should work with that.

BTW - on my S22, when the screen is off, I can hold the "hard" power button forever, and nothing happens.

When the screen is on, and I hold the button for a few seconds, I get the screen with "Power Off", "Restart" and "Emergency Call".

Have a nice day.

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That is a soft restart you are doing. A hard restart/reboot fixes issues with softwares if you are experiencing your phone working oddly. Thank you

Chuck Welch -

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