Do you own a Samsung Galaxy Nexus smartphone or any other version? Is your mobile malfunctioning and making you wonder what your next step might be? For whatever the case may be, reading this tutorial will take you through the process on how to perform a hard reset your Samsung Galaxy Nexus, and have it working well and fine again without the need to use a third party or a technician. Like you may know, Samsung Galaxy Nexus is that one good smartphone which many people prefer to own.
And yes, just like any other common and popular smartphones, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus too tends to have some issues which may range from but not limited to being infected with a virus due to massive downloading of everything, errors like com..has stopped and many other malfunctions. Sometimes, its something to do with a forgotten password to log onto your device, and or simply one wanting to perform a hard reset just to get rid of any unwanted files or folders or information at once.
In any case, this article and the information contained in might be very helpful with regard to hard resetting your Samsung Galaxy Nexus smartphone with Android Operating system. Below are the step by step procedures to perform a hard reset of your mobile device. And please note that you should have your phone battery at 50% charge or more for safety purposes.
1. Begin by switching off your smartphone by using the Power button.
2. Remove the battery for a few seconds and re-insert it in.
3. Now press and hold keys Volume Up and Volume down plus Power at once for a few seconds
4. Release the Power key immediately after a vibration or when the phone goes on and continue holding the other keys.
5. Release other keys when the Logo logo appears.
6. Navigate using the Volume + key and select Recovery mode.
7. Press and hold the vol +, vol – and the power key to enter recovery mode.
8. Using the Volume Down key, scroll to Wipe data / factory reset, and use the Volume up key to confirm.
9. Use the Volume down key, Select YES — delete all user data, and confirm with the power key.
Now wait for the process to complete. The Samsung Galaxy Nexus is just like all other Android devices when it comes to wiping data. The process time may range but for some seconds. Once its done, use the volume + key and confirm reboot. It will take longer but still wait until you are done. Thats all. Your Android smartphone has been hard reset.
