Safe mode is a method of diagnosing an Android device. It allows to temporarily put the equipment in its factory state (or at least in part) since all user applications are deactivated. The idea is to check if the mobile works well in this mode. If so, any failure during normal use mode will surely be due to some application that you installed. If even in this safe mode there is a malfunction, it is possibly a hardware problem (although this should be confirmed with the Engineer Mode).
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How to remove safe mode?
If you see the “Safe Mode” legend at the bottom of the screen, just reboot your device to return to normal operation and reactivate applications disabled during Safe Mode.
If you do not have the option to “Restart”, it does not matter to turn off and on the cell phone.
Disable Samsung safe mode
Another way to remove safe mode on a Samsung Galaxy is to tap the notification in the status bar. The result is the same: a restart of the cell phone.
How to activate the safe mode in Android?
Since the way to activate the safe mode varies slightly between brands, next I explain how it is done in the most popular ones. You will know that you have succeeded when you see “Safe Mode” at the bottom of the lock or home screen.
Remember that in this mode all the apps you have installed will be deactivated (they will be activated again after restarting the computer). Also, when you return to normal mode you will have to set some apps as default (keyboard and launcher, for example).
Motorola
- Press and hold the Power button on the device.
- On the screen that appears, press and hold on the option “Shutdown”.
- You will see the “Restart in safe mode” window that you must “Accept”.
This method is the most common to enter safe mode on any Android phone, including Google Pixel, HTC or Sony. In some very particular cases, instead of pressing on the “Shutdown” option, you should keep pressing on “Restart”.
Samsung
- Turn off the device.
- Turn it on and then immediately hold down the volume down button until you see the lock or home screen.
Huawei
It is exactly the same as in Samsung. That is, as soon as the start-up process starts, you hold down the volume down button until the start is complete.
However, some modern devices, like the Huawei P30, are handled differently. With the phone turned off, press and hold the power and volume up buttons simultaneously (approx. 30 seconds) until you see a secret menu. There you will see the Safe Mode option where you can go with the volume buttons and select it with the power button.
Chinese Android
Here a variant of Samsung devices is used. That is, you turn on the device and immediately afterwards hold the two volume buttons (up and down) until you are on the home screen.