How to do a Hard Reset on your Samsung Galaxy Tab

All electronic devices whether powered by electricity or battery, will eventually freeze. When this happens to your Galaxy Tab you wont be able to use any of the buttons or controls. It sucks, but oh well.. i guess even super computers used by NASA hang sometimes.

What’s important is that you have the means to restart the whole process and get your device up and running again. Here are the step by step instructions how to do a hard reset on your Samsung Galaxy Tab.

Galaxy Tab Reboot Tutorial

1. Turn your device off.
2. Using the button to turn up the volume, press and hold it together with the Power button simultaneously for about 2 seconds.
3. The logo will be displayed on the screen a few seconds later then you can release the Power button, but don’t let go of the volume button just yet.
4. After that, you will see a system menu.
5. You can now use release the volume button and use them to move across the menu.
6. Choose the Wipe Data/Factory Reset and validate with the Power button.

That’s all there is to it! Although hopefully you won’t be using these steps very often, Android devices are known to be very stable.