Samsung Galaxy S Hard Reset

With the running Android OS on the Galaxy S, make this phone is capable of adding a lot of apps or games, customizing UI and many more. Sometimes it get your phone hangs when apps crashed and you feel you want to start all over again, a brand new fresh factory setting. This is the walkthrough how to hard reset your Samsung Galaxy S:

(All data will be erased except the data on external memory card, if you wish, before performing hard reset back your data up to your external memory)

1.Turn the device off, or if the device is halting, you can remove the battery and put it back again.

2.Simultaneously, hold the volume down button and press the power button.

3.Menu will pop-out containing the option Fastbook, Recovery, Clear Storage, and Simlock.

4.In this case choose Clear Storage by pressing the Volume Down button.

5.Then press and release the power button.

6.Here you need to confirm your decision, to choose YES press Volume Up button or NO by pressing down button.

Choosing YES will erase all data including apps and games installed; if you choose YES then the erasing process will start. After erasing process finish, the phone will automatically reboot and turn back on with default factory setting.

This tips should be works for Samsung Galaxy S variant like Samsung Sprint Epic 4G, Samsung T-Mobile Vibrant, Samsung Verizon Fascinate and Samsung AT&T Captivate.