What to do when your surface RT screen is frozen and the home and power buttons are not working

hi Deanna.
this is all i could find.

1. Power off your Tablet.
2. Press and hold Volume up and Power button at the same time until you boot into the Android system recovery. ...
3. Choose Wipe data/Factory Reset with your volume keys and then press the power button to confirm.

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Perform a factory reset on Android Device - VisiHow

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How do you reset a Windows tablet?Reset from within WindowsPlug in your Surface so you don't run out of power during the refresh.Swipe in from the right edge of the screen, and select Settings > Change PC settings.Select Update and recovery > Recovery.Under Remove everything and reinstall Windows, select Get started > Next.More items...Refresh or reset Surface RT or Surface 2 - Microsoft Supporthttps://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/.../surface-refresh-or-reset-surface-rt-or-surface...Search for: How do you reset a Windows tablet?
How do you do a hard reset on a Samsung tablet?Method 1: From StartupWith the device off, press and hold the "Volume Up", "Home", and "Power" buttons.Release the buttons when you see the recovery screen and the Samsung logo.Use the volume buttons to navigate the menu and select "wipe data / factory reset". ...On the next screen, press "Volume Up" to continue.Samsung Galaxy Tab 4: Steps For Hard Reset - Technipageshttps://www.technipages.com/galaxy-tab-4-hard-resetSearch for: How do you do a hard reset on a Samsung tablet?
How do you restore a Galaxy tablet to factory settings?In fact, consider finding support before you start the following process:Start the Settings app, found in the Apps Menu.Choose Privacy.Choose Factory Data Reset.Touch the Reset Tablet button.Touch the Erase Everything button to confirm. All the information you've set or stored on the Samsung Galaxy Tab is purged.How to Reset the Samsung Galaxy Tab to Factory Settings - dummieswww.dummies.com/...galaxy.../how-to-reset-the-samsung-galaxy-tab-to-factory-settings/Search for: How do you restore a Galaxy tablet to factory settings?
if none of the above work go to this link might help you out more.
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if you do not mind loosing any data press and hold reset button for 30 seconds will set back to factory default settings or snap case open and try cleaning button surface where it connects

Try pressing the power button down for 15 seconds, then release.

Hiope this works for you.

Here are the steps to go back I factory setup. It will remove everything personal you have on the Surface - photos, docs, etc. They will still be in the Share drive if you utilized it for storage.

1. Restart the device made for Surface.
2. Press F8 during the initial BIOS post to bring up the Advanced Boot Options screen.
3. On the Advanced boot options screen, use the arrow keys to highlight Repair your computer, and then press Enter.
4. Select a keyboard layout, and then click Next.
5. Type the user name and password of an administrator, and then click OK.
6. Under System Recovery Options, select Reinstall Windows. This option will restore Surface to the factory image, and any customized user information will be lost.
7. When the restoration of the factory image is complete, the device made for Surface will restart, and the setup process will begin. This process is identical to the first time you set up Surface; you will be guided by a series of prompts and dialog boxes.

One more note - if you deleted the restore folder to save drive space this will not work. You'll need to take to tech support.
Good luck.

Hold the power button down for 10 seconds. Then turn it back on.

Force it to shut down by pressing the power button down for 10 seconds, then release and turn on again.

Pull the battery and wait 30 seconds to reinsert... then put it back in and hook up to ac adapter and power it up... it should reboost with no problem... this problem shouldn't recurr after proper updating of windows software. Post results

Try this lol,
This works with devices having physical home button:-
1. Press the power button and the home button together for a while, long enough until the screen appears with Android bot and a progress bar which shows that it's formatting the internal memory.
With NO physical HOME button:-
2. In case your device does not have a physical home button, press the power button and both the volume keys together for few seconds.
3. Press gently the "reset pin-hole" present generally on a side of Tablet. Use a clip-pin or similarly fine thing to gently push inside to reset your device to factory settings.
NOTE: You'll not only lose the apps on your internal memory and the data associated with it. All the device updates will also be lost and you'll have the version of Android your tablet came with.


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1. Press the "n" button to display the quick nav bar.
   

2. In the quick nav bar, tap the Settings icon.
   

3. In the Device Settings section, tap Device Info.
   

4. Tap Erase & Deregister Device.
   

5. Stop. Think. Think again.
   

6. If you really, really want to do this, go to Step 7. If not, tap the Back button.
   

7. Tap the Erase & Deregister Device button.