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Anonymous Posted on May 06, 2013

Unlock Galaxy reset

My phone is locked and I would like to hard reset it, I followed the advise from various guys by using volume -up, home and power button. the phone just keep starting up as usual and would not give me the green android?please advise!

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The buttons Vol Up, Home and Power are the right buttons to press.
First press and hold the Volume Up and Home, then add Power.
Works fine with my tablet.

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