This tutorial will help you to boot Samsung Galaxy S9 to Safe Mode. This mode comes with every Android phone, but the buttons combination and how to boot into this mode get be a bit tricky with the new Samsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+. In this tutorial, we explain how to boot Galaxy S9 into the safe mode, and this same method can work for the bigger variant as well – on the Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus. Safe Mode comes in handy when apps start to crash, or if there is a massive battery drain problem in the phone.
Over the time, we keep filling our phones with all the apps and games we could download from the Google Play Store. And as notorious as this may be, we all know Samsung Galaxy phones get slow over time and become a battery and memory hog. Samsung Experience / TouchWiz slolws down the phone. And to fix it, you usually end up having to reset your entire phone. That is a highly time-taking fix and you will end up an entire day getting your phone back up and running with all your apps and games. In most cases, it is a downloaded third-party app causing the issue on the Samsung Galaxy S9. This is where this Safe Mode comes in to save the day.
Enter Safe Mode on Samsung Galaxy S9
Just like how it works in Windows, Google has built a recovery and problem solving function into the Android system called as the safe mode. If and when your boot your Samsung Galaxy S9 into the safe mode, your phone will only run the bare minimum and basic system apps on your phone. All extra, downloaded and third-party functionality will be disabled. You will be able to access everything on your phone once you boot out of the Safe Mode.
In many of our articles, we have used this Safe Mode a number of times to fix issues and phone problems. And the best part, it works! Samsung Galaxy S9 is a brand new flagship phone from Samsung. A lot of customers will be moving on to the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+, with many coming over from the iOS eco-system. This tutorial will help them fix problems with their Samsung galaxy S9 by finding out the right cause from the safe mode.
You should also check out our Samsung Galaxy S9 section for more tutorials on recovery mode, download mode, official updates, custom ROMs etc.
How to Boot Samsung Galaxy S9 to Safe Mode
Here are the step-by-step instructions on how easily you can boot Samsung Galaxy S9 to Safe Mode. The steps below are similar to booting into the Recovery Mode on the Galaxy S9.
- If you haven’t already, turn OFF your Samsung Galaxy S9.
- Now press and hold the POWER button on the right side of your phone. Refer to the diagram above if help needed.
- When you see the Samsung Galaxy logo, leave the POWER button and then press and hold the VOLUME DOWN button.
- Keep holding the VOLUME DOWN button until you see the lockscreen of your phone.
- Once you phone has fully rebooted, look for the small Safe Mode logo at the bottom left of the screen.
How to Boot Samsung Galaxy S9+ to Safe Mode
Here are the step-by-step instructions on how to boot Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus to Safe Mode.
- If you haven’t already, turn OFF your Samsung Galaxy S9+.
- Now press and hold the POWER button on the right side of your phone. Refer to the diagram above if help needed.
- When you see the Samsung Galaxy logo, leave the POWER button and then press and hold the VOLUME DOWN button.
- Keep holding the VOLUME DOWN button until you see the lock screen of your phone.
- Once you phone has fully rebooted, look for the small Safe Mode logo at the bottom left of the screen.
Drop us a comment below if this does not work for you or you run into other problems.
