How To Factory Reset & Data Wipe Your Samsung Galaxy S3 - Tutorial by Gazelle.com 

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This was great - Thanks!! My screen went black and the digitizer broke. I was able to use the hardware keys to reset the phone. I was able to follow along with the video and press the correct number on the volume controls. I confirmed the reset with my computer via USB cable. Now I can sell or send out for repair without fear of personal account info getting into the wrong hands. Thanks again.

I had the same problem as a lot of people did with getting stuck on the Samsung logo screen. To fix it, I waited until my phones battery died and then I plugged it into my charger. I turned it back on using the second reset method as shown in the video. Then I wiped my cache and did the reset factory data or whatever that one is and then I selected reboot and it worked. :P

This save me a trip to the Sprint store for a repair appointment. Thanks so much!

Thank you so much. I just tried second part and think worked a treat ;o)

thank god for people like you very simple great instructions

Thank you so much! I've watch several videos and you're the only one telling us to keep both buttons down. I was wondering why it wasn't working.

Thanks. Your instructions were very detailed, and that helped me a lot and actually reset and fixed my problem.

Great tutorial! Very clear video and great audio as well! Good Job!

Great help and easy to follow. Thank you for the quick tutorial!!

Wow.....thankyou so much!!! That helped me out so much. I downloaded a bad screen locker. Thought it was cute and I didn't like it very much from the start. It was hard to drag and it slowly took over my phone. It only allowed me in for about 10-15 seconds but it wouldn't give enough time to go to settings so the second option was a life saver. I was stressed for almost a week. Your video was incredibly helpful. Thankyou Thankyou Thankyou!!!!!!!

You just saved my life! Thanks for this video!

THX A REALLY EASY AND STRAIGHT FORWARD TUTORIAL. ALL DONE IN A MATTER OF MINUTES

Thanks for this one watched a few others and couldnt get it. Your explanation was exactly how it worked thanks again for the help.

Thanx. I had 2 s3's that I had to return, I knew the pw for mine but not the other. I had to use both methods. the hardware reset for the one I didn't know the password for. Worked perfectly. Now I can return the phones worry free!!

thank you very much, clear and simple instructions, i'll do this every month haha

thank you so much....i was going crazy trying to change the language back to English.....great help...so easy

Thank you! This was so helpful!

Good video, straight to the point, clear and easy to follow. thanks.

This was so helpful :-) Thank you so much.It worked with my Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge as well.

This is really help full if you locked your self out the phone, some people in my area doesn't know this, so they come to me I charge them $5 each device, I've reset about 50 phones by now hehehhee

Really thanks for this tutorial how to reset you saved me ;)

Thank you so much. My phone was locked with Kaspersky mobile security and I forgot the password and my device was locked.You helped my so much. Thank you again.

Thanks. Worked for S2 as well! 😄

This worked very well! Thank you! :)

Thanks so much, nice clear, concise directions.

Thank you so much! Worked perfectly! :)

I like that, straight to the point.. Great video.

You saved my life ❤️

This worked for my brothers s3. Thanks for the help

Thanks, it was verry helpful. Thumbs Up!!!

This was very helpful Thanks (:

SAVED MY LIFE THANK UUUUUU

thanks it was really helpful specifically method 2

Thanks! Made it easy for me!

Quick easy to follow👌🏼

Great video! Thanks for your clear and detailed steps. It worked perfectly on my S3 Sprint version. I first did a factory reset and then a complete wipe. Maybe performing a factory reset FIRST will help those getting stuck; just a thought.

Second method worked for me! Thanks

Thanks! Very useful information.

So if you see your friend's Galaxy lying around and it's PIN protected, you can just wipe all their data using the hard key method. It'd be an ace practical joke!

Thank u so much I really needed this

My sister out a password on my phone but luckily I found this video. Thank you.

Helpful. I will be trying the 2nd method to reset my phone. I couldn't for the life of me remember my pin number to do it the first way.

For all of you having problems "stuck at Samsung logo". First of all wait like 10 minutes. If nothing happens, do next: remove battery and wait a minute until you put battery back in. Then hold volume up key + home button and then hit power button until vibrate. Now you should see Android logo. After this, select (with volume up / down keys) "wipe cache partition" and hit Power key (to confirm). After that select "Wipe data/Factory" and again confirm with Power button and select "yes". If there is still red letters on screen, wipe cache again few times more, and then wipe data/factory and then select "reboot". It should work perfectly after that. Keep me on the top, so it can help other people too, who are facing same problem.

Thank you for making this video it was really easy

thank you, you made this so easy

Thank you very much, this helped so much

Great help Very precise and informative

Thank u very much you saved my life

really helpful, thank you

thank u soooooooooooo much this vid was a tooooon of help god bless u u r amazing

Helped a lot on my iPhone thanks

Thanks,for the help, sending the phone back to recycle and needed to wipe it.

this really helped thank u sooooo much

Why the "dislikes" he's showing you how exactly to get this shit done .. and with no any mistake!

Thank you sir. It worked. My touch screen isn't working so I've got to get the phone looked at. Don't want my info on it. Thanx

Very useful, thank you.

Love you man !

thank you for the great help!

thanks man , you are a genuis

Thank u so much it really worked 😊

Thanks a ton .....it really helped...

thank yu... very helpful... keep it up

Thank you so much.

Thank you, you are very smart!!!

thank you so much now I could get into my tablet

Thank you - appreciate the video

ty so much for your help!!!

Thank you. very useful information. thanks a lot

Can I store all my data in the computer (like pictures, apps and stuff) before resetting if I actually dont want to lose them during the factory data reset? Also, when I have all my phone numbers on SD card, does this process also delete the numbers? Thank you! 

CHEERS MATE...JUST WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR.GREAT TUTORIAL !!!

your the real thruth thank you so much

thank u so much .It's really works

Thank you u help a lot bro

This guy is awesome

very helpful. thank you.

Very helpful thanks

VERY HELPFUL VIDEO

Thanks u helped me save money

THANKS!!!!!! method 2 worked great!!!!

Very useful thx a lot :) :)

Pretty odd that this video would end also with the Samsung screen flashing. Gee thanks a lot for leaving us there! (I'm having the same problem)

thankyou very much very helpful

Yo bro I just did it it worked good u legit thanks 👏😈

thank you very much it was perfect

skip to 3:17

ty it works doing so cause i caught a virus, and yes i made a backup on my laptop, it found no virus :D

Thanks! Method one wasn't possible since my menus didn't match what you were showing, but luckily, #2 did! Now I can get what I assume will be a stupidly low price for my old phone from that machine in Walmart, but a few dollars is better than tossing it back into a drawer, right?!

nice vid helpt me alot thnx

thank you its really work

Thanks huge help!!!!

Really usrfull thanks

Thanks very helpful

does it affect your load? like for example your with Smart you can put loads at the any time . will ba affected

thank you for posting this video

THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH!!!

Thank you for good job

excellent!!!!!! Thank you!!!!

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OMG thank you!!!