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Welcome, in front of me is a Samsung Galaxy A40 and today I will show you how to perform
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a hard reset to remove screen lock. So as you can see, there is a screen lock right here and let's consider that we don't
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know the pattern for it. To get rid of it, we will need to first access the recovery mode and to do so, you want to
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instead of powering off the device because as you see, you can't really power it off
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without putting in the pattern, as you can see, draw pattern to turn off the phone, we
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will need to kind of like forcibly shut it off. So hold power key and volume down and immediately when the screen turns off, we will switch
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from volume down to volume up while still holding power key. So it will go like this, hold it, screen goes black and you switch to volume up
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So with that in mind, we're going to do it right now. So both of the keys, volume down and power key, screen goes black and I'm switching to
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volume up now. And now I can let go of the keys
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And as you can see, now we're in recovery mode. So from here, we'll use volume keys to navigate up and down
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So volume down to go down and volume up to go up
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And with that in mind, we're going to select wipe data slash factory reset and confirm
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it with the power key. So like so. And once more, select yes and power key to confirm it
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Then you get a little message at the bottom, data wipe and the last one will be wipe complete
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So when you see that right at the bottom, you can then select reboot system now and
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confirm it with power key. So like so, and let the phone now reboot
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Now mind you, it will continue doing the reset in the background and other like tasks, which
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will not be displayed on the screen. So it will take a bit longer to turn on
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So just be patient and wait for it. Now I'll be back once Android setup screen is visible and I'll guide you through the
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And as you can see, now the process has been finished and there is no more screen lock
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So let's choose a language, set it English, and I'm going to quickly proceed
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I'll go through the setup
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And we can set it up as you like. It doesn't really matter. You can connect to whatever internet and set up your Google account, choose whatever settings
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And as you can see, the phone is fully unlocked. Reset is done and you have now access to the home screen
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