Tips and tricks for troubleshot SAMSUNG GALAXY S6 problems. This phone is Octa-core Android smartphone using Exynos processor with Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2.1 GHz Cortex-A57 clock speed processor. With 5.1 inches LCD screen, SAMSUNG GALAXY S6 will easy to carry anytime,. We have to know this phone different with previous Samsung Galaxy S5 which is waterproof but SAMSUNG GALAXY S6 is not waterproof or not water resistance, therefore we have to be careful while using this phone near water. Samsung Galaxy S6 also have good main camera to capture with default Samsung applications, we can use front camera at 5 megapixel for selfie photograph.
There are several product codes that release at SAMSUNG GALAXY S6 for different code several country and operator release:
SAMSUNG GALAXY S6 SM-G9200 for Hong Kong market
SAMSUNG GALAXY S6 SM-G9208, SM-G9208/SS, SM-G9209 for China market
SAMSUNG GALAXY S6 SM-G920F for global market
SAMSUNG GALAXY S6 SM-G920FD for Pakistan & Philippines market
SAMSUNG GALAXY S6 SM-G920I for Latin America, Singapore, India & Australia market
SAMSUNG GALAXY S6 SM-G920S for Korea market
SAMSUNG GALAXY S6 SM-G920T for T-Mobile provider
SAMSUNG GALAXY S6SM-G920A for AT&T provider
What is Advantage of SAMSUNG GALAXY S6 (SM-G9200 / SM-G9208 / SM-G9209 / SM-G920A / SM-G920F / SM-G920FD / SM-G920I / SM-G920S / SM-G920T) Specifications:
GSM 3G HSDPA & GSM 4G LTE for several models
LCD 5.1 inches with Super AMOLED
Gorilla Glass 4 for scratch resistance
Internal memory 32 GB or 64 GB or 128 GB
RAM 3 GB
Main Camera 16 MP, 2988 x 5312 pixels, optical image stabilization, autofocus, LED flash
Front Camera 5 MP Auto HDR with 1440p@30fps video recording & dual video call
Processor Octa Core: Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2.1 GHz Cortex-A57
Operating system Android OS, v5.0.2 (Lollipop)
Fingerprint sensor with PayPal certified
Battery Li-Ion 2550 mAh battery
How to Fix or Problem Solving for Recovery SAMSUNG GALAXY S6 (SM-G9200 / SM-G9208 / SM-G9209 / SM-G920A / SM-G920F / SM-G920FD / SM-G920I / SM-G920S / SM-G920T) hang or not responding or malfunctions or stuck or freezing or bricked ?
There are some interesting applications that have already installed after activate SAMSUNG GALAXY S6 at first time. TouchWiz is Samsung user interface which already optimized with Android Lollipop at SAMSUNG GALAXY S6, S Voice, S Note, S Health, Microsoft applications and many more. We also can install additional free applications from Google Play Store like Facebook, Instagram, WeChat, Whatsapp, Line Messenger, BBM, Path, Pinterest, Skpe and many more. We have to know that some applications from Google Play Store may not compatible with SAMSUNG GALAXY S6 or also can contain bad apps like virus or malware. Therefore, if that kind of applications already installed at our phone, then SAMSUNG GALAXY S6 will become hang or stuck or bricks or frozen. Some users get boot logo loop and LCD touch screen not responding. If we get this problems, then we have to force soft reset or force shutdown or force reboot to restart all running applications from beginning and wipe or remove caches together with temporary files. If this problem still happen, then we have to do hard reset or master format. Please do not forget to backup any important data, because doing hard reset or reformat will remove or delete any important data and installed applications.
How to Force Shutdown or Force Soft Reset or Reboot or Restart SAMSUNG GALAXY S6 (SM-G9200 / SM-G9208 / SM-G9209 / SM-G920A / SM-G920F / SM-G920FD / SM-G920I / SM-G920S / SM-G920T) ?
The beautiful body of SAMSUNG GALAXY S6 make it use non removable battery, therefore when our phone get problems or freeze or hang or stuck or LCD touch screen not responsive with our finger touch, then we can not remove SAMSUNG GALAXY S6 battery easily. We can force soft reset or force shutdown by press and hold POWER button until this phone shutdown by itself. This soft reset steps will not remove any important data from our SAMSUNG GALAXY S6, so we can do it anytime we want. If we want to remove caches and temporary files although our phone still work normally, then we can press and hold POWER button until pop-up menu appear. Choose Shutdown / Power Off / Reboot menu.
#Option 1, How to Hard Reset SAMSUNG GALAXY S6 (SM-G9200 / SM-G9208 / SM-G9209 / SM-G920A / SM-G920F / SM-G920FD / SM-G920I / SM-G920S / SM-G920T) with software menu:
- Turn on SAMSUNG GALAXY S6
- Make sure SAMSUNG GALAXY S6 battery already charge properly
- Go to menu:Setting > Backup & Reset > Factory data reset > Reset device
- ChooseErase Everything
- SAMSUNG GALAXY S6 (SM-G9200 / SM-G9208 / SM-G9209 / SM-G920A / SM-G920F / SM-G920FD / SM-G920I / SM-G920S / SM-G920T) will do the process to Master Reset to Factory Default
#Option 2, How to Hard Reset SAMSUNG GALAXY S6 (SM-G9200 / SM-G9208 / SM-G9209 / SM-G920A / SM-G920F / SM-G920FD / SM-G920I / SM-G920S / SM-G920T) with Hardware key button:
- Make sure the battery of SAMSUNG GALAXY S6 charge properly
- Turn off SAMSUNG GALAXY S6
- Press and hold together :Power Button + Volume Up + Home Button
- If the button at number 3 not work, we can try with press and hold togetherPower Button + Volume Up Button
- If we see the menu at LCD screen, chooseWipe Data/Factory ResetwithVolume Buttonto select and usePower Buttonto ok or enter.
- The SAMSUNG GALAXY S6 (SM-G9200 / SM-G9208 / SM-G9209 / SM-G920A / SM-G920F / SM-G920FD / SM-G920I / SM-G920S / SM-G920T) will doing the process of restoring to factory default.
How to Restore and Reinstall Clean Android Operating system / firmware at SAMSUNG GALAXY S6 (SM-G9200 / SM-G9208 / SM-G9209 / SM-G920A / SM-G920F / SM-G920FD / SM-G920I / SM-G920S / SM-G920T) (Reformat) ?
When is the right time to reformat or reinstall Android operating system at SAMSUNG GALAXY S6? At the first time we open this phone from the box, the operating system has already installed and ready to use. We can add many important and interesting applications from Google Play Store. But after use several period, some users get trouble because applications crash that make SAMSUNG GALAXY S6 operating system or firmware become damage or corrupt. Sometime our phone can not turn on or boot logo loop, in some situations, the strange problems happen although this phone can boot into operating system. If this problem happen, we have to reinstall or restore the operating system or firmware to factory default. We have to know, then clean factory default Android operating system already saved safely inside SAMSUNG GALAXY S6 ROM. Therefore we do not need to copy or connect to other device when we want to reinstall the operating system. Just follow simple steps to hard reset above, then SAMSUNG GALAXY S6 will reinstall the operating system or firmware by itself.
How to Unlock or Fix or Bypass or Solutions for SAMSUNG GALAXY S6 (SM-G9200 / SM-G9208 / SM-G9209 / SM-G920A / SM-G920F / SM-G920FD / SM-G920I / SM-G920S / SM-G920T) forgot password code or security lock screen pattern or pin (lost password)?
There are several factory default lock screen to give more security protections for our data, pictures, video or applications at SAMSUNG GALAXY S6 without need to install anything from Google Play Store. We can choose Pattern, PIN, Password and Fingerprint. Usually we recommended to use screen lock pattern protections, but some users like to use the others options. What to do if we forgot answer for SAMSUNG GALAXY S6 security protections? Do not worry, there are two options that we can do for this problems. First if we remember our backup PIN, then please unlock using backup PIN, but if we can not access or forgot our Backup PIN, then we can unlock or bypass forgot security protections or lock screen at SAMSUNG GALAXY S6 with Google account. Please give several time wrong answer continuously until this phone freeze or locked about 30 seconds. Please find Forgot Password / Pattern button, press this button to unlock forgotten security lock screen using Gmail username and password that we have signed-in before. If we can not access Google account at this phone, then we have to do hard reset or master format using hardware button combination key.
What is PIN BACKUP at SAMSUNG GALAXY S6 (SM-G9200 / SM-G9208 / SM-G9209 / SM-G920A / SM-G920F / SM-G920FD / SM-G920I / SM-G920S / SM-G920T) ?
Samsung give additional help to unlock or bypass forgotten security protection at SAMSUNG GALAXY S6. Although we are sure about our security protection, but sometime we can forget about it. When we give the security protection at our SAMSUNG GALAXY S6, it also give step to put our own PIN as BACKUP PIN. This backup PIN use to bypass or unlock forgotten security code later. Use above steps to unlock forgot password or screen lock pattern security protection using Google account or Gmail username and password.
How to Improve Performance SAMSUNG GALAXY S6 (SM-G9200 / SM-G9208 / SM-G9209 / SM-G920A / SM-G920F / SM-G920FD / SM-G920I / SM-G920S / SM-G920T) to make run more faster?
SAMSUNG GALAXY S6 use their own processor Exynos 7420. This is octa core processor which consisting of Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2.1 GHz Cortex-A57 processor. Base by some 3th party benchmark, this processor can give fast performance, especially because SAMSUNG GALAXY S6 have 3 GB RAM for better multitasking. Why SAMSUNG GALAXY S6 become slowly? Usually most problems happen because there are too many applications run together. We have to know that some installed applications from Google Play Store will keep run in the background without any notifications like chatting, social media, games or many more to wait data update or command to work. Although SAMSUNG GALAXY S6 have 3GB RAM and fast processor, but in some period this resources will be insufficient and make SAMSUNG GALAXY S6 become slowly. Please remove or uninstall some not use applications. If we want to make our SAMSUNG GALAXY S6 performance run faster again, then please consider to do hard reset or master format. But we have to backup all important data and re-setup SAMSUNG GALAXY S6 again after finish hard reset.
Is That Any Secret Code for Doing Format SAMSUNG GALAXY S6 (SM-G9200 / SM-G9208 / SM-G9209 / SM-G920A / SM-G920F / SM-G920FD / SM-G920I / SM-G920S / SM-G920T) ?
We can try to use secret code for doing hard reset SAMSUNG GALAXY S6 (SM-G9200 / SM-G9208 / SM-G9209 / SM-G920A / SM-G920F / SM-G920FD / SM-G920I / SM-G920S / SM-G920T) is*2767*3855#.But please remember to always be careful typing that code, because the SAMSUNG GALAXY S6 (SM-G9200 / SM-G9208 / SM-G9209 / SM-G920A / SM-G920F / SM-G920FD / SM-G920I / SM-G920S / SM-G920T) will doing hard reset and remove all data and installed applications.
How to Improve Battery Life Longer of SAMSUNG GALAXY S6 (SM-G9200 / SM-G9208 / SM-G9209 / SM-G920A / SM-G920F / SM-G920FD / SM-G920I / SM-G920S / SM-G920T) For Solving Battery Drain Faster Problem (Battery Saving / Extent Battery Life)?
Why Samsung only give 2550 mAh battery capacity at SAMSUNG GALAXY S6? Although Samsung said that their processor can work with good battery life, but some users still get problems with battery drain faster at SAMSUNG GALAXY S6, we wish Samsung use more then 3000mAh battery capacity, but maybe because they need to make this phone become lighter and thin then this phone only use 2550 mAh battery capacity. Please reduce the LCD brightness as low as possible, because LCD is the main battery drain beside GSM 3G or 4G data network. We can try to do some adjustment to make battery life stronger for daily activity. Please try to turn off some not use connection like Bluetooth / Wifi / GPS / NFC. We also recommended to set manually the LCD brightness as low as possible. Some applications which always update data also will make battery drain, that is why we should use only important applications although our phone processor and RAM still have more capacity, but this can help to reduce battery usage.
how can do format my s6 SM-9200
Hi, you have two options, first you can do master format using menu setting like steps at #option 1 above as far you can boot your phone properly. The second way is using steps at #option 2 above to reformat your Samsung Galaxy S6 using hardware button combination key. Some users ask about which firmware will be use when we do hard reset? As far as we use official firmware upgrade for Samsung Galaxy S6, then your latest firmware / operating system file source will be keep securely at Samsung Galaxy S6 ROM. Therefore anytime we want to hard reset or master format, then your Samsung Galaxy S6 will be use latest upgrade firmware to use as new operating system.