How to Boot your Samsung phone into Recovery mode

Samsung as well as all other smartphones comes with a very useful feature called Recovery mode. It lets you perform tasks like clearing cache, wiping data, and factory resetting the phone to fix some severe problems like overheating or system lagging.

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It even lets you install the update packages directly from the phone’s storage or sideload from a computer via ADB. This is a very helpful feature that lets you perform various tasks on your Galaxy smartphone.

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Samsung has changed the process of booting into recovery mode after the One UI 3.0 release. The new One UI 4 and One UI 5 running phones do not allow booting into recovery without connecting your phone to a PC with a USB-C cable.

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Boot your Samsung phone into Recovery mode

• Connect your phone to your PC using a USB cable.

For Galaxy S22, S21 series:

• Press and hold the volume down button and the power button, and release the power button when you see the Samsung logo.
• Keep holding the volume down button until you see the recovery screen.

For Galaxy S20, Note 20, Note 10 series:

• Press and hold the volume up button and the power button, and release the power button when you see the Samsung logo.
• Keep holding the volume up button until you see the recovery screen.

For Galaxy S10, S9, S8, Note 9, Note 8 series:

• Press and hold the volume up button, the Bixby key, and the power button, and release the power button when you see the Samsung logo.
• Keep holding the volume up and the Bixby buttons until you see the recovery screen.

For older Galaxy phones with physical home button:

• Press and hold the volume up button, the home button, and the power button, and release the power button when you see the Samsung logo.
• Keep holding the volume up and home buttons until you see the recovery screen.