Hard reset Samsung Galaxy A05

How to hard reset or fully wipe Samsung Galaxy A05

Last update: May 7, 2025 by DevicesFAQ.com Editorial Team

If your Samsung Galaxy A05 does not turn on, it does not react, it shows an error message when it turns on or you want to sell it, give it away or take it in for repair and you want to make sure that all the content stored in its 128 GB internal memory is erased, you will have to force its restoration.

Forcing the restore or doing a “hard reset” is a drastic method that can be used when the Galaxy A05 settings cannot be accessed either because the password has been forgotten or the operating system is corrupted.

If you can access the settings of your Galaxy A05 and want to perform a restore, it is preferable to do so using the “Reset” method, otherwise continue reading to see step by step how to force the reset, format or do a “hard reset”.

This procedure erases all the content stored on the Galaxy A05 so if possible, you should make a backup copy of your data before proceeding and unlink the Google account.

Table of Contents:

Estimated time: 5 minutes.

1- First step:

First of all, turn off your Samsung Galaxy A05 completely. If you can't unlock the screen, press and hold the power button for about 20 seconds and the phone will turn off.

2- Second step:

Simultaneously press the power key and the volume key down on the Samsung Galaxy A05 for a few seconds. On some devices, depending on the Android version, the combination may be the power key and the volume key up.

3- Third step:

When the Samsung logo is displayed, release the buttons. In the following menu, the touch screen does not work, so you must move through the menu with the volume up and volume down keys until you reach the option "Wipe data/factory reset" and press the power button to access it.

This menu is usually displayed in English, if the device menu appears in Chinese characters, see how to reset a mobile in Chinese.

4- Fourth step:

A warning message will appear to avoid hard reset the Samsung Galaxy A05 by mistake. Use the Volume Up and Volume Down keys to select the "Yes" option and press the Power button to activate the option.

5- Fifth step:

After a few seconds, the formatting and deletion of all data from the Samsung Galaxy A05 will have been carried out, returning to its factory state, now it is necessary to restart the Galaxy A05 so using the volume up and volume down buttons, move to the option "Reboot system now" and press the power button to proceed to the restart.

Keep in mind that depending on the country, model and firmware updates of the Samsung Galaxy A05, the procedure may be slightly different.

If you have had problems performing a forced restore of the Galaxy A05 leave your comment so that we can consult it and offer better service.

Hard reset using a computer

In case you can't perform a factory reset by accessing the Android recovery menu using the Samsung Galaxy A05's buttons, or if you can't access all of its functions, you can access this mode using a computer and a cable.

1- First step:

Download and install "ADB" on your computer. You can search Google for "adb download" or use the following download link from Google's official website:
https://dl.google.com/android/repository/platform-tools-latest-windows.zip
ADB, or "Android Debug Bridge," is a command-line tool that enables communication between a computer and an Android device. It's part of the Android SDK (Software Development Kit) and provides a bridge for managing the device or its content.

2- Second step:

Extract the folder to a location on your hard drive. To extract the files, right-click the .zip file and click "Extract all." A window will appear where you can choose the location on your hard drive to extract the files.

3- Third step:

Connect the Samsung Galaxy A05 via USB to your computer, preferably with its original cable. Otherwise, any cable that allows data transmission should work.

If one cable doesn't work, try another. There are cables that only transmit power to charge the battery but don't transmit data.

4- Fourth step:

Open a terminal (CMD or PowerShell) in the folder where you extracted the adb files. You can find the "adb" folder inside the "platform-tools" folder.
Right-click and click "Open in Terminal".

5- Fifth step:

Type: adb devices in the terminal, as shown in the following image. Press the "Enter" key on your keyboard.

6- Sixth step:

If the Galaxy A05 appears under the text "List of devices attached", type in the terminal: adb reboot recovery.

7- Seventh step:

If your device doesn't appear, try a different cable and make sure you have developer options enabled.
If it appears as "unauthorized," you must authorize USB debugging from the device. Check the Galaxy A05 screen and tap "Allow."

8- Eighth step:

The Galaxy A05 will enter recovery mode. From there, you can perform a wipe data/factory reset using the volume and power buttons, as described in the "Hard reset using the buttons" procedure.

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Questions and problems from users about "Hard reset Samsung Galaxy A05 - Wipe data"

1 questions asked by users.

somila (Beginner) - 07/08/2024 11:12

Hello I'm using Samsung Galaxy A05 and it was locked so I hard reset and it did but when I try to enter my previous Google account it says "I must use the synced email address" so my question is how can I do no??

Juan (Community Manager) - 07/08/2024 14:47

Hi somila, if you don't remember password or the previous Google account synced to your Galaxy A0 you can try to recover your password using a recovery email or phone number. More information here: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/7682439?hl=en