Set Kids Mode Parental Controls on Samsung Galaxy S5
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Reset PIN Code if Locked Out
Hi, you are watching VisiHow and today we are going to show you how to reset the pin code on kids' mode if you have locked yourself out and you are not able get back into your phone. It is actually much simpler than you think it may be. What you need to do is hold the power button, which is the one here, on the right, for a second or two until the power off or restart options appear. They're both really the same. We are going to use restart, which is the third option, or you can use power off, which is the first option. If you power it off, you will need to turn the phone back on. If you just press restart, the phone will restart itself.
- 1Let's go ahead and use power off to show you how that works. "Device will now shut down", "Power off "Yes we are going to do that. That's the Samsung logo you just saw that popped up. Okay the phone is off.
Advertisement - 2Now we are going to press and hold the power button. The phone will buzz and start up, this Samsung logo we are not worried about.
Advertisement - 3When you see the Samsung logo with the color, the sound, or whatever you may have set up, you are going to press and hold the volume down button.
- 4This is going to restart your phone in safe mode, give it a minute. When safe mode comes up, you will see at the bottom a little black thing, here, it says "safe mode". We are going to swipe to unlock as we normally would.
- 5Here we are now we are going to use the 'TouchWiz home', and do this just once, sometimes you might want 'easy mode' sometimes you might not. I am using TouchWiz home, the right side icon. It is not the easy mode icon.
- 6We are going to swipe to the right to find kids' mode. Open up kids' mode and it is going to treat it as if we've started a new kids' mode account.
- 7We are going to set a new pin. Let's make that pin 5678.
- 8It's going to ask us for the recovery password just in case let's do V-I-S-I for Visi. Do it again to confirm it.
- 9Okay there we go now we have reset everything. We don't need to worry about setting up a kid's profile. In fact, sometimes if you tried to set up a kid's profile it will cause the application to stop working. See, "unfortunately Parental control has stopped". It is not an issue as we have accomplished what we needed to do which was getting our phone out of kids' mode.
- 10Now we are going to restart our device. As you saw, I press and hold the power button and I clicked on restart. "Device will restart", click on okay. That is perfect that is what we want.
- 11Let's give it a minute for the device to power back up. It just buzzed, "Samsung Galaxy S5 mini powered by Android" and in about 10 seconds, we should be back into our phone.
- 12There is our Samsung logo, notice I am not holding or pressing any buttons, I am just letting the phone start normally.
- 13Here we are in kids' mode.
- 14Exit out of kids' mode, and insert the pin 5678, and I am out of kids' mode. Swipe to unlock the screen, which for some reason does not like my thumb, and there we are, out of kids' mode.
- 15If you would like to change your pin to kids' mode, tap on the parental button down at the bottom and enter your pin 5678.
- 16Then you tap on 'activity' up here.
- 17You go down to 'General', which is down here, it's the second from last.
- 18You select 'change pin'. I am going to change it to 1234. Retype the pin to confirm it. The pin is changed.
- 19It will ask you to specify an alternative password again; I am going to put visi. Retype the alternative password to confirm it. Press OK, and there you have it the pin is changed.
- 20We can just tap the back button, and back again, which gets us back into the kids' mode. That is it folks. It is that easy to reset your password when you are locked out of your phone because you set up kids' mode. Thanks for using VisiHow have a great day. We look forward to helping you out more with another video in the future.
Video: Set Kids Mode Parental Controls on Samsung Galaxy S5
Kids Mode PIN Code Recovery Steps for the Galaxy S5
Locking yourself in Kids Mode is more frustrating than your kids getting the phone.
Kids Mode is great, but if you forget the PIN, you're stuck in Kids Mode, unless you can reset it. These steps will tell you how to reset the phone when you're stuck in Kids Mode and forgot the PIN.
- 1Power off your device.Advertisement
- 2Press and hold the 'Power' or 'Lock' button for about two seconds. This will power on your device.
- 3Once the 'Samsung' logo appears, press the 'Volume Down' key, and hold it, until you see the Kids Mode lock screen.
- 4When you see the lock screen, you should also see 'Safe Mode' in the lower left of your screen.
- 5Swipe your screen from as you normally would to unlock the device.
- 6Select 'TouchWiz', which will reset your password.
- 7Restart your phone. Note that in some cases you may need to remove your battery, and then reinsert it. After that, you will need to press and hold the 'Power' or 'Lock' button, as described in step two to restart.
- If you aren't able to reset your password from Safe Mode using Parental Controls, you can restart your device normally after restarting in Safe Mode and turning off Kids Mode, and then use Parental Controls to reset it.
Turn ON Kids Mode and Parental Control on the Galaxy S5
Make sure you know how to use Parental Controls before activating Kids Mode.
To learn how to set Parental Controls on Samsung Galaxy S5, follow the detailed steps below:
- 1Go to your Samsung Galaxy S5's Home screen.
- You can press the Home key (lower-middle hard key) on your phone to get to the Home screen, or in some cases, you can also press the Back key (lower-right shift key) repeatedly until you are taken to the Home screen.
- If Kids Mode is not installed, you will have to install it by pressing and holding any empty place on your Home screen, which will bring up the 'Widgets' or 'Apps' menu. From there you can scroll down to Kids Mode and add it to your device.
- Kids Mode will ask for the PIN code. Enter the PIN code for the application to get access to the Parental Control.
- Kids Profile - allows you to view and edit the profile page of your child. You can edit your child's name, profile picture, and birthday.
- Activity - allows you to view the activity summary of Kids Mode. Tapping on this option will allow you to see the most frequently used applications, and the total hours they have used Kids Mode.
- Daily playtime limit - allows you to set a certain number of hours for your child to play with your device. Kids Mode will remind them of the remaining hours and minutes from time to time. Upon reaching the daily limit, Kids Mode will go to sleep mode, and will display a sleeping crocodile.
- Applications - allows you to add or remove applications on Kids Mode.
- Media - allows you to add or remove music files, video files, and other media files from Kids Mode.
- General - allows you to Block the Back key when on Kids Mode, change the application's PIN, Reset Kids Mode, and check for application updates.
- Kids Store - allows you to download and install applications specific to Kids Mode. There are a number of applications on the Kids Store. Some are free, while others require purchase. Exercise diligence and caution when downloading applications for your children. Make it a habit to check the application by playing with it for a while to make sure there are no inappropriate contents. This is especially true of applications that have in app ads.
- Applications installed from the Kids Store will not appear in the normal applications folder. You need to go to Kids Mode to be able to use them.
Turn OFF Kids Mode and Parental Control on the Galaxy S5
Kids Mode changes the way you interact with your device, and disables some buttons.
Once Kids mode is activated, you cannot go to the phone's normal Home screen by pressing the Home key. You also can't go Home by pressing the Back key. Kids Mode must be turned off in order to get out of the application. To turn off Kids Mode, follow these steps:
- 1Go to the Kids Mode's main screen.
- 2From the main screen of Kids Mode, tap on the exit icon (door icon). This is located on the lower-right part of the screen.
- 3You will be asked to enter a PIN code. Enter the same PIN you initially set with the application to exit Kids Mode.
- 4You are now out of Kids Mode. You can use your phone normally.
Tips and Tricks
This article is part of the VisiHow series of tips and tricks on how to use the Samsung Galaxy S5.
Kids Mode gives you more control over your Samsung Galaxy S5 when your kids use it. Whether they are little, and you don't want them calling other countries, or they're a little older, but you want to limit their access to the device, or the applications they use, you'll love Parental Controls. You can change your child's profile, set daily playtime limits so your child won't spend excess time on the phone, add and remove applications or media files from Kids mode, and download and install child-friendly applications from the Google Play Store for Kids (accessible while in Kids Mode).
You may also want to learn about how to install and use Kids Mode on the Samsung Galaxy S5, or make an emergency call while in Kids Mode. Just click on either of those links to be taken to a detailed VisiHow guide with steps and instructions.
Questions and Answers regarding Kids Mode for the Galaxy S5
I am stuck and have never set this up and can't get out?
Please help, how can I get out of this program
Locking yourself in Kids Mode can be very frustrating. Thankfully, it is relatively easy to get out of it. You can just use Safe Mode, and bypass the Kids Mode password lock. Please reference the beginning of this VisiHow guide for detailed step by step instructions on disabling Kids Mode when your device is PIN locked.
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What version of Touchwiz do I need on my S5? I don't have any on my phone?
I was stuck in kids mode and then managed to reset and enter the phone into safe mode but can't find the app Touchwiz to reset the kids mode pin
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How do I add audio files (music, story) on extSdCard in Kids Mode?
In Kids Mode I'd like to add audio files - audio stories - I have on the extSdCard. In Parental control - Media - +, I can see the video files on the card, but not the audio ones. However I can access them fine outside of kids Mode. There is "Albums" on the top left of my media screen (cancel is on top right) but tapping on Albums doesn't open anything. I'm wondering if I need to install some sort of music player app and then put the stories/songs in there.
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