Turn on Turn Off or Restart a Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge
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Too often we buy a new cell phone that gets turned on or turned off in the shop where it's purchased. Many times that means we don't actually know how to turn the phone on or off. It's not that we haven't turned phones on or off in the past. Rather it's that phone manufacturers really like to move the power buttons around and change how things get turned on and turned off. However, the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge is easy to power on and easy to power off. In the tutorial below we will show you how to turn your phone on, how to restart your phone, and how to turn off your S7. Read on for our tutorial, and don't forget that if you need to know how to charge your phone, we've also how to quickly charge your Galaxy S7.
- 1 Turn on Your Phone
- 2 Restart Your Phone
- 3 Turn Off Your Phone
- 4 Questions and Answers
- 4.1 Where is the power button on the Samsung S7?
- 4.2 How could I remove a pattern lock off my Galaxy S7 without losing any of the information I have saved in the internal storage of the unit. Given, I did not have a Samsung account set on my phone before it accidentally locked up. But I have since created a Samsung account on my computer?
- 4.3 I turned my S7 on by holding down the the power on for 2 secs. Didn't work again?
- 4.4 I restarted my Samsung Galaxy S7 per the instructions, How do I restart my phone?
- 5 Comments
Turn on Your Phone
- 1The power button is located on the right side of the phone. You only need to press it for a second or two.To turn on the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge, press and hold the power button.
- 2This screen tells you what phone you are using and the operating system, which is Android.Once you have pressed the power button and the phone has started up, you will see the Galaxy S7 Edge screen.
- 3After a moment, this logo will disappear.Next, you will see the Samsung logotype slowly appear across the screen.
- 4After a moment, the lock screen will go away.The logo will be replaced by the lock screen.
- 5If you do not wish to have the always-on screen activated, you can turn it off. To turn it off, please follow our tutorial on disabling always-on mode for the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge.When the lock screen disappears it will be replaced by the always-on screen.
- 6Your S7 has now been powered up.
Restart Your Phone
- 1To restart your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge, you will want to press and hold the power button on the right-hand side of the phone.
- 2This menu has the options for powering down or restarting the phone and putting the phone into the emergency mode.After pressing and holding the power button for a moment, a new menu will appear.
- 3The restart button is the middle icon, and it is green.You will want to press the restart button one time.
- 4This screen will have a large restart button. Press the large green restart button now to restart your phone.After tapping restart, you will see a new screen.
- 5This is the screen where the Samsung logo disappears and the phone powers down to begin restarting.Next, you will see the Samsung menu appear quickly.
- 6This is the screen that appears when your phone is restarting.Then, you will see the startup screen appear.
- 7This is the last thing your phone will do before it finishes restarting.After that, you will see the Samsung logo appear.
- 8Your phone has now successfully restarted.Once the phone has finished the restart process, you will be taken to the lock screen.
Turn Off Your Phone
- 1The power button is located on the right-hand side of your phone.In order to turn off your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge, you need to press and hold the power button.
Questions and Answers
Where is the power button on the Samsung S7?
Phone is charging but I cannot find the power button
Yes, there is a power button located on the right side of the phone.
How could I remove a pattern lock off my Galaxy S7 without losing any of the information I have saved in the internal storage of the unit. Given, I did not have a Samsung account set on my phone before it accidentally locked up. But I have since created a Samsung account on my computer?
My problem stems from an unintentional pattern that locks my phone up and I could not get to the screen where I need to enter my pin. My situation is different because I didn't establish a Samsung account using the phone before it accidentally locked. I have tried: I have talked to my carrier, Samsung, Google device manager and like a ping pong ball, I get transferred and referred back and forth to no avail. I think it was caused by: I truly do not know what exactly caused this problem
If you can't use Samsung or Google then you will have to factory reset your device. If you are trying to use your Google Account and it is not working, then log into Google from the PC and go to Security. Make sure that you do not have 2 step verification enabled. This is the only way you can get into your phone because you never created and synced a Samsung account on the device.
I turned my S7 on by holding down the the power on for 2 secs. Didn't work again?
I didn't follow the complete instructions which were to Power Down *before* turning it off. My Samsung Galaxy S7 will not turn on. I have tried holding the
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I restarted my Samsung Galaxy S7 per the instructions, How do I restart my phone?
I restarted the phone per the instructions, holding the power button. You only need to press it for a second or two. But that did not work. I followed the instructions which did not work: You only need to press it for a second or two. I have tried: By holding the power button and that did not work. I think it was caused by: Holding the power button. Looks like incorrect instructions.
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