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Dec 23 / kkrizka

Reseting A Frozen Samsung m620 Cellphone

I was playing with the Bluetooth pairing capabilities of my new Samsung m620 by connecting it to my new laptop, and transferring a few files. Everything worked good, and so I put away the cell phone without disconnecting the Bluetooth connection. The next morning I found the phone showing a error message that the connection was disturbed, because the computer was turn off. However there were no options to confirm the notice, so I decided to press the flip button. Not a good idea, because the whole phone locked up. None of the keys were responsive and both screens were dark. However one screen was brighter than the other, and I could switch which screen it was by pressing the flip button (still working). I could still see when someone called me, but when I tried to answer nothing happened and the ringtone started to loop forever.

None of the buttons worked, which means that I could not power off or reset the phone by using the tiny need-a-pencil-tip RESET switch at the side. So I decided to call Telus support, because the ringtone was getting to my head. The personnel there was very friendly, and after some time they figured out how to do the hard reset. This was not written in any of the manuals and I could not find any information on it on the internet, so I think it would be a good idea to share it.

If you have a Samsung m620 (or probably any other Samsung phone) that is frozen up and none of the buttons are responding, then you can perform a hard reset by first holding the power button and then hitting the RESET switch on the side with a push pin. Only after that you can let go of the power button. Make sure not to do it the other way around – hold RESET and then press power – because it will not work. I tried. Also you should not lose any of your data or settings while doing this, at least I didn’t.

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  1. pierre / Jun 8 2009

    hi

    I don’t find the reset button, can you help me?

    Thanks =)

  2. marie / Jul 23 2009

    me too, i cant find the reset button, where is it located?

  3. roel / Jul 27 2009

    I can’t find the reset button too. please help. thanks

  4. pierre / Jul 29 2009

    arf ok, my samsung is the SGH-m620, no reset button on it 🙁

    thanks for answer 😉

  5. andile / Aug 11 2009

    my phone suks since it freezes

  6. angel / Sep 9 2009

    my m620 samsung phone looks different from yours..and it has no reset button

  7. persia / Oct 24 2009

    Thank you so so much for the advice on how to reset the samsung m620. I always tried to press the reset button but was unaware that you had to hold down the power button as well…you made my day! Thanks again.

  8. badsharkmovie / Jan 26 2010

    oh my god, thank you so much! this was seriously the only place on the internet that had this info, not even the sprint store could help me out. thanks again!!

  9. clyde garcia / Feb 3 2010

    my samsung m620 always start up even i dont touch it… it laways appear on the screen the logo of samsung and the name of the unit… i dont know how to reset it or reprogram it.. pls help me

  10. nasacrowd / Feb 17 2010

    pls i have problems with formatting my samsung sgh m620

    • Paps / Aug 7 2011

      I need a fomat code for sumsung sgh-m620,i lost the sim lock code

      • Paps / Aug 7 2011

        I need a sim lock code for sumsung sgh-m620 imei35294503061637/9 01

  11. jayvie / Feb 28 2010

    me too i have the same problem as yours…

  12. Bridgitte / Mar 8 2010

    My samsung m620 does not have the reset button as indicated in your image. Neither is their a little hole anywhere on the side of my phone

  13. osama / Jul 25 2010

    thnx!!!!! alot dude .guys da rest button is at the left bottom of the phone under * key with a tiny hole this button can be only pressed with a pin which can go inside the hole

  14. lucky / Aug 10 2010

    The hole below the * aint it 4 da mic,am afraid am gna damage my mic.plz help.

  15. calvin / Aug 20 2010

    hello

    i also hv a samsung sgh m620, so it does nt hv a reset bottn, if u knw the master reset code plz inform me.

    Thnk u!

  16. Lyn / Nov 29 2010

    This just happened to my pink M620 Samsung phone and there is no reset button on it (unless it’s the mic??) so I took out the battery and it worked, thank God. Try that x

  17. TIEHO / Dec 6 2010

    MY NEW M620 PHONE WERE BLOCKED AND THEN I DECIDED TO GO TO TOWN AND MY PHONE MUST BE UNBLOCKED THEN AFTER HOURS,I WANTED TO CONTACT SOME ONE BUT MY BUTTONS WERE NOT WORKING AS THE ORIGINAL BECAUSE WHEN I PRESS 7 IT WAS 1,8 IS 2,9 IS 3 THEN DIALLING BUTTON WERE MENU

  18. Alex Paterson / Dec 19 2010

    DUDE!!!!!!! Thank you so much for posting this advice, I almost had a heart attack.

    Thank you,
    Thank you,
    Thank you,
    Thank you,
    Thank you … Alex.

  19. anne / Jan 8 2011

    how would i reprogram my phone M620..

  20. cold akani / Feb 12 2011

    Hi Guys, I have M3510 and it is frozen, none of the buttons are working. I’m about to do the hard reset too but I couldn’t find the reset button.
    Help Please.

  21. Junaid / Jun 24 2011

    How can i reset my m620 phone plz help

  22. oscar / Jun 30 2011

    exh mine just freeze,wen i try to switch it onit just show m620 only and i cnt switch it of rather than remove battrey.help me ,i stil enjoy it

  23. annes / Jul 3 2011

    i hv got samsung m620 bt it haS locked i also nid a master unlock code the1 u enter the phone serial aftr it gaves u the password

  24. kingsley adipo / Aug 18 2011

    my samsung m620 always start up even i dont touch it… it laways appear on the screen the logo of samsung and the name of the unit… i dont know how to reset it or reprogram it.. pls help me

  25. Sherif / May 6 2012

    Am havin sgh e250i no network found&my m620 volume code &it is freezing plz help

  26. kevin / May 16 2012

    you all have hardware problem replace the fiber for sgh m620 slide it does not have reset button that is a mouth piece so someone is not fit for this forum.

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