I have a Samsung tablet 3 that the touch screen is frozen. I see where ppl are saying to turn off power, hold vol. down & power to get in reboot mode. I can't get mine to power off (touch screen froze) & holding the power button just restarts w frozen touch screen?? Any suggestions??

hold power and vol +and - together for 20 seconds or more then release should reboot then. can also be hold the volumes for 1 second and then hold the power down and hold them for the same amount of time as other.

there is no possible way to remotely restart a tablet but there is a way to do it press and hold the power key for about five seconds and this will force the tablet to turn off or reboot the android system and it should be fine however if it freezes again this can be an issue with the android system itself and the tablet will need to be reset (resetting android for some tablets: press and hold the power and volume down (or volume up) key and this will boot to recovery mode for some others say like samsung press the power volume up (or down) along with the home key to go into recovery mode)

You need to do a FULL reset.
1. Power off unit
2. Hold down POWER and Vol - (or Vol+ if Vol - doesn't work) until Android reset screen appears.
3. Scroll down to factory reset and select it.
4. Agree to reset
Unit will reset itself and start over like it was brand new and you will lose everything that was installed. Most likely you have a corrupt operating system and this may help. However, many android apps will not work on that tablet as its an older tablet that does not have an upgraded OS available.

Good luck

try clearing your cache partition, you can get to the android recovery with your buttons.
1. Turn tablet off. You may need to use two hands in this process to press and hold buttons properly.


2. Turn on the tablet with power button, wait a full 2 seconds from the time the tablet starts showing the red Motorola logo, then press and hold the down Volume key. (you should not hold down the power button after it turns on and logo appears)


3. "Android Recovery" will appear on top of screen if timing is done correctly. Release volume button. (if you continue to press volume down at that message, the message will cycle through "RSD, Fastboot, and back to Android Recovery. Make sure message states Android Recovery before you go to next step). If stuck at a RSD protocol or Fast boot screen, reboot the tablet by holding power button then pressing the volume up).


4. While screen states "Android Recovery", Press volume up button, the screen will say "Entering Android recovery mode" and a few seconds later an Android robot graphic will appear alone on the screen. Release buttons.


5. Hold down power button and then press the volume up key together to see the Android Recovery screen menu selections.


6. Use the volume buttons to move up and down through selection in this menu.


7. Using the volume down button, scroll down to "Wipe data/factory reset"


8. Tap Power hard key to select option.


9. Scroll down to select "Yes, delete all user data".


10. Tap the power button to select. Wiping and formatting data will take a few minutes.


11. You will return back to the Android recovery screen menu.


12. Tap the Power button to "Reboot system now" which will power-cycle tablet and eventually power back on to the Initial Set-up / Welcome screen present when you first turned on your tablet.

Hi, you need to perform a factory reset, follow these instructions:

1. Turn tablet off. You may need to use two hands in this process to press and hold buttons properly.
2. Turn on the tablet with power button, wait a full 2 seconds from the time the tablet starts showing the red Motorola logo, then press and hold the down Volume key. (you should not hold down the power button after it turns on and logo appears)
3. "Android Recovery" will appear on top of screen if timing is done correctly. Release volume button. (if you continue to press volume down at that message, the message will cycle through "RSD, Fastboot, and back to Android Recovery. Make sure message states Android Recovery before you go to next step). If stuck at a RSD protocol or Fast boot screen, reboot the tablet by holding power button then pressing the volume up).
4. While screen states "Android Recovery", Press volume up button, the screen will say "Entering Android recovery mode" and a few seconds later an Android robot graphic will appear alone on the screen. Release buttons.
5. Hold down power button and then press the volume up key together to see the Android Recovery screen menu selections.
6. Use the volume buttons to move up and down through selection in this menu.
7. Using the volume down button, scroll down to "Wipe data/factory reset"
8. Tap Power hard key to select option.
9. Scroll down to select "Yes, delete all user data".
10. Tap the power button to select. Wiping and formatting data will take a few minutes.
11. You will return back to the Android recovery screen menu.
12. Tap the Power button to "Reboot system now" which will power-cycle tablet and eventually power back on to the Initial Set-up / Welcome screen present when you first turned on your tablet.

Hold down the power and vol up buttons, it with then power up in a fixit mode. Used vol up and vol down buttons to chose an option and use the single button below the vol buttons to select your option. It will take several minutes to reset and the reboot is longer than normal the first time, just don't press any buttons.

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And to reset it you had to the following: You hold the power button and -vol button together for about 5 seconds.
Then you let go of the power button and keep the -vol button still held until the android creature loads and gives you some options.
Choose factory/data reset using volume keys.

Good luck

Important:Plug your device into power outlet

Step 1: Power off Nexus 7
Step 2: Power on while holding Volume Down/Up
(enter BootLoader)
Step 3: Press Volume Up to toggle to "Recovery Mode"then press power to select
Step 4: Hold The Power Button and tap Volume Up when you see "No Command"
Step 5: Press & hold Power Button & Volume Up Button Again
Step 6: Toggle with vol down CLEAR CACHE & reboot

Turn the tablet all the way off, press and hold the VOL - and power at the same time for 8 to 9 seconds, it will show a green android guy with a system recovery menu. Use vol - to go down to Wipe Data/Factory Reset, press the power button to select it, go down to 'yes' to confirm, press the power button to select it, it will wipe the tablet, you then press the power button on 'reboot system'.