Check the system messages to see if it was successful. If it prompts you to say yes, highlight y or yes and hit the power button again. Using the volume buttons move up or down until the selector is on Wipe data/factory resetĪnd hit the power button to run the command. Simultaneously until you enter recovery mode which looks similar to the following screenshot. Hold down Home Button + Volume Up + Power Button How to Factory Reset How to Enter Recovery Modeįor the Samsung Galaxy Tab E you enter recovery mode by first powering down your tablet by holding down the power button until the screen prompts for the power off option. I provide this information as an educational post, and log of what I worked on, and take no responsibility for your unique use case and consequences. Although this worked for me, performing these actions could irreparably damage your device. I will walk through the different options and what I tried, the challenges encountered, and ultimately what succeeded in the end. The third option would be to flash a custom recovery partition using TWRP which is popular for Android users who wish to install custom operating systems. Fortunately there are many communities built around these devices and there was an available stock (default) image that I could download. Secondly, and slightly more difficult, would be to flash (copy) the original ROM of the tablet. This requires that the default recovery partition still be intact on the device. The first and easiest option would be to perform a factory reset which would wipe the operating system, apps, and files on the tablet, bringing it back to the original state. There were several potential ways to attempt bringing the tablet back to a usable state. Unfortunately the company was no longer around to provide the administrator passcode to disable the MDM software.ĭeciding that this would be an interesting challenge, I accepted the tablet and began to get to work on it. Now decommissioned, the user wanted to be able to use the tablet without all of the restrictions and apps previously required by the organization. The tablet was stuck in kiosk mode and had severe limitations imposed on it from a previous life as a company’s work device. With two fingers touch the slider to turn TalkBack off and then touch OK with two fingers to stop TalkBack.A user recently provided me with a tablet which was using IBM’s MAAS360 MDM (Mobile Device Management) which was not allowing the user to functionally use the tablet.Scroll down using two fingers slightly spread apart and with two fingers touch TalkBack.With two fingers touch TalkBack has been turned on.With two fingers swipe from the top of the screen to the bottom to access the Notification Panel.Note: A Samsung account is required to download the voice file and we recommend that you are connected to a wireless network. Touch Do not show again to bypass this message in the future or touch Cancel to continue without downloading. If you would like to download a high-quality voice file for English touch OK with two fingers and then follow the on-screen prompts.With two fingers touch Exit to quit the tutorial or touch Next > Finish to complete the tutorial. A tutorial will be displayed (touch is turned off while the tutorial is speaking).Touch OK to turn TalkBack on and turn off features that cannot be turned on while TalkBack is on. Touch OK to continue and allow TalkBack permissions to the device.
Touch TalkBack and then touch the slider to turn TalkBack on.(Depending on your operating system settings you may need to touch Apps > Settings > My Device > Accessibility instead.) To turn on TalkBack, from the Home screen touch Apps > Settings > Accessibility. When the feature is turned on touch the screen with two fingers to navigate or select an item. TalkBack will read aloud the menu location you are in and it can also read aloud selected on-screen options. The TalkBack feature is designed to assist users who have poor or no vision.